bases tat island of cuba. now the white house is saying that the chinese have been in cuba for years, quote, china conducted an upgrade of its intelligence collection facilities in cuba in 2019. this is well documented in the intelligence record. this is an issue that this administration inherited. of course, the u.s. has been spying on china for years. remember rc135 in south china sea that got buzzed by the fighter jet, mike, that wasn t exactly sightseeing as used to spy in china. now back to our shores. the gop-led house oversight committee say they have fbi document that the biden family took bribe up to $10 million. the top democrat saying he found no doing. the investigation of the allegations made in that document were not closed down. as i repeatedly said, i set up a process at the beginning in 2020 to vet evidence before it went to the open-pending investigations. lucas: president biden remains under federal investigation under his handling of classified materials
championship. maybe we can eat the mascot there. thanks for being here. as i chew this pop-tart. second hour of fox & friends starts right now. ainsley: we begin the second hourly of fox & friends with a fox news alert. right now firefighters are still working to put out that raging fire after a japan airlines flight collided with a coast guard plane. the passenger plane bursting into flames on the runway at kyoto international airport. a spokesperson confirming that five of the coast guard members on board their aircraft are now dead. steve: those are live pictures right there. look at this. this video capturing the exact moment the commercial plane erupted in flames as it apparently clipped the coast guard s plane. then, next thing you know they are on the runway shortly after that. thankfully, they were on the run way and all 367 passengers on board that flight were safely evacuated. one local news outlet reports that the coast guard plane was on a mission to del
fox news alert. shocking footage out of japan. right now, firefighters are battling a raging fire after japan airlines flight burst into flames on the runway at tokyo international airport. steve: folks, these are live pictures right now that we were just looking at. here s a little play back as you can see. the plane the video shows the plane erupting at the tarmac while it was taxiing. 367 passengers and 12 crew members evacuated safely. japan s coast guard confirming that commercial flight was involved in a collision with a japanese coast guard plane that could be where this ignition came from. and reuters is now reporting five of the six members aboard the coast guard aircraft are unaccounted for. an investigation is underway. we are going to keep you updated on this breaking story throughout our morning. griff: you just stay on that shot for a second though. it is remarkable that anyone survived that. ainsley: almost 400 people survived, griff. fiscal cliff. gr
power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said they d restored power to more than 25,000 homes but at least 16,000 are still cut off. for some customers especially those in rural areas it could be up until friday before power supplies are reconnected. but it is far too early for us to say at the moment, with scottish and southern electricity continuing to cause damage to the power network. 0n the railways, lner which runs services up the east coast from london to scotland is warning of major disruption this morning, with some services arriving several hours late. this tree fell on the li
it s the prime minister pledging to keep up the fight in gaza of hamas. speaking with commanders and soldiers about disturbing discoveries in civilian areas. hello, everyone and welcome to a special edition of fox news live, and a very merry christmas. i am along side, not physically but my bestie bryan. merry christmas, julie and to everyone home watching us. right now israeli forces intensifying their military operations as they work to wipe out hamas and the gaza tunnels. they tell the wall street journal it could take months to gain control over a key city in southern gaza. all right. let s get right to trey. he s live with the very latest in israel. hey, trey. reporter: yeah, hey, julie. good afternoon. it is day 80th between the war of israel and hamas, and as the fight rages on, christmas was canceled this year effectively in the city of bethlehem. normally thousands of people would be going to that biblical town to mark christmas eve as the traditional birthplac