imm imminent? everyone from the white house to israel officials say we re very, very close. we ll ask an israeli government spokesman where things stand right now. plus, the u.s. launching an air strike on militants in iraq. it follows the 66 earth attack by iran backed groups on u.s. forces in the region. this is a quick response. the read from former defense secretary mark esper. your world starts right now. welcome. i m edward lawrence. from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto. this is your world. so jeff paul, we begin with jeff paul in southern israel. when could we see innocent civilians freed? that is the million dollar question. we re watching any possible developments that could come out of this israeli government meeting going on right now. we should point out this was previously unscheduled. that might give you an idea of how possibly close they could be to approving a deal that could return hostages back to israel. they are expected to vote on that tonig
america, l.l.j. cool j.. and joan shangang shanga god save the queen, man. sandra: a live look now as we begin a brand-new hour at the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre and the nsc spokesman john kirby are set to take question a short time from now, the oldest president in history, celebrates his 81st birthday. a new batch of bad polling, and on into the holiday week, john. great to start this week with you, i m sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. when you have 81 candles on the birthday cake, i m not sure if it s just so hard to blow them out or you know, that could contribute to global warming. either of those things or both could be true. democrats in panic mode as poll after poll shows the issue of biden s age still top of mind for voters, and left leaning media taking notice with headline after headline. biden s donors and fundraisers reported by don t think the campaign has come up with the right response to the age question
bret: all right, dana. the christmas spirit has officially kicked off. i think dana had the hots for santa. i m not sure. fantastic here. a beautiful night. good evening. i m bret baier. we re going to get to some news now. oare negotiators getting close n a deal for release of some of the hamas hostages? we will get bipartisan reaction from the heads of the house foreign affairs committee. as former president donald trump dominates the polls, can he scratch off one name from his vice presidential list. we will bring that you story. and what could be the busiest thanksgiving travel week on record could get even tougher with a major storm system coming. bret: we are live in the plaza outside fox news world headquarters in new york. part of the christmas festivities here. hoped you enjoyed the lighting of our christmas tree. it s a great fest every year. they are also celebrating tonight at the white house where president joe biden turns 81. that fact causing him so
secretary pete buttigieg is holding a news conference with improving air travel this week. 30 million are expected to fly. carley: prosecutors want it back in place, trump team arguing it violets his freedom of speech. todd: and president biden will celebrate his 81st birthday at the white house. he will host the turkey pardon. you are watching fox and friends first on monday morning, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. brand new poll shows donald trump beating joe biden for the first time in nbc news polling history. alexandria hoff will break it down. alexandria: this is first time in a dozen polls conducted by nbc. 44% said they would vote for president biden if election would today, 46% would vote for the former president. voters 18 to 34. former president held 4% advantage 46 to 42. 63 years younger than president biden, born in 1942, things were different back then. in the throws of world war ii, mo movie casablanca. gallon of gaffses $.20. biden campai
debate. thank you. lawrence: thank you. second hour of fox & friends starts right now. brian: we begin second hour fox & friends with war in israel hamas says taken out three commands in overnight strikes. excellent. ainsley: forces show footage of bloody attack being hauled off in the al shifa hospital after discovering hamas tunnel under the complex. steve: senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin and joins you now. mark, good morning to you showing bloody victims idf saying those are hostages. after they were treated they were probably carted off some place. how do you know they were hostages? first of all, it s clear. identified people were taken in the horrendous and horrific attack of october 7th some 1200 people were murdered on that day and they took back some 240 hostages going through all the cameras that are at the hospital we found these pictures, i m sure we will find more. we found documented evidence that those hostages were taken to th