[cheers and applause] harris: nashville, tennessee, music city. home of the historic grand ole opry house and we re live at this gorgeous venue ahead of tonight s fifth annual patriot awards. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a live audience that you just heard will be with me the entire hour and hear from some of you individually. i m so glad you are here. along with our stellar lineup of guests. let s get to the breaking news first. a fox news alert now, violence in our nation s capital. [shouting] an anti-israel protest out of control. these people showed up outside the democratic party headquarters in washington, d.c. last night just steps from congressional buildings. that forced police to lead lawmakers in evacuating from the dnc and put the entire capitol on lockdown. kat cammack posted on x, no getting in or out of our offices. anyone else. notice how violent the so-called cease-fire crowd? a dire posting from a congresswoman and new mother an
area of the strip. hostages noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andrey kozlov were freed during what the israeli defence forces have described as a high risk and complex operation from two separate buildings. this is the moment noa argamani was reunited with her father after eight months being held hostage she also spoke on the phone to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you may remember seeing footage of noa being carried into gaza on the back of a motorbike, shouting don t kill me , after being kidnapped with her boyfriend from the music festival. her boyfriend avinatan or is thought to remain captive in gaza. all four of the relaesed hostages are being treated at a hosptial in tel aviv they re said to be in good medical condition. this was shlomi ziv and his wife speaking for the first time in eight months. the relatives have just been holding a news conference. a news conference. thank you for brinuain a news conference. thank you for bringing my a news
shelling. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells me hamas is to blame for civilian deaths on both sides by using human shields in gaza and targeting israeli cities with rocket fire. we re sad for every civilian casualty. they re not intended. this is the difference between us. the hamas deliberately targets civilians and deliberately hides behind civilians. israel says seven more troops were killed today in addition to 13 killed over the weekend. two were israeli americans with dual citizenship. israel is investigating a claim by a hamas spokesman that an israeli soldier has been captured. the unconfirmed report appeared to spark a celebration in gaza. another ominous new development, a leader of the lebanese militant group hezbollah reached out to hamas to express support