today on inside politics, a big development on hostage negotiations. president biden said a deal to free the more than 200 hostages held by hamas is, quote, going happen. this comes as a official familiar with the talks tells cnn and israel and hamas are moving closer to a deal. i want to get straight to mj lee, who is in san francisco with the president waiting for him at least. what did the president say? and put this intoen context along with other reporting this you and other colleagues have. reporter: yeah, you heard from president biden, who is making his way now here to san francisco for his summit with xi jinping, expressing a sense of optimism that a deal could be reached to get the hostages out of gaza. this was echoed in part by a u.s. senior official that i was speaking with earlier, who said that israel and hamas are moving closer to a deal to secure the release of these hostages, but the official, it s important to note, cautioned that it s closer, but it s
[sirens] dana: barrage of rockets fired deep into central israel setting off sirens in tel aviv and surrounding areas. hamas targeting that area for the first time in three days. shrapnel from the rockets injured two people in tel aviv. showing why exactly israel is fighting hamas. i m dana perino. bill: a long week, huh? dana: but a good one. bill: good one, long one. nice to see you. i m bill hemmer, good morning. the latest rocket firing coming as israeli ground forces are reportedly pushing closer to gaza city s shifa hospital closing in on believed to be the heart of hamas operations and leadership. thousands of palestinian civilians fleeing south as there are short pauses to fighting to do that. dana: trey yengst on the ground in southern israel for us. good morning. good morning. i will quickly step out of the frame so you can see what s happening as we speak. you will see some lights there, trails of smoke. those are cluster munitions the israelis are firi
jessica tarlov, jesse watters and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this isse s the five ty dana: republicans trying ic seizane momentum after sluggingt out after another contentious debate. the big talk obif the night was the bblowup between nikki hale and vivek ramaswamy whicmah devolved into a series of personal insults. i want to bole careful to avw making the mistakes from the neocon establishment of the past. do you want a leader from a different generation who s going to put this country first or do you want dick caney in d three-inch heels. all right mr.ch ramaswamy. we have two on stage tonight. they re 5-inch heels and i don t wear them unless you can run in them. im un cn the last debate shea fun ofde me for actually joinin tik tok. her owktn daughter wasll actuali using thnge app for a long timeo you might want to take care of your daughtef r first. leave my daughter out of your face. you re just scum. dana: candidates digging into is
i m bret baier. breaking tonight, growing concerns that president biden may not be adequately responding to increasing attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east from groups sponsored by iran. iranian proxy groups, another incident today. that makes 47 since mid october. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. today another attempted attack on u.s. troops. a kamikaze drone targeted a u.s. outpost in syria. iran and its proxy forces could not seem to be getting the administration s message to stop trying to kill u.s. troops. the pinpoint attack by a pair of american f-15 warplanes on iranian weapon storage facility in eastern syria wednesday has not slowed the rockets and drones fired by iranian proxies. today, u.s. troops shot down a drone headings toward their base, the fifth attack since the u.s. airstrikes. defense secretary lloyd austin issued another warning to ira
dana perino along with judge jeanine pirro, jessica tarlov, jesse watters, greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. republicans trying to seize the momentum after slugging it out at another contentious debate, the big talk of the night was a blowup between nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy that devolved into a series of personal insults. i want to be careful to avoid making the mistakes from the neocon establishment in the past. do you want a leader from a different generation who is going to put this country first or do you want dick cheney in 3-inch heels. they are 5-inch heels, and i don t wear them unless you can run in them. in the last debate she made fun of me for actually joining tiktok. well come her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time so you might want to take care of your family leave my daughter out of your voice. dana: wasn t just the taunts, candidates digging into the issues that americans care most abou