good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
hello i m abby phillip in washington. welcome to cnn newsroom we begin this hour in the middle east, where both violence and tensions are escalating. today israeli forces unleashed air strikes in southern lebanon and gaza and israel says it struck targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. israel blames hamas for firing 34 rockets from lebanon yesterday and the latest barrage since the two countries were at war back in 20 in 2006. now that has raised fears of an escalating conflict across the region, and just overnight, we learned that israel has mobilized some of its military reserves. a short time ago, israel s defense minister ordered security bolstered across the country after two israeli women were shot to death in the west bank. israel has called it an act of terror. let s get straight to cnn s fred pleitgen, who is near the israeli gaza border, and scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, for us as well. but let s start with you, fred. fred you did talk to t
will: great song and this is fox & friends this morning from the wild horse saloon in nashville, tennessee. glad to have you this morning. pete: we hope you ll join us tonight 15 hours from the start of all american new year tonight, which mean ifs you re within 14 hours of nashville, you have no excuse. get in the car, drive down here, it s free. this place has three levels. you re going to have brantley gilbert tonight and cole hauser from yellowstone. a bunch of surprise guests you might know about and we ll make public later on. it ll be a party here tonight ringing in 2023. rachel: no doubt, this is a great set, you guys. will: three levels, a mechanical bull, a dunk tank and more acts like honey county giving us i got it from momma. r i heard a rumor sean duffy might be getting on the bull. pete: you confirm add rumor he s getting cowboy boots. rachel: yeah, for the occasion and hopefully will will weigh in on the purchase. will: lot of opinions. pete: he needs to ge
i ll take any if excuse for a celebration i ll make a tuesday night into a special occasion. feeling kind of fan i city in my levi blues ain t no question, i m [inaudible] late at night, in the morning you ain t even gotta ask. if you ve got it, yeah, i want it i can t stop it once i ve started. let it overflow, i got a champagne problem. yeah, champagne problem will: it s new year s eve tonight, but the party s already started here in the wild horse saloon in nashville is, tennessee the. that s haley mae campbell performing champagne problem on fox & friends weekend. we re glad to have you. pete: good morning. rachel: we talked earlier about hangovers and champagne is my problem when it comes to hangovers, it s just it s bad. pete: but it fixes the problem in the morning, because then you have a little bit more champagne, and your problem goes away. the question is how would you stop the cycle. [laughter] that s the challenge. rachel: a my
our other major headline tonight, new year s storm threats. two big systems hitting on both coasts. in the west, 13 states on alert for heavy mountain snow. torrential rain and nasty weather moving east just in time for the new year. our team tracking it all. six years of former president trump s tax returns now made public after years of legal battles. what they reveal about his profits and losses. foreign bank accounts, and how he paid no taxes in his final year at the white house. how trump is responding tonight. southwest airlines resetting and resuming normal service tonight after nearly 16,000 cancellations since the holiday travel meltdown began last week. the airline ceo talking exclusively to abc news, apologizing and promising the company will make good on passenger reimbursements. the finances of embattled congressman-elect george santos under new scrutiny. tonight, questions about how he spent campaign money. more than $70,000 in air travel and hotel expense