say they have reached a top line deal on spending. now they re going to raise to submit a final budget deal to avoid a government shutdown. hello everyone welcome to fox foxnews live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric, hello everyone i am arthel neville. both sides have been working for weeks to reach an agreement. congress is a fast leasing fast approaching deadlines to avoid a shutdown for the persons in less than two weeks and the second in less than a month. meantime the pentagon is under pressure to explain why it took so long to reveal defense secretary lloyd austin was in the hospital. even president biden was for days for. the disturbing story is one of many coming out of washington for lucas tomlinson has the details he is live in wilmington, delaware were the president spend the weekend at his home there. we are covering two big stories this afternoon. first congressional leaders say they have reached an agreement on a top line budget that keeps the
good day to our virs iewers the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman in for kasie hunt. it is 4:00 a.m. in mexico city where secretary of state antony blinken is set to meet with the mexican president. they will discuss ways to stem the surge of migrants at the southern u.s. border and they will be joined by homeland security secretary mayorkas. more than 11,000 migrants are still waiting in shelters and camps as they have for years for a chance to enter the u.s. legally, but this one border patrol sector which includes eagle pass, texas, migrant encounters have dropped significantly. more from rosa flores. reporter: as a migrant caravan forms in southern mexico with thousands, the scene in eagle pass, texas has changed. the area where thousands were waiting to be transported last week were emptied out this week. the flow appearing to be down a trickle. a senior customs and border protection official telling cnn that while the scene at eagle pass has improv
i m aishah hasnie. and they ll feast on a big banquet of barbecue. the main hall where the candidates will be speaking later today, but the g.o.p. presidential front runner donald trump not expected. rich edson joining us on the ground in des moines with a special guest. hi, rich. hey, good afternoon, aishah. the barbecue is coming a little later today. we ve got some speeches coming up and that includes senator tim scott who recently declared he would be running for president. senator, thank you for joining us this afternoon. it s a crowded stage, a crowded field. how do you break through? easily, the optimistic positive message when i take it on the road, people are starving for optimism as long as it s anchored in conservativism and you have backbone. and i have both and that s good news for the american people and the campaign trail. you ve talked about the positive message and explicit about it. what do you think of the tone from some of the other candidates so f
saturated from recent heavy rain. rob marciano timing it all out. the midair emergency. a bird strike shortly after takeoff forcing a southwest airlines plane bound for austin to instead make an emergency landing in fort lauderdale. gio benitez with late details. the crisis at the border. top u.s. officials head to mexico for major talks with the country s president about slowing the record migrant surge, as a caravan of thousands of migrants, some of them families with small children, make their way towards the u.s. border. and tonight, the urgent plea from the mayor of new york city. mireya villarreal reporting. the new fears of a wider war in the middle east. u.s. troops come under attack again in iraq. militants claiming responsibility for the latest drone strikes just days after the u.s. hit targets in iraq. and the urgent effort to free the hostages still held by ha hamas, some of them americans. president biden talking with leaders in the region. terry moran in w
saturated from recent heavy rain. rob marciano timing it all out. the midair emergency. a bird strike shortly after takeoff forcing a southwest airlines plane bound for austin to instead make an emergency landing in fort lauderdale. gio benitez with late details. the crisis at the border. top u.s. officials head to mexico for major talks with the country s president about slowing the record migrant surge, as a caravan of thousands of migrants, some of them families with small children, make their way towards the u.s. border. and tonight, the urgent plea from the mayor of new york city. mireya villarreal reporting. the new fears of a wider war in the middle east. u.s. troops come under attack again in iraq. militants claiming responsibility for the latest drone strikes just days after the u.s. hit targets in iraq. and the urgent effort to free the hostages still held by hamas, some of them americans. president biden talking with leaders in the region. terry moran in wash