breaking tonight, 13 israelis held hostage by hamas terrorists for seven weeks. now back in their home country this evening. the return was the center period of a four-day cease-fire agreement that was struck between israel and hamas. that pause in fighting took effect at midnight today. 11 other freedom thailand and the philippines supposed to be the first of a series of prisoner exchanges. jeff paul is in tel aviv tonight with what comes next. hi, jeff. yeah, gillian, we are learning tonight on top of the 13 hostages freed today, an additional 13 could be released tomorrow. but the mood here on the ground in israel is still very bittersweet. knowing that are more than 200 hostages who have yet to go home. a moment nearly seven weeks in the making. buses leaving gaza through the rafah crossing entering egypt carrying 24-hamas held hostages who were r. now free. 13 israelis, 10 thai citizens and one person from the philippines freed after spending 48 days in captivity. am
kevin: new hour of fox news live on the ground in new york city, palestinian protestors are rallying against the genocide in gaza. and welcome in, everybody. i m kevin corke. happy thanksgiving to you and yours, and especially to you, molly line. molly: thank you, kevin, i m molly line. great to be with you. a handsful of protestors disrupted today s thanksgiving parade. you can see them attempting to block the route in the big apple. fear not, bluey, sponge bob, they made it through. alexis mcadams is new york city, she got to watch the big parade. alexis, to you. we saw big crowds out here trying to catch a glimpse of that beautiful parade, all of those beautiful floats and creativity going by along with the marching bands as everybody was waiting to experience the macy s thanksgiving day parade, but that was not all that came with the parade. lots of protestors behind me, lining the route and now they have continued throughout the day. hundreds of people showing su
everybody, it is thanksgiving week and we begin this first hour of fox & friends with this, a preview. brian: #:15 a.m. secretary of transportation pete buttigieg news conference the ways they are tryi try improve air travel. ainsley: there could be major travel troubles as the tsa says this will be the biggest thanksgiving travel rush in history. brian: nobody wants to stay home. lawrence: alexandria hoff is in washington. what can you tell us? set the expectations low by air. weather and scheduling problems led to thousands of cancellations and people strand. the department of transportation caught a lot of heat for that no one wants to see repeat tsa expected to screen a record breaking 30 million passengers through november 28th. prime travel time is already upon us. it officially started on saturday. crowds have already filled hubs around the country which seeing newark, new jersey looking busy. this morning as you mentioned transportation secretary pete butt
tonight s lead right now, we are following reports that u.s. israeli and hamas negotiators are closing in on a deal that would release some hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting in the israel-hamas war. it comes as stark new polling from nbc news shows just how much this conflict has impacted the president s approval rating, which at its lowest point amid widespread dissatisfaction with his handling of the war six weeks into the conflict, and 11 months out from the 2024 election, which according to the new polling, the president could narrowly lose to donald trump if voters went to the polls right now. house democrats assistant jim fibrin joins me in a minute with his take on the data. also tonight, 20 of the nation s big city mayors just wrapped up their conference and how to tackle america s urban homelessness crisis. los angeles is the grand zero for that crisis, and we ll talk to the city s mayor. karen bass, about how her administration is tackling homelessnes
rachel: good morning, everybody. there s nashville, bringing back good memories. pete: yeah, lights were on that bridge. awesome. rachel: good morning to all of you. will, pete. basking in the glow of the patriot awards and i like. will: i like and i liked nashville. hi a thought in the airport and i wonder what you ll say and how you ll react. it s fun, it s cool, and it s coming together in a way that feels like, you know, it s growing really quickly, nashville a lot of people moving in. it s coming together. to dough think people have talked about this, is it headed in the direction of austin? rachel: becoming more liberal and it s got country music which by the way doesn t necessarily insulate you and austin has that too. you live there, is it headed in that direction? pete: i don t speak with a full weight of a local that s been there over time and seen it change. but my experiences and what other locals have said, you get a lot of people seeking sanity coming to nashv