Cant believe that theres going to be a close election. You know, were leading in the polls Brand New, this hour, as the race for the White House kicks into high gear, Brand New Cnn Polling, it shows a dead Heat Race in critical Battleground States. And detroit, michigan. Are you ready to have your voices heard after slipping from red to blue . In 2020, michigan shaping up, yet again to be key to unlocking victory in 2024, were going to take a deeper dive into this critical state and the Justice Department files criminal charges against the leaders of hamas for the October 7 attacks as the White House looks to forge a Ceasefire And Hostage Release Deal all right. 5 00 a. M. Here youre in washington. A live look at Capitol Dome on this wednesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im Kasie Hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us the Post Labor Day sprint to the White House is on a new Cnn Polling just out this hour shows a Neck And Neck race. The polls conducted just after the end of the de
ainsley: it is 8:00 a.m. right here on the east coast. it s wednesday, february 7th. this is fox & friends. we start with this. a news alert. brand-new border numbers more than 1 million migrants encountered since the fiscal year began just a few months ago in october. the earliest this milestone has ever been reached. steve: that is something. griff jenkins in moments. another fox news alert. hamas terrorists proposing a cease-fire deal. could the end of the war be in sight? still a lot of work to be done but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible. lawrence: illegal strip clubs. squatters taking over more than 1,000 homes in atlanta. brian: final hour of fox & friends starts now. you chose to be with friends, that s us. lawrence: fox news alert. brand-new border numbers just released. ainsley: we ve had more than 1 million migrant encounters since october 1st when the fiscal year began. it s the earliest this milestone has ever been reached.
new reporting here on the daring mission to evacuate nearly 100 american diplomats and their families from the u.s. embassy in sudan. s.a. overnight rescue. just before we came on the air tonight the u.s. brokering a temporary cease-fire in sudan and now the effort to get american citizens out. james longman reporting. here in the u.s., the midair scare onboard an american airlines flight. flames shooting from the engine following an apparent bird strike. the pilot issuing a mayday, reporting engine failure. severe weather alerts as we come on the air tonight along the mississippi river, bracing for historic flooding. also tonight, the severe storms elsewhere. tornadoes possible, dangerous winds as well. ginger zee timing it out. president biden tonight on running for reelection. what he said today and what the numbers show tonight. biden, trump, and the reaction from ron desantis win asked about trump out polling h ian pannell inside ukraine tonight, as we have remarkable im
striking a bird, and what we are learning about this. and a prom turns into a nightmare after 19 are injured when bullets start flying. we are following these developing stories and much more as they come in right here at cnn news central. a race to get out as people are rushing to get their people out of sudan. special forces have now carried out a risky operation to get the u.s. embassy officials and families out of khartoum. this is a photo of antony blinken monitoring situation. the u.s. government is warning an estimated 16,000 americans remaining there and many of them dual citizens after a large scale operation of those who want to leave is not happening now. the u.s. is facilitating evacuations in other ways. more from the white house in a moment, but sam kiley is in djibouti where the operation began. sam, this seems like a global retreat. global retreat is the exact way to put it. here we have a french air force long distance cargo plane. that has been, we u
why he s taking the risk talking to cnn s christiane amanpour in an interview be behind bars. new details about mitch mcconnell, treated for a concussion in a d.c. hospital now after a fall. i m jake tapper. we begin with putin s brutal war on kroukraine. strikes reaching nearly every corner from kyiv to lviv, the worst russian barrage since january, punctuated by a variety of russian missiles, including six rare hyper sonic missiles, eluding air defenses. officials say in total, 84 missiles were launched. at least 11 people in ukraine were killed. russia claims the strike was retaliation for what it calls terrorist actions by ukraine in a western russian town last week. cnn cannot independently verify russia s claims or confirm evidence of such an attack. for the sixth time, renewed fears of a nuclear catastrophe. europe s largest nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia shelled, forced to run on backup power. cnn s ivan watson is on the ground in ukraine s capital for us, wher