right now on early start, the temporary truce between israel and hamas has been extended by two days. could it go even longer? plus israel has received the list of hostages that could be released today. how many and how soon. and lawyers reveal the final witness at donald trump s civil fraud trial, the former president himself will take the stand last in new york. good day to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where israel and hamas have reached a deal to extend the four day truce that began last friday by an additional two days. in order to extend the pause hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. we would of course hope to see the pause extended further and that will depend upon hamas continuing to release hostages. monday hamas freed another 11 hostages mostly women and children, all israeli dual citizens, none of them american. so 69 host
right now on ana cabrera reports breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, a gunman attacking the u.s. embassy at lebanon overnight, injuring a security guard. what we know at this hour as israel says it s prepared for, quote, strong action. plus, day three of hunter biden s federal gun trial, witness testimony resuming this morning as we learn of new drama outside the com. also ahead, political retribution? what donald trump is saying now about potential payback against his opponents including prison. and later, the new space race, boeing preparing to launch its star liner into orbit this hour. can boeing prove third time s the charm. good morning, it s great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, an attacker opening fire at the embassy in beirut early this morning injuring one lebanese guard. the gunman has been captured and is being treated for injuries. now,
drop, it s likely not because of any change in policy caused by the executive order but because often when there are major changes, especially crackdowns in u.s. border policy, smugglers, migrant smugglers, which are directly controlled by or a part of drug cartels are they often take a wait and see approach with policy changes like this one. they kind of take a step back, don t send people across the border. get a sense of how things are working and then the numbers start to go back up. that s what a lot of experts are predicting, potentially a sharp drop temporarily before the numbers come back up again. there s a big gap in how this looks on paper and how it works politically. thank you for that reality check. we do know that border crossings have been trending downward from their peaks at the very end of 2023. thank you very much, david noriega. joining us now is the mayor of san antonio, ron nurenburg.
good morning at home. policy allowing for quick migrant expulsion expires tonight. border patrol dealing with a number of daily apprehensions. biden administration warning the crisis could be getting worse admitting that tough times are straight ahead. we are are clear eyed about the challenges we re likely to face in the days and weeks ahead which have the potential to be very difficult. bill: with us now texas governor greg abbott and border czar mike banks. good morning to you and mr. banks, thank you for your time. i know you have been out and about. what have you seen out there and what do you think the american people need to understand from your experience, sir? so there are two things that people need to understand. one i think it was brandon judd that you were having giving you some comments earlier. so brandon judd was spot on in this regard. that is we need the policies that were put in place by the
political fight in the capitol over it. there is much more bipartisan support for israel. also for figuring out a way for there to be peace in the middle east if there ever can be. president trump made strides on the abraham accords and now it looks like it is not working. bill: this rocket exchange at night should be a concern to everybody. dana: back to the border now. watch here. it s not a problem of resources but a problem of policy. if we had the proper policy we could control the border tomorrow. we ve already proven that. we don t need to throw more money at this and don t have to have taxpayers shoulder the burden. we need proper enforcement stances. if we have that we can stop this tomorrow. dana: border agents sounding alarms expecting an explosive migrant surge to overwhelm the border when title 42 ends with hours left until the floodgates open. bill: good morning.