the big weekend show begins with the fox news alert. i m guy benson with nicole saphier, anita vogel and joey jones. fox news confirming the u.s. troops killed when a black hawk helicopter crash during a training mission in the mediterranean sea on veterans day while they were special operators from the 160th special operations aviation regiment. one of the most elite helicopter pilot groups on earth, this is the u.s. conducts additional airstrikes on iranian proxy groups in their facilities and their personnel in syria that in retaliation for dozens of attacks against u.s. bases and military in the middle east. lucas tomlinson is live in delaware, president biden is spending his weekend there, give us a update on the airstrikes pretty significant development, yes? that is right we learned a pair of u.s. air force fighter jets that carried airstrikes in eastern syria targeting a training facility according to lloyd austin. it we received reporting from jennifer griffi
now it s their turn. donald trump jr. back on the witness stand as trump organization lawyers kick a off their defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial. why trump jr. says his dad is, quote, an artist. and desperation in gaza, hospitals running out of basic critical supplies forcing doctors to wrap premature babies in foil. what israel is saying about this and what it could mean for hostage talks. plus the u.s. racing toward yet another potential government shutdown. will the capitol hill chaos continue or will cooler heads finally prevail? we re following these stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. nus minutes from now donald trump jr. will return to the witness stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. he s the first witness for trump s legal team, which start ed their case today. kara scannell is outside the courthouse. don jr. testified for two hours this it morning before the court took that lunch break. there was an intere
great scott. tim scott is out. the south carolina senator abruptly suspending his presidential campaign. even surprising some of his own campaign staff. so who stands to benefit as the remaining gop candidates gear up for the fourth debate? we ll ask tim scott donor andy saban. and vivek ramaswamy more on what he makes of the smaller field. your world starts right now. welcome, i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. first to david spunt in washington with the latest. david? good afternoon. tim scott is out. but not forever. insisting he may return to the ticket one day. he made the surprise announcements on this network last night. i love america more today than i did on may 22. when i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i m suspending my campaign. i think the voters have been really clear that they re telling me not now, tim. scott wanted to restore optimism to the white house. but this caught campaign staffers by surprise. a fund-raising e-
if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. if you want a future for israel, the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. hamas is using hospitals as it uses many other civilian facilities for command and control. united states does not want to see fire fights in hospitals. john: begin with israeli forces making significant gains in northern gaza, closing in on what they say is hamas s key command center beneath gaza s largest hospital. we are awaiting a pair of briefings from the white house and state department on update on where things stand right now. hello, well come to this monday. welcome back to you. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra today. this is america reports . while the fighting rages on in gaza, the u.s. is striking back at proxy groups in syria. on sunday, they hit two facilities, killing at least six fighters. john: did not take long for the proxy groups to respond, the total attacks are 52 in less than a month.