in the big apple tonight. new york city and the rest of the country are set to ring in the new year end just a matter of hours. meantime others around the world have already welcomed in 2024 but you are looking at celebrations in the middle east where the clock just hit midnight. happy new year everyone and welcome to a special edition of fox news live i am rich edson. you are looking at times square courtesy of ea earth cam authorities here at home find the right balance between safety and celebration crowds already gathering in new york city s times square for eight hours to go until the iconic ball drops. 1 million people expected to attend in person there tonight. law enforcement agencies in the federal state and city level all taking special care as israel s war against hamas sparks heightened concern over potential disruptions like protest or even violence. thousands of nypd officers and fbi agents are ready for any threats to public safety. and alexis is live and times
plane. it s a holiday nightmare when a 6 year old in florida gets put on the wrong plane. merry christmas, everyone. hey, julie. julie: that s worse than a real-life home alone. brian: yeah. julie: that s scary stuff. i can t believe it. so spirit is offering to reimburse the family. but they could just be asking for answers. that s what the family really wants. we are live in new york. how did this happen. reporter: we re scratching our heads,b and this reminds us of the classic home alone. a grandmother says her 6 year old grand son was scheduled to fly from fortmyers, florida, and when she got there, he was nowhere to be found. listen to this. i ran over to the plane, and i said where is my grandson. he was scheduled to leave from philadelphia. she said i have no kids with me. now, shortly after, she said her grandson casper called and said he landed, but three hours away in orlando where she picked him up. and spirit airlines offered to reimburse her for the
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
fentanyl from mexico. he probably does yoga and is riding his bicycle. peter does not seem like a criminal, much less a danger to this nation. and yet last friday federal agents arrested peter navarro a reagan national airport in washington. they did not call his lawyer as is customary in cases like this. they didn t even come to his house. it was feet from the fbi building. they could have walked, but the didn t. instead they took him down in public as you would a fugitive terror mastermind so everyone could see it and learn the lessons they were sending. they handcuffed peter navarro and put him in leg irons and threw him into a cell. he is now facing years in prison . so what did peter navarro do to deserve treatment like this? he resisted a subpoena from the january 6th committee. the january 6th committee is washington s latest inquisition run by nancy pelosi with help from liz cheney and adam kinzinger. navarro resisted that subpoena because he had nothing to do with ja
dana: incredible. i m glad to be back with all of you. let me tell you the world over they are amazing and we appreciate you very much. the national average soaring to an all time high of $4.86 a gallon up 25 cents from last week and $2 from a year ago. bill: americans say it will be one of the deciding issues how they vote in november and also concerned about the economy and inflation and crime. the president is under water on the big three issues when it comes to your wallet. dana: i ve been dying to talk about all of this. let s start with peter doocy reporting from the north lawn this morning. hi, peter. good morning. welcome back. white house officials aren t just saying they think things are going well. they are saying they think thing are going well because of them. i have reporters calling me when delta hit, omicron hit, putin went into ukraine saying is that it? will that derail the recovery? and so far you ve seen resilience. that has a lot to do with the