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.
this time it s a new york homeowner. the beating happened after he they stole anis rayly flag from his yard. nikki haley is about to make her first appearance talking beyond if there is a beyond. we begin with brand new allegations showing you are not just paranoid. the biden administration appears to be targeting conservatives. kevin cork is live in dc with more. good evening, trace. we begin to investigate. those are the words of secretary janice yellen. about whether the treasury department . to filter customer transactions by using terms like mag a and trump as part of an investigation into the protest at the capitol january 6th. warning that religious text could implicate extremism. officials suggested banks query transactions with key words like dick s sporting good, cabella and bass pro shops and more. as treasury including federal banking agencies like the fed, occ instructed financial institutions to search americans legal transactions in attempts to survey their
this baier doesn t push anybody down. sandra: watch out. have a great show, bret. bret: we will see ya. following two major stories a massive manhunt by land, water and air underway in maine tonight. the target a u.s. army reservist suspected in the massacre of 18 people wednesday in lewiston. authorities are still urging residents in the area to use extreme caution because he is armed, experienced and very dangerous. we ll have a live update there shortly. but we begin with an expansion of the war in israel. huge explosions tonight rocking gaza. we re also getting new insight about the expected ground invasion of gaza by israeli troops will look like or might look like. israel s defense minister saying it will require destroying a vast network of tunnels and the campaign will be long and difficult. senior correspondent mike tobin is in southern israel again tonight with the latest. good evening, mike. mike: good evening, bret. an adviser to prime minister benjamin neta
middle east continue to grow. split screen now of gaza and capitol hill capturing how the region may be sitting on a powder keg increasingly getting the attention of lawmakers here. good morning, i m dana perino and good morning to you in d.c. john: i m john roberts in for bill hemmer today. this is america s newsroom. top biden officials will testify in two hearings today expected to face a tough round of questions about how safe the american people are. another major concern, the wave of anti-semitism sweeping over college campuses and city streets both here in the u.s. and around the world. anti-jewish hatred erupted to levels we haven t seen since world war ii. dana: we have team fox coverage. we re live with mike tobin in israel. pardon the shot inside of a moving vehicle. last location the soldiers approached us and said they had reason to believe there was an infiltrator. we re trying to transfer to the next spot where we can be safe and try to bring you the la
two critical senate hearings are happening now on capitol hill. first up mayokas and f.b.i. director christopher wray are testifying on the threats to america that are now growing. open border will do that. they are pointing to an explosion of anti-semitism we re seeing as well since hamas terrorists tortured, raped, killed, israeli citizens on october 7th. the second hearing defense secretary austin and secretary of state antony blinken also facing questions today for their part on america s response so far to the 25 attacks on u.s. military men and women serving in the middle east. and testimony was just getting underway at that hearing when police had to remove disruptive protestors from the gallery. first it was a woman, just one, and then it was a crowd. stop funding this brutal massacre. israel s genocide is a terrible thing. pray for the children of gaza. cease-fire now. harris: they held up their hands covered in what we assume is fake blood, paint, somethin