When these freed hostages land overnight in the d. C. Area, they will be immediately offered help from the Defense Department at adjusting to life on the outside. And so far we havent heard anybody say anything but positive things that americans are heading home but there are a lot of complaints about the deal to get them here. Ransom payment 6 billion. A billion bucks per prisoner. President biden says today five innocent americans imprisoned in iran are finally coming home after many months of difficult and principled american diplomacy. Americans since held 2015 says im dying to find out what gadgets now exist. When i was taken hostage the iphone 6 s had just come out. You cannot imagine what an 8 year itch feels like. The returning americans have already spoken to President Biden and Secretary Of State blinken. I can tell you that it was for them, for me an emotional conversation. To get the Five Americans home, President Biden worked to unfreeze 6 billion in iranian funds. That ar
bret: frozen birds freaked me out. thank you, judge. good evening. i m bret baier. house republicans make a move on a censure resolution against one democrat and seek impeachment of another. we will tell you where the money is coming from for a lot of the pro-palestinian protest across the country. big world in the news of golf. two time major winner joins me live on the show. bret: but, first, breaking tonight, two months after the massacre that ignited the israel-hamas war, heavy fighting in and around the southern gaza city of khan yunis has displaced tens of thousands of people. cut most of gaza off from deliveries of food and water and other vital aid. the head of the united nations is warning of an impending humanitarian catastrophe and urging security council members to demand a cease-fire. senior foreign affairs correspondent. greg: we are a mile from gaza where the first night of hanukkah being marked in a very special way as the fighting rages nearby. [explo
to washington. i m bret baier. israel works to wrap up northern gaza operation and move south amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. house republicans focus on possible impeachment inquiry into president biden and the controversy over college football s final four. we ll take a look. but, first, breaking tonight, the biden administration is condition deming the rape of israeli women by hamas terrorists. it s a move critics say is overdue. it comes as a prominent democratic lawmaker is under fire tonight for comments she calls balance in covering this issue. gillian turner has details tonight from the state department. good evening, gillian. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration today acknowledged ha hamas terrorists are using rape as a weapon of war against israeli women and girls. we have seen hamas commit atrocities. both on october 7th and since october 7th. and we obviously condemn those across at this and support israel s actions to hold hamas
congratulations to the rangers. i wish my wife felt the same way. dana: have a great show, bret. bret: see you. secretary of state antony blinken israel to ensure more humanitarian aid to do more to protect palestinian civilians inside gaza or else there will be no partners for peace in his words; however, israeli prime minister benjamin meth is ruling out a temporary seas fire or pause in the gaza strip until hostages held by hamas are released. israeli officials meantime say the country is on high alert for attacks on its border with lebanon. hezbollah s leader gave a first his first public speech since the war started saying his group had entered the battle though he stopped short of saying it is fully engaging in the war. here at home more concern about who is coming across our southern border. a 20-year-old palestinian man in the u.s. illegally is charged now with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. the u.s. attorney s office and the southern dist
november 5th by the people and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. bret: former president trump just moments ago. good evening. i m bret baier. historic day in the united states of america. donald trump is the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes after a new york jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors called a scheme to influence the 2016 election through payments to adult film actress. that verdict exposes the president to prison time. not likely as a first offender. as a republican presidential nominee seeks to return to the white house. the judgment presents voters of another test willingness to accept the former president. he said the ultimate vote here will be the american people on november 5th moments ago after all 34 counts were read and agreed to by the jury members. correspondent nate foy is outside the new york supreme court with the latest in what has been a ve