good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. here is what we re watching for you. aid work ters in gaza say they need supplies including fuel and could shut down without them. and we re learning of more explosions near hospitals sheltering thousands of people. the fbi seized cellphones and ipad belonging to new york mayor eric adams as a federal investigation into his campaign fund raising, the dramatic way it happened and what the investigators are looking for. federal investigators are looking into suspicious letters sent to public officials in half a dozen states across the country. at least one laced with fentanyl. what destick differences are looking into to piece together where they came from. we re learning more about the deal that got actors off the picket lines and back to work. what the deal ultimately came down to, just ahead. all coming up on cnn this morning. we begin in gaza with a stark warning from the red
i m judge jeannine perot along with jessica. martha mccullum and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. finally cleaning up san francisco but it s not because they want to fix the crime and drug-filled city for residents. it s all to impress world leaders and top ceos coming to town for a big economic summit next week. the democratic city has refused to lift a finger to address drugs, homelessness and crime but now that joe biden and president g are coming to town next week the roads will be repaved. the streets power washed to get rid of all the graffiti and public transportation stations will have added overnight deep cleaning. it s so obvious what s going on that even liberal california governor gavin newsom admits they are putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. i know folks say, oh, they are just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming into town. that s true. but it s true. but it s also true for months and months and
american bases in iraq and syria have taken incoming fire 46 times. 56 servicemembers have been hurt and there is real concern a major strike could drag america into a conflict that the white houses they are working to stay out of. you are watching fox and friends first on friday, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. our presence in the region is strong, 17,000 military personnel have been deployed in the last month and u.s. naval ships are surrounding the middle east. also a nuclear powered submarine somewhere in the waters below. todd: get an update from trey yingst live from southern israel. trey. trey: todd, carley, good morning. the battles inside gaza rage on behind me. israeli forces are reportedly surrounding three separate hospitals in the gaza strip where they say militants are hiding. northern part of gaza, we ve been watching the israelis renew strikes against this area. israel says 37 soldiers in total have been killed in the battle since the ground
our goal isn t to fight the palestinian civilians, it s to fight the hamas terrorists and we make a distinction between the two, they don t. far too many palestinians has been killed, much more needs to be done. john: right now israeli forces reportedly closing in on gaza s largest hospital where they say hamas is hiding in its massive terror complex below ground. suggesting the group uses tunnels below al-shifa hospitals to store weapons and posing a major challenge for the military strategy. i m john roberts in washington. good friday afternoon to be with you. gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra, she has the day off. as the fighting rages on, u.s. bases are taking fire in the middle east. launched 47 total attacks against u.s. troops and assets. john: two days ago, president biden ordered airstrikes against targets in syria to stop attacks, but iran and proxies are simply thumbing their nose at biden. so, why won t the white house do more to shut down iran?
they keep trying to stop trump and they keep failing. late tonight, the minnesota supreme court dismissed a lawsuit that would have kept the former president off the ballot entirely. that was based on a totally bogus claim that he is disqualified from being president under the 14th amendment. it is not going to work. so, what s next in their bag of dirty tricks to try to stop this guy? well, we are going to discuss it a little later. but, first, what happened and what s next? that s the focus of tonight s angle. no getting around it, republicans were once again disappointed last night. big weed and big abortion won in ohio. the g.o.p. lost its dream of taking control of the virginia state house. and the incumbent democrat in kentucky andy beshear, he won. now, naturally, democrats are leaping to the conclusion that biden emerges as superman. it was a significant victory for democrats and it couldn t come at a better time for them as there is tremendous anxiety about preside