safety and a secure movement of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special immigrant visa applications out of the country and to provide additional security at the airport. again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the deteriorating security situation. 3,000 is a lot of people. can you give any better sense on a day to day what are they doing? sounds like that many people must be responsible for getting people to the airport and it almost sounds as if they re coming in and taking over security at the airport. i wouldn t go that far. turkish forces are still at the airport in the lead of security. we already have some united states security forces at the airport including some aviation elements. these 3,000 would be going to bolster that presence and to make sure that the airport is secure enough to facilitate movement of all of these people over the nex
[national anthem] pete: that is our nation s anthem performing this morning on what we re kicking off independence day weekend here on fox & friends , doing it like no other show, i d like to think, honoring our nation. rachel: absolutely, no other show will be more patriotic than fox & friends on independence weekend. will: i think in all of our estimation somewhere tied perhaps in first place for the best holiday of the year, right there income and income with thanksgiving rachel: christmas, what are you talking about? will: it carries the burden of gift-giving [laughter] this is about togetherness and celebration. rachel: that s true. will: so send us your pictures. we d love to see how you celebrate with your friends, your family, your community, your barbecue, friends@foxnews.com. i totally winged that. pete: by the time we get through with the show, we re going to have flowers, the columns we re warming up. it s independence eve, and we re so grateful that yo
earlier today israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at the compound, in jerusalem, and police say they were responding to a riot at this holy site, let s go to the ground, cnn s hadas gold is in jerusalem. is this cease-fire expected to hold, out doesn t seem like the underlying issues that led to this outbreak of violence have been resolved. that s a great point, ana, so far since that cease-fire came into effect, 2:00 a.m. local time, overnight, it has held in the sense that there haven t been rockets fired into gaza. and air strikes into gaza. people coming out and assessing the damage, people in israel starting to feel as though they can go about their lives at the fear of rockets being launched. but that doesn t niecely mean that things are completely calm. earlier in jerusalem, and at the compound, known as the noble sanctuary, it s a place very holy to both muslims and jews. there were thousands of palestinians there, protesting, chanting, waving both
sandra: today s lineup includes karl rove, and marsha blackburn. john: but first this friday afternoon, israeli prime minister netanyahu were bowing to respond with a new level of force to any further attacks from hamas is a cease-fire takes effect in the middle east. i m john roberts in washington, this is america reports for a friday. sandra: and you say that with a little more enthusiasm? happy friday to you. and great to see you. i m sandra smith a new york. it benjamin netanyahu s warning comes as they put the trips to an early test, israel and hamas reaching an agreement yesterday after 240 people were killed in the first outbreak of violence since the 2014 gaza war. it president biden praising his administration for the cease-fire despite reports it was egypt that brokered the deal. john: all of this as pro-palestinian protests are expected around the world following friday prayers. sandra: trey yingst live in gaza. a cease-fire went into effect after 11 st
tactical guided weapon. already 12th missile test so far this year. battle for mariupol may be coming to end, moscow claiming to have cleared all forces. ukrainian troops lay down weapons and ammunition and leave. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warned of humanitarian crisis, suffering significant losses. translator: situation in mariupol remains as severe as possible. just inhuman, what the russian federation deliberately did. deliberately continues to destroy cities, trying to destroy everyone there in mariupol. russian strikes continue to hammer other areas in southern and eastern ukraine. kharkiv at least two killed, 18 injured after cruise missile attack. to the south in luhansk, damaged facilities including oil refinery. as the white house says more weapons, ammunition and other military aid has started arriving in ukraine. first time it s additional high-powered equipment, helicopters, howitzer cannons and more drones. russian military claimed it shot dow