everyone, welcome to a potential edition of sunday morning futures. i m jason chaffetz in for maria bartiromo. today, record illegal crossings at our southern border while president biden s department of justice attacks those trying to stop it. customs and border protection sources tell fox news border agents have encountered nearly 290,000 the migrants this month, breaking september s record by at least 16,000. the justice department s response? threatening to sue texas for, get this, enforcing a law making illegal border entry a state crime. texas has three days to block state police from arresting illegals, or the department of justice will take them to court. state attorney general ken paxton s response, bring it. we will defend texas. we ll talk to him in just a few moments. also maria talks to cardinal timothy dolan, archbishop of new york, about his tate s migrant crisis and his message for the new year. plus, one of our own navy sailors with an unblemished record se
everyone, welcome to a potential edition of sunday morning futures. i m jason chaffetz in for maria bartiromo. today, record illegal crossings at our southern border while president biden s department of justice attacks those trying to stop it. customs and border protection sources tell fox news border agents have encountered nearly 290,000 the migrants this month, breaking september s record by at least 16,000. the justice department s response? threatening to sue texas for, get this, enforcing a law making illegal border entry a state crime. texas has three days to block state police from arresting illegals, or the department of justice will take them to court. state attorney general ken paxton s response, bring it. we will defend texas. we ll talk to him in just a few moments. also maria talks to cardinal timothy dolan, archbishop of new york, about his tate s migrant crisis and his message for the new year. plus, one of our own navy sailors with an unblemished record se
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Hello again, everyone. Im Fredericka Witfield In Atlanta alongside wolf blitzer in washington. Were continuing with our special coverage of the events unfolding today on the ground in israel and gaza. The rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt was opened briefly this morning. 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were permitted to cross into gauze. Water, fuel and food are all running desperately low there. The United Nations is warning gazas th gazas hospitals are on the brink of collapse. The death toll there now standing at more than 4300 people according to the Palestinian Ministry of health. Meantime, Tens Of Thousands of israeli troops continue to amass along the gaza border. Today the Israeli Defense forces updating the number of hostages held by hamas in gaza to 210 people. Two american hostages, a mother and her teenage daughter are free now following their surprise release yesterday. They were visiting family at a kibbutz close to gaza when they were taken hostage by hama
Department. Lets toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with breaking news. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. And any moment we expect to hear from the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Ministers Office confirmed that Judith Rannan and her 17yearold Daughter Natalie are now back from the gaza strip. Lets listen into Secretary Of State blinken. Held by hamas were released. These two americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect a team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance that they need and of course were very anxious to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends and loved ones are feeling. But there are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted fo