that coalition ironically includes the new york city mayor eric adams and the chicago mayor brandon johnson, both mayors of sanctuary cities. they re asking for $5 billion in federal funding to house thousands of asylum seekers. we ex pect to hear from the mayors making the rounds in washington. more as it happens. first this. that was the scene recently on the fight to flee gaza. egypt allowing the first evacuees through the rafah border crossing. at least five americans among them. sources telling fox news 400 americans have been cleared to follow suit. whether that happens today or not is something we await. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. team is back together. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it is astounding the mayors have to come begging the white house for help on a problem the white house is refusing to solve. we ll cover that but also get you to this. the increased fighting in gaza is putting pressure on the white house to get the am
the former president himself is set to testify on monday of next week followed for now by ivanka trump next wednesday. she appealed the judge s decision requiring her to testify. see if that schedule holds. bill: we ll see where it leads today. thank you. dana: house republicans are about to hold a news briefing one week after electing mike johnson as the new house speaker. right now they re ready to vote on a stand alone emergency aid package for israel and then they plan to hold a vote on a bill that pairs u.s. border security with fresh aid for ukraine. we ll monitor what they have to say and bring you the news as it happens. biden administration is under intense pressure to confront hamas one day after f.b.i. director christopher wray warned about mounting terror threats on u.s. soil. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: nice to be back with you. good morning. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. the justice department considering