mike: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier border crossing set another record. highly total ever recorded for december. with the new year combings new laws. we will tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier takes a look at the rise of internet use and data centers have increasing number of those facilities are impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country is in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid low approval numbers u.s. handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family scheduled to return tomorrow to washington after a week long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is travel with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike
good evening welcome to washington, i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. border crossings set another record. officials report the highest monthly total ever recorded for december. with the new year comes new laws. we ll tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier looks at the reece of internet use and how they re impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country s in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid a year of low approval numbers criticism of the us handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family s scheduled to return to, wa ton tomorrow after a week-long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike, the wh
Hamas Firing A Barrage of rockets. This is video of people scrambling in the wreckage as sirens blared in the israeli city of ash ka lon. Come to us. Come to us. Tell me where i go. You can see streaks in the sky. We have seen the iron dome here three miles from the gaza border. A lot of there is one over there coming in. You are going to hear it right up there. Got it. See if we can watch that one. And you can see those Iron Dome Interceptions right above us. This is video of the destruction in gaza this morning. The government warning that all electricity will completely stop and fuel runs out for Hospital Generators today. Right now we dont know the fate of all the hostages who are kidnapped from israel taken to gaza. President biden confirmed americans are among the captives and at least 20 u. S. Citizens are currently unaccounted for. The death toll in israel from hamas assault continues to rise. 1,200 people now confirmed dead as the scale and savagery of hamas massacre of civili
[sirens wailing]. reporter: rockets stream through the sky as israel rings in the new year hamas firing a barrage toward the city of tel aviv. 87 days into the war, factions in gaza have maintained their ability to target major cities as israel slows fighting in parts of gaza and announces that some reservists will return home. these adjustments are meant to ensure planning and preparation for the rest of 2024. the idea must plan ahead wind the understanding that we will be required to more missions and the continuation of the fighting all throughout this year. reporter: the shift in strategy comes as israel continues to launch fresh air strikes across gaza. overnight those strikes killed a company commander from hamas s force in their city. with the new year many of gaza s youngest residents now sheltering in the city and hope there will soon be a pause in the fighting. this year is a nightmare for