in the big apple tonight. new york city and the rest of the country are set to ring in the new year end just a matter of hours. meantime others around the world have already welcomed in 2024 but you are looking at celebrations in the middle east where the clock just hit midnight. happy new year everyone and welcome to a special edition of fox news live i am rich edson. you are looking at times square courtesy of ea earth cam authorities here at home find the right balance between safety and celebration crowds already gathering in new york city s times square for eight hours to go until the iconic ball drops. 1 million people expected to attend in person there tonight. law enforcement agencies in the federal state and city level all taking special care as israel s war against hamas sparks heightened concern over potential disruptions like protest or even violence. thousands of nypd officers and fbi agents are ready for any threats to public safety. and alexis is live and times
good morning, and thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. all eyes today on the southern border with title 42 set to expire tonight. tens of thousands of migrants are already waiting to enter the u.s. once the covid era restriction ends at midnight. u.s. troops at the border setting up our wire. we ll have a live report from mexico about the situation coming up right up. and later, trump taking center stage yet again, this time in a prime time town hall, and it feels like we ve seen this script before. will you commit tonight to accepting the results of the 2024 election? yes, if i think it s an honest election absolutely i would. plus, congressman george santos fighting both a legal and political battle. the house speaker now saying he won t support santos for re-election. santos has pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges. does santos have any future in the gop? and the nearly 20-year-old case of natalie holloway s dis
correspondent ken dilanian and also nbc legal analyst. ryan, what do we know at this moment? reporter: we know the jury will be delivering this verdict at any moment now. it s a partial verdict. we are expecting any second to find out what those initial conclusions were. we know after they deliver this verdict, whatever counts were outstanding, the judge is going order them to deliberate those counts. right now, we re unsure what counts they were able to reach a conclusion on, any one of the counts. and which ones they re still split on. they need to continue to deliberate and see if any of the holdouts on either side there were in the minority of the jurors will be able to ultimately move away from or be convinced of. being that they have been deliberating for about a week now, although there have been some half days mixed in there, i think when they go back, it will be a bit of a challenge. and that s why the judge at the beginning of this instructed them not to come in w
legal news. it is the first conviction of anyone for defying the house january 6 committee as well. we have experts about to join us who were inside the courtroom . this is a major deal. prosecutors basically made may have won their case that steve bannon hid insurrection evidence by refusing to show up or testify or provide documents requested under that lawful subpoena. mr. bannon faces up to two years in prison in a precedent- making a victory. for the justice department and the house, we have a lot to get to. a lot of angles. we go right into the breaking news to the people who know it best. armor federal prosecutor john flannery has dealt with exactly these kind of cases and has been counsel to three confessional crannies congressional committees. josh gerstein has been covering the story. he is out side the courthouse. josh, tell us how this news came down and what it means. well ari, good to see you. deliberations were very short in this case. the trial was pretty
breaking news of federal jury finding hunter biden, the president at a previously scheduled event on gun safety, and we just learned that afterwards he will be traveling to delaware to be with his son or last hour, the special prosecutor in the case gave his first statements since the jury reached their decision this morning here s david weiss this case was about the illegal choices defendant made while in the throes of addiction. his choice to lie on a government form when he bought a gun and the choice to them possess that gun, it was these choices. and the combination of guns and drugs that made his conduct dangerous second no one in this country is above the law everyone must, be accountable for their actions. even this defendant however hunter biden, should be no more accountable than any other citizen convicted of this same conduct. the prosecution has been and will continue to be committed to this principle some jurors though, are now questioning whether this case sh