to lead talks on how to stem the surge in illegal border crossings. those crossings reaching historic proportions with authorities routinely reporting 10,000 encounter a day. the influx is in border authorities, 10,000 in custody right now. so stretched are resources, customs and border patrol had to close two major railway crossings and other ports of entry so they can shuffle agents to busier points along the border. $43 billion in trailed a year are carried on those two rail lines alone. no telling how politically costly an extended closure could be. with congress on holiday, talks for a comprehensive border package have installed, and with them, hopes for ukraine and israel aid. republicans say funding for those embattled nations must be paired with measures to secure the u.s. mexico border. it s a quid pro quo triggering a backlash who fear an asylum and refugee crackdown could hurt the party among latino voters. joining us now, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who s
6 00 a. M. In gaza and this is breaking News Coverage of the war in israel on americas late news, fox news at night. We are now 47 minutes from sunrise in israel, day 13 of the war, where tempers are flaring and protests are increasing at home and abroad following the Gaza Hospital Explosion that President Biden says, based on Pentagon Assessment is the fault of the militant Group Islamic jihad which, along with hamas, is also based in gaza but it appears the arab world is skeptical anything the u. S. Or israel has to say and in an ominous message the Iranian Foreign minister says quoting here time is up. The statement is from brad new attacks from israel, gaza and hezbollah in lebanon. The Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in israels border with lebanon. Greg. Reporter hey, trace, yeah. Unrest is raging through the region after that blast at that hospital in gaza. There was a mass protest outside of the u. S. Embassy in vertebrae Route Lebanon just across the bo