known as the trail blazer in the senate and in american politics. dianne feinstein, the longest serving female senator in our nation s history has died at the age of 90. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. senator dianne feinstein broke a series of glass ceilings on her journey to capitol hill. she was the first woman president of san francisco s board of superviseors, the first woman mayor in san francisco and the first woman elected to the senate in california. president biden and the late senator served together on the senate judiciary committee and he spoke on her legacy. he will speak on her legacy today. senate majority leader chuck schumer has already spoken and shared his praises. we lost a giant in the senate. she was smart, she was strong, she was brave, she was compassionate. but maybe the trait that stood out most of all was her amazing integrity. her integrity was a diamond. harris: senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on ca
anti-israel protestors upending some of america s elite university. columbia has switched all of its main campus classes to what are called hybrid learning. for the rest of the semester. these hate-filled protests are spreading like wildfire. the fear among jewish students is growing as well. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. this is america where you can say what is protected speech. this is america where you cannot threaten to kill people and get away with it. and threaten to put people in spaces where they can t have their freedom. that is not free speech. anti-israel demonstrations and encampments have expanded to schools across america. this scene in reaction to arrests at new york university just last night. [shouting and chanting] harris: there they are hating. hating israel, and some of them chanting they stand with hamas. the blood thirsty raping, killers on october 7th on our streets in america armed with flares and waving palestinian flags
broker the deal. bill: in exchange the oils us is unfreezing $6 billion and 6 prisoners. qatar has received the money. the swap is good to go. dana: the deal going through as president biden attends the u.n. kicking off today, general assembly in new york. we re waiting to see if he will comment on it. republicans are slamming the agreement saying it puts a price on americans heads. the administration is trying to act like money isn t if youingible. even if we get the safeguards on the $6 billion and frees up $6 billion of iranian money for terrorism, supporting russia whether it s britteny griner. they got the message. take americans hostage and you get billions of dollars. good morning, dana. we just got that alert moments ago. the administration announcing that the five americans and two family members have departed tehran along with the ambassador on a plane now. iranians are reporting that two of the five iranian prisoners the u.s. is releasing have already arri
bill: good morning. major story to watch this hour. will the cease-fire come to an end in the middle east? we re awaiting a critical deadline as the biden team pressures israel to change tactics in gaza after the president pledged unwavering support. the question today what changed on that? good morning everybody. 4:00 in the afternoon in israel. welcome to our coverage live in new york city. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the u.s. is urging israel to go with greater precision. mounting civilian casualties that ignited a wave of demonstrations. protestors plan to flood the rockefeller center tree lighting tonight. bill: imagine the scene we ll see later. negotiators working to extend a truce now lasted six days. hamas releasing ten israeli hostages yesterday. we re expecting 10 more today. the families victims say the process has been nothing short of a living nightmare. she was in complete darkness. she had to adjust to the s
deliberations about to resume in donald trump s criminal trial. what the jury is asking to hear for a second time will be revealed in a matter of moments. stay tuned for that. good morning. could be quite a day. we ll see. i m bill hemmer in new york city. dana: i woke up ready to go. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we have a lot to get to. former president trump heading downtown for day two of deliberations. trump and his team must remain at the courthouse as the jury decides whether to convict him of 34 counts of falsifying business records. bill: the former president s fate in the hands of 12 new yorkers. they deliberated 4 1/2 hours day one and ended the day with a few requests from the judge. dana: they want to rehear testimony from david pecker and michael cohen and then they also asked the judge to repeat his instructions. those things are expected to happen when court resumes less than 30 minutes from now. bill: our legal team is ready to go.