allowing thousands and thousands of people to come in from china, iran, yemen, the congo, syria, and a lot of other nations. john: former president donald trump back at the campaign trail today the this time in the crucial swing state of michigan where he is expected to put the border front our head of the november election in the next hour he will take to the stage to deliver remarks against what he calls bidens border bloodbath will see if the white house has anything to say when karine jean-pierre has the press briefing in a moment. hello and welcome i m john roberts in washington, bloodbath now one of the former president s favorite words. hello i m sandra smith in new york i want to call your attention to the left side of your screen both of these are life shots, white house on the right, this is a live shot of migrants clearly right now happening before your eyes coming across the border at eagle pass, texas. this is provided by our fox flight team. these are imag
the stand under cross-examination when court resumes. so it begins another hour here i am john roberts in washington. sandra this is going to be an interesting hour ahead. be to consider in court resumes at 2:15 p.m. he oftentimes walks back and around 2:10 p.m. so we should be seeing him shortly. i am sandra smith in new york this is america reports. trump s defense team has tried to show cohen as a untruthful and vindictive, angry he never got a job in the white house. cohen is dented by his testimony that the payment that was made to stormy daniels was done at the direction of the former president. john: that is not what he said when he confided to form a legal advisor bob costello years ago, here is what costello told america s newsroom this morning. he kept on saying over and over again 10-20 times i swear to god, bob, i don t have anything on donald trump. and then when we got into the discussion of the stormy daniels nda he said specifically, and i cross-examined
idf. they are being examined on a medical basis right now before they head to hospitals and will be greeted and met by their families. john: as all of this unfolds, negotiators are working around the clock to secure another ceasefire extension as hamas still holds more than 150 people hostages somewhere in gaza. sandra: america reports hour two begins right now. i m sandra smith un-new york. john: john roberts in washington. good to be with you on a busy wednesday. hearing from families of hostages just freed describing the traumatic conditions that their loved ones had to ensure during 51 days of captivity. one of those family members joined us in our last hour. they couldn t raise their voices, they were often made to watch things that they should never see that should have never happened, that they were held at gunpoint, they didn t have a bed to sleep in. you don t know if they were warm when they needed to be or cold when they needed to be, if they were seeing
close, could bring some of the hostages home very soon, but i don t want to get into details or things because nothing is done until it s done. and we have more to say, we will. but things are looking good at the moment. sandra: at this hour, awaiting updates from both the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east of a the president there says a hostage deal with hamas is very close and he is optimistic. and also an update is expected from the pentagon a short time from now after the u.s. military carried out an airstrike last night, killing several militants from iranian proxy group. a lot to learn in the coming minutes and hours. hello, welcome, john, great to be with you. john: good to be with you as well, sandra. john roberts in washington. america reports . an agreement could be announced at any moment but what we know at this hour about the hostages. the deal on the table would free about 50 israeli women and children in exchange for 150 pales