home, i m martha maccallum at fox news headquarters in new york. this story is back today, remember jussie smollett? looks like he will land back in prison. nikki haley also joins us. we have a good mix of stories, some politics, some crime and john kirby is here, we ll talk about israel as the war resumes in force in gaza. first, though, that entertaining match up between florida governor ron desantis and california governor gavin newsom was must-see tv with sean hannity last night here on fox. they went at it on a lot of things that are important to americans across the country, watch. governor desantis: california represents biden-harris on steroids. joe biden is in the pocket of the teachers union and so is kamala harris. governor newsom: it is not kamala harris, ron, it is kamala harris. you are troeling folks to outtrump trump. governor desantis: what is that plotting? that app is where they plot human feces found on the streets of san francisco. governor newsom
choices, too. hamas could immediately release all of the hostages it holds. it could stop using civilians as human shields and stop using civilian infrastructure to stage and launch terrorist attacks. hamas could lay down its arms. surrender the leaders that are responsible for the slaughter, the torture, the rapes of october 7th. hamas could renounce its stated goal of eliminating israel, killing jews and repeating the atrocities of october 7th again and again and again. meanwhile, every one around the world that cares about protecting innocent civilians, innocent lives should be calling on hamas indeed demanding of hamas that it immediately stop its murderous acts of terror and deplorable innocent use of men and women as shields. in our meetings with israeli leaders here and jerusalem and palestinian leaders in ramallah, we discussed our continued focus on preventing the conflict from spreading whether to the west bank, to israel s northern barreder or to the broader region
. it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we have breaking news, a u.s. official and a diplomat in the region tell nbc news one american could be among the hostages released today. just moments ago, the red cross transported two former captives over the border as urgent talks continue to extend the truce in gaza, possibly by another two days. we re live in tel aviv with the latest. plus, hamas now claiming that three hostages, a ten-month old baby, his 4-year-old brother and their mom will not be coming home, and that all three were killed during the fighting. israel is still looking to confirm that. also ahead, we ll talk to the former director of the cia about the challenges of bringing the remaining hostages home with israel ready to return to combat at any given moment. then later, a set for the angels, the heart wrenching tribute for the young lives cut short at an israeli music festival. so much to get to in this hour, but i
active a long time, but they turned it up to 11. they are doing more than they used to be doing. does that explain the timing? that partly explains the timing. everyone has cottoned onto the koch brothers. they did a lot of stuff for awhile that we didn t really hear about. it s not that they just turned libertarian. one of them founded kato foundation, another founded americans for prosperity. they ve been out there working. it s just that we re paying attention, frankly, and yes, they are doing more. because people are cottoning to them, are we getting to the point that a koch brothers endorsement starts being a liability for either candidates or causes that they endorse? i don t think we are quite there. we could get there. i think some candidates, forecast, now, scott brown in the state like massachusetts, that s embarrassing to him. that s a problem i think, given he has to run in essentially a
that partly explains the timing. everyone has cottoned onto the koch brothers. they did a lot of stuff for awhile that we didn t really hear about. it s not that they just turned libertarian. one of them founded kato foundation, another founded americans for prosperity. they ve been out there working. it s just that we re paying attention, frankly, and yes, they are doing more. because people are cottoning to them, are we getting to the point that a koch brothers endorsement starts being a liability for either candidates or causes that they endorse? i don t think we are quite there. we could get there. i think some candidates, for example, now, scott brown in the state like massachusetts, that s embarrassing to him. that s a problem i think, given he has to run in essentially a blue state. for other candidates, it wouldn t be a problem. i frankly think the koch brothers would be just as happy