tom: it s the christmas season. which is according to andy williams the most wonderful time of the year. but not everyone is into that and they re tired of all of the good cheer but would it surprise you to know a new study find that declining invitations to holiday parties is actually good for you. many people say yes to invites when they want to say no. you see they re afraid their friend will be angry and cross them off future party lists. but researchers found, quote, people tend to exaggerate degree to which the person who issue invitation will focus on act of the invitee declining invitation as opposed to the thoughts that pass through their head before they decline. you get it right, it s old bit of wisdom you wouldn t so much about what other people thought of you. if you knew how seldom hay did there s a lot of demands on your time this time of the year. you have to look out for your mental health even if it makes you kind of a grinch. this woman hates holida
good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor
communities on the brink, as thousands cross into the u.s. daily. we are live once again at the border. plus, released on bond. the u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a deadly chokehold on a new york city subway is now out of jail, after his first court appearance. daniel penny is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge. we have the latest on this case. and the oklahoma governor is waging a war on a pbs station, the home of sesame street. why the governor says it doesn t line up with oklahoma values. we are following major developing stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with the crisis many fear has no clear end in sight. the rush of migrants to the southern border now that title 42, which of course dates back to the covid pandemic, is over. the policy allowed the u.s. to immediately remove undocumented arrivals, it expired 14 hours ago. and over the last two days federal authorities reported more than 10,000 people in border custo
nominate your hero. thank you for being with us this week. thank you for the mother s day flowers. happy mother s day to chelsea. thanks for spending the week with us. thanks for having me. it was a blast. everyone, have a great weekend. see you monday. a stern warning from the white house. they say the crisis at the southern border is going to get worse after the pandemic era title 42 expired overnight. we re live in brownsville, texas. a military veteran accused of choking a homeless man to death on a new york city subway. he just turned himself in to face charges. the tragedy spotlighting what safety and security means. brand new video, ukrainian troops on the attack in bakhmut. all this coming in to cnn news central. this morning, title 42 is over. homeland security officials are warning the critical situation at the southern border may get worse. the surge has been happening for days now. you re looking at video from arizona as migrants stood in lon
fought o er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave put your right foot out, do the bunny hop, hop, hop, hop joey: good morning. welcome back to the second hour of this easter edition of fox & friends weekend. that s the easter bunny right there. i have on good authority that he got a day off from the white house because joe biden s taking the day off, so he came over and helped us out. he s holding a chick there, that s a real, live chick. lisa: i wonder if this is the same easter bunny that had to man handle joe biden? joey: he got a day off in d.c lisa: do you know the easter bunniesome. will: personally? [laughter] yeah, we go back a bit. he and i in college really ripped the top off it. lisa: it s a family show. will: i