mandate. the requirement was thrown out yesterday by a federal judge in florida. some passengers on airplanes and trains and other forms of transportation were given the green light to get rid of face coverings while the biden administration urged caution and following cdc guidelines at the same time president biden said in new hampshire the decision is up to each person. notably, the biden administration is not yet challenging that federal court ruling. correspondent mark meredith starts us off tonight by from reagan national airport in arlington, virginia. good evening, mark. bret, good evening. the rules over where travelers need and where to wear mask confusing. federal mask mandate not being enforced still seeing mass transit requiring people to mask up. mr. president, should people continual to wear masks on planes? that s up to them. president biden is not saying if his administration will fight a federal judge s ruling which abruptly ended the federal transpor
words together. but it knocked me down but i m going to keep coming back up. i ve visited vocational schools, i didn t visit it with john, because obviously it wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. there s no way around it, john fetterman s health was the big issue last night in pennsylvania and he and dr. oz faced off in the only debate for the state s senate seat. we re going to have much more on the this consequential showdown, next. plus, democrats are now bracing for a possible red wave. and it even appears that strongholds could be in jeopardy. and president joe biden shares his thoughts on the midterms saying americans face a choice and the stakes could be higher. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. pennsylvania voters saw their candidates for u.s. senate side by side last night for the one and only debate in the high-stakes race. lieutenant governor
middle east continue to grow. split screen now of gaza and capitol hill capturing how the region may be sitting on a powder keg increasingly getting the attention of lawmakers here. good morning, i m dana perino and good morning to you in d.c. john: i m john roberts in for bill hemmer today. this is america s newsroom. top biden officials will testify in two hearings today expected to face a tough round of questions about how safe the american people are. another major concern, the wave of anti-semitism sweeping over college campuses and city streets both here in the u.s. and around the world. anti-jewish hatred erupted to levels we haven t seen since world war ii. dana: we have team fox coverage. we re live with mike tobin in israel. pardon the shot inside of a moving vehicle. last location the soldiers approached us and said they had reason to believe there was an infiltrator. we re trying to transfer to the next spot where we can be safe and try to bring you the la
brian: fox news alert, idf announcing death of hamas commander who directed major attacks on october 7. lawrence: the idf is pushing deeper into the enclave as we learn total of 240 people are being held hostage. ainsley: that number keeps going up and israeli forces are hunting hamas inside the tunnel network. steve: trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest. trey, good morning to you, good afternoon there. day 25, what is the latest? trey: yeah, hi, guys, good morning. significant breaking news. israeli military says the arrow missile defense system intercepted one fired from yemen. the arrow defense system was used for the first time. likely ballistic missile fired by houthi rebels, backed by the iranian regime. fighter jets were scrambled to shoot them down. last hour initially thought to be drones were launched and traveled over the red sea may have been cruise missiles along with one ballistic missile. step out of the scene and show you the scene
plus, a young woman who pulls a car off of her father saving his life. like a scene out of superman. you have to see this. pretty incredible. up first, the golden girls. of course, everyone still talking about the magical night for the u.s. women s gymnastics team. they routed the russians and everyone else on their way to the gold medal in the team competition. take a look, folks. michael phelps cementing his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his record breaking 19th medal and adding another gold just for fun to his all-time mark. amanda davies is live in london. amanda, the debate is raging this morning. also here, mr. john berman and i have been debating this. is michael phelps the best olympian ever? reporter: morning. i ll tell you, there s no debate about the fact it was stars and stripes all the way here at the olympics last night. but it s a really difficult question to answer that. it is the topic of conversation across breakfast