the face of the biden family scandal ever since the infamous laptop emerged at the end of the 2020 campaign. ignored by most in the media for a year and a half, his muckraking has been an embarrassment to his father and is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry into the president. hunter is under criminal indictment, more charges may be coming, but he s mounting a more aggressive counteroffensive. he sued rudy giuliani, sued the irs, he s published an op-ed accusing the gop of weaponizing his past drug addiction, painting himself as a victim. the house oversight committee has been demanding hunter s testimony for nearly a year. he s under subpoena, but the president s son in a move that has upset some in the white house said, sure, i ll tell, no problem. but it has to be in a public session. his lawyer, abby lowell, writing: a public proceeding prevents selective leaks, manipulated represents, documented exhibits or one-sided press statements. now committee chairman
ainsley: we begin the final hour of fox and friends with a fox news alert. we are in the fourth and final day of a temporary ceasefire deal between israel and hamas and we re learning both sides have concerns over the list of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners to be released today. steve: four more were released yesterday, bringing the number to 40 over the last three days. right now, we have team coverage with a look at the palestinians being released. first check with trey yingst outside the schneider medical center in israel. trey. trey: good morning. i want to start with an update. we understand there are disagreement between israel and hamas about the final list that will include more hostages being released from gaza. the qataris and egyptians are working on the final day of the ceasefire and trying to extend this ceasefire for more prisoners to be released. three thai nationals have been released. nine children brought to the schneider hospital with two
return to, and there are other shocking fuse, so it s a mix between joy and sadness. very bittersweet. i have four relatives, my cousins, her husband and 3-year-old twins so we are anxiously awaiting. we have been through a nightmare, absolute nightmare of hell. l john: be getting an update from the idf at any moment now after israel and hamas have agreed to extend their temporary truce by another two days. while a fourth group of hostages is set to be freed in exchange for dozens of palestinian prisoners. hello, john roberts in washington. welcome back from thanksgiving, sandra. sandra: you as well, john. welcome back everybody. this is america reports . we are kicking off a brand-new hour here, we expect the update from the idf shortly. israel s government says it has notified the families of the latest batch of hostages that could be released shortly, but remains unclear whether any of the americans presumed to still be held captive by those terrorists are on that li
to join us today. of course we re hoping for the best for these three college students and their families. thank you. i appreciate that. we ll keep you posted and let s just, you know, hope we don t see this again and there s no room for hate as everybody has been saying throughout this process and as the victims have been saying and the families. let s hope the suspect is apprehended and our students in this country aren t subject to such attacks in the future. all right. thank you so much. all right. hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i m frederica whitfield alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv. and we have this breaking news, just moments ago, some of the israeli hostages released by hamas today arrived at the schneider children s medical center. this was the moment a helicopter carrying them touched down. we re also learning all 17 hostages released today have now been transferred to hospitals. it marks a dramatic end to the 50-day ordeal that
in gaza to be released but also the release today of 39 palestinian detainees and prisoners from israeli prisons. that followed the same number being released yesterday. the video you re looking at there, that s the scene on the west bank in just last hour. a huge celebration, crowds gathering there to meet those palestinians coming home from those israeli prisons. cnn s kaitlan collins is in tel aviv with latest developments on this second day of hostage releases. reporter: alex, we re in the second day, and now we are hearing from israeli officials that they have received the list of the hostages who are expected to be released on the third day. we are still waiting to learn more about who is on that list, but tonight these are the 13 israeli hostages who were released today. eight children, five women in total. they range in age from 3 years old to 67 years old. the idf says that in addition to those hostages who were released, four thai nationals also being held hostage