good day to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. it is wednesday, december 20th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. 3:00 a.m. in denver where layers for donald trump have vowed to appeal a colorado supreme court ruling that could keep the former president off the 2024 ballot before state justices ruling 4-3 that trump is ineligible to be president under the 14th amendment because he engaged in an insurrection on january 6. the court put its ruling on hold until january 4 pending trump s planned appeal to the u.s. supreme court. an attorney for the plaintiff seeking to block trump says he thinks that they have decent odds at winning there. first of all, trump is going to have to convince the supreme court to take this case. and i can imagine a world in which the supreme court says this is pretty early on in the election cycle, let s see how it plays out in some other states first. so he is first going to have to convince the supreme court
her. journalism is not a crime and it s a proof that russia is determined to stifle independent reporting. since 2012, vladimir putin has used foreign agent laws to punish and detain critics, including journalists, and analysts say this indicates russia sees americans as valuable assets to be used in prisoner exchanges like when britteny griner was exchanged for the merchant of death, arms dealer victor bout. now evan gershkovich has been wrongfully detained for 204 days today. he s in a high security prison in moscow awaiting trial on espionage charges. the u.s. ambassador to russia visited him on tuesday. the u.s. embassy, sandra, says even that evan remains in good spirits and is calling for his immediate release. sandra. sandra: appreciate it, bryan. the state department as we just heard from them a moment ago is out with a major alert for all americans overseas. officials now urging all american citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution for potential terrorist
in the south and west. for the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. but the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 18th october. there s been international condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. the blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for president biden, who s currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. hamas a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments says the al ahli hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. but israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but it s denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. wyre davies has the latest. pictures from gaza last night showed scenes of utter chaos. bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. videos many too graphic to broadcas
it s 11:00 p.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. in gaza as we continue our breaking news coverage of israel s war on hamas. on america s late news, fox news at night. president biden is scheduled to touched down in israel in 4:46. his primary goal is to stop this war from spreading. the president is flying into a region where diplomacy is giving way to hatred. greatly exacerbated by a strike on a hospital in gaza that hamas now claims killed around 500 people. israel says it has proof the rocket strike came from terrorists in gaza. the leader of hamas blames israel as well as the united states. and has below is calling for a day of rage where thousands of people protesting near the u.s. embassy in lebanon. there are also protests in turkey, the west bank and jordan where a summit between president biden and palestinian and egyptian leaders is now canceled. the senior foreign affairs correspondent is live at the israel the lebanon border with what he is seeing on the ground. greg
i m joyce gallagher in los angeles with a fox news update on the war in israel. president biden hours away from touching down in israel. the primary goal of preventing this from becoming a regional battle. already on very shaky ground. jordan has now canceled the summit with biden and egyptian and palestinian leaders in jordan following the strike on a gaza hospital that hamas is saying killed about 500 people. hamas and israel are blaming each other for the attack. there are reports of hundreds of protesters tonight carrying palestinian flags, gathering at the u.s. embassy in beirut, lebanon. meantime an iranian official told state tv that a war on multiple fronts is inevitable if israel continues strikes in gaza. the senior foreign affairs correspondent is live at the israeli lebanon border with more. greg? reporter: all eyes are on gaza after that horrendous blast at this packed hospital. bodies from the destruction wrought palestinian health authority claimed as many as