millimeter mortar rounds landed inside the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. gillian: iran-backed forces hit 75 times in the last two months. we will bring you developments as they come in. my son has done nothing wrong. i trust him, i have faith in him. my son did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. did not do a single thing wrong as everybody has investigated. one single bit of evidence, not one little tiny bit to say anything done was wrong. john: well, president biden has defended his son for years, but now new legal trouble has emerged for hunter biden. nine federal charges for alleged tax crimes. good friday afternoon to you, i m john roberts. nice to spend it with you. gillian: you as well, john. gillian turner in for sandra. this is america reports . three of the nine charges are felonies that carry up to 17 years in prison if convicted. according to the indictment filed in california by special counsel david weiss, hunter failed to pay nearly $1.5 million in
[bombs and gunshots] sandra: we are expecting to get a state department update as israel pushes deeper into southern gaza. and is reportedly eyeing new tactics to root out hamas terrorists. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. bret: good afternoon, i m bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and push it through miles of hamas tunnels. sandra: the fate of some 130 hostages still in captivity remains unclear at this hour. fox team coverage kicks off right now. ai aishah hasnie is in capitol hill for an antisemitism hearing. bret: and trey, what are you hearing about the new tactic by israel. we are following the report from the wall street journal indicating israeli officials are considering using water from the mediterranean sea to flood the hamas tunnel network.
sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
baier. retail workers go on strike over crime in their stores. the fbi want to find the men who carjacked one of the bureau s own vehicles. elon musk vs. walt disney, the excorps chairman takes on the mouse house you plus republican vs. democrat, east vs. west, the governor s debate tonight on fox. mike: but, first, breaking tonight, two hamas terrorists open fire on israelis today in jerusalem. they killed several of them. the men who were brothers were killed by off duty soldiers and an armed citizen. israel and hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire by another day. the new group of hostages has been released by hamas terrorists. correspondent nate foy is in northern israel tonight. good evening, nate. hey, mike. a total of 8 israeli hostages are back in israel tonight as the temporary cease-fi barely holds after hamas terrorist attack in jerusalem this morning. hamas gunmen murdered three israelis and breaking tonight, mike, we re learning that a fourth israeli