griff: we begin this second hour of fox & friends with this: secretary of state anthony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are expected to head soon to mexico to meet with mexico s president obrador about the growing migrant crisis. joey: this is coming as a massive caravan can you see it there is moving toward the u.s. why cbp faces a record number of migrant encounters. carley: david spunt joins us live from washington with more. hi, david. hi, this is a big trip for secretary of state blinken and homeland security mayorkas. a way to end a record year for illegal border crossings into our country. cbp sources reveal to fox news more than 35,000 migrants crossed the border over christmas weekend. adding to more than 730,000 migrant encounters in less than three months. as we have reported, some people aren t getting court dates for seven or eight years from now because of the backlog in immigration courts. now, what to do. well, the ad
Viewers joining us from the united states, all around the, world i am paula newton. We begin in maine or police are in the second night of hunting for the suspect in two backtoback shootings that killed 18 people and wounded more than a dozen others. Law enforcement descended on the suspects last known, addressed just a few hours, go authorities were later heard shouting you are under, arrest had come out with your hands up. Though it appears, at the suspect was not there at the time. Police are searching officials are staying vigilant, remaining, inside and lock their doors as this war as they plan to investigate in the coming hours. Now schools and Government Properties will again be closed on friday, while the suspect is still on the loose. Hundreds of local, state, and federal agents are involved in the, search and that investigation into wednesdays massacre. This is the deadliest Mass Shooting in the states this year, it took place that two locations wednesday evening. First a Bow
Watching us here in the United States, canada and all around the world, i am kim brunhuber. This hour on cnn newsroom, we are following developments in israel as the idea of launches raids in gaza and the humanitarian crisis worsens. But first, to the u. S. , where there is a man hunt underway right now in maine after two Mass Shootings. Law enforcement surrounded the suspects last known address for hours thursday night as several communities remain on lockdown and residents are on edge. I dont feel safe. It has been more than 31 hours since Police Responded to active Shooter Calls at multiple locations in the town of lewiston, maine. We now know that a gunman killed at least 18 people and wounded 13 others, first at a Bowling Alley and then a restaurant. Hours later authorities found the suspects car at a boat launched in a nearby town. With the suspect is still on the loose police are searching for this man, 40yearold robert card. He is considered armed and dangerous. He charged with
Sliding down the Bowling Aisle into the pins and climbing up into the bowling machine. The suspects car was later found in the town of lisbon, maine without him in it. Communities in maine are on lockdown as multiple agencies, Law Enforcement agencies search for the suspect. The individual is considered Armed And Dangerous. Hes a firearms instructor. Hes a member of the u. S. Army reserve. Sources tell cnn that he was at the camp smith Training Facility in Upstate New York this summer when he purportedly started making statements about Hearing Voices in his head and having thoughts about wanting to hurt his fellow soldiers. He then spent time in an Army Hospital for medical evaluation. Now people in communities near the shooting are in lockdown and on edge of course. Theyre calling police. Theyre reporting suspicious people. Theyre hearing noises in the woods. Theyre hearing far off gunshots. So far there arent any tips that have led to the suspect. Cnn is learning more about some of t
Shot down three land attack Cruise Missiles and several drones. Im going to send to congress an urgent budget request to fund Americas National security needs, to support our critical partners, including israel and ukraine. Sandra brandnew developments, breaking moments ago, hamas has freed two american hostages. That is all we know at this hour as American Forces are coming under attack by iran proxies across the middle east. And that is a huge development. Welcome, everyone, im sandra smith in new york. John, great to see you. John holds out hope for the fate of other hostages held by hamas as well. John roberts in jerusalem, this is america reports. Good to see you. Several u. S. Bases in syria and iraq have been targeted by Drone Attacks, raising fearss irans proxies are more emboldened to expand the war between israel and hamas. Sandra all of this is happening as the Israeli Defense forces have been given the green light for a Ground Invasion in gaza. Hundreds of tanks and Armored