As you saw from Bill And Dana and their last program there is a whole lot happening in the southeastern parts of this country and well get to it. Were watching Fox News alert. So far nothing from the White House on new data that show there could be Tens Of Thousands of illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes roaming freely inside the united states. And with that breaking, lets start. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. The department of Homeland Security claims the figures are misrepresented. That doesnt mean they arent true. That may mean they dont like them. That data are from immigration and Customs Enforcement showing there are more than 425,000 nondetained illegal immigrants with criminal convictions inside america. Which includes more than 13,000 convicted of homicide, 15,000 convicted of sexual assault. Ice also found the number of overall illegal immigrants on the nondetained docket, which means they are roaming freely and we dont know where they are. T
Major Disaster Declaration Today for North Carolina, where the Category 4 storm has unleashed heavy flooding. Asheville and other cities remain mostly under water. Some are still searching for Loved Ones tonight. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper calls his states residents, desperate for help. Our prayers and condolences go out to those families in this terrible time. Even as the rain and the winds have subsided, the challenge for people there increases. People are desperate for help, and we are pushing to get it to them. A massive effort. Many people were cut off because roads are impassable. They dont have power or communications. Please know we are sending resources and coordinating closely with local governments, First Responders, state and federal partners, and Volunteer Organizations to help those impacted by this tragic storm. Because its so difficult to get trucks in by land. More than 2. 4 million households across several states including Florida And Georgia remain without p
Forces along its northern border with lebanon. According to one u. S. Official, the idf is planning for a limited Ground Operation that could begin at any moment now. Israeli commandos have been conducting smaller operations over that border in preparation. Just two days after hezbollah confirmed its leader was killed in a massive Idf Strike in southern beirut. A 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb, according to an expert who spoke with Nbc News, dropped on the u. S. Designated terror groups headquarters. It follows the detonation of thousands of pagers and walkietalkies and promises they will do whatever it takes to secure the northern border. In addition to killing the hezbollah leader, they killed hamass leader and dropped bombs on Power Plants and Shipping Infrastructure used by the houthis in yemen. The goal, to harm or disable Irans Axis of resistance. The danger, a war in The Middle East that drags in u. S. Forces in. The u. S. Has been able to convince israel to scale back plans fo
Marked a rapid escalation marked a rapid escalation of this conflict. Of this conflict. Israel says its air strikes in yemen, targeting power plants and the port of hodeidah, were their response to missile attacks by the iranian backed houthis. The houthi run health ministry says at least 4 people were killed and 29 wounded. Translation: we have no interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the
But iran, a close supporter of his hezbollah said his death would be avenged. Israel has continued with its attacks against senior figures in hezbollah. The countrys military posted on x that it has killed nabil anuk, who it says was a member of hezbollah s executive council. In what it says was a precise strike. Hezbollah has not confirmed this. This is the scene live in beirut this morning the Prime Minister of lebanon has called for a diplomatic solution to the Conflict Warning that up to a milllion people in his country will be displaced by the violence. Translation we believe 1 Million People Translation we believe 1 Million people have translation we believe 1 Million people have been i million people have been displaced. We are dealing with all this problem. As Todays News unfolds, our middle East Correspondent Nafiseh kohnavard has given us insight into the situation on the ground. She spoke to us from part of beirut where many displaced people spent their night in a small park