first round of hostages released. 13 israelis among those taken by hamas. now free. back in israel as part of a swap for an initial 39 palestinian prisoners. the hostages were released to the red cross. right now in the process of being reunited with their families. no americans in this initial phase. separately, ten thai and one filipino captives were released by the terror group. coming un, we ll take to a relative of the three israeli hostages that are back home. and former israeli ambassador to the u.n., danny danon on what happens next. and meanwhile, demonstrations aimed at retailers this busy black friday. your world starts now. welcome. i m edward lawrence from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto, this is a special edition of your world. team coverage with jeff paul in tel aviv on where things stand right now and lucas tomlinson on what the president is saying. we begin with jeff. yeah, good evening, ed. we re learning a short while ago that like today, th
unknown as pig butchering plus president biden unveils a sweeping new executive action on immigration aimed at protecting undocumented spouses and children of us citizens border state republican congressman dan crenshaw, republican of texas, is here to react leading this hour, the brutal, scorching heat wave punching the united states right now is more than half the country faces dangerously high temperatures. those high temperatures or fueling fires across the western united states made worse by driving gusty winds. federal officials say there are 29 large fires burning in the united states it s including a pair of fast-growing fires are tearing across southern new mexico right now, multiple fires also exploded across parts of california overnight, officials predict the fires could get even worse as temperatures continue to rise this week this moment thinking it d be joined by new mexico governor michelle lu khan, grisham, who just declared a state of emergency and parts of
policy. tornadoes are the latest concern. we re talking about a level four out of five. a few tornadoes, large hail, it could be baseball size. this is new day weekend. look at miami, beautiful start this sunday. stimulus. the goal is to get economic aid to people. payments are hitting bank accounts now. those waiting on paper checks and prebader ginsburg debit cards are set to get those before the end of the month. the covid vaccine rollout, the cdc reported nearly 3 million doses were administered. one in five americans has now received at least one dose of the vaccine. but is the progress at risk? some health officials are keeping up their warnings about variants.. they see states ease restrictions, and pandemic levels just as the spring break kicks off. it is like the surge of before. they don t want to see recent history repeat itself. cnn s natasha chin reports from miami beach. reporter: the u.s. is vaccinating people every day. lower hospitalizations
preventing the surge in the first place. the border patrol officers told me that the biden administration policies, they are enriching, they are empowering the drug cartels in mexico who make money off the people that they assist in smuggling them into the state of texas. the cartels make money off of these migrants that you and your viewers see on tv. they also tell me about the escalating number of people coming across the border. eric: for more on how president biden plans to try and stop this, david spunt is in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend at his house. reporter: president biden and his team not calling this a crisis at least publicly, they are calling it a challenge. this is quite a big undertaking though for the department of homeland security and fema, to be part of this. it shows that the administration on the border especially when it comes to an influx of unaccompanied children. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas
complicating the process and states complained there left to pay for much of the problem. we will have more on that in a few minutes with arizona attorney general mark renovate. let s go to david spunt covering from wilmington, delaware. the white house is not calling this a crisis but there said even the federal emergency agency, how is that going on with the public? the white house is calling this a challenge right now other than southern border. they want fema to be used for weather disasters like storms in the winter storm in colorado like hurricanes not specifically what s going on on the southern border. president biden left wilmington in route to the white house where he will be later this hour but i see the white house clearly sees there s a problem on the southern border because are deploying fema to take care of the unaccompanied minors homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas site attributed announcement that fema is going to be sheltering the unaccompanied