man. them. [national anthem] [national anthem] [cheers and applause] will: good morning and welcome to fox & friends. a dog-themed national anthem to bring you into this saturday. will cain, rachel campos duffy and joey jones in for pete hegseth. joey: good morning. will: this would be a morning, i have the admit, where i sacrifice many hours of sleep to talk trash to hegseth [laughter] about midnight last night, it s minnesota versus texas. it s minnesota versus dallas. and my man last night at mid might with a 3-pointer to win the game as time expires rachel: did you stay up to watch that? will: i did. rachel: oh, my god. you must be so tired. will: apologies in advance, america. [laughter] rachel: the kids were adorable too, but i should do a picture with my skippy. will: oh, yeah, that s what america wants, to go from a golden retriever to a chihuahua. rachel: it s not a chihuahua. ray my dog is so darn cute will i ll so cute that when you come over
oh, i have a shellfish allergy. one prawn. very good. did i say chicken wrong? tired of people not listening to what you want? it s truffle season! ah that s okay. never enough truffles. how much are they? it s a lot. oh okay - i m good, that - it s like a priceless piece of art. enjoy. or when they sell you what they want? yeah. the more we understand you, the better we can help you. that s what u.s. bank is for. huge relief. yeah. hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i m fredericka witfield in atlanta where it s 1:00 eastern time alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv, where it is 8:00 p.m. we re continuing to follow breaking news in israel s war with hamas. moments from now israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other officials will hold a news conference as israel s defense minister says the idf has moved to a new phase in the war. new video shows the siege under way in gaza. massive plumes of black smoke were rising from the enclave just a sho
atlanta alongside sara sidner in tel aviv. as we start a new hour, we re following breaking news, israel s defense minister announcing a short time ago that the idf has moved to a new phase of war against hamas. israeli soldiers are now operating inside the gaza strip. armored vehicles and tanks were on the move overnight, but it remains unclear if this is actually the beginning of israel s anticipated major ground assault in gaza. ahead of troops entering the enclave, overnight israel unleashed an onslaught of aerial bombardments that rocked gaza. the idf renewed its warnings for civilians in northern gaza to evacuate. doctors say they treated hundreds of wounded overnight, but also there were many killed in the air strikes. the idf says the air strikes targeted 150 underground spaces and terror tunnels. they claim they killed one key hamas operative who, it says, carried out the deadly attacks on october 7th in israel. we re also watching israel s border with lebanon. the i
collins. all eyes tonight are on gaza where there has been a significant military escalation tonight, the largest that we have seen since the start of this work almost exactly 3 weeks ago. along with a relentless air bombardment, israel says it is expanding its ground operation in gaza, but won t yet precisely say whether this is the start of that highly anticipated full-scale ground offensive. journalist barack notes tonight it is much more intensive than what we have seen in recent days with those minor incursions going into gaza with then israeli forces leaving. right now, you re looking at video from the idf of these targeted raids that are being conducted tonight. israeli forces say that hundreds of thousands of soldiers amassed on the border, in the air, on the ground, and in the sea. of course, the hostages are still in gaza, they are still at the center of this. we are hearing from u.s. officials who say the negotiations are going to continue, but there are major ques
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, october 28th. i m amara walker. ikt victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. any minute now we ll get an update on the mass shootings in maine, 18 people were killed, we will bring it to you as soon as it begins but for now, here is what we know. the accused shooter is dead. police found his body last night, not far from his workplace. and investigators said that he left a note behind, that indicated that he did not expect to be alive by the time that note was found. the city of lewiston can focus now on saying goodbye to those who were lost in the shootings. all 18 victims have been identified. they include a father and son, while bowling, a married couple and members of the deaf community competing in a corn hole tournament. shimon prokupecz is in lewiston, where the news conference is about to begin. reporter: we re waiting here, any minute, we should see the police chiefs from the lewiston police department, we believe a