american bases in iraq and syria have taken incoming fire 46 times. 56 servicemembers have been hurt and there is real concern a major strike could drag america into a conflict that the white houses they are working to stay out of. you are watching fox and friends first on friday, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. our presence in the region is strong, 17,000 military personnel have been deployed in the last month and u.s. naval ships are surrounding the middle east. also a nuclear powered submarine somewhere in the waters below. todd: get an update from trey yingst live from southern israel. trey. trey: todd, carley, good morning. the battles inside gaza rage on behind me. israeli forces are reportedly surrounding three separate hospitals in the gaza strip where they say militants are hiding. northern part of gaza, we ve been watching the israelis renew strikes against this area. israel says 37 soldiers in total have been killed in the battle since the ground
just i have got a shouted message if i can shout you down and get people around you, that s when a guy like me has to bail because the conversation with the first guy we showed. that was all about making the questions the story and the question asker. not the conversation. brian: watch the big money show today weekdays every single day 1:00 you are one of the stars. thanks so much for doing it. ainsley: the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. ainsley: we begin this hour with the latest on the race for the white house. president biden sounding confident when it comes to re-election hopes new polling puts him behind former trump in a rematch. lawrence: peter doocy is live at the white house with more. what is the president saying right now? what did he say? it s been interesting because president biden you re of the general election day. we are getting this from a closed door fundraiser. since i took on trump, we haven t stopped winning and he hasn
closed-door fundraiser. he said, we have not stopped winning and he hasn t stopped losing. there are liberals who are not so sure. the biden-harris coalition could be called humpty-dumpty coalition. the black vote and youth vote on the ground, this is not good. the biden campaign is pushing back on that, we have seen coverage from media coverage, political prediction tend to be different a year later. joe biden has been counted out time and time again. his problems are laid out in this new york times poll. georgia trump plus six, arizona trump plus five. michigan trump plus five. pennsylvania trump plus four. new york times columnist says among demographic groups he must win. i sense dissatisfaction and the war in gaza is making it worse. we had a chance yesterday to ask the president about exactly this. peter: why do you think you are trailing trump in swing state polls? president biden: you don t read the poles, 10 polls, eight i m beating him. you guys only do
country and giving us an early read on what they re thinking as the nation is heading into an unprecedented, unprecedented presidential election year. the contest american democracy as it s never been tested before. this is cnn s coverage of america s choice 2023. i m erin burnett. and i m jake tapper. we are about to get the first results of the night possible clues about the political trends in 2024 and the potentially historic and divisive rematch between president joe biden and former president donald trump. polling places just closed in the eastern half of kentucky. the commonwealth has one of two governors races tonight. new measure of the democrats strengths and weaknesses on republican turf. popular democratic governor andy beshear is fighting to keep his job in kentucky, where president biden is in louisville, kentucky. let s go to king in columbus, ohio. she s tracking the state s abortion rights ballot measure. king has there been last minute campaigning on thi