Anger, mourning, demand for action after the bodies of six hostages held by hamas terrorists were discovered in gaza over the weekend. Deaths setting off a massive Workers Strike and protest across israel. Demonstrators calling on prime Minister Netanyahu to end the fighting and bring the rest of those held in captivity home. It has been more than 300 days since hamass brutal October 7th attack. 101 innocent civilians are still in their grasp. This is a Brandnew Hour of Fox News live. Im kevin cork. Julie im julie banderas. Israeli military said the hostages were shot shortly before soldiers reached them saturday. They were moments before being freed when this happened. Among those killed 23yearold israeliAmerican Citizen hersh goldbergpolis. He was taken at Gun Point from the nova musical festival more than ten months ago. Thousands gathered in jerusalem to pay their respects. Kevin President Biden and Vice President harris talking with u. S. Hostage deal negotiators in the white Hous
bill hemmer, good morning, partner. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we made it to february. bill: we did. dana: a little long month that one of january. defense secretary lloyd austin will hold a news conference later this morning. anticipates building for his first major address since his secretive hospital stay. he is expected to face questions on many issues, not least his health. bill: payback against iran. what form does it come? questions swirling about the size and timing of the u.s. response after the deaths of three american soldiers and the wounding of dozens of others by an iranian proxy group out of iraq. all this with another group expanding their targets from the red sea to the air. dana: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to set it up for us this morning. you will have a front row seat this morning. we will. dana, this is the first time that the press has had an opportunity to question defense secretary lloyd austin abo
welcome to a special edition of fox news live. problems piling up for president biden at home and overseas. peace looking as el useive as ever in the middle east while the crisis at the southern border spirals further out of control. despite all that merry christmas, everyone. i m rich edson. i m claudia cowen. the president is facing growing pressure to respond to houthi attacks in the red sea. the white house confirming iran has been providing weapons and intelligence on ship locations fueling a crisis in global shipping and raising tensions in the middle east. exiled iranian leader says when it comes to proxy wars, iran wrote the book. this regime has mastered proxy wars particularly emboldened and encouraged when apiecement becomes an element more reason to push the envelope. we shouldn t be surprised to see these are the kind of acts that the regime will take advantage of to try to get as much credit as possible but at the same time not bearing the consequences and
february 24th of last year. an endless cycle of destruction and resilience since then. while there he announced an additional half billion in assistance promising president zelensky that the u.s. will stand by ukraine. president biden: putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. he is counting on us not sticking together. one year later, the evidence is right here in this room. we stand here together. we ll talk to former c.i.a. station chief dan hoffman. first to steve harrigan live in the capital city of kiev. steve. it really was a remarkable moment here this morning that many people looked on in disbelief at the monastery behind me built in the middle ages. inside you had president zelensky as well as president biden. before they came out, the air raid sirens rang out across kiev. [sirens blasting] no signs of any explosions or any visible signs of danger. the white house was clear to say they had informed russia about the trip before it happened. in
elected. we ll see what happens today. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. the house will resume its session two hours from now. last night 20 republicans voted against kevin mccarthy in the third round of voting. dana: without a speaker is house is unable to swear in members or vote on any legislation. congressman elect mike lawlor slammed those opposing mccarthy last hour. it s shameful and embarrassing and proofing themselves incapable of governing. jim jordan s committee on judiciary to do investigations can t do it. securing the border, guess what, can t do it. these 19 individuals have tried to hold the rest of us hostage and they have no plan no plan and no person to be the speaker. bill: now to the way forward, whatever that is. james freeman wall street journal has analysis and chad pergram has the reporting live from the hill. that s where we begin. good morning. this is the world s biggest game of chicken. the thing to watch is whether support for mc