pass, texas, new december records as house speaker mike johnson says the crisis at the border is an unmitigated disaster. welcome to fox news live, i m alicia acuna. hi, griff. griff: hour two, here we go. the house homeland security committee is set to hold its first impeachment hearing against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas next week. casey stegall is live in eagle pass, texas, where mayorkas will be traveling, i believe, on monday. casey, what s the latest? reporter: yeah, griff, he will. we ll get to that in a second, but first, illegal crossings have slowed dramatically at least in this spot. it has been a relatively quiet morning here in eagle pass. with yesterday it was a little busier. we saw a group of about 200 migrants cross the rio grande river and turn themselves over to border patrol agents. you re looking at drone video of that now. as the state of texas continues to assist doing what it can through operation lone star to mitigate the problems. that has l
getting new reaction from the biden administration on defense secretary austin s decision to hide his hospital stay. just a short time ago john kirby told a reporter no change regarding austin s position, despite growing calls for resignation. hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with emily compagno and harris faulkner. hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrichs and fox news contributor and host of guy benson show, guy benson. austin s ordeal began december 22 right-hand, when he underwent a procedure at walter reed and returned to intensive care unit last monday with severe pain. austin s next in command was given some duties next day but not told he was in the hospital. the white house had no clue that the secretary of defense was hospitalized. senior pentagon officials and congress learn the news on friday. austin s condition was closely guarded. one dod official was told the secretary was working from home. austin is recovering in the hospital
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. alongside this several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen who are also close to iran to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and of course the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. explain who this man, the leader of hamas was, t
thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor