aim at republicans yet again. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: we made it to wednesday, top of the mountain, long slide into the weekend from here. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. in a rare news conference the president said he felt yesterday s meeting with congressional leadership was productive, but speaker mccarthy proclaimed there was no new movement and warned time is running out to avoid an economic catastrophe. sandra: complete coverage begins now. steve danes is standing by. john: our senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. do democrats really know what republicans would cut? john, not really. congress funded veterans programs and meals on wheels late last year, that s why republicans believe democrats are trying to scare people about potential cuts. are those cuts that you guys talk about with the v.a., that s not real money, because it s not an appropriation.
President is not observing this day at one of the three sites of the attacks or at the white house, instead, President Biden was in alaska for a ceremony at a Military Base. This comes after the president s trip to the g20 overseas. Now there is reaction to this agreement that sends billions of dollars to iran in exchange for imprisoned americans. White house correspondent Jacqui Heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn, good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. Its unclear if any of the Military Families President Biden met with were personally affected by 9 11 but biden acknowledged his own absence at the attack sites renewing the vow to never forget no matter where you are and to stand united including against political division. Never forget because Military Base is located on ground zero isnt we know the distance did not dull or diminish the pain we felt all across the nation September 11th. President biden touching down in alaska to mark the 22nd anniversary of the
hamas is officially in effect. all to allow for the long-awaiting release of civilian hostages held by hamas since october 7. 13 expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9 a.m. eastern time. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. they ramped up defense position in the hours leading up to the key west. they were below the al-shifa hospital early this morning and prime minister netanyahu is making it clear the war against hamas is far from over. we will continue with our warnings to eradicate hamas. hamas has promised they will do this again and again and again. they are genocidal terrorist cult. there is no hope for peace if we don t eradicate this murderous movement. todd: trey yingst live where the hostages are expected to arrive by helicopter in just a matter of hours. trey. trey: the first group of hostages is expected to be released to the red cross in just four hours and they will
situation but we have no other way to fight against terror, especially islamic jihad, hiding with women and children. right now in the distance we can hear the buzz of drones. israeli military is responding against targets inside gaza as the region braces for a long and violent night ahead. sandra. trey yingst live, thank you. john. john: fox news alert, valhalla, new york and westchester, here is president biden talking about the looming debt ceiling deadline. lifelong educators. champion of the next generation. mike lawler is here as well. mike s on the other team but you know what, mike is the kind of guy, when i was in congress, the kind of republican i was used to dealing with, not one of the maga republicans which i m going
sharp turn. the big question, trace, why are the iranians doing this? last week they attempted to intercept a british-flagged vessel near the strait of hormuz. that was pushed off by a small british warship. there was an iranian tanker being head by british forces near the state of gibraltar. the iranians could be looking to get their tanker released or the overarching concerns, they want to put pressure on the west when it comes to the iran nuclear deal. you have to remember the iranians this month have broken two key commitments in the nuclear deal by surpassing enrichments and the stockpiles. each of these actions putting another bargaining chip on the table for the iranians in potential talks coming up, trace. trace: trey yingst live.back to you with breaking news.