i m rich edson in for martha maccallum in new york at fox news head quarter. december shattering another record at the border. a caravan of thousands on the way, since december 1, migrant encounters at the southern border have topped 276,000. more than the population of reno, nevada. the highest monthly total ever. art del cueto is starting by. first to william la jeunesse with the breaking news about the northern border. ice revealed that it arrested an iranian national with ties to terrorism sneaking in to the u.s. near niagara falls two days after being turned away here at the rain bow bridge. he s a legal resident of canada, wanted on assault charges there. ice held him for two months before a release last week. arrests on the northern border increased by 90% last year. for that perspective, 276,000 apprehensions, that is nearly the population of pittsburgh. again, a single month. not a mention of those got-aways. the point is the mexican border is overrun. agents so bu
angeles. i m trace gallagher in for bret baier. the crisis at the southern border spreading beyond major cities. we will look at how businesses are contacted by the record surge, plus, whatever happened to the russian military contractor the wagner group? and bret baier explains what additional infrastructure the u.s. may need to meet the biden administration s electric vehicle goals. but, first breaking tonight, president joe biden prepares to win over voters after what many say was a tough year. the president is on a family vacation in the caribbean amid the expanding conflict in the middle east, the war in ukraine and as the prices at the border as well as to record numbers these challenge also remain flash points in 2024. as a new fox poll shows how voters think this year has gone. just 24% think 2023 was a good year. while that number has steadily risen since 2020, it is still 13 percentage points lower than it was in 2019. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the preside
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com cnns coverage continues from israel. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Im Kaitlan Collins live from tel aviv. And tonight, they are free. Two american hostages have just been released by hamas into the custody of the Israel Defense forces. An israeli source providing cnn with this photo of Judith Raanan and her 17yearold daughter, natalie. Two americans who were abducted by hamas two weeks ago in that Surprise Attack that killed more than 1,400 people here in israel. And here they are just moments President Biden, all smiles, all around. The u. S. Embassy released a photo from their end of the call, thats here in israel. And as the president was leaving the white house tonight, he spoke briefly about that conversation. [ Inaudible Question ] it went well. He said it went well. I should note we are standing by right now to hear from Natalie Raanans father, who is going to held a Press Conference just moments after getting that news. Natalie an
[explosion] the Breaking News. The devastating scene out of gaza, where palestinian Authorities Say at least 500 people were killed. Blaming an israeli air strike. Israel denying it was them. What their intelligence says about who is responsible. The president heads to a war zone with meetings in israel, his summit canceled, what it all means for peace in the region and the american hostages held in gaza. New Video Tonight of israel taking out four militants attempting to cross the northern border with lebanon. The new fears of a hezbollah attack. We are about 6 miles south of lebanon here. Behind me, you can see israeli troops, vehicles, and weaponry deployed to this area. They say they are on high alert. No person having received a majority, the speaker has not been elected. Norah republican jim jordan loses his first vote for Speaker Of The House. So what happens now . How many rounds are you willing to go . We need to get a speaker as soon as possible. Norah plus our interview with
The possibility of himself serving in that position before he has indicated he is opposed to that and this shows a desperate moment that republicans are in, jake and there are other possible candidates who can yet emerge and try to run for the Spook Speakership and they will run into the same problem, and nationally with Kevin Mccarthy who was pushed out of The Speakership that they would have a difficult, if not impossible time of getting to the 217 votes needed to be elected speaker given the significant divisions that are still within this badly divided republican conference traying tra tra traying to figure on the a way forward and jim jordan could lose the vote by potentially a worse margin than yesterday. It is unprecedented and frankly, embarrassing. Well get back to the vote that well see happen soon, but now lets go to israel and the american president and President Biden and the Anger Rippling across arab capitals specifically about that incident at the hospital. Cnns Kaitlan