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
will see children is and women freed today. at 9:00 a.m. eastern tomb, that s when hamas is set to start releasing the hostages. the military is ready and prepared to receive those hostages. among the details we re learning, we re told each helicopter with the hostages will have a medical team on board and the hostages will also be given notice-canceling headphones for a more peaceful ride on that flight. it s been roughly seven hours since fighting was passed in gaza. it does appear this truce is holding. a column of tanks and armored vehicles was seen head wag from the gaza strip. drone video shows families walking in the streets in southern gaza this morning after this truce officially began. you can see the destruction from the the airstrikes around them. now part of this hostage deal is allowing desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza. that is also underway. this morning our teams have seen lines of trucks crossing in from egypt. an official says some 200 tru