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gaza as negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage release continue. we ll bring you the very latest out of the middle east straight ahead. plus, we ll go through yesterday s key moments in donald trump s hush money trial including the judge s warning about potential jail time for the former president. and we ll get an update live from capitol hill on the looming threat to remove speaker mike johnson. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the israeli defense forces announcing they ve taken operational control of the gaza side of the rafah crossing. the military released this video overnight of troops entering the area and beginning a, quote, precise counter terrorism operation. israeli officials say they seized a crossing after receiving intelligence it was being used for terrorist purposes. no evidence to support that claim was provided. the ....
say. and this is approved by all agencies, that is what they are all writing now. nothing written and that is a shame it is a very unfair trial. at the very, very unfair trial. the good news is they have nothing. john: a live look outside the new york supreme court building where a jury has been hearing broadly from a adult film actress stormy daniels. she is one of the prosecution s key witnesses and former president trump s historic criminal trial. so begins the criminal trial. gillian: good to be with you covering the trial end of the brick across the country i m gillian turner, sandra is off, this is america reports. the court is in the lunch break right now they will reconvene about 2:00, stormy daniels has been a key prosecution witness so far against the former president, they are arguing trump falsified business records to cover payments to daniel through his attorney, michael cohen, this in a run up to the 2016 presidential election. john: she s been te ....
is reliving hundreds that an unknown number taken hostage and a nation stunned. as its allies warn t worn the ws watching. united states answer the people of israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. [background noises] a stunning escalation decades old conflict. israel s prime minister declaring this is war. and warrants his people it will be long and difficult. the israeli military also retaliating at hezbollah after the armand terror group fires from the north for today will have the latest on the ground and get reaction from jon viner resident biden s deputy national security adviser britt as well as former secretary of state mike pompeo. plus. the united states obviously is going to stick with israel. quick to stand with israel. we all stay on with israel. individual cats react we are one on one with governor desantis in his fir it is firstk sunday show appearance announcing unchecked and in announcing his run for president directs fe you worrisom ....
i m laura ingraham from washington tonight. [shouting] laura: those are some of the horrific scenes from hamas massive terrorist attack against early over the week. the trauma inflicted on the innocent israelis will be felt for years to come. you can see in the background their bodies. i went out. i saw loads of bodies of terrorists civilians cars shot up sea of bodies inside along the road other places, loads of bodies. it is sad. it is tragic. we are at war. i don t know when it will all end. laura: in addition to the more than 800 israelis killed in the attacks the witt whippet announced 11 americans were also slaughtered. while the president called a press meeting this morning, israel can be thankful they have a strong leader prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for the world to united against these barbaric animals. hamas will understand by attacking us they ve made a mistake of historic proportions. we will exact a price that will be remembered by th ....
israel. thanks so much for joining us. lawrence: good toe so you, lawrence. lawrence: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. huge rocket barrage targeted the city of ashdod. we saw multiple impacts across this heavily populated area. we took cover next to a building but you could see the rockets coming off the gaza strip and slamming into buildings in this community. ainsley: that was our own trey yingst on the ground about 90 minutes ago as hamas fired strikes early this morning toward central israeli. israeli media now reporting 800 israelis 800 israelis have been killed since the war began. steve: meanwhile, this is a live look at 2:00 in the afternoon in gaza city as smoke is rising from israel s air force launching a wide ranging counter strike on hamas targets in gaza overnight our time. brian: and that s what trey yingst got up to today. joining us live on the ground in israel is trey. trey, what s around you? there is active fighting taki ....