It's Been 500 Days Since the Hamas Terror Attack
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500 days. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News. That is how long it's been now since Hamas' terror attack triggered the war in Gaza. A ceasefire is in place. Some hostages have been freed. Moshe Levi tells Fox he hopes his brother-in-law will be released.

But we also know that we're dealing with a terrorist organization that is going to put hurdles for the second phase of the deal in which Omri is supposed to be included. Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is in talks on that and tells Fox. Phase two is a little bit more complicated than phase one.

But phase two is absolutely going to begin. Tomorrow, Wyckoff will be in Saudi Arabia joining Secretary of State Marco Rubio and talks with Russia about Ukraine. President Trump says he thinks Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants the war over. I think he wants to stop. That was my question to him.

because if he's going to go on, that would have been a big problem for us. Ukraine's leader says they won't accept any agreement if he is not directly involved in talks with Russia. It's not clear what role Kiev will have in the peace talks, but Rubio said on Sunday Ukraine will be part of real negotiations if peace talks advance.

A Ukrainian delegation is in Saudi Arabia to pave the way for a possible visit by Ukrainian President Zelensky. Fox's Ashley Strohmeyer. European leaders are meeting today. They're also concerned about being left out of the Russia-U.S. talks, and they'll discuss possibly sending troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire. President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to uphold one of his many layoffs as he makes big federal cutbacks. The administration wants permission...

to fire the head of the federal agency that protects whistleblowers, a guy named Hampton Dellinger. Former President Joe Biden appointed Dellinger to the office of the special counsel. It's a watchdog office that enforces workforce protections for federal employees. And he's arguing that he can only be dismissed for job performance issues, according to the law. Fox's Jackie Heinrich of the White House. The president went to the Daytona 500 and did a lap in his limo, telling drivers. I just want you to be safe. You're talented people.

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There are a lot of areas underwater from Virginia to Tennessee to Kentucky where the flooding disaster is the worst with nine people dead. FEMA is coordinating relief efforts after the latest round of severe weather dumped as much as six inches of rain in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday that the deaths included a mother and seven-year-old child. So many of these fatalities were due to attempts to drive through water and through moving water.

President Trump approved Kentucky's request for a disaster declaration. One person was killed when a tree fell on a home in Atlanta and a levee failed in a small community in O'Brien County, Tennessee, just north of Memphis, leaving homes and cars flooded and prompting water rescues.

Tonya J. Powers, Fox News. There is wintry weather too. Extreme cold warnings are in place in much of the Midwest. It's 27 below zero now in Minot, North Dakota. There are also storm warnings or advisories from Washington State to Missouri and Oklahoma and Arkansas. And there are more than 450 flights canceled, more than 1,100 delays. That is...

better than yesterday when flight away reported 1800 plus cancellations more than 10 000 flights were delayed a lot of americans have the day off thanks to george washington's birthday which fell on february 22nd it was first recognized formally as a national holiday in 1879 though it had been celebrated for nearly 100 years at that point in some fashion in 1968 congress passed a rule designating many holidays to just be on a monday like labor day and memorial day there was a proposal to

fold in Abraham Lincoln's birthday to President's Day, as his was February 12th. But lawmakers from Washington's home state of Virginia protested, so that was dropped. Though several states do acknowledge multiple presidents on this day, including Lincoln's. Each year around this time, a member of the Senate reads Washington's farewell address. And tomorrow, the honor will go to Roger Wicker of Mississippi. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News. And because of President's Day, the stock market will be closed. I'm Dave Anthony. This is Fox News.