Pete Hegseth, president-elect Trump's choice for Defense Secretary faced heated questions on Capitol Hill at his confirmation hearing today.
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Heated questions on Capitol Hill. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. The Senate Armed Services Committee holding a confirmation hearing today for Pete Hegseth, president-elect Trump's choice for defense secretary. He was asked about past statements where he said he didn't think women should serve in combat. Yes, women will have access to ground combat roles, combat roles, given...

the standards remain high and we'll have a review to ensure the standards have not been eroded. Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq combat veteran who lost both her legs in a rocket attack. She opposes the nomination. This hearing now seems to be a hearing about whether or not women are qualified to serve in combat and not about whether or not you are qualified to be Secretary of Defense.

And let me just say that the American people need a sec def who's ready to lead on day one. You are not that person. Egg Seth can only afford to lose three Republicans to be confirmed. Millions of people across Southern California under a new wildfire warnings as the Santa Ana winds pick up again. We're seeing winds and wind gusts 30 miles an hour is as high as we see, but the,

risk is still out there at times on the high end, wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour pretty much across this entire region. So those fires that continue to burn, they could spread, those embers could continue to spread. That is why we have from the National Weather Service this particularly dangerous situation. It is all stretched

across portions of northern Los Angeles County. Fox meteorologist Adam Klotz, at least 24 people have died in the fires. Fire crews are on high alert across a 300-mile stretch from San Diego to far north of L.A., including Thousand Oaks, Northridge, and Simi Valley. And nearly 90,000 households lost electricity as utilities shut off power to prevent their lines from starting new fires.

South Korean police have arrived at the official residence of impeached President Yoon to begin their second attempt to detain him over his imposing martial law last month. America is listening to Fox News.

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President Biden has notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as part of a deal put together by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners. Senior U.S. officials say many political prisoners and others would be released by the end of the Biden administration as part of the deal.

The outgoing Secretary of State laying out a plan for post-war Gaza. With a ceasefire and hostage deal within reach, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it will be up to Israel and Palestinian leaders to make tough decisions about the future of Gaza. No one should expect Israel to accept a Palestinian state that's led by Hamas or other extremists, that's militarized or has independent armed militia.

that aligns with Iran or others who reject Israel's right to exist. But Blinken says there must be a conditions and time bound commitment to a Palestinian state and regional buy-in to support a new government and security force in Gaza. Blinken.

Blinken says the Biden administration will hand off its post-war plan for Gaza to the Trump administration to carry forward. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News. Kate, the princess of Wales, as her cancer is in remission in a statement on social media, she said she's now focused on recovery.

A tarnished legacy for some medal winners from the summer games in Paris. A number of athletes taking to social media to show how the medals from the Paris Olympics are already losing their luster. The French institution responsible for producing French coins refused to report the number of medals returned, but a French website put that figure at over 100. The French Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee also would not reveal the figures when contacted by the Associated Press.

Complaints from athletes started before the games ended August 11th, and recently two French swimmers posted images of their medals on social media describing them as looking like crocodile skin or dating back to 1924. The IOC confirmed the replacement process will begin in the coming weeks. Fox's CJ Papa, I'm Lisa Lacerra, this is Fox News. Okay, business leaders, are you playing defense or are you on the offense? Are you just, excuse me, hey, I'm trying to talk business here.

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