The casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, draped in an American flag, is at the Carter Center in Atlanta, where it will remain for public viewing until Tuesday in preparation for a state funeral later in the week. Carter, who passed away on December 29 at the age of 100, will be honored with a public farewell that traces his remarkable life journey from humble beginnings in the Depression-era South to his rise to the highest office in the land and his later decades dedicated to global humanitarian work.

The seventh anniversary of Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s yeshuah, a miracle celebrated by all of Klal Yisroel, is being marked tonight with an event at Bnos Melech on James Street in Lakewood, NJ tonight, Motzoei Shabbos, Parshas Vayigash.
The event is being livestreamed here on Matzav.com for your viewing pleasure beginning at 9 p.m.
Divrei brocha will be delivered by Rav Uren Reich, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohr Zechariah. Divrei hisorerus will be delivered by Rav Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, Rav Pinchos Lipschutz, rov of Khal Bais Brocha and editor of the Yated, and Rav Aharon Weinberg, maggid shiur at the Nirbater Bais Medrash.

As we inch closer to the start on congestion pricing on January 5, FOX 5 is speaking with residents in New Jersey about the impact the coming toll will have on their wallets and their lives.
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During a Thursday interview on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas addressed concerns about ISIS exploiting the border. He reassured viewers by stating, “individuals who pose a threat to public safety or our national security are prioritized for immigration detention and removal from the United States,” while emphasizing that measures have been implemented to ease congestion at the southern border.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) argued Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, holds “nightmare views” that could dismantle the portion of the FBI responsible for safeguarding the country against foreign terrorism. Whitehouse commented, “Remember the history of all of this. We, for a long time as Americans, have made the determination that we did not want the CIA and other American intelligence agencies operating within the United States against Americans. And the FBI had a criminal law enforcement responsibility, and it was focused on terrorism primarily as a criminal act.”

Former assistant FBI director Chris Swecker gives his take on the FBI’s handling of terrorism threats domestically and globally amid ongoing investigations in the New Orleans attack and Las Vegas explosion on ‘The Evening Edit.’
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Former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro on the latest information in the investigation into the Bourbon Street attack, the suspect and continuous threats against the U.S.
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On Thursday, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) shared new footage and details about one of its most intricate and high-risk commando operations, in which 120 special forces troops successfully infiltrated an underground Iranian missile production facility deep within Syria in September.
At the time of the operation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime remained in control, and Israel had not yet launched its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Some aspects of the operation, previously disclosed by international media, have since been corrected or clarified, including details about the raid’s name.

FOX Business’ Brian Brenberg criticizes a new NJ law that removes testing requirements for teachers and colleges in the U.S.
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