[bombs and gunshots] sandra: we are expecting to get a state department update as israel pushes deeper into southern gaza. and is reportedly eyeing new tactics to root out hamas terrorists. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. bret: good afternoon, i m bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and push it through miles of hamas tunnels. sandra: the fate of some 130 hostages still in captivity remains unclear at this hour. fox team coverage kicks off right now. ai aishah hasnie is in capitol hill for an antisemitism hearing. bret: and trey, what are you hearing about the new tactic by israel. we are following the report from the wall street journal indicating israeli officials are considering using water from the mediterranean sea to flood the hamas tunnel network.
mother, reaching out for help in the nick of time. do your kids know what to do in an emergency? and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i m tom llamas. and we begin tonight with the giant battle over health care. the president putting pressure on his own party. this, as a growing number of republican senators say they have strong reservations, is the bill now on life support? the president appears to have changed course on russian meddling in the u.s. election. abc s david wright starts us off from the white house. reporter: tonight, the white house is gearing up for another round in the fight to repeal obamacare. a pro-trump pac threatening a million-dollar ad buy against a moderate republican senator who dared to announce overnight he won t back the bill as it stands. nevada s dean heller says he s concerned about the impact the bill would have on low-income residents of his state. it is going to be very difficult to get me to a yes. reporter: t
she said in the eyes of many, the wealthy appeared to be playing ‘by a different set of rules‘ and extremists were seeking to exploit these fears. addressing leaders at the world economic forum in davos, swizerland, the prime minister said the uk was facing a period of momentous change and must forge a new role in the world. our business editor simonjack has the story. theresa may stepped out to face the global elite she has been so scathing about. an audience she acknowledged was still struggling to understand the referendum result. i know that this, and the other reasons britain took such a decision, is not always well understood internationally. particularly among our friends and allies in europe. some of our european partners feel that we have turned our back on them, and i know that many fear what our decision means for the future of the eu itself. but she reassured them it was about taking back control rather than turning our back and said the uk remained a faithful
we start with some breaking news. while many people were sleeping a united airlines flight from d-c was making an emergency landing in tennessee. airport officials say the flight was forced to land in nashville after reporting smoke coming from one of it s engines. emergency crews met the plane on the runway engine but no flames. they still applied water and foam. all passengers and crew were able to safely evacuate the plane, and no injuries are reported. one week after taking the oath of office and president donald trump has a lot on his plate. a deep diplomatic rift seems to be growing between the u-s, and mexico. this comes as president trump prepares to host british prime minister theresa may at the white house. abc s stephanie ramos has more. as preident trump becomes more vocal crack down on undocumented immigrants the human impact is coming into focus in our own backyard. efforts are underway to arm people with information- about how life could soon change. tim ba
the row at the centre of the eurovision song contest. the hosts ukraine face expulsion from future competitions unless russia s entrant is allowed into the country. and liverpool comfortably beat everton in the merseyside derby. you can see all the goals in sports day. that s in 45 minutes‘ time here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar during the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to regain sovereignty of the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. the imposing rock at the mouth of the mediterranean has been in british hands since 1713. its fortified location, ten miles from north africa s coast, has made it a key strategic base for britain s military, as well as home to 30,000 british subjects. the outpost