in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
secretary of state antony blinken arriving israel a short while ago. this is his second trip to the middle east in less than a month. blinken is expected to discuss ways to free the remaining hostages, minimize harm to palestinian civilians, and get all who want to leave gaza out. we ve seen americans and their families begin to come out of gaza, and we expect that to continue over the coming days. this has been a very deliberate effort on our part working with other countries to make sure we can get passage out for our citizens and citizens from other countries. blinken s trip comes as israeli ground forces now gaza city, surrounded. and air strikes continue to pound hamas targets inside the strip. the conflict has, according hamas officials, killed more than 9000 people in gaza. more than 1400 israelis have also lost their lives. secretary blinken also says while they re dealing with getting the hostages released and minimizing civilian deaths, now is also the time to come
angeles gutfeld! coming up in two minutes but first this fox news update. biden pushing for a humanitarian pause in the israel-hamas war a blatant shift from previous statements about israel making its own decisions. john kirby said multiple humanitarian pauses are being considered and the administration does not support a full-on cease-fire. prime minister netanyahu declared nothing will stop israel from their goal of dismantling hamas with forces now completely encircling gaza city taking out at least 130 terrorists and destroying critical infrastructure in ground operations. in the meantime the house approved a bill to provide $14.3 billion in emergency aid to israel. the measure is not expected to pass the senate. here s more from northern israel with the latest on the war front. steve? trace, multiple attacks today into northern israel from hezbollah, positions just across the border in lebanon. at least 16 locations in northern israel hit one town hit by at least 12 r
laura: good evening, everyone. i m laura ingraham this is a special edition of the ingraham angle. thanks for joining us on this memorial day where we remember and honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending our country. a reminder to all of us freedom, of course, is not free. here is some of my angle s defending america, our borders, and our freedoms. laura: the rescue, that s the focus of tonight s angle. the scenes today were not reassuring after the president bombed the houthis and called the lid early last night he bumbled his way through a school in allen town today. this is sherwin, and sam along with our allies. secretary austin. i do. i m sorry. [inaudible] laura: i hope that poor girl got extra credit for having to sit there now, just as we see the deterioration of our cities, beset by crime, by migrants, we also see biden s own deterioration with each passing day. simply getting from marine one to his car is a herculean task. . laura:
at least hunter s did. when he was found guilty on all three charges that he faced in his federal gun trial. now, of course, the angle has long maintained that while not insignificant, this open and shut case is probably the least serious of all the biden schemes exposed by congressional investigators and a few indust industrious reporters. now, given that we know that he was often a drug-addled mess, who frequented with prostitutes. what exact expertise did he have when foreign entitsz including china decided to pay him tens of millions of dollars? and why have the bidens repeatedly lied about joey s involvement? the bidens have become one of the richest families in the history of american politics and to this moment no one has ever been able to explain what hunter or jim or any of the other bidens did to get paid other than showcasing their connection to the big guy. he got $40,000 from jim biden that was directly traced to the china influence peddling scheme which was 10