and so this promotes ire in israel and so the phone call on thursday and naftali bennett to mark israel s independence day. the israeli prime minister s office says that mr. bennett accepted putin s apology. now, when a spokesman for putin was asked if that was the case, he neither confirmed nor denied that putin had apologized. so for now, i suppose we have to take the prime minister s office word for it that the russian president did indeed apologize for those comments by his foreign minister. very curious. elliott, thank you. and 34 past the hour. if you are shopping for a mortgage, you ll find something you haven t seen in more than a decade, that is ahead. and former defense secretary claiming that president trump floated the idea of launching missiles at mexico. it with this. but new preparation h soothing relief spray