to washington. i m bret baier. israel works to wrap up northern gaza operation and move south amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. house republicans focus on possible impeachment inquiry into president biden and the controversy over college football s final four. we ll take a look. but, first, breaking tonight, the biden administration is condition deming the rape of israeli women by hamas terrorists. it s a move critics say is overdue. it comes as a prominent democratic lawmaker is under fire tonight for comments she calls balance in covering this issue. gillian turner has details tonight from the state department. good evening, gillian. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration today acknowledged ha hamas terrorists are using rape as a weapon of war against israeli women and girls. we have seen hamas commit atrocities. both on october 7th and since october 7th. and we obviously condemn those across at this and support israel s actions to hold hamas
but with regard to the withdrawal, as we mentioned, you had donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal, for example. but president biden sticking with president trump s withdrawal plan. so, it s not like presidents can do something can t do something different than their predecessors did. how much of this do we put on donald trump? and how much of this do we put on joe biden? not that those are the only two places to place blame or responsibility. but just in that binary metric, what s the balance? well, um, don donald trump is the one who put the deadline but i just want to be very clear about how president biden and his administration. they have been clear about two issues. one is they they will not send another generation of americans into afghanistan. and the second is that they will get people out. americans out um as soon as possible. and you have seen the administration be consistent on both fronts. and as you mention, joshua, the
which is that, you know, the public opinion is on the side of ending the war. and although the current situation is messy, the president used the word heartbreaking yesterday. they are confident that they can get to the other side of the messy bit and that the thing that americans remember is that joe biden ended an unpopular war and brought americans home safely. yeah. anne is right about the public opinion on the war. there is a recent ap poll that shows that almost two-thirds of americans say that the wars in afghanistan and iraq were not worth fighting. just over one-third say that they were. but with regard to the withdrawal, as we mentioned, you had donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal, for example. but president biden sticking with president trump s withdrawal plan. so, it s not like presidents can do something can t do something different than their predecessors did. how much of this do we put on donald trump? and how much of this do we put on joe biden? not that
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afghanistan before blaming everyone else for the chaos in kabul. jillian: heartbreaking videos show thousands of afghans desperate to flee the c of the claims the taliban is traveling door-to-door looking for us allies. todd: your watching fox and friends first . mark meredith is in washington dc with fiery reaction to the president s speech. senior taliban leader is set to be in the capital negotiating with afghan leadership and former president karzai, the talks aimed at bringing non-taliban leaders into the government, the taliban indicated there will be a, quote, inclusive afghan government. there is little known what talks consistent but the associated press report the government will be announced after negotiations are complete after double