today on inside politics, fear of an escalating war. the united states top diplomat is on the ground in israel as hezbollah warns it is an unprecedented battle that they are in with israel. and all scenarios are on the table and possible on the border with lebanon. plus, president biden is under pressure from his own party over israel s response to the brutal hamas attack inside israel. 13 senate democrats are now pushing for a humanitarian pause in gaza. and a cnn exclusive, republican congressman george santos is speaking out on the criminal charges he s facing and why despite all of the lies, talk being a lot of lies, and his legal problems, he still thinks he has a shot at reelection. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with secretary of state antony blinken s powerful message in israel today. he was visibly shaken, describing more horrific images that he was just shown by israelis. from the barbaric hamas terror a
aggressive chinese military maneuvers in the south china sea, both in the air and in the ocean. that was an issue on behalf of the united states. and so, they are looking to re-establish some regular particularly military to military channels. now president biden said yesterday he is hoping that this visit is able to ease tensions between the two durants and here is what he said about a potential meeting between himself and president xi later this year. i m hoping that over the next several months, i ll be meeting with xi again. and talking about legitimate differences that we have, but also how those areas that we could get along. reporter: and when it comes to the chinese side, incredibly aggressive tone from the chinese foreign minister leading into this visit calling blinken and telling him over the phone to show respect and not interfere
state department. meanwhile, it s creating bipartisan anger on the hill. democrat senator richard blumenthal said this in a statement, quote: i have been deeply frustrated even furious at our government s delay and inaction. now, last night at the white house, as the president returned from wilming top, well, he wasn t wanting to talk about afghanistan. will you recognize the taliban. no, that s a long way off. that s a long way off. thank you. what s your message. will you recognize the taliban? griff: comes as the flag of the taliban is raised over the last providence to fall in the panjshir valley where centcom sources tell fox news pakistan s military played a role in helping the taliban put down the resistance and in kabul these images as the taliban flag painted on the u.s. embassy. it s just quite a telling part of the story. now, blinken continues his trip
minutes ago making news acknowledging for the first time the stranded planes full of americans and afghan allies are in shareef after congressman michael mccaul sounded the alarm on sunday. in those comments blinken isn t calling it a hostage situation. listen. we have been able to identify a relatively small number of americans who we believe are seeking to depart with their families. we have been assured, again that all-american and afghan citizens with valid travel documents will be allowed to leave. griff: this after the state department over the weekend claimed credit for facilitating the rescue of four americans. a mother named meriam and her three kids saved by a private team who got them, drove them other land to the border and got them into another country. congressman markwayne mullin calling blinken s team out tweeting this is a flat out lie. the biden administration abandoned them. let s be clear. it was our team of patriots who worked around the clock for two weeks to ge
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