Last night. Bret that was very good. Im going to have to come back on. Greg one day. Bret if you will have me. Greg of course. Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Fighting on the northern border with lebanon is increasing. Magnifying concerns a new front in the war may be opening. Israeli forces are conducting raids into gaza to look for hostages and assess the situation. Meantime President Biden will speak to the nation about the israelhamas war and the situation in ukraine. 8 00 p. M. Eastern, can you see that right here on fox. We have fox team coverage. Peter doocy is at the white house with a preview of tonights speech. Steve harrigan in beirut with a look at the worldwide demonstrations over the war. Greg palkot is watching the fighting along the israel lebanon border. We begin with Senior Correspondent mike tobin again in southern israel. Good evening, mike. Good evening, bret. While the world watches nervously for the forces to begin the ground offensive troops waiting for orders
Martha thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum live in washington today for our special coverage tonight of president Bidens Oval Office address on americas role in two wars. Now in israel and also in ukraine. Were going live to the pentagon. A very important briefing about to get underway. Well take you there live as soon as that gets started. In israel, john roberts stays with us this hour in jerusalem. Mike tobin in southern israel and israeli Prime Minister netanyahus spokesman joins us live. First, the pentagon about to update on the situation as americans have four warships now in the region. Our u. S. Forces are in the region as well or headed to the region. A huge u. S. Commitment is underway and we expect that were going hear more about that from the pentagon in just moments. A u. S. Cargo plane delivered armored vehicles. Heres video of that as they rolled off of this c17 in israel. The Israeli Defense minister gives his troops the green light for entering gaza.
Sport, lets listen to the president , be talking about israel. And by the way, im a big pennsylvania guy. I married a girl in philly, and youre between scranton and wilmington. You guys have no sense of humour in scranton, man. , man. Laughter thanks man. Laughter thanks for man. Laughter thanks for the i man. Laughter thanks for the introduction, i really mean it. Before i get started, i want to acknowledge to Brave Police Officers on a serious note, who were shot last night, when was killed at the airport. I talked to the chief and the mayor about this. They put their lives on the line to protect this community and we owe them a debt of gratitude, we are praying for them and their families today. I also want to say a word about the situation in israel. The more we learn about the atomic attack, the more horrifying it becomes. More than 1000 innocent lives lost, including at least 27 americans. These guys make alqaeda look pure. They are pure evil. The United States, make no mistake
in the middle east. john: it comes as we are getting brand-new information about the u.s.s. mason shooting down another drone in the red sea today, the drone fired from the same houthi-controlled area as the ones over the weekend. we will take you to the briefing as soon as it happens. sandra: israel moving into the third phase of ground operations, 138 hostages are still in captivity and hamas has vowed to not release anymore until there is a ceasefire. hello, john, welcome back. john: good to be with you. john roberts in washington, america reports . israel continuing its campaign against hamas hitting the terror group s strongholds in southern gaza overnight. idf engaging in house to house gun battles after entering the second largest city in the strip. sandra: israel s military says it has killed about half of hamas mid level batallion commanders by now and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said moments ago idf forces are encircling the house of a senior hamas le