bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. new evidence that iran is helping houthi militants disrupt traffic on the red sea. taxpayers spent money on migrant housing. why is some of it not being used? we check in with weather and traffic on one of the busiest holiday travel days of the year. mike: but, first, breaking tonight, a major decision from the u.s. supreme court as justices refuse to consider former president trump s request for immunity from prosecution. the case will instead go to an appeals court early next month. this is considered a victory for the former president and setback for special counsel jack smith it. could have huge ramifications is the coming election year. senior national correspondent rich edson at the white house tonight has details. good evening, rich. good evening, mike. an election already with significant uncertainty just had more injected into it this afternoon. the supreme court s refusal to soon
Welcome back and thank you for being with us. Im dana bash in washington. And im sara sidner in tel aviv with cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. People in Northern Gaza are running out of time to get to safety at this hour. Israel says it is now clearing up for a new phase of war. The Israel Defense force is gathering more tanks at the gaza border as at the prepare for a significant ground operation. This coupled with crippling air strikes is their response to the unprecedented Terror Attack by hamas eight days ago that left 1,400 israelis dead. Many, women, children, grandparents. The death toll in gaza also climbing steeply. According to the Ministry Of Health at least 2,600 palestinians have been killed and nearly 10,000 have been injured. Gazas Health Ministry is begging for medical teams from around the world to send help, the Health Care System is on the brink of collapse. And with food and water shorges, a humanitarian crisis is worsening by the minute. Meantime, isra
had working diploma -working diplomats to keep the trains running with these unilateral decisions by the president. but it s really difficult. foreign service officers, as military, are apolitical. they follow any important policy vision of an elected president. but as one diplomat said to me, you want america first, we ll do america first. but that s always been there s never been any question that the u.s. president had american interests at heart. and now diplomats are concluding that the president has his own interests before the national security interests. and u.s. foreign policy, as you know, is a carrier ship. it s not like a little speed boat. and when the tail kind of swings, it hits u.s. allies like you ve been talking about and the congressman said in syria with the kurds who were the ones that really were doing the lion s share of work. and they re not going to not only is the u.s. not seen as reliable, they re gnot going to