Trial. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. Also ahead, the end of an era for Senate Republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. And that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. O get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider former President Trumps claim of president ial immunity in his federal election interference case. The conservative courts decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. The high court has scheduled argument
millions of records. this is the scene live in tel aviv. we are waiting for us secretary of state antony blinken to come out and speak to those gathered here. he s been talking to palestinian officials and both these israeli prime minister and the president isaac herzog, he of course is making it his mission to try and help organise some sort of agreement between both sides to try and bring about at the very least a cease fire. and some sort of effort to bring in more aid into gaza and also push forward with efforts to help release the remaining hostages in gaza. we ll bring you all the very latest from tel aviv, and keep an eye on what is happening there for you, as i continue to tell you about the israeli government, because it s rejected the latest proposals put forward by hamas, designated by the uk government as a terrorist organisation. the us secretary of state antony blinken has been meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders, in his latest. as jeremy palestinian le
but the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again doubled down, saying israel will not be satisfied with anything other than total victory over hamas. we ll talk through where this leaves the possibilty of an agreement. also tonight, on the eve of general elections in pakistan, two bomb explosions near candidates offices in the pakistani province of balochistan kill at least 28 people. islamic state have claimed responsibility. and one of the world s biggest superstars, taylor swift, threatens to sue a student who tracks her private jet. the us s top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken, says. this is at the end of mr blinken is wrapping up his fifth tour of the middle east on wednesday meeting with both the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and president isaac herzog. he also met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. the talks coming after hamas, on tuesday, put forward a counter offer to a cease fire proposal backed by israel and the us and me
ukraine. his root defeat the terrorists of hamas and taiwan stand up to china. it is not a vote to pass that bill but a crucial test about to try to push legislation forward. there is the senate chaplin given the benediction as a session begins that s likely to come overnight. we ll keep you updated on the floor debate in this vote as it progresses. just ahead of the votes confirming an out president biden spoke moments ago the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a first conversation i ve had since the president made that controversial comments on the war against hamas on thursdays at israel s response to gaza was over-the-top. as netanyahu tries to finally put a stake into the terrorists of hamas once and for all. hello everyone welcome to fox news live i am eric shawn p. i am molly line arthel knebel has a weekend off. not long after bites or mark the white house scrambled to clarify saying the u.s. wants hamas defeated but also the israeli forces must ensure t
good evening, my friend. we have a big news making interview tonight. we will get right into it. today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the country, as ukraine has been forced to ration muniti