the situation room. breaking this hour president biden and the united states making good on their vow to strike back after three american soldiers were killed in jordan. the white house revealing moments ago strikes on three facilities and iraq and four in syria were successful. our correspondents are standing by as our live coverage continues right now. let s get straight to natasha ber trnd at the pentagon. what more are we learning about these strikes? reporter: we are getting more information in from the national security council as well as a senior official at the pentagon joint chiefs. we re told the reason why there was kind of a delay here in conducting these 85 different strikes across these facilities, these seven different facilities in iraq and syria is essentially they were waiting for good weather to present itself. and that window kind of opened today and it all came together so they would avoid, of course, unnecessary casualties according to the military o
i m katy tur. the midterms did not go so well, for the gop, instead of a red wave, it was a trickle, one that could look more like a single drip if the pressure on george santos wins out. stay tuned on him for a moment. why did republicans don t so poorly? candidate quality was surely in play. denying the election was not exactly a winning strategy. and showing some controversy fatigue. all of the trump daum weighed the party down. but one of the biggest reasons republicans massively underperformed was arguably abortion. the overturning of roe v. wade, a gop dream for decades, was more of a nightmare for the general election. the party paid the price. instead of backing away from what was proven to be a wildly unpopular position, house republicans are running right toward it. today, the first two votes, speaker kevin mccarthy will bring to the floor will be on abortion. the first, protecting so-called pregnancy centers, and the second, protecting babies born alive after late
doocy at the white house with the latest. peter? here at the white house, they think this jobs report is not a reason to worry about a recession. that phrase, make it in america, the cornerstone of my economic plan. today s report proves making it in america isn t just a slogan, it s my administration. but former obama economic adviser jason furman writes uncomfortably hot jobs report. 528,000 jobs added and unemployment rate falls to 3.5%. what worries me is average hourly earnings were up at 5.8% in july. june revised. the wage moderation that we all discussed last month was wrong data. white house officials are shrugging off the fears saying they still trust the federal reserve to adjust rates to address inflation. they claim there s more good news. in 50 straight days of gas prices falling even though they re $1.72 a gallon more than when president biden got here. you want to talk to a nurse or a teacher or a firefighter? having that little britt of breathing room
Developments in the conflict between israel and hamas, this as mr. Biden submits a 105 billion aid request to congress that includes funding for israel, ukraine and the u. S. Southern border. Welcome to fox news live, im mike emmanuel, illinoisan, its great to have you gillian, its great to have you. Gillian President Biden and Vice President harris also received a brief aring this morning on the late developments in israel and gaza from the National Security Team Including the secretaries of state and defense. Alex hoff joins us from Rehoboth Beach, delaware, where shes covering the president this weekend. Hi, a alex. Reporter hi, gillian. We are await moreing more awaiting more details, we though this is at least the eighth time that they have so spoken since the war has broken out, and earlier today President Biden spoke with pope francis over the phone. On that call, the president condemned the Terrorist Attacks by hamas, the two also spoke about the increased need to protect civil