gillian: first possible relief over the debt threat. the house is going to vote tonight imminently on the debt extension deal to avoid a historic default on federal obligations. a lot of staunch conservatives are against this agreement which means democrats will definitely be needed to get the measure across the finish line. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight. hi, chad. good evening, gillian. the vote comes some time after 8:00 tonight. expect broad bipartisan support. lots of democrats will vote yes. albeit with reluctance. when trump was president, they approved every extension of the debt relief and, yet, when biden s here, no. this is extortion. but we have to deal with it, it s for the benefit of our country. and the world s economy and i will vote yes. some conservatives berated house speaker kevin mccarthy for negotiating the deal. graves negotiated the for the g.o.p. is he tired of the right torching the deal and the spe
hear whether the inspectors will be able to get to that plant. it is the fighting, the shelling that is precisely why it s making it so necessary, alisyn and victor. all right, melissa bell in kyiv. thank you. let s bring in now retired brigadier general steve anderson. he just returned from ukraine. general, you were talking to people there about the logistics and the maintenance or the weapons systems they ve received from the u.s., and other countries, we should say. what are the biggest issues that they re facing at this point in the war? well, really, there s two issues, victor, that they re facing right now. first is frontline leadership. they ve taken tremendous casu casualties in the front line. their junior leader, small unit leaders have been perhaps 30% to 40% have been killed over the course of this war, so, they ve got to replace those. but the other big issue is logistics. and my ten days on the ground, i got to see this firsthand. the big issue, really,
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as well. bret: thank you, sir. have a good night. gogood evening. i m bret baier eaking tonight, president biden says a possible deal for the release of some hostages held by hamas is very close. israeli officials are said to be discussing the agreement. it calls for a swap of around 50 hostages for 150 palestinians. israel says no terrorists will be released. correspondent jeff paul is in southern israel tonight with the latest. good evening, jeff. good evening, bret. despite this deal being close, we are still seeing a lot of fighting here along the israel-gaza border. however, if there is some sort of agreement between israel and hamas recommendation we might not only see a pause in the war but a lot of hostages going home. surrounded by the ruins of war. [explosion] israeli forces fire from window positions. [explosion] while tanks blast third way deeper into the gaza strip. as soldiers encircle jabalia one of the last strongholds in northern gaza, there are devel
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