it s 6am and this fighter base on the coast of taiwan is already a hive of activity. on the apron, mirage 2000 fighter jets from taiwan s rapid reaction squadrons, theirjob to meet any incoming threats to taiwan s airspace. these taiwanese fighter jets being scrambled behind me here are heading out into the taiwan strait to confront chinese aircraft that are coming across the strait and probing taiwan s airspace. this is now happening multiple times every day. these pictures are from chinese television, showing their fighterjets, and that down below is the coast of taiwan. just over the horizon, there is another game of cat and mouse. this man puts up a long antenna to eavesdrop radio chatter that s the chinese navy talking to the taiwanese navy, saying, your territorial waters, that you claim, do not exist, that the people s republic of china is the only legitimate government of china and taiwan is an inseparable part of china. they tell us the taiwan strait is peaceful,
and hostages exchanges. shaimaa khalil has the latest, from jerusalem and her report contains some distressing images from the beginning. once again, a child tells their story of the war. this child s home in khan younis was bombed overnight. we were upstairs, she says, then we were hit, and i started running. she tries to comfort her sister, but she has no idea that her mother and brother were killed in the strike. herfather, abdullah, sits next to the body bags. he s still in shock. this is my son, he says. this morning, he asked me for biscuits. i went to buy them. when i came back, ifound him and my wife dead. the ground offensive continues to deepen in the southern city of khan younis, where hundreds of thousands have fled from the fighting in northern gaza. israel says it s trying to protect civilians during its operation against hamas fighters. but it said it regretted what it called extensive collateral damage in a strike last weekend. the hamas run health m
him on his alleged handling of top secret classified documents. sources telling abc news federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording of trump acknowledging he kept a classified document about a possible u.s. attack on iran during the trump administration. all eyes meanwhile on the senate tonight, 24 hours after the house passed the deal made by the president and the speaker of the house to raise the debt ceiling, now the vote in the senate and the warning from senate leadership tonight. rachel scott on the hill. in the northeast tonight, the air quality alert 19 states, smoke from large canadian wildfires drifting over several major u.s. cities all the way to washington, d.c. first day of the atlantic hurricane season and we can be first to this first named system. rob marciano timing out. abc news exclusive come of the that horrified the country. after a member excellently started to get into his car veered tonight one of the cheerleader shot three times speaking to gm
president joe biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy, and their negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to raise the debt ceiling. we are learning that house democrats have been invited to a virtual all-member briefing from the white house, set for tomorrow at five p.m. eastern, according to a notice that just went out and has been obtained by nbc news. kevin mccarthy said the text of the agreement will be available to members tomorrow, promising that house republicans that they will have 72 hours to look it over before they vote on. it that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are bulking at the agreement. conservative members of congress and both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum up passage of the bill, or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said, i want to bring in jen psaki, former whi
georgia. looking forward greg s all-star panel. thanks, dana. dana: bye. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the biden administration seems to be desperately solution to border crisis. officials announcing the president is sending two of his top people to mexico to see if there is any diplomatic fix to be negotiated. fox team coverage. bill melugin is in lukeville, arizona. a major choke point in the southwest where hundreds, if not thousands cross into the u.s. in a matter of hours. but we begin with senior national correspondent rich edson at the white house tonight with what the administration is trying to do. good evening, rich. good evening, bret. well, the white house says president biden is dispatching secretary of state anthony blinken, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas in the coming days to meet with new mexico s president to address that massive surge. the president has enough authority on his own to mitigate the surge. white house says pres