Starts now. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal. The fight between israel and hamas is contorting this we can with israel widely expected to launch a major ground offensive against gaza, intended to demolish the Palestinian Militant Group, but is also expected to cost hundreds if not thousands of lives. President joe biden visited israel last week and pledged american support and foreign aid to the country while calling for humanitarian support for the palestinians. He is asking for support for ukraine in the fight against russia, something republicans are fighting against. Our question for you this morning, what is your view of President Bidens handling of the israelHamas Conflict . We will open up our regular lines this morning, which means republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats, your number is 202 7488000. Independents, you can call 202 7488002. Keep in mind you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media on facebook, on x,
Expected to cost hundreds if not thousands of lives. President joe biden visited israel last week and pledged american support and foreign aid to the country while calling for humanitarian support for the palestinians. He is asking for support for ukraine in the fight against russia, something republicans are fighting against. Our question for you this morning, what is your view of President Bidens handling of the israelHamas Conflict . We will open up our regular lines this morning, which means republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats, your number is 202 7488000. Independents, you can call 202 7488002. Keep in mind you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media on facebook, on x, and you can always follow us on instagram. Once again, the fighting between israel and the Palestinian Militant Group hamas continues this weekend. Lets get quickly an update on what is going on with the war right now from the New York Times. Here is what the New Yor
In Solano County. Right now, both directions of highway 80 in fairfield are back open after an hours long standoff between Law Enforcement and an armed suspect. Standoff lasted for more than two hours before the chp says the gunman was taken to the hospital for a selfinflicted gunshot wound. It all started around 11 00 this morning, chp tells us. This all stemmed from a reported shooting on highway 101 in santa rosa. This morning. Officers tracked the suspect vehicle to a Shopping Center in rohnert park, which led to the pursuit about 330 this afternoon, he stopped near the i80 680 interchange in fairfield. Officer Andrew Barclay with the chp says officers work diligently to deescalate the situation. In the holes that you see in the back windshield are not bullet holes. They are less lethal, so the swat teams are going through options that they have right now to try to get the individual to surrender his weapon and ultimately surrender both direction of highway 80 were shut down for ho
The phone with officer David Derutte with the chp officer. Thanks so much for the time. As we watch these live pictures. This is obviously a dynamic situation and has been since 330. So what is the strategy with your officers on the ground on i80 right now were utilizing fairfields bearcat and theyre trying to make an approach on the vehicle, to get the subject out, officer, obviously, we know this is an armed suspect. Can you tell us just how dangerous the situation might be for members of the public right now . Very dangerous. I mean, we believe that it. Yeah, he can be armed, this vehicle was involved in a freeway shooting this morning in santa rosa about 11 00, and a few hours later, about 2 00, we located the vehicle in rohnert park. And thats when this pursuit started , so we are at the finish point, right . What you guys are watching on on the screen from the helicopter . Yeah. Officer, obviously youre keeping folks back very far as both directions of 80 are shut down. Can you t
Suspect are out of a shooting incident that occurred in santa rosa today, we do at this point believe that the suspect is still armed. And just to be clear, the holes that you see in the back windshield are are not bullet holes. They are less lethal, so the swat teams are going through options that they have right now to try to get the individual to, to surrender his weapon and ultimately surrender. So, officer, youre talking about those not being bullet holes and him, this person being still armed. Is it still a dangerous situation for folks out there as they travel past that area . Absolutely. And as you mentioned, we have both directions of interstate 80 shut down right now. And that is the reason why, again, once we were able to determine that he is still armed, our biggest concern is the safety of everyone else nearby. And so while we understand this is frustrating to everyone trying to get home on a friday evening, our biggest concern is, is the safety of everyone who may just be