king charles has carried out his first state opening of parliament as monarch. the speech, written by the government, has set out the plans for year ahead. proposed laws include tougher sentences for some crimes, a phased ban on smoking and more licensing for oil and gas fields in the north sea. our political correspondent helen catt has more. just before 11.15, the royal carriage drew into the sovereign entrance, carrying for the first time in seven decades, the king, to formally open parliament. while the monarch had changed, the pageantry remained the same. as is tradition, black rod went to the commons and had the door slammed shut against her by mps. before she summoned them to the lords. on the way, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition appeared to be having a friendly chat but this speech, written by the government, was in part about drawing dividing lines between them ahead of an election. but first, the king acknowledged the significance of this moment
that coalition ironically includes the new york city mayor eric adams and the chicago mayor brandon johnson, both mayors of sanctuary cities. they re asking for $5 billion in federal funding to house thousands of asylum seekers. we ex pect to hear from the mayors making the rounds in washington. more as it happens. first this. that was the scene recently on the fight to flee gaza. egypt allowing the first evacuees through the rafah border crossing. at least five americans among them. sources telling fox news 400 americans have been cleared to follow suit. whether that happens today or not is something we await. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. team is back together. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it is astounding the mayors have to come begging the white house for help on a problem the white house is refusing to solve. we ll cover that but also get you to this. the increased fighting in gaza is putting pressure on the white house to get the am
workers back to work and try to recoup some of that money that has already been lost. thank you dana, appreciate it. that wraps up for me, very busy two hours everybody, i will be back in the chair tomorrow two pm eastern. simone starts right now. greetings everyone. you are watching symone. we are following breaking news on the israel, hamas war. a massive bombardment by the israel defense forces into the gaza strip, it is now underway. the idf says that it has taken out 150 underground targets and is now in the next stage of war. we will have a live update from the israel, gaza border. plus, a man hunt in maine, it is now over. the alleged shooter who killed 18 people found dead. while the search is over the scars left on the families and the communities, scars remain. i will talk to the brother of one of the victims this hour. breaking from the presidential campaign trail, former vice president, mike pence, has announced that he s suspending his presidential campaign.
the responsibility ahead of us. we also feel the pain and expectations of our citizens. i personally met the abductees families and they can approach me any time. i promise, there s no step we re going to take, no possible stage. murderers, an organization using babies, they are conducting a psychological war, they re trying to tear us apart, the israeli society, and they re going to fail. we re going to make sure that all of them are going to pay the price. murderers, they are mortals. i would like to thank the usa for their support alongside. the world should know this war, there s no clock, but operational clock. we re going to listen to our friends, but we re going to do whatever is right for us. we are calling for the release of our abductees. they are war criminals that are sacrificing the residents of gaza. hamas brought them disaster even though they pretend they represent them. this picture is clear. it s pure evil against pure justice, and justice should prevail. i
The Hamdan family is one of many in Gaza eviscerated by an unprecedented air and artillery bombardment that has killed more than 10,000 people. | World News