conditions on the battlefield somehow, try and convince them that this additional money could help change the trajectory of the war because it is true that ukraine remains bogged down in this counteroffensive that has not necessarily changed the battle lines so far. and so he will be at the white house meeting with president biden. he will also be on capitol hill. he ll address a meeting of all senators in person. and he will also meet with the republican house speaker mike johnson. but you re already hearing some republican pushback to this visit. the conservative senator j.d. vance from ohio said that zelenskyy will come to washington and demand that congress care more about his border than our own. and it is this issue of the border that does seem to be stalling these talks. because remember, republicans are trying to use the ukraine aid as leverage to secure tighter restrictions on migration into the united states. president biden has said that he is open to significant c
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still hurting. jesse: too bad. bret: thanks. good evening. i m bret baier. the u.s. navy intervenes as an israeli-linked vessel is targeted by houthi rebels. we will bring you that. the vulnerability to fraud on president biden s original student loan bailout plan. and the train carries migrants in mexico toward the u.s. border as the crisis on the southern border continues. bret: but, first, breaking tonight. israel and hamas has have agreed to extend their temporary cease-fire and hostage for prisoner swap for another two days. this news comes as about the same time as a fourth such exchange was completed today. correspondent alex hogan starts us off tonight live from jerusalem. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. israel says it will resume military pralingses in gaza with full force if hamas does not honor its commitment to release more hostages it. is the early hours of the fifth day of this cease-fire. and now the latest released hostages are currently at a
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
jesse: not at hooters. bret: but the wings are great. gogood evening. i m bret baier. two days to go and hillary clinton is offering advice to deal with former president trump this week s debate. government investigators issue a report on the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. common ground segment deals with bipartisan solution to food cost, water woes and security issues. but, first, breaking tonight former president donald trump is now free to comment on certain aspects of his new york criminal trial in which he was convicted on 34 felony counts. the judge in that case has just modified former president trump s gag order. ahead of the july 11th sentencing in that case. this comes on the third day of efforts by the former president s legal team to get rid of the classified documents case against him in florida. national correspondent jeff paul is following that effort in fort pierce, florida tonight. good evening, jeff. yeah, good evening. bret. and special