There has been growing concern in washington that the deal was being worked on by russia and north korea, it followed a visit to north korea by the Russian Defence minister. And so now in the last few hours we have confirmation from officials in washington that it is believed as you say that kim jong un and Vladimir Putin will meet at some point at a place to be decided it seems or at least revealed in russia over the next few weeks. A very high stakes meeting, they had met before 2019 was the last time in russia but clearly the situation is different now. We know that russia needs more Artillery Ammunition with very few friends around the world. It is perhaps telling they are turning to a pariah state, like north korea, too it seems source this weaponry that they crucially need to pursue the war in ukraine. That would not be one sided, what we understand and this is been reported by the new york times, this would come at a price and the price for north korea would be advanced technolo
Thank you so much for joining us. Im Fredricka Whitfield in atlanta. Wolf will get to you in a moment. We begin our special coverage with new developments happening in israels war against hamas. And a warning, what you are about to see a graphic. New action on the ground as Israel Defense forces say they clashed with hamas fighters inside gaza. This is just the second time inside the enclave since the terror attack. It has been another violence day where a new barrage of israeli airstrikes hit several targets, One Gaza Hospital saying that they are being overwhelmed by the number of bodies. Videos obtained by cnn show dozens of dead people wrapped in shrouds surrounding the hospital. The morgue already filled to capacity. Israel also launching a rare aerial assault on a mosque in the west bank. The idf claims the strike thwarted an imminent terror attack. But the Palestinian Authority calls it a dangerous escalation. Idf is vowing to increase its aerial bombardment of gaza ahead of a p
washington d.c., calling for cease-fire of the war and for support for israel. i m alicia acuna. griff: good to see you. president benjamin netanyahu. we have team coverage in rehoe bath beach and mike tobin in southern israel. let s kick it off with mike tobin on the ground. griff, you might have heard the artillery firing. as soon as the sun went down we saw the activity pick up out of the gaza strip. we saw a lone rocket usually where we don t see them go. usually they come out in a barrage. but the phone started we have rockets coming in right now. stick with us here. . griff: keeping a watch here with mike tobin and his crew. obviously, and an active situation there, artillery either outgoing or incoming, we hope he and his team are safe. we ll check back in with mike as we get that right now. alicia. and iran-backed terror group hezbollah, threatening to escalate in the israel-hamas war. warships entering the region will not scare us. chief national correspondent
public remarks on the war in israel. hezbollah is backed by iran. attacking israel from across the northern border out of lebanon. the violence stoking fears of a larger regional conference. the u.s. and israel watching it as well. we ll bring news as we get it. also at the hour of 9:00 a.m. eastern the u.s. calling for humanitarian pause, israel a pushing forward. secretary of state antony blinken with the israeli prime minister back in tel aviv today. we expect to hear from him soon as well. a lot of moving pieces. i m bill hemmer. welcome to friday in new york city. dana: i m dana perino and america s newsroom. we ll take you through all the news. secretary blinken met with netanyahu and his war cabinet. earlier this morning he spoke with israeli president herzog. they reiterated israel s right to defend itself and urging palestinians in gaza to let s talk about new protests erupting in the west bank. good morning, to you. a real sense of tension hanging in the air