Martha thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum live in washington today for our special coverage tonight of president Bidens Oval Office address on americas role in two wars. Now in israel and also in ukraine. Were going live to the pentagon. A very important briefing about to get underway. Well take you there live as soon as that gets started. In israel, john roberts stays with us this hour in jerusalem. Mike tobin in southern israel and israeli Prime Minister netanyahus spokesman joins us live. First, the pentagon about to update on the situation as americans have four warships now in the region. Our u. S. Forces are in the region as well or headed to the region. A huge u. S. Commitment is underway and we expect that were going hear more about that from the pentagon in just moments. A u. S. Cargo plane delivered armored vehicles. Heres video of that as they rolled off of this c17 in israel. The Israeli Defense minister gives his troops the green light for entering gaza.
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Did you find him to be credible . No. I think he would have done anything that he could to preserve himself. Thats just obvious in the fact that he flipped on manafort. Shepard but that juror went on to convict Paul Manafort. Peter doocy will have more on that in just a moment and john roberts will have a detailed wrapup on a renewed throw down between the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the president. First, lets get to Rick Leventhal with more on the reported immunity deal for the publisher of the National Inquirer and now former trump friend david pecker. Former friend. Sources are confirming this Wall Street Journal report that the u. S. Attorneys office offered immunity to david pecker so that he would talk about what he knew about Michael Cohens handling of those payments to those women, david pecker, longtime friend of the president and runs the National Inquirer. The journal reports the details include
especially the small businesses, which are just now starting to recover. so what is the deal now? how long can we keep postponing this? so true, charles. look, when big businesses don t go back to work, it s the small business that s get hurt the worst. the little businesses that support the goldman sachs. yes, of course, goldman can work from any within. vinny s pizza can. the parking atendant can t. the small businesses get crushed. a city like new york what is so awesome, the reason people come to visit, they want to see the local businesses. they want to go to little italy, china town, sometimes square. if you put the little businesses out of business, it becomes another mall. it s another gap. you know what? no one is continuing in to visit the gap. so it s tragic here. i think we have to restore our soul and protect the little
responsibility running the country now after taking it over in days and maybe that is something that they consider. if we re using that as a potential threat, if they start getting nasty with us or threatening with us, you think it s going to work? i don t think so. it s some leverage. they would be happy to have the money. they would wind fall our equipment. who knows what they have their hands hahn now. they just freed 5,000 prisoners, not all of them are taliban. many of them were foreign fighters. afghanistan is a honey put for terrorists. a good number of them that were freed are hardcore terrorists. you re right. it s not about the dollars. that s not leverage if that s what we re relying on right now. neil: chris swecker, thanks very much. what he mentioned habit the taliban going from nothing to having an arsenal that would be the envy of the middle east. if you think about it, $80
0 parts. bahrain, denmark, germany, italy, kazakhstan, kuwait, qatar, uzbekistan. many will be transporting people through their territories to safety. albania, kosovo, macedonia, mexico, poland, qatar, ukraine and uganda have made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk afghans. we appreciate the support. we re very encouraged other countries are also considering providing additional support, this is something that we will continue to be focused. finally this morning, secretary blinken participated in a virtual meeting to discuss the on going security situation in afghanistan and others to safely evacuate our it is ens and afghan allies that may be at risk. the allies agreed that any future government must adhere to afghanistan s international obligations, safeguard the human rights of afghans, women, children and minority, uphold the rule of law and allow unhindered access and ensure that afghanistan never serves as a safe haven for terrorism. secretary blinken a