of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
but i rainian-backed malitia groups. these attacks must stop. it can announce the decision to deploy an additional 300 troops to the u.s. central command region from home stations in the continental united states. these additional troops will provide communications and other support enablers for forces already in the region. neil: under fire, but not israeli troops. try american ones. iranian backed proxies targeting u.s. forces in the middle east. in a moment, republican presidential candidate ron desantis on what the u.s. should do. former vice presidential candidate joe lieberman on what the u.s. and the world should do. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. first to rich edson at the pentagon with more on these latest attacks and how we re responding. rich? good afternoon, neil. the pentagon says they re putting more munitions, more people, more troops in to the region. the 300 you just heard announced there is on top of the 900 the pentagon announced were heading th
not in the face russia s aggression in ukraine. shame on you all. palestinians aren t animals. committee will suspend and i again ask that those from the audience respect the people in the room and allow us to continue the hearing. john: as harris just mentioned, awaiting updates from the white house, the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east as anti-israel demonstrations intensify around the globe, including on capitol hill. and so we begin tuesday afternoon, john roberts, good afternoon to you. aishah: aishah hasnie in for sandra myth. america reports . so the chaotic scene was playing out at a senate hearing this morning as secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin were making their case for congress to approve more aid to israel. you can see nearly two dozen protestors there were slamming the biden administration for funding what they say is the genocide of palestinians and accusing u.s. officials of being te