and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back in
detail. it will be an important document that the u.s. and israeli government will co-sponsor obviously and it will underscore the u.s. commitment. by the way we re showing our viewers of president biden meeting with yair lapid. this is an interim prime minister. there is a new israeli parliamentary election now scheduled for november 1. and that will be very, very significant. in addition to meeting with prime minister lapid, he will be meeting with the israeli president herzog and also the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so he has a very busy schedule. and as you know, the president will have a joint news conference which will have live coverage of here in jerusalem with yair lapid, there will be questions from israeli and american journalists at the news conference. we ll see what they have to say. but clearly there is a lot of issues on the agenda right now. and they will go into substantive detail in the course of their statements. there certainly is a lot on
We speak with the spokesperson for the Israeli Defense force. Its monday. Good morning, kay. Fighting between hamas and Israel Forces continues outside gaza this morning. Israel says they thought they would be in a better place. Lighting up the night sky, israel launches. Over 400 palestinians have been killed so far. Sky news reports from the heart of israeli destruction with up to 700 killed in hamas attacks and 260 bodies recovered from Music Festival. Hostage reports. Those missing from israel and feared captured by fighters. Thanks. Breakfast morning, sky news. The chancellors hopes for plans. I asked her if it was appropriate for them to appear with a palestinian diplomat after he said the masked terrorists were coming israels way. I dont know what the schedule is. I havent heard those remarks, but they are totally unacceptable. Metro bank secures a deal to shore up its finances, refinancing several Million Pounds of debt. Walkout. Cleaners, Security Guards, and support staff at
they are being overseen by the red cross. further releases will occur across a four-day ceasefire that began around midnight eastern time. in total, hamas is expected to release 50 hostages while israel is expected to release 150 prisoners. israel has also said it would extend the ceasefire by an additional day for every ten addion hostages releas. despite these developments, both sides have made it clear the fighting is far from over. joining us live from tel aviv is erin mclaughlin. it is now the time where these hostages are supposed to be released. what s the latest? reporter: we have yet to receive any official word that the process has begun. we are hearing from the egyptian state information service providing more clarity in terms of the hostages expected to be released today. according to egyptian state information, 12 thai nationals will also be released in addition to the 13 israeli hostages, women and children. we re also hearing from a senior white house officia
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. more than 700 foreign nationals are expected to leave southern gaza through the rafah crossing today. among that group, nearly 400 americans as well as british, french, germans, and egyptians. we just want to warn you, the video obtained by cnn is graphic. the israeli military admits it struck an ambulance leaving the scene. at least 15 people have been reported kly been killed. they were using emergency vehicles to transport weapons in the past. the strike happened while u.s. secretary of state was in israel to urge for greater safety of gaza civilians. here he is. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. failure to do so plays into the hands of hamas and other terror groups. there will be no partners for peace if they re consumed by catastrophe and alienated by any perceived indifference to their plight. we re foll