to what we have witnessed in the knesset today, right wing politicians in a shouting match with the families of the israeli hostages. also on the programme, the decision to sack sam altman has provoked rebellion at openai. more than 2 thirds of staff threatened to quit today unless the board resigns. and happy birthdayjoe biden. the us president turns 81 today a number that seems to be moving in the opposite direction to his polling his approval rating today slumped to the lowest level of his presidency. good evening. there are hopes rising that some of the 240 people kidnapped by hamas on october 7th could soon be freed. the qataris, who are leading the negotiation, said only minor obstacles remain. president biden says he and his team are working hour by hour to get it done. but the families of these hostages, who today have been meeting members of the war cabinet, say the priorities of the government are all wrong. talk life, not death plead the families incensed
i m bret baier. breaking tonight, growing concerns that president biden may not be adequately responding to increasing attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east from groups sponsored by iran. iranian proxy groups, another incident today. that makes 47 since mid october. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. today another attempted attack on u.s. troops. a kamikaze drone targeted a u.s. outpost in syria. iran and its proxy forces could not seem to be getting the administration s message to stop trying to kill u.s. troops. the pinpoint attack by a pair of american f-15 warplanes on iranian weapon storage facility in eastern syria wednesday has not slowed the rockets and drones fired by iranian proxies. today, u.s. troops shot down a drone headings toward their base, the fifth attack since the u.s. airstrikes. defense secretary lloyd austin issued another warning to ira
a warm welcome to this hour s coverage of israel at war. i m richard quest live from abu dhabi and you re most welcome if you re watching in the united states or indeed from wherever you re a watching around the world. it is 10:00 on sunday morning in gaza. and idf helicopters have already been seen flying along the israeli coastline in ashkelon earlier today. the city is only 20 kilometers from gaza, where the idf says hamas is holding 230 hostages. now, in gaza, we are waiting to see the latest images of damage from overnight, and of course, receive the reports on possible casualties. overnight, the reports of near total communications blackout, internet, telephone, mobile phones and the like, is believed to be, that has now eased up, but it was an extremely dangerous and busy night. israel says it s been targeting hamas tunnels and underground spaces. and again, warning people to go south. this is the israeli prime minister. our heroic fighters have one supreme goal, to
Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the US, some of which included Jewish Passover Seders, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza.
Passover preparations at the hereon skis. You got your blue waves as a mother and a rabbi, some people call them legal people. We call them israelites. Sarah wronski knows this year the holiday will be different mlb, sorry. Not only are many leaving empty seats at the table, go hostages but those celebrating are also being told to be on alert. Dresser every day. There all the time. And theyre very, very real according to the fbi, antijewish Hate Crime cases tripled in the wake of the October 7 attacks and they are currently on alert for threats ahead of passover, we put out an alert to congregations, to schools to organizations, agencies, anywhere, reduce, gather for us to be a little bit the more vigilant is here rabbi know a farc is, is the President And Ceo of the jewish federation, Los Angeles while hes also preparing for the seder, the organization he