issues have sticking power. because there are indicators the momentum might be shifting again. from georgia, to arizona, democrats are placing it all on abortion. candidates with a full-page newspaper ads, and pouring millions into commercials splashing across tv screens trying to remind everyone especially women every single day what could happen if republicans are in control. under kemp, i could be investigated and imprisoned. for a miscarriage. only a handful of republican candidates are pushing back directly on the issue of abortion, and instead they re going all in on crime. i.c.e., open our borders to illegal immigrants and violent felons without bail. mandela barnes, dangerously liberal on crime. some republicans are going even further, zeroing in on communities of color, with anti-crime speeches in diverse nyc neighborhoods and dr. oz has been throughout pennsylvania with faith forums in black community and tommy tuberville of alabama said this, just this weeken
happened. a massive explosion on a bridge that dealt a major blow to russia s military supply capabilitying. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for that damage, but an aide to presukraine s president said this may be an act of retaliation. here s a view of the explosion we didn t see yesterday. russian officials say three people were killed in all of this. nick paton walsh joins me now. it looks like russian retaliation. what more can you tell us? reporter: certainly, the strike in zaporizhzhia, we now know the death toll to be 13 with over 80 people injured. hundreds of rescuers are still working at the site of the apartment block that was hit by six cruise missiles dropped by a strategic bomber, and also an su-35 attack jet. also, some anti-aircraft missiles, s-300s according to ukrainian officials involved, a sign that russia s inventory is getting low. is it retaliation? i should point out, zaporizhzhia where this occurred is being hit over the last week repeatedly,
Air, and see leading to hundreds of deaths, and israels military saying, hamas fires of taken civilians and soldiers hostage. Israel responding with strikes on targets in gaza, throughout the day. And into the night. This new video shows israeli rockets lighting up the sky above gaza city. Gazas Health Ministry says more than 200 people have died in the gaza strip. In washington, President Biden pledged unwavering support to israel, and sent this message to the rest of the world. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop. Theres never justification for terrorist attacks. And my administration supports for security in is rocksolid and unwavering. Let me say this as clearly as i can. This is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching. Whether be no mistake. The United States stands with the state of israel. We have from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize israel 11 minu
Thinking, generally speaking. and we l have heard hamas has reportedly told egyptian and qatari mediator is that it is suspending any talks on hostage negotiations. let me start by asking you about that. where does this leave any possible talks that may have been in the pipeline? that is something may have been in the pipeline? twat is something quite expected. they have to do something, they cannot just continue to negotiate just one day after their number two was killed by the israelis, arguably, in beirut. at the same time, the discussions are quite difficult, independently from this killing. they are difficult because it is. it is difficult for them to both, hamas to find some agreement, whatever deal they can have on the opening stages and hostages, the weapons fire, the conditions, what will happen to the gaza strip later on? so it is not directly because of that that the discussions are ending and becoming increasingly disfigured. and becoming increasingly disfiuured. ., ~ .,
Retaliation. what is your response to that? well, thank you so much for having me. i really appreciate being here. it is tim knope. look, this is really about really if you don t come to work, you shouldn t earn a paycheck. this is about tax dollars that they did not earn. you know, this has been going on for a month. and in the constitution it says that if we don t have a quorum that we can compel lawmakers to attend and this is one of the things that we can do to compel them to attend. so the state senator has said they re not going to return until june 25th, the last day of the legislative session, to pass the budget and bipartisan bills that are outstanding. one of the reasons they walked out is over house bill 2002, which amongst other things would