jesse watters along with judge jeanine pirro, jessica tarlov, dana perino, and brian kilmeade. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. somebody call fire marshal jamaal bowman. joe biden almost burnt down the white house. the big guy blowing out some big flames for his 81st birthday. biden s staff posting this photo to social media thinking there is nothing wrong with the site of a man tightly gripping the sides of a table while a bonfire rages on top of his cake. the white house thinks voters concerns over biden are all a big joke with this caption, thanks for the birthday well wishes today, every one. turns out on your 146th birthday, you run out of space for candles. reassuring. karine jean-pierre also had some jokes. try not to laugh at her assessment of the presidents stamina. i would put the presidents stamina, the president s wisdom, the ability to get this done on behalf of the american people, against anyone. anyone of any day of the week. we are
imm imminent? everyone from the white house to israel officials say we re very, very close. we ll ask an israeli government spokesman where things stand right now. plus, the u.s. launching an air strike on militants in iraq. it follows the 66 earth attack by iran backed groups on u.s. forces in the region. this is a quick response. the read from former defense secretary mark esper. your world starts right now. welcome. i m edward lawrence. from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto. this is your world. so jeff paul, we begin with jeff paul in southern israel. when could we see innocent civilians freed? that is the million dollar question. we re watching any possible developments that could come out of this israeli government meeting going on right now. we should point out this was previously unscheduled. that might give you an idea of how possibly close they could be to approving a deal that could return hostages back to israel. they are expected to vote on that tonig