shot down with american help, all of the iranian missiles and drones. you had a win already. the fact that they did a small response, that s not going to trouble the president as long as it doesn t lead to a wider war. that s what he is worried about, a wider war. this doesn t seem to go that direction so he will take a win himself. and now it turns back to gaza. what happens there and what can they agree to as the cease fire talks are on hiatus. it seems like israel is facing a war on two fronts now. we are waiting for speaker mike johnson to take the podium and that is expected to happen any moment and i may interrupt you. you have the war in gaza and the uptick in concerns for iran, the two entitys attacking one another on their sovereign soil, one was in syria, at a consulate
rest rules to address fatigue issues with air traffic controllers. this comes after a string of near misses including one at reagan national airport on thursday. concontrollers have to take off 12 hours off before a midnight shift. back on capitol hill, the house aproufbed funding for israel and ukraine. it is serious business. and the unserious business of space lasers added to one bill raised serious questions on a certain lawmaker, yeah that one. space lasers again, we are totally serious. molly jong fast joins nee next. y serious. molly jong fast joins nee next you need them. they need a retirement plan. work with principal so we can help you with a plan that s right for your team. let our expertise round out yours.
spoke with my colleague tom llamas and down played israel s stroiks the ones that happened at the end of this week. let s take a listen. what happened last night was not a strike. did any other country tell you something was happening and they would invade your air space and attack possibly one of your bases? two or three they are more like toys that our children pliwith, not drones. it was not worth telling us before it happened. you are on the intelligence committee, is that an accurate assessment? is iran down playing this to cool tensions? what i can tell you is that the biggest risk all along with respect to iran is the risk of regional escalation. no one wants an all out regional war and it is clear that the iranians don t either. this is a chance for all parties to take an exit ramp, lower the
israeli tactics. i think the level of civilian casualties are unacceptable. it is morally untenable. it has to change. i have been pushing the israelis and administration and anyone who will listen to me for a shift, a massive surge in humanitarian aid because of the 1.1 million palestinians on the verge of famine. but it was the humanitarian aid portion that won out. there are millions for aid and also other conflicts around the world including sow dan. there are 25 million in sudan, half of the country s population is food insecure and facing starvation in the next couple of months. we have haiti, there are people in crisis throughout the world that will be helped by this bill. so iran s foreign minister
republican party, do you think this is a blatant play to donald trump to say look, here s how i voted, i m still on team trump, i m following your directive? it will be read that way, whether it is or not. i have not heard her explain her vote but i think that is something a lot of people will interpret. she is under scrutiny as a possible vice president running mate for former president trump. so anyone on the list will be careful to make sure they are not doing anything that gets them off the list. aaron gilchrist, tell me how the biden administration will react to the passage of the aid to ukraine and israel? reporter: i would expect that we would see reaction this weekend from the white house, obviously, this has been going through the process. the president as well as the press secretary and other members of the administration have been speaking about the need to pass this support for ukraine, support for israel, support for taiwan. so i would expect at some point