to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told xi jinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burned. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan, the us policy has not changed. let s speak now to craig singleton, a national security expert, and former us diplomat, who s a senior china fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you forjoining here on bbc world news. it was something of a marat
And dangerous, at large. The grief and Mourning Engulf A Tight Knit Town of lewiston, maine. Im bill hemmer. Dana has the day off. Aishah, nice to see you. Aishah well take you live tatty press conference. Facing a lot of challenges out there in the maine wilderness looking for this guy. Its a region surrounded by miles of forests, mountains, lakes, ponds, streams, everything. They are trying to identify all of these 18 victims. One heartbroken father now struggling to come to terms with losing his son while knowing that he died a hero. Listen to this. People loved my son. My son was in sports all his life. People got to know him that way. They got to know the kind of heart he really had. I had the greatest son in the world and its a tough one. Its a tough one to lose. Your son died a hero. He did. Im proud of him, yeah. I love him with all my heart. Aishah hard to hear. The latest with nate foye. 38 hours in the manhunt the Community Waiting for answers that hopefully will come in the
Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c
Everyone, sandra smith along with harold ford jr. , judge Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters, and will cain. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. Fox news alert, two major stories happening at this hour. Israeli forces are currently inside the gaza strip as the idf expands operations there. Multiple bombings, explosions, and Tank Fire Lighting up the night sky for several hours now. There is also breaking news out of maine in the search for the mass shooter robert card. Police are expected to give an update any moment now on the manhunt and we will bring you there live when that begins. But first, to the breaking news out of israel, the idf Striking Gaza in the biggest offensive yet. 21 days this has been going on. Lets go straight to trey yingst on the ground in southern is israel, and trey, you told us a short time ago, this is the most you have seen, the biggest escalation in this war to date. Absolutely. Over the past several hours, we have been watching as the Israeli Air For
Suspect in the Mass Shootings in lewiston. Now, Law Enforcement descending on that town and the surrounding communities and a shelter in place order has expanded now as this Hunt For Accused Mass Killer robert card enters a second day. Last night police surrounded cards home in bowdoin, maine, with spotlights, with drones, calling for anyone inside that house to surrender. Apparently he wasnt there, but it does show that police are systematically searching locations known to card. We have a team of reporters and analysts with us this morning. Lets start with nbcs Antonia Hylton live in lewiston, maine. Antonia, again, we are expecting this News Conference to begin any moment. Well break as soon as they begin. What do we know right now about where police are focusing their manhunt this hour . Reporter well, this has really become a multistate effort, and of course federal partners with the fbi and atf with also on the ground. We dont know the exact perimeters, but our understanding is t