to washington. i m bret baier. israel works to wrap up northern gaza operation and move south amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. house republicans focus on possible impeachment inquiry into president biden and the controversy over college football s final four. we ll take a look. but, first, breaking tonight, the biden administration is condition deming the rape of israeli women by hamas terrorists. it s a move critics say is overdue. it comes as a prominent democratic lawmaker is under fire tonight for comments she calls balance in covering this issue. gillian turner has details tonight from the state department. good evening, gillian. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration today acknowledged ha hamas terrorists are using rape as a weapon of war against israeli women and girls. we have seen hamas commit atrocities. both on october 7th and since october 7th. and we obviously condemn those across at this and support israel s actions to hold hamas
we always want to win games, and of course it would really help us to put us in a better position when we win the game. also coming up on sportsday. how climate change might impact rugby union for gloucester s him for more than a century and a quarter at most risk. hello again. a list of problems facing this year s french open hasjust got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history. before returning yesterday to deal not only with another marathon match, but also a slippery court, which djokovic then claimed had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. ifa if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do we if a player is feeling a certain way an
line there is a bit of a safety net for england- for england. they go to the in switzerland for england. they go to the in switzerland next for england. they go to the in switzerland next summer- for england. they go to the in i switzerland next summer could for england. they go to the in - switzerland next summer could be other switzerland next summer could be other two switzerland next summer could be other two will have to try to qualify other two will have to try to qualify through a playoff situation. it s important to say that between france, it s important to say that between france, sweden and england, you ve -ot france, sweden and england, you ve got three france, sweden and england, you ve got three of france, sweden and england, you ve got three of the top six teams in the world got three of the top six teams in the world. there is no huge shaman that simply the world. there is no huge shaman that simply because of the quality of the that simply because of
playoff system. pensacola catholic high, actually was in one of the early rounds because they throw so many people in there. i will say, the phillies are have proven the up side of the system. it s been a magical run. but they re going against a buzz saw in the houston astros, going to be a fun world series. i of course was texting my daughter who was in that audience, right at like the wrong moment. i guess something big happened, are you cold, sweetie, is it raining. don t do that. that s when bryce was walking up to the plate. got it. let s get to the news, two weeks away from the midterm elections, new polling shows voter enthusiasm is at an all time high. in the latest nbc news survey, 70% of voters say they are very interested in casting their ballots next month. that s the highest that number has been in a midterm election at this point. as to why that is, 80% of voters
whether it will be wales or scotland, who knows? maybe ukraine will prevail and they will have huge amounts of support for obvious reasons as well. it wouldn t be fascinating if gareth southgate two men come up against their counterparts from either wales or scotland for what would be the very first time at a world cup finals, it really would be a huge occasion, but also alongside england and whoever comes to that playoff system would be iran and the united states of america, so intriguing group, really, of countries are all kinds of reasons and you have to say, sarah, it is a really kind dry as well for england. they were quite fortunate in the last world cup i seem to recall and gareth southgate s luck seems to continue, because it could ve been a lot worse, big teams like germany and the netherlands were lurking in the second group, england could ve had them and they avoided them. instead they got the united states of america who are ranked 16th in the