the island. 27 chinese war planes have buzzed through taiwan s defense zone in the last several hours. it s a show of aggression by china that we have not seen in 30 years in this kind of force. we ve seen smaller versions of this over the last year. but now russia has decided that they want to get in on this whole conversation scolding the united states for her visit to stay out of taiwan. watch this. i have no doubt that this same line that we ve been talking about regarding the ukrainian situation. it s a desire to prove to everyone impunity. i do what i want, something like that. i see no other reason to create an annoyance out of the blue knowing very well what it means for the people s republic of china. with that, we bring in congressman mike gallagher a marine veteran that serves on the armed services committee. very good to have you with us today. there s a piece in the post today new york times, and they talk about two competing blocks that are forming in th
that temporary truce between israel and hamas is winding down and global protests are heating up. then there s some kind of hold-up in the release of today s hostages. only two israeli russian nationals set go so far. brigadier general pat ryder and leon panetta are here. your world starts now. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s go to northern israel. a hold-up in this release or snafus, we don t know how to explain it. we know that nate can help us. what s going on? well, neil, just in the past few minutes, local reports are that ten israeli hostages are being handed off to the red cross right now. we re working to independently verify those records. this comes after a delay. we ve heard some logistical problems possibly. but it appears that that transfer is underway right now and comes after you mentioned two israeli russians were freed earlier. let s take a look at this video of them being released. this is a mother and a daughter, 73 years old and 50-year-old.