And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at
Gonna continue the coverage from israel. President biden had another lengthy phone call today with israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu. Vice president Kamala Harris joined the phone call in which President Biden pledged more military aid to israel, after that call, at 2 24 pm, the president said this. You know, there are moments in life, and i mean this literally, when the pure, Unadulterated Evil is unleashed. On this world. The people of israel lived through one such moment this weekend. The bloody hands of the Terrorist Organization, hamas, a group who stated purpose for being is to kill jews. This is an act of sheer evil. More than 1000 civilians slaughtered, not just killed, slaughtered in israel. Among them, at least 14 american citizens. Killed. Parents butchered using their bodies to try to protect their children. Stomach churning reports of being babies being killed. Entire families slain. Young people massacred while attending a musical festival the to celebrate peace.
You know, there are moments in life, and i mean this literally, when the pure, Unadulterated Evil is unleashed. On this world. The people of israel lived through one such moment this weekend. The bloody hands of the Terrorist Organization, hamas, a group whose stated purpose for being is to kill jews. This is an act of sheer evil. More than 1000 civilians slaughtered, not just killed, slaughtered in israel. Among them, at least 14 american citizens. Killed. Parents butchered using their bodies to try to protect their children. Stomach churning reports of babies being killed. Entire families slain. Young people massacred while attending a musical festival to celebrate peace. To celebrate peace. Women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies. Families hid their fear for hours and hours, desperately trying to keep their children quiet. To avoid drawing attention. Thousands of wounded. Alive, but carrying with them the bullet holes and the Shrapnel Wounds and the memory of what they endured.
At cspanshop. Org. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was interviewed by Utah Republican Mitt Romney at a recent forum hosted by the mccain institute. The secretary answered questions about the israelhamas war, competition with china, and the ongoing conflict between ukraine and russia. This is just over an hour. I was at munichs security conference when ms. Navalnys mother got news that her husband was killed, and i have never seen a woman stronger, with more grace, more dignity up against the world stage then misses navalny was that day and in the days and weeks after that than mrs. And was that day and in the days and weeks after that. She humbled me. Those of us who have suffered loss understand what that means, but to suffer loss in the way they did it is extremely impactful, so i just want you to know your mother is a real inspiration to me because she was strong, dedicated, and i watched her move those few days in munich like nothing else. Shes amazing. My job is to welcome all o
Mister secretary, does the administration know at this point if u. S. Citizens were among the dead or those taken hostage . So, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. We are very actively looking to verify those reports similarly, weve seen reports about hostages and their again, we are very actively trying to verify them. And we nail that down. Meaning that there could be some u. S. Citizens who have been taken hostage as well, mister secretary. Thats correct. Well be closely following that over the next two hours, also overnight, israel responded, launching huge retaliatory strikes on cars and cities, flattening residential buildings, and killing over 300 people in gaza so far, according to the palestinian mystery of that. Has lebanons Hezbollah Group fired the flames in solidarity with hamas at three is really positions. Were witnessing all of this as israel promises an aggressive response. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, my vengeance, and sai