john: kayleigh, thank you. president biden expected to meet xi later this hour as they meet face-to-face the first time in a year for a summit in california. and we are learning some major developments before those high level talks even begin. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, the top of the mountain, a long slide into the weekend from here. sandra: we are indeed. good to be with you, john. this is america reports . making headlines, expected agreement between the two global superpowers to stem the flow of fentanyl into the u.s.. and according to one report, the two leaders will sign off on a deal to rein in the use of artificial intelligence in drones and nuclear weapons. john: but critics warn it s the united states surrendering to one of the biggest adversaries with wars raging in other parts of the world. jacqui heinrich is live in san francisco ahead of this critical summit. jacqui. john, president biden heads into this summit having already clinched two o
if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. if you want a future for israel, the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. hamas is using hospitals as it uses many other civilian facilities for command and control. united states does not want to see fire fights in hospitals. john: begin with israeli forces making significant gains in northern gaza, closing in on what they say is hamas s key command center beneath gaza s largest hospital. we are awaiting a pair of briefings from the white house and state department on update on where things stand right now. hello, well come to this monday. welcome back to you. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra today. this is america reports . while the fighting rages on in gaza, the u.s. is striking back at proxy groups in syria. on sunday, they hit two facilities, killing at least six fighters. john: did not take long for the proxy groups to respond, the total attacks are 52 in less than a month.
our goal isn t to fight the palestinian civilians, it s to fight the hamas terrorists and we make a distinction between the two, they don t. far too many palestinians has been killed, much more needs to be done. john: right now israeli forces reportedly closing in on gaza s largest hospital where they say hamas is hiding in its massive terror complex below ground. suggesting the group uses tunnels below al-shifa hospitals to store weapons and posing a major challenge for the military strategy. i m john roberts in washington. good friday afternoon to be with you. gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra, she has the day off. as the fighting rages on, u.s. bases are taking fire in the middle east. launched 47 total attacks against u.s. troops and assets. john: two days ago, president biden ordered airstrikes against targets in syria to stop attacks, but iran and proxies are simply thumbing their nose at biden. so, why won t the white house do more to shut down iran?
massacre on israeli citizens living so close to the border with hamas killers. now the israel response, war. and they are on the ground and they have surrounded on that strip of land the city of gaza. israeli defense force with its ground offensive, their soldiers striking hamas command posts, weapons and infrastructure. they are also looking to push into the interior of the city and take out the terrorists who brutally attacked innocent israelis one month plus one day ago. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the israel military today says it has gained control of a hamas stronghold in the northern part of gaza. they are pounding those hostage-taking serial killers targets. [shooting] harris: president biden and the biden administration are still pushing for a humanitarian pause. others are calling for an all-out cease-fire. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, yeah, he is not planning to hold back. there will be no cease-fire, general cease-fi
all right, hour two, we re happy to have you. we re looking at a number of protests planned pretty much around the world, a big one in washington d.c. where we re expecting north of 100,000, maybe a minimum, a massive demonstration and similar in london, paris and iran today. the themes are the same, more pro-palestinian and the rage continues. the separate rage and the comments that came out of hezbollah leader yesterday telling the united states that you will pay, essentially for backing of israel and this unacceptable war against hamas, said that all options remain on the table, not concerned about u.s. warnings to stay out of this conflict. in the middle of that, of course, keep in mind that it s hezbollah and forces of hezbollah in the north, in lebanon, that have been, you know, inciting these attacks and others on israel. that s exactly where you were going to find steve harrigan in northern israel right now on how that part of this war and possibly an expanding one