Escalation in the middle east. In a Statement Issued after an online meeting, the groups leaders called for restraint on all sides. Israel says the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran have been intercepted. The attacks marked the first time iran has targeted israel directly from its own soil. The israeli war cabinet has been meeting to discuss its response to the attack. A senior minister, benny gantz, said israel would exact a price from iran in its own time and fashion. The Defence Minister, yoav gallant, said the confrontation with iran wasnt over, and israel must prepare for every scenario. Iran has warned of a much bigger response if israel retaliates. The white house has said it doesnt want to see the crisis in the middle east escalate. A us security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider war. Meanwhile the Un Security Council is meeting in urgent session to discuss the situation. There will be pressure at the unied nations
could have reached agreement, they would have gone s floor, uo amendments. that was an extraordinary moment, i thought. and they lost it. is that going to be similar here, or are they going to bring in the traditional committee chairs and all that sort of thing and have to go back to the legislative process if they get a deal? reporter: good question because it s technically not a super committee. it s sort of going back to the old regular order, go back to the house and senate budget committees that were sort of bypassed before. these are the folks who are supposed to be grappling with these issues and getting it done. both parties have been saying, look, let s get behind closed doors and work on it. let s do it finally. so i think the two key players to watch there on the democratic side, you ve got patty murray who s been powerful among senate democrats. she s going to be influentialin. and paul ryan, former vice presidential nominee, he s the house budget chairman and is somebody