tonight, the images coming in. israel s ground offensive pushing deeper into southern gaza. the battles raging in the streets. you will see the ambulance caught in the crossfire. palestinian civilians who had been told to go south, where do they go now, and what about the hostages? james longman in israel. the breaking news involving president biden, those eye-opening comments from the president about running for office again, saying if trump wasn t running, i m not sure i d be running. what this means, and what the president is signaling about the stakes. mary bruce standing by live tonight. also this evening, the alarming new warning from the fbi director, christopher wray, about the terror threat inside this country right now. what he spelled out today. pierre thomas standing by. the massive house explosion in virginia. the blast after police were on the scene for hours, trying to execute a search warrant. the suspect barricaded inside. the powerful storms slamming
And whats a bit of both . So hang on for a wild ride. For in nature, and in the world of animals, the truth is always stranger than fiction. Just ask the kangaroo that lives in the tree or the dog with webbed feet or the bird that can look an elephant in the eye or the frog that looks like a tomato or any other astonishing animal you might meet. Lets start with a startli statement. Thats both so false and so true. Confused . Consider this. The river or nile hippopotamus, which is the great behemoth pachyderm most of us are familiar with, as well as the much smaller and much rarer pygmy hippopotamus, dont have true sweat glands. A thick red substance from their pores called, yes, blood sweat. Okay, its not blood, and its not sweat. But it does make the pygmy hippo shine. It even creates a foam behind the animals ears. Despite being thickskinned, hippos have very sensitive skin that needs to be k kt wet most of the day, which is why, more often than not, if you happen upon a hippo in the
For don and jessica. Thats what people are talking about today. No deal on capitol hill. We are live with Tara Mergener with more. Reporter the federal government is coming to a slow down with many workers off the job and congress at a stalemate. Thousands of federal workers had just a few hours in the office this morning before they were told to go home. The budget stalemate in congress has partially shut down the federal government for the first time in 17 years. A sign that the Lincoln Memorial is turning away visitors. Lawmakers are still going at it this morning. The government is closed because of the issue ration ality of what is going on on the other side of the capital. Reporter the Senate Quickly rejected the latest temporary spending bill passed in the house because it includes an amendment that weakens the health care law. Republicans insist its their constituents that want to defund the Affordable Care act. The house legislation is perfectly reasonable. It didnt have every
Government shutdown began. Theyre more interested in playing politics than doing whats right. Democratic leaders in Congress Finally have their prize, a Government Shutdown that no one seems to want but them. Theyre obsessed with the healthcare law. And theyre obsessed with hurting this president. Reporter for a fourth time, this senate removed language, weakening the president s healthcare law from a temporary spending bill and sent it back to the house. Reporter House Republicans wanted senators to come to the negotiating table and work out their differences. The senate refused. I wont even have people sit down with the negotiators. I mean, for heavens sake. Reporter now, the house is working on another proposal, one that would fund the veterans administration, park service, and d. C. City government. President obama accused House Republicans of holding the economy hostage. Reopen the government. Restart the Services Americans depend on. Reporter in a letter to federal workers, the p
Last Fall, the United States Forest Service commenced with a mitigation project to Pike National Forest around Lake George and Wilkerson Pass of cutting down certain trees, to break up