america s commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia s invasion there. the president s first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. the issues the president is facing and tackle anything asia are serious ones. impactful ones, including a looming threat of a possible missile test coming from north korea while biden is overseas. and problems elsewhere, being flown to the president right now for his signature is the bill that congress just approved to give $40 billion of additional aid to ukraine. and that s just to name one of many. let s start in seoul, south korea. jeremy diamond is there. j
To thank for rescuing you . Yes, Congressman Mills and his team and organization. Its a small team, but they work hard on the ground and also from Behind The Scenes making sure everything is good. I felt safe during the process, as well, getting out. Steve welcome home. Oh, man. Bill, adrian, would you like to say goodbye to each other now . Ill give you a call afterward. Love you. Of lo you love you, too. Steve hes talking to his father. Third hour of Fox And Friends starts now. Ainsley fox news alert, President Biden meeting with israel war cabinet in tel aviv after a rocket levelled a hospital in gaza last night Killing Hundreds. Israel and President Biden blaming the Islamic Terrorist Group that misfired a rocket and struck the medical facility. President biden outrage by the hospital in gaza yesterday and based on what i have seen a lot of people are not sure. Steve that was earlier. Right now antiisrael protest continue to break out in the middle east after the hospital was hit.
Reiser and were watching the continuing coverage of the israelhamas war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally invited President Biden to israel for a solidarity trip. And the white house is currently considering a request, according to senior new york official. The invitation comes ahead of a crucial time for americans trying to escape the region. In just a few hours u. S. It is attempting to leave gaza may have their first chance at safe passage since the war began last week. A Palestinian Embassy official has no confirms the beginning at 9 am local time, about four hours from now, for National Palestinians will be able to cross the border into. Egypt during that same time, humanitarian aid will also be able to flow into gaza through the Border Crossing. The agreement for safe passage follows u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinkens meeting with the president of egypt on sunday. I comes ahead of israels expected Ground Invasion of northern gaza, which could begin a
Intensifies. A ground war expected any moment along the gaza has yet to materialize. The fear is there and so is the rampant advice, were told israel will be targeting from multiple sites. Egyptians are showing support, but warning it would have limits, that is to get people out of there. They werent referring to the invasion. Were learning as well, right now, that with all of this going on, turkey is concerned that israels response and our very presence with the gerald r. Ford in the neighborhood will increase the chances for a massacre. Lets go to trey yingst right now in southern israel, what hes seeing amidst the fastmoving developments. Trey. Yeah, neil, good morning. Were following the developments out of the gaza strip and also, along the northern border with israel. Some Significant Developments on the northern border as fighting appears to continue between hezbollah, the lebanese militant group, and also the Israeli Forces on the northern part of the border. I want to take you
Martha good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum in new york. Theres 22 americans who have been killed so far. We hope that number will not go higher at this point. We also now know that there are 17 confirmed missing americans and the white house now confirms that a number of them are hostages which raises a number of questions about the back and forth and the understanding that those individuals are indeed being held by hamas. So hamas is using at least 100 people as Human Shields or leverage for their cause inside of gaza city. These are the terrified Family Members of those that are kidnapped and those who are defined as missing. Watch this. Theyre not part of this war. Citizens and civilians should not be taken. The number 1 message were trying to convey is that time is critical. She was shouting, mommy, they shout at us. Were all wounded. Theyre taking children, women, back to gaza to use as Human Shields. Its appalling. The world be has to step up and get these hostages out. Martha th