between senior israeli and u.s. officials including secretary of state antony blinken. nbc news has learned they are meeting virtually to discuss alternatives to a ground assault on rafah, the meeting supposed to happen in person last week, but prime minister netanyahu canceled the talks after the u.s. declined to veto a u.n. resolution calling for an immediate cease fire in the war. and it comes after tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in israel this weekend calling on prime minister netanyahu s governor to resign and hold new elections and criticizing the governor s failure to free the hostages. meanwhile in gaza, israeli officials say they have withdrawn forces from the enclave s main hospital after a two-week raid. the hamas-run ministry of health says hundreds of civilians were found dead. the world health organization says 21 patients died and the medical facility is now in ruins. nbc news has reached out to the idf for comment. joining us now from tel
decision over the weekend. another hearing gets underway later today. we ll bring you the latest and get to the bottom of it in moments coming up here. first, however, you have faith and partisanship colliding. the biden white house marking transgender day of visibility on easter sunday, which has set off a bit of a firestorm you could say. good morning, everybody. easter monday in new york. bill hemmer. hope you had a blessed easter weekend: dana: i m dana perino. trans visibility day coincided with easter, one of the most holy day on the christian calendar. the trump campaign we call on joe biden s failing campaign and white house to issue an apology to the millions of catholics and christians around america who believe tomorrow is for one celebration only, the resurrection of jesus christ. bill: christianity also under siege at st. patrick s cathedral this weekend. pro-palestinian protestors interrupting mass on saturday night. going to get analysis from marc thiessen
[national anthem] [national anthem] i can see clearly now, the rain is gone i can see all obstacles joey: good morning and welcome to the second hour this morning of fox & friends weekend,ing the 7 a.m. hour. and what you see there is a bunny within a bunny. that is no matter what s going on, you ve got to be happy inside yourself as brian would say, probably rachel: stay within yourself. joey: and you might as well jump around like an easter oneny. we can t confirm whether that s the easter bunny from the white house that tells the president what to do pete: we re going the can ask. if you would ask the white house today whether easter s a christian holiday, they probably couldn t confirm it for you. rachel: oh, no pete: based on recent events. rachel: it s trans-visibility day. pete: it was proclaimed by white house. we re waiting on the proclamation if for easter because he is risen. it is east ooher sunday. we re really glad that you re here wi
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: good morning. it is 6:00 a.m. on the east coast in new york city. i m here with joey and pete, joe is in for will, pete is back. pete: good morning good, thanks for having me. it is a sharp looking suit. joey: i m true to my roots. rachel: the last photo, dad holding up the flag is how you teach. pete: it was a marine corps iwo jima re-creation. before it was a kid there. they are not going to be patriotic unless you teach them about america. we love getting your photos. pete: friends@foxnews.com. rachel: when you were gone you asked my mom. pete: i was gone for one weekend. rachel: my mom sent in her cat photo. it was a cat with a flag. the flag was reading like the constitution or something. pete: e rack that tomorrow. joey: that might be a cat worth following. i am not going to tell the story. i will get in trouble. it is a cat story. a realistic stor
women, at that is where your modern-day republican party is at. ladies and gentlemen, the gop. m thank you. thank you for joining us. in 1993, time magazine called it the pill that changes everything, the new abortion pill was part of a two drug protocol for medication abortion and it really changed the american health landscape and the landscape across the globe. pregnant people in china, the united kingdom, s reading, france, where the drug had already been approved, have the ability to end pregnancies without undergoing surgery and even in some cases, from inside the four walls of their own ls homes. according to time, this made abortion a truly personal and private choice, but it also opened up a new frontier of antiabortion backlash. as soon as the drug was first developed and approved in france in the 1980s, it sparked protest, facing intense pressure from the catholic church, the company behind the pill decided to temporarily pull it from the market. in the u.s., the