Benjamin netanyahu hits back today at a top democratic calls for new elections in israel for a good evening i am Christina Coleman and for jon scott and this is a box report. Top white house officials insist it is up to the israeli people to decide if there will be new elections as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says some of the Majority Leader Chuck Schumer call for new leadership in israel was inappropriate. The Prime Minister also sticking to his pledge to wipe out the Hamas Terror Organization but Lucas Thompson is live at the white house with more. I lucas. Chris christina earlier today on fox israels Prime Minister responded to that speech by the Senate Majority leader. Because i think schumers statements are wholly inappropriate. We are not a Banana Republic the people will choose when they have elections, who they will elect is not something we foisted upon us. President biden said schumer made a good speech and says he was given a heads up on its content in advance.
he s still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among the united states and our allies is partners will break down. he still doesn t understand that our commitment, our values, our freedom is something he could never, never, ever, ever walk away from. it s who we are. [ cheers and applause ] i mean it. it s who we are. it s who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people of lithuania, together with our baltic brethren have been among the most fierce champions of ukraine s right to a future of its own choosing, one that is free because you live so long with freedom denied, many of you who are older know better than anyone who precious the right to determine your own future is, precious to people everywhere, not just in ukraine, belarus, moldova georgia and all the places around the world where people continue to fight to make their voices heard. so my message, my message to all of you tonight is keep it up. keep it going. keep reminding the world of hope, th
uncovered classified material. they have witnesses talking about how it was handled after a subpoena was issued. also tonight the new york times reporting former trump chief of staff mark meadows has testified to one of the grand juries in that special counsel investigation. we will discuss all of this with the panel a little later. also breaking tonight, shocking news in the sports world. more specifically the golf world. the announcement hit this morning the pga tour is now merging with the saudi backed liv golf organization and the dp world tour to create a new power house in the game. the move is already raising questions about how some golfers and fans will react. what it means for the future of professional golf and why the sudden shift in messaging and plans from the pga. we ll talk with sportscaster jim gray up in a few moments but first up national correspondent william la jeunesse in los angeles with the latest. good evening, william. good evening, bret. you kno
uk prime minister rishi sunak arrived a short while ago. he was greeted by moldovan president maia sandu. and once all of the more than a0 leaders of countries and various organisations had all made it to the venue, mimi castle, they posed for what s known as the family photo. but as you d expect, with plenty to talk about, they didn t stand still for long. you may have seen ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky there standing out through his choice of military fatigues over a suit. he was among the first to arrive earlier this morning and he was also given the first opportunity to address the gathering, warning that russia is an aggressor and needs to be stopped. he said that apart from peace there are only two options for countries which are not in the eu and nato war or russian occupation. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tell them apart should be a former member of the eu and nato. there are only two alternatives to these,