Futures. Im maria bartiromo. Breaking news as the u. S. Responds to irans aggression. Iran launching a direct attack on israel, over 300 missiles and drones launched with israels iron dome knocking down 9 of the attacks, inter 99 of the attacks before they arrived in israel. Coming up, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, on the next stepses as a lawmakers expect to the vote on a Security Package for israel and ukraine this week. The speaker is here exclusively on israel, ukraine and the u. S. Border. Then, former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the dangerous global backdrop under President Joe Biden. Plus, senator rand paul is here on the response in the senate and the covid coverup. Why 15 federal agencies were aware of Gain Of Function Research being done at the wuhan lab in china before covid leaked and spread across the world killing millions. Plus, tomorrow is tax day in america. House ways and Means Committee chairman jason smith on why the irs is auditing
Greenlighting an investigation into biden without any evidence of wrongdoing. And in moments, ill speak with the throne and mccarthys side, that is republican Congressman Matt Gaetz who is threatening to oust the speaker, in part over this issue. But first, some context. Republicans want to know if President Biden benefited from his sons business dealings. And that is a legitimate question. But the doj did spend here is investigating hunter biden, and so far there has been no evidence that his father did benefit. Meantime, House Republicans and their investigations have presented zero direct evidence to contradict that. Also, mccarthy is to invest now unilaterally without even a vote, even though Kevin Mccarthy himself from 11 days ago disagreed with that method. Quote, if we move forward with an Impeachment Inquiry, it would occur for a vote on the floor of the peoples, house not for a declaration by one person. And just four years ago, mccarthy attacked democrats for doing the same.
state of the union jostar now. have a great day. at war. a note of caution from the u.s. far too many palestinians have been killed. as israeli forces pound gaza. we re increasing pressure on hamas every hour, every day. what s his war plan? israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu joins me live for his first cnn interview since hamas terror attack inside israel. then u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan is here. plugs, the right to vote. voters send republicans another message on abortion rights. how will the gop adapt? we have to address this issue. i ll ask the chairwoman of the republican party ronna mcdaniel ahead. it s complicated. a new democratic headache. i will not be running for re-election. but will he run for president? what does an already crowded third party lane mean for a biden re-election. david ags elrod and former republican governor larry hogan join me ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union i
the second day in a row. we ll ask a top israeli official why the idf hit the same area again. and here at home, donald trump jr. on the witness stand at his family s fraud trial. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. moments ago, president biden called for a pause in gaza to allow for the release of more hostages. this after he was interrupted by a protester, a rabbi at a closed door fundraiser in minneapolis tonight. but his administration has been clear, saying they rule out the idea of endorsing a ceasefire, as you have seen some in the international community call for one. we ll have more on president biden s response in a moment. but all of this is coming after the first evacuations of people from gaza. more than two million people have been trapped. the conditions there have been described as nothing short of hellish. deaths continuing to climb. there is little food or water to be found. a small number of americans were among the hundreds that were allowed t
join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. martha: so mike johnson, very busy man today. one of the things he s been working on is calling on president biden to take action at the southern border. the speaker spoke with president biden by phone today. also sent him a detailed letter urging him to use the power that he has as president to stop the record-breaking surge of migrants crossing our border. speaker mike johnson joins us now live from capitol hill. mr. speaker, thanks very much. great to have you with us today. hi, martha. great to be with you. martha: so tell me i want to start with the spending issue that you re dealing with. i know you have a lot of very agitated members on the right-hand side of your party.