[bombs and gunshots] sandra: we are expecting to get a state department update as israel pushes deeper into southern gaza. and is reportedly eyeing new tactics to root out hamas terrorists. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. bret: good afternoon, i m bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and push it through miles of hamas tunnels. sandra: the fate of some 130 hostages still in captivity remains unclear at this hour. fox team coverage kicks off right now. ai aishah hasnie is in capitol hill for an antisemitism hearing. bret: and trey, what are you hearing about the new tactic by israel. we are following the report from the wall street journal indicating israeli officials are considering using water from the mediterranean sea to flood the hamas tunnel network.
sister, a daughter, a wife, or a friend should join us to unite against rape. this goes beyond politics. if we can t agree that rape is wrong, then we have accepted the unacceptable. bill: a lot of comments there, sheryl sandberg calling the world s attention to the atrocities of hamas against women. former facebook coo calling out women s group for a deafening silence on the rape of israeli women at the hands of hamas. what impact can a message like this have? i m bill hemmer and it s tuesday. some ways it s only tuesday. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. for those of you who did rent see the five last night. he described it as a sexual atrocities and if you do that, and you get the response from people rather than saying well, you know, but on the other hand. but if you say sexual atrocities, then you obviously will get the reaction, hopefully, that sheryl sandberg was looking for. she was there for an event featuring testimonies from israeli police
sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
to washington. i m bret baier. israel works to wrap up northern gaza operation and move south amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. house republicans focus on possible impeachment inquiry into president biden and the controversy over college football s final four. we ll take a look. but, first, breaking tonight, the biden administration is condition deming the rape of israeli women by hamas terrorists. it s a move critics say is overdue. it comes as a prominent democratic lawmaker is under fire tonight for comments she calls balance in covering this issue. gillian turner has details tonight from the state department. good evening, gillian. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration today acknowledged ha hamas terrorists are using rape as a weapon of war against israeli women and girls. we have seen hamas commit atrocities. both on october 7th and since october 7th. and we obviously condemn those across at this and support israel s actions to hold hamas
what more we know about the deal, which also calls for a day s long pause in fighting and when it will all begin. plus, the pope meets with families of hamas hostages. what he said to the world and those families about the war. also ahead, millions set to hit the roads and the skies in what could be the busiest travel day of the year yet. the spoiler a storm that s dumping rain and snow along east coasts. we ll have the latest forecast. and later, control alt delete rehire? sam altman reinstated as the ceo of open ai, the shake-up that sent silicon valley s collective heads spinning. and we begin this morning in gaza where a hostage deal has been reached, hamas agreeing with israel to release 50 hostages in exchange for israeli-held palestinian women and children and a four-day cease fire to get hostages out of gaza and aid trucks into gaza. let s bring in nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons from israel and white house correspondent kelly o donnell