Military are operating without Senate Confirmed leaders. Or Chief Of Staff. 300 top nominees are also on hold. Because of this one lawmaker. Alabama senator, Tommy Tuberville. His objection to the new policy that will reimburse Service Members or their families for travel. If they have to go to another state to get an abortion. After six months of frustrating paralysis. The secretaries of the army and the navy and air force wrote this opinion piece. Officers in the millions of service they lead are the foundation of americas enduring military advantage. Yet, this foundation is being actively eroded by the actions of a single u. S. Senator, Tommy Tuberville. Joining us now is the secretary of the air force. Air force secretary frank kendall, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth , and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro for this joint interview. Let me start with you. Air force secretary frank kendall,. How is america less safe and less prepared than it was just six months ago . First of all, we
Morning. Morning joe starts now. Which sets us apart from the terrorists, as we believe in the dignity of every human life. Palestinian, muslim, jew, american, christian, everyone. If you give that up, the terrorists win. We can never let them win. President biden is back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel, where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces. Well go through all of that and get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. Plus, the drama here at home on capitol hill. Well, the drama at home on capitol hill, willie. Also, the questions about some of the reporting immediately following that tragic bombing of the hospital in gaza. A lot of the intel, u. S. Intel pointing toward the fact that it was an Islamic Jihad rocket. There are, if you read the W
By the islamichhad armed militant group. The huge number of deaths at the hospital triggered angry Street Protests in palestinian cities in the west bank and across the arab world. President biden has been visiting. President biden had been hoping to attend a summit of arab leaders injordan after visiting israel but that has been cancelled after the president of the Palestinian Authority pulled out following the hospital explosion declaring three days of mourning for the men, Women And Children killed. The Palestinian Health minister said the number of People Killed in gaza over the last 10 or ii the number of People Killed in gaza over the last 10 or 11 days is now at least three and a half thousand. With more than 13,000 wounded. The Director General gave this reaction to what happened. It is shocking. It is horrified. 0ur Colleagues are totally horrified, especially that our hospital has received has received a number of threats. We have issued days and days before a warning that if
This is cnns live coverage of israel at war. Im wolf blitzer in washington along with sara sidner in tel aviv. Theres Breaking News were following this hour. Americans and others stuck in warravaged gaza are on alert to evacuate potentially at any moment. The State Department is urging u. S. Citizens to move closer to the rafah border in the southern part of Gaza Crossing from Gaza Into Egypt in case it opens up with little notice. Local media reported earlier that egypt was not, repeat not, allowing american citizens through the crossing. More than 1 million civilians in the northern part of gaza are under israeli orders to flee to the south, an evacuation the United Nations is calling impossible. The humanitarian crisis is escalated amid widespread destruction and a mounting death toll in gaza now rising above 2200. Its been a full week of punishing israeli air strikes in response to the horrific and deadly hamas Terror Attack on israel last weekend that killed some 1300 people. The