there are the military costs, the billions of dollars spent, the cities destroyed and the territories seized. the military, the lives lost, the refugees forced from their homes, the disruption to daily lives for ukrainians living in the shadow of putin s war, not to mention the spike in food and and energy costs beyond the theater of war, and these costs all continue to mount. this week, the u.s. pledged nearly $3 billion in additional security aid to ukraine. this comes as putin decreed in the size of the military as well. after half a year of war, what would it bring to bring this conflict to a close? i want to speak to john kirby now. admiral kirby, thank you for taking the time to be with us this morning. great to be with you, jim. first let s begin with the state of the war a half year in. the u.s. has given its biggest military package so far, and you increasingly hear from ukrainians not just about defending ground or defending territory, but we re seeing them atta
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Kills dozens, including children. Can they avert an all out ground war . The Vice President gets a closeup look at the ravaged jersey shore while hundreds of homeowners are told for the first time, their homes cant stay. And for shoppers this year , the battle starts earlier than ever. And they call it turkey town. Our visit to the place where turkey isnt just a meal, its a way of life, 365 days a year. Good evening. There are millions of people in israel and the gaza strip who are spending this night living
in fear of rockets and missiles raining down on their homes and neighborhoods as outside parties hurriedly work behind the scenes to stop the exchange fire. Huge explosions rocked gaza with one strike killing at least 11 people. Israel says the targets were palestinian militants, but several of the dead included women and children. But with palestinians continuing to fire rockets into israel and tel aviv in their crosshairs, israel says it is preparing to expand its attacks. Were o
That is it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. This is a fox news alert. Outofcontrol nine wildfires raging across southern california. Just a short time ago one fire roaring to life and threatening entire neighborhoods. Thousands forced to flee their homes. Reporter sharon shin is live with the latest. Sharon . Greta, we actually got out of that neighborhood and we are in a safe area now. We are in an area called Harmony Grove. You can see right there the sphir smoldering in that persons property. Now, this fire right now, this is the area the firefighters were trying to keep the fire out of this morning. Harmony grove. Earlier this morning we were in san marcos. And we were in that neighborhood where would
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