and the increase of shellings and by yesterday, it was with the bombing of the kindergarten and now it s like every ten minutes, there s another event unfolding, bombing or shelling of a town. and you see the escalation, with violence escalating, within the past 48 hours, and the propaganda escalating since last weekend. media in russia is controlled by the state. how is this being received by people in russia, are they taking it with a pinch of salt? i mean, it s hard to get a measure. privately, when i speak with people inside russia they do not want a war. right now, they have coronavirus spiking and there is economic problems so privately, they do not want a war, publicly they cannot voice that because anyone who makes any critical criticism of the putin regime immediately gets arrested or harassed by the russian
my guess is that ambassador sondland is going to do his level best to tell the truth because otherwise he may have a very unpleasant legal future in front of him. i abide by what the president did and what president zelensky received. president zelensky received the money. reporter: two more witnesses wednesday, pentagon officials art cooper and state department official david hale. and on thursday fiona hill takes the hot seat, in all, a total of eight this week, republicans continue to demand their witnesses be called, namely the whistleblower. heather. heather: thank you so much, griff. we appreciate it. switching gears, violence escalating in hong kong overnight. hundreds of he protesters running down a major highway as they try escaping police tear gas. let s get straight to greg palkot standing by in london with more on the growing unrest.
to halt fire or continue to get pummeled. as i said earlier it really is israel s iron dome defense system which continues to block these missiles it. is quite remarkable that they have stopped 90% of the missiles and rockets that have come out of gaza. frankly it takes one of those to get through hit a populated area and hit kinder begakindergarten. the iron dome system. very, very tense time now rockets still coming out of gaza. back to you. brian: someone needs to take a step towards cease-fire and it s not happening yet. benjamin, thank you very much. ainsley: jillian has headlines for us. jillian: story we continue to follow. violence escalating in hong kong. running through makeshift road blocks in the city streets arresting several pro-democracy protesters. the clashes paralyzing the city s transportation system closing businesses and school. university of hong kong students seen fighting off police with homemade bow and arrows. the unrest comes as china
interview tomorrow on fox news sunday. he will speak with chris wallace about a variety of topics. check your local listings for fr times in your area. today marks the 18th week of yellow vest protests in paris with the violence escalating. firefighters were forced to perform a daring rescue. we ll show it to you next. plus, the latest on the deadly ethiopian airlines plane crash including concerns over the grounding of boeing s 737 max 8. also how much control does nancy pelosi have over house democrats? some new blood within the party seemingly goes rogue. these are not the priorities of the entire caucus, but how do we maintain focus on our agenda as a whole? the caucus actually moved to the center. now, you wouldn t get that sense watching the media coverage.
sunday. he will speak with chris wallace about a variety of topics. check your local listings for fr times in your area. today marks the 18th week of yellow vest protests in paris with the violence escalating. firefighters were forced to perform a daring rescue. we ll show it to you next. plus, the latest on the deadly ethiopian airlines plane crash including concerns over the grounding of boeing s 737 max 8. also how much control does nancy pelosi have over house democrats? some new blood within the party seemingly goes rogue. these are not the priorities of the entire caucus, but how do we maintain focus on our agenda as a whole? the caucus actually moved to the center. now, you wouldn t get that sense watching the media coverage. nna be 50 times happier.