bret: all right. see you. dana: have great night. bret: good evening from washington. i m bret baier. as the war in israel escalates dire warnings with the people charged with keeping america safe, the director of the fbi says the terror threat against the u.s. is at what he calls a whole other level since the hamas attacks earlier this month. meanwhile, in gaza, an israeli strike has hit a refug camp, israel says that area had been taken over by hamas and the strike killed a senior hamas commander. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram on capitol hill as president biden s top diplomat and defense secretary make their case for more than $100 billion in new aid to israel and ukraine. peter doocy at the white house with increasing pressure on the president by democrats to push for a cease-fire. mike tobin in southern israel with additional details on that refugee camp strike. but we begin with correspondent david spunt on capitol hill and chilling testimony abou
it s all over but the shouting. however the shouting is getting so loud, it could be enough to ruin christmas. here s why. the senate passed that deal to raise the debt ceiling til december, a short term fix that averts a financial meltdown for now. but it sent some members on both sides of the aisle into fits. on the right, senator ted cruz accused his own party s leader, mitch mcconnell, of caving. lindsey graham accused mcconnell of abandoning the gop strategy. on the left, joe manchin shook his head and put his head in his hands as majority leader chuck schumer scolded republicans on the senate floor, telling schumer that his remarks were f -ing stupid. he said more than f -ing, but
because we don t know the arena that we are in. frankly, i don t care what the republicans say. but we d like to see a fair process. we ll see what they have and be ready for whatever it is. mitch mcconnell does not seem interested in giving speaker pelosi the ashurns she s looking for. today he mocked house democrats as afraid. and having cold feet. and in response, minority leader chuck schumer accused mcconnell of hypocrisy. earlier this week when senator schumer began to search for ways senate could step out of the proper role and try to fix the house democrats failures for them. and it was made even more clear last night when speaker pelosi suggested that house democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the senate. leader mcconnell claimed
the surge could happen in days. and in phoenix, four people have been arrested during otherwise peaceful rallies that erupted in chaos. police used a combination of smoke bombs and pepper bombs. the police chief said some protesters threw rocks and bottles at officers while when demonstrators even tossed their own gas canisters. new details in a fallout from the president and a top republican in the senate. nbc news has not verified the new york times details of a profanity laced phone call between mitch mcconnell. during the call which trump initiated august 9th at this new jersey golf club, the president accused mcconnell of bungling the health care issue. and the new york times said trump was even more animated
willie? let s read that new york times report that details a profanity laced phone call between trump and mitch mcconnell earlier this month. nbc news has not confirmed the report which says that during the call initiated by trump august 9th from his new jersey golf club the president accused mcconnell of bungling the health care issue. according to the times republican sources briefed on the conversation say trump was more animated about the senate leader s refusal to protection him from investigations of russian interference in the 2016 election. reporter for cnn tweeted sources told him trump blew up and swore at mcconnell and not just the russia probe but also the russia sanctions bill that overwhelmingly passed congress and trump signed early this morning. according to the times mcconnell fumed over trump s regular threats against fellow republicans and criticism of senate rules. he questioned trump s understanding of the presidency in a public speech.