hi everyone, thanks for joining me. i m a mark meadows in for fredricka whitfield we begin in the middle east. were the region or the region is on a razor s edge waiting to see how and when you ron will retaliate against israel potentially the us over the killing of senior iranian military officials. now, sources say the us expects iran to carry out a direct attack on israel in the coming days. new today, iran authorities have seized a container ship container ship near the strait of hormuz. now, the ship which turron links to israel has been directed toward, you ron and overnight, israel and hezbollah exchange attacks across the border with southern lebanon. jeremy diamond is in jerusalem and jennifer hansler is in washington. we ve got a lot to keep an eye on. down here, jeremy, i want to go to you first. how israel preparing for a possible attack here well, omar, israeli forces are certainly on high alert anticipating a potential iranian attack that could even co
not in the face russia s aggression in ukraine. shame on you all. palestinians aren t animals. committee will suspend and i again ask that those from the audience respect the people in the room and allow us to continue the hearing. john: as harris just mentioned, awaiting updates from the white house, the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east as anti-israel demonstrations intensify around the globe, including on capitol hill. and so we begin tuesday afternoon, john roberts, good afternoon to you. aishah: aishah hasnie in for sandra myth. america reports . so the chaotic scene was playing out at a senate hearing this morning as secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin were making their case for congress to approve more aid to israel. you can see nearly two dozen protestors there were slamming the biden administration for funding what they say is the genocide of palestinians and accusing u.s. officials of being te
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think some of the adversaries potentially, let s say china russia, other nations. how do you think they will view and understand what the president united states? we re saying today what i think firstly, allies will be incredibly grateful because he recommitted america. that s the only remaining superpower. and the leader of the nato alliance to committing to protect that alliance. and europe, this is, this is crucial and it s a incredibly differentiating point between him and the way donald trump talks about nato and the commitment to the alliance so it s very differentiating, of course, allies are incredibly worried about what might happen on november 5th or whenever the election is, they re very concerned about what happens in terms of the survival of the alliance and the, and the survival of europe frankie, when they face right now with a great threat to the survival of europe in putin s invasion of ukraine. so i think that s, that s on that part. and then on the other
Using their air force to drop aerial bombs on the frontline positions where the ukrainians are at. they say they need more air defense capabilities. and of course also more air defense missiles to try and keep those russian jets away. the other thing that s also huge ticket item for the ukrainians is artillery pieces were in there, but then also ammunition for artillery and that of course, we ve been talking about, it s so much has been a huge deal for the ukrainians. they had what they called their artillery starvation when that us aid wasn t flowing. now of course, there s a backlog of the artillery ammo that the ukrainians need again now on this new aid package, there are some more artillery shells also coming. ukraine s way. they are of course burning through a lot as the russians firing at them ukrainians trying to retaliate, trying to hold up those russian advances. and then also armored vehicles. part of it as well. so important on the battlefield right now as the strikes by the