martha: good afternoon. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. the story happening right now is new reaction coming in about the white house as president biden has said i think we need a pause in the israel hamas war in order to get humanitarian aid in and people being held there out. but others say that that only gives hamas time to reload as the u.s. tries to accomplish those goals. here s john kirby moments ago. localized that would allow us to get aid in and to get our people out is a good thing for the people of gaza, a good thing for the americans that are being held hostage and it s not going to stop israel from defending itself. the security assistance we re providing continues to flow. a temporary pause doesn t mean a general cease fire when the war is over. it means pause for a specific purpose. martha: so let s go to tel aviv now and speak with danny dannon, a former israeli ambassador to the united nations. good to have you with us tod
meghan didn t understand that. martha: it s not about you. she didn t understand that part. i m going to being a podcast. for now, good-bye. that s the story for today, may 12. the story goes on. we ll see you tomorrow. your world gets underway in a few seconds. have a great evening, everybody. neil: doesn t look too bad by the end of the day. the downtown 92 1/2 points. what if i told you for a while we were down 600 points? we swung within a 1,000 point range. we re seeing more of it and more signs of inflation is still increasing at an alarming rated. we have you covered. i m neil cavuto. the volatile swings that we ve gotten so used to in this market where stocks can go up, stocks can go down and have the type of