night. bret: jesse, i will wait around for the sloth. jesse: you will wait a long time. bret: good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, new attacks on u.s. forces in syria by iranian-backed terrorists. that is after the latest u.s. retaliatory strike on sunday. that now brings the total number of attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east to more than 50 since mid october. tonight, the fighting between israeli troops and hamas terrorists is centered around gaza s largest hospital. while fighting increases in northern israel as well against hezbollah fighters, correspondent alex hogan is in northern israel tonight with the latest. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. day 38 of the wariments idf releasing this photo. israeli soldiers say they managed to capture the parliamentary building in gaza city and raised the israeli flag. meanwhile here in the northern part of the country it is an entirely different situation. escalation on israel
reporter: they say it is about the enthusiasm gap which the republicans have an edge. shepard: is the romney camp doing things different in the way the james holmes campaign did? guest: yes, the john mccain had less money. romney campaign has a more targeted approach spending as were time as possible in states where early voting has or is about to start. for republicans specifically, that message needs to be crystal clear. that is why governor romney is so specific as he is campaigning. you realize that votes are being cast. reporter: before the first debate is held. these are voters that already have made up their mind. shepard: there are a lot of people voting early but do the analysts predict what percentage of voting can be early voting? reporter: they are pointing to an increase from 20 percent in 2004 to 30 percent in 2008. this time around, they expect 23