Americas strongest mideast ally is at war. Israel is striking back at Hamas Terrorists in response to a coordinated series of Terror Attacks resulting in the murder of more than 800 men, Women And Children. The u. S. Now confirming at least Nine Americans are among the dead. Good morning to you, im dana perino and bill is off today. Good morning, aishah. Aishah a very tough day as the world wakes up to this horrific attack. This is americas newsroom and here is where things stand at this hour. The combined death toll in israel and in gaza has now surpassed more than 1200 people. There are thousands more wounded and more than 100 israelis kidnapped behind enemy lines. Dana despite israels Retaliation Hamas is still attacking. They have now fired more than 3500 rockets into israel. Aishah the Wall Street Journal is reporting that iran was directly involved in all of this. The paper says tehran worked with hamas for weeks to plan the attacks. This directly after the u. S. Opened up 6 bill
sector. the move is going to stop these companies from buying things like semi conductors made with u.s. technology abroad. another 200 individuals and entities in russia, europe, asia and the middle east are being sanctioned including banks and u.s. is raising tariffs of russian products. artillery, laser-guided rockets, drones, mine clearing and communications equipment from the u.s. in the background is looming concern about stockpiles. the consumption of art illry shells is higher than our production. so far we have depleted our stocks but this is not sustainable and we need to supply ukrainians every day with what they need to be able to continue to make gains on the battlefield. now china is trying to play neutral arbiter here calling for
0 thanks so much for watching. we ll watch one nation at 8:00. i ll be on sean hannity s show night. bye, everyone, have a great weekend. bill: good morning. we expect more dramatic testimony in matter of minutes in the alex murdaugh murder trial when it gets back underway today. he will be on the stand. the lawyer, disgraced lawyer accused of killing his wife and son is on the stand. he was there for hours yesterday. we ll monitor that and bring you coverage as it gets underway in south carolina. there is a grim anniversary for the world to mark today. that comes out of ukraine. that country marking a full year of war with no end in sight as we say hello on this friday. i m bill hemmer. welcome to the coverage today. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. a year can feel slow and can also go by very quickly. i think that if you are there as a civilian life feels very slow. it s one year to the day since russia declared war on ukraine. what many expected to be a q