the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us backed kurdish fighters at an american base in eastern syria. mr blinken is also expected to discuss boosting aid to gaza, as well as a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli prime minister has warned he will not accept the demands of hamas over hostages still held. the un has warned of an impending famine in gaza affecting more than 2 million people. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained the main aim of mr blinken s visit. that possible ceasefire deal, which would involve the release of some of the isr
Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night, and we begin with the growing pressure on the white house and the fbi to show the proof of President Trumps claim to president Obama Wiretapped him. And if there is no proof, to reveal that. Fbi director, james comey, summoned back to capitol hill. Meeting behind closed doors with members of the judiciary committee. One republican threatening to subpoena the fbi if there is no answer. Another republican with an eyeopening acknowledgment about the evidence. Abcs mary bruce leads us off from capitol hill. Reporter tonight, for the second time in two weeks, fbi director james comey suppened to capitol hill. Lawmakers demanding answers about President Trumps claim president obama had trump tower wiretapped. Director comey, have you seen any evidence that president Obama Wiretapped trump tower . But asked that same question today, the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee had this extraord
Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night, and we begin with the growing pressure on the white house and the fbi to show the proof of President Trumps claim to president Obama Wiretapped him. And if there is no proof, to reveal that. Fbi director, james comey, summoned back to capitol hill. Meeting behind closed doors with members of the judiciary committee. One republican threatening to subpoena the fbi if there is no answer. Another republican with an eyeopening the evidence. Abcs mary bruce leads us off from capitol hill. Reporter tonight, for the second time in two weeks, fbi director james comey suppened to capitol hill. Lawmakers demanding answers about President Trumps explosive claim president obama had trump tower wiretapped. Director comey, have you seen any evidence that president Obama Wiretapped trump tower . But asked that same question today, the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee had this extraordinary admis
Youre testing my patience. Beneath benea please do my taxes does anybody say, fine, how much are you going to pay me . He does try to go down the bribery route. Ill give you a toaster oven. But you guys, what i can do is, i have and old pair of roller blades that you can share. He does try to straightup railroad people. You know what . Ive got a good feeling about you. So my tax forms will just be filed electronically. Thank you for joining us today. Well see you next time on rtm. Well, that yellow corvette led phoenix area police on a well, that yellow corvette led phoenix area police on a high speed chase first on an interstate and then on the surface streets. Finally an undercover cop rammed the corvette with his suv. A few minutes later, the suspect died from a gunshot wound. Its not clear from that gunshot wound was selfinflicted or from an officer. And no one was seriously hurt when a collision in a new york sub bush pushed an suv into a verizon store. Somehow the vehicle crossed
Berkeley, the guy got up on a roof, authorities are not saying if the suspect was armed. Were going to stay on top of the story, update you here, and have more at 11 00, over on channel 7. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Our other top story tonight, the president s new travel plan is blocked by a federal judge. This ruling makes us look weak. The president denounced the ruling, but vows to appeal it to the u. S. Supreme court. Key portions of the new travel ban were temporarily blocked by a federal judge in hawaii. The president was quick to respond. Were going to fight this terrible ruling, were going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to the supreme court. Were going to win, were going to keep our citizens safe. The president called the ruling unprecedented, judicial travel reach. The order was set to temporarily halt the u. S. Refugee program. The Trump Administration took over a month to rewrite the executive order after multiple federal courts