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if the west wants to stop russian advances in ukraine here is one place they can do that. asian is not supplying moscow with weapons but the west believes it is supplying russia with components that it can use in its war machine. the us has a raft of new sanctions at the ready to target chinese banks so president xi has a decision to make. live now to gary locke, former us ambassador to china from 2011 to 2014. putin really wanted to play up the significance of their deepening partnership and said he and xi are as close as brothers. do you think xi sees it that way? certainly china wants to form closer relations with russia simply because they want a strong partnership in opposition to the united states and the western allies. especially given the stance of the united states towards china in terms of tariffs and restrictions on exports of high tech goods, semiconductors and machinery to make these things. and of course our resistance and pushback on their activities aro ....
were in israel visiting family. hamas said the pair were freed for humanitarian reasons . the white house says that president biden has spoken to the released us hostages and theirfamily by phone. in a statement issued shortly after their release was secured, president biden said. us secretary of state antony blinken has said he was relieved the women had been released but reminded that many others are still being held. there s still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. we know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. they include men, women, young boys, young girls, elderly people, from many nations. every single one of them should be released. our correspondent barbara plett usher brings us more from inside the halls of the state department. the release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the state department. we were sitting down for the daily briefing, and then ....
judge jeanine pirro, jesse watters, shannon bream and this is the five. president biden to give an address three hours from now in the wars of israel and ukraine and the stablings could not be higher. israeli defense minister telling ground troops to prepare to invade and they d soon see gaza from the inside. prime minister benjamin netanyahu out on the front lines to rally his troops. we re going to win full force. the entire people of israel is standing behind you and we will give the blow to enemies to get to victory. greg: middle east continues to be a powder keg and they blame israel for the hospital blast and so bad that the state department is issuing a worldwide caution travel alert for americans don t worry, joe biden says he s going to settle all the chaos and president boasting his trip to ziti rielle real is a big success and making awkward gaffes about hamas missiles. i came to get something done, i got it done. i got to israel and also suggest that i ....
morning. morning joe starts now. which sets us apart from the terrorists, as we believe in the dignity of every human life. palestinian, muslim, jew, american, christian, everyone. if you give that up, the terrorists win. we can never let them win. president biden is back at the white house this morning after a jam-packed trip to israel, where he promised continued support for america s ally and cautioned against rage-filled vengeance. meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion by israeli forces. we ll go through all of that and get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. plus, the drama here at home on capitol hill. well, the drama at home on capitol hill, willie. also, the questions about some of the reporting immediately following that tragic bombing of the hospital in gaza. a lot of the intel, u.s. intel pointing toward the fact that it was an islamic jihad rocke ....
have to. bret: lightning round. dana: have a good show. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. tonight president biden believes israel was not responsible for the deadly bombing of a hospital in gaza tuesday. the president speaking after meeting israeli prime minister netanyahu today in tel aviv. he also made a point to say israel is not alone. the u.s. stands with israel. the president will address the nation here 8:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow from the oval office to talk about that war and what s happening in ukraine. we ll have complete coverage of that here on fox. the president s visit comes as anti-israel protests are happening in several cities. the terror group hezbollah called for an unprecedented day of anger. here in washington massive protests at the u.s. capitol compound called for a a cease-fire. and while israel says it will allow egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid into gaza strip. senior correspondent mike tobin is in southern israel ....