The new center here in los angeles. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. Weber getting with the Breaking News of that deadly attack on israel. Hamas militants, launching a surprise, simultaneous rocket and ground attack. This, at the break of dawn, killing 70 people, according to israeli Emergency Services. Israeli officials say, hamas has fired 2500 rockets. The Rocket Fire Serving as cover for an unprecedented multipronged infiltration of hamas fighters crossing into israels borders. Israels military said that palestinian fighters penetrated at least three military installations. Those being at the eras border crossing, the zakim base, and the Gaza Division headquarters and at rhame. Now at one point, israels police chief said, forces were engaging gunman in 21 separate locations. Israels Prime Minister says, he spoke with President Biden, as well as Secretary Of State anthony blinken, and they say that the u. S. Fully supports israels right to defend itself. [speaking in a globa
The current leadership. the foreign office also new name naming four other ukrainian politicians they say have links with russian intelligence services who have been helping them with a possible invasion. this idea of an invasion that we have been hearing is more likely from various different quarters, but the diplomacy angle is still open at the moment. angle is still open at the moment- angle is still open at the moment. , . , . moment. very much sir. we will see the british moment. very much sir. we will see the british defence - see the british defence secretary travelling to moscow to talk to his counterpart for the first time in nine years. we are still waiting for a response from america, a written response, to president putin s very far reaching demands about things like getting a promise that ukraine will neverjoin nato, and also withdrawing troops and other armaments from current nato states very close to the russian border.- states very close to the russian border. mar
Argue. you use the diplomacy angle, i think you also have to do something public. the conference is coming up and having mnuchin not good. you re going to do it in concert with them, when we speak as western liberal democracies against an autocracy like saudi arabia, it has a stronger impact. you can t do nothing. you have to do something. president trump says he would not cut off arms sales to saudi arabia, but there would be a severe punishment if they were found to blame for khashoggi s death. i would like to see president trump making some strong statements, humiliating the saudis a little bit, and showing them there is a prestige price to pay for doing something like this, this white house is too invested in riyhad on a number of different fronts, whether it s the isis fight to yemen to countering iran.
Hosted by nato. they protect europe from soviet expansionism in eastern europe. i this vibrations and diplomacy angle should be stronger. it s a security alliance we have to maintain in threats from isis and russia and syria. sandra: what are your expectations with the summit with vladimir putin. you seemed to be a fan of the president s open negotiations and his tactics leading into the singapore summit. so why are your expectations any different leading into this putin summit? first, i think him meeting putin is the right thing. we meet with our adversaries. i don t want us to be too friendly with them like he was with kim jong-un. i supported that summit. now with putin. here is my worry. we have to say to putin you can t keep messing in american elections and european
Warmbier and other dissidents as well. kudos to him for highlighting that. sat down during their national anthem. why would you ever want a u.s. representative standing for that? rachel: absolutely. pete: north korea so so clear cut i don t feel they should share you have the field with our athletes. hasten. rachel: i m not a huge fan. i don t find the olympics that interesting. what s going on between north and south korea and the united stated whole diplomacy angle is far more interesting to me than the games. go ahead, tweet me. tell me how bad i am. i m a bad person. pete: you are right. trump is not keeping their eye off the ball because of some olympic rings which i think is important. rachel: we have to turn to some headlines right now. so let s do that a police officer gunned down while helping deputies serve a warrant. five year veteran on the force shot inside a georgia