Hill friday to talk about President Bidens request to congress for more than 100 billion in aid for ukraine, israel, and u. S. Border security. And thats where our conversation began. We have big power competition from china, from russia, and we still have terrorism problems as the israelis have certainly experienced in a brutal way in the last week. So i think it requires a worldwide approach rather than trying to take parts of it out. Its all connected. The chinese and the russians said theyre now friends forever. Iranian drones are being used in ukraine and against the israelis. Theres resistance among some republicans including here in the senate about bundling things together. Is it possible to pass ukraine aid if its not tied to israel . I just think thats a mistake. I mean, i know there are some republicans in the senate and maybe more in the house that think ukraine is somehow different. I view it as all interconnected. And youve said that you believe there is enough oversight
John roberts will stay with us live with his great coverage from jerusalem. Our Fox Team Coverage continues on the ground spanning from southern israel to tel aviv. Well take you to all of our reporters positioned across the country with live reporting during the course of the story today. Were seeing protests that are erupting across the world in the wake of the horrific blast that reportedly killed hunts at a Gaza Hospital yesterday afternoon. You saw that live as it unfolded on our air. Islamic groups burning an image of the israeli flag in turkey today. Heres the chaos at the u. S. Embassy in beirut, lebanon. Watch this. Just feels like the world the erupting in so many places right now. This is the explosion at the hospital in gaza that sparked much of this recent wave of outrage. This video, you can see the blast there. People that look at this video frame by frame, this particular piece of video was shown on aljazeera. It shows a rocket that takes off from gaza and falls apart a
Sandra youre looking live at protests on capitol hill. Demonstrations filling the capitol hill rotunda. The protester theres are demanding a cease fire in israel. That is the scene in washington, this following a series of protests happening across the mideast following the blast at a hospital in gaza. All of this as the president , President Biden, wraps his visit to the region. Okay. Were watching all of those live events for you at this hour. Welcome. Im sandra smith in for neil cavuto. This is your world. We watch the capitol, lets go to israel where Mike Tobin Is Standing by. Tensions remain high. We head in to the evening hours here on the east coast. Well in to the night there. Mike . Well, the president has now left israel. Air force one stopped in Ramstein Air Force base to refuel. From the moment he was on the tarmac, the message is one of solidarity from israel and the promise from the president to bring the hostages home. Were working with partners throughout the region pur
Together at the u. N. General assembly discussing plans to improve relations between israel and arab neighbors. Dana today israel is at war with hamas and the region is raging with anger and violence. Protest underway now near the u. S. Embassy in beirut. Demonstrators setting a guard house at the embassy on fire and the u. S. Military intercepting two drones targeting troops in iraq. Gillian while the ground President Biden making it very clear the u. S. Stands shoulder to shoulder with israel. President biden i want you to know you are not alone. You are not alone. As i emphasized earlier, we will continue to have israels back as you work to defend your people. Dana rich edson at the pentagon. Lets go to mike tobin live in Southern Israel. How are things where you are today, mike . Dana, despite all the rage in the region, the activity here at the gaza strip has been kind of light. The rocket fire coming out of gaza has been light relative to previous days. We saw an air strike go in
Omcast supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. As the israelhamas war continues President Bidens nominee jack lu testified and answered questions about Irans Nuclear deal when he was treasury secretary in the Obama Administration. Some republican lawmakers allege he was not forthcoming about the deals financial implementation. Mr. Lew denied those allegations. Senator cardin the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Todays hearing carries great importance for the United States, israel and the region. The attacks by hamas over 10 days ago marked the deadliest day for jews since the holocaust. Abducting elderly, burning people alive and killing babies in front of parents, it was not only barbaric. Hamas has started a war. Given the state of emergency that israel faces, the United States needs a confirmed u. S. Ambassador in jerusalem. We need somewhere to reenforce that the United States st