sheltering in rafah. labour says it s withdrawn support for rochdale by election candidate, azhar ali, after his comments about israel. mr ali is alleged to have said israel allowed the deadly attack by hamas gunmen on 7th october and the party had faced increasing pressure to act. labour say it is too late to replace him as their candidate in the by election, being held at the end of this month. tributes have been paid to marathon world record holder kelvin kiptum, who died alongside his coach in a car crash in western kenya. the us state department has defended israeli air strikes on the city of rafah, despite claims from hamas around 100 palestinians were killed. the strikes hit the city of rafah, on the border with egypt, as part of a rescue mission to free two hostages being held by hamas designated as a terror group by the uk, us and other nations. around 1.5 million palestinians are currently sheltering in rafah, with hundreds of thousands fleeing there amid months
them wintry in scotland. as we head towards the end of the week it is going to turn much milder. all the details later. good morning. it s monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes, with dozens more injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city. our correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. barbara, what more do we know? well, these two hostages have been rescued. they are two older men. fernando simon marmon, 60, and louis harve, 70. an israeli military spokesman said they came from a kibbutz where there had been captured in the october the 7th attacks. they were found in a residential building in rafah on the second floor. the military said they had been watching it for quite a long time and this operation was a joint ope
hello, again, everyone. thanks for joining me. this just in. the white house releasing a new memo blasting republican criticisms of president biden s age following assertions from a special counsel report into his handling of classified documents. special counsel robert hur did not recommend any charges but did make unflattering comments, characterizing him as elderly with poor memory. democrats including kamala harris are blasting the report, or at least the char characterizations, as gratuitous and inappropriate. priscilla, tell us more about what s coming out of the white house. reporter: well, the white house as you mentioned releasing this memo today attacking republicans over the president s age. but the timing of this does come as the report really touched on one of the defining themes. the presidential election. the president s age and his fitness to serve in office. now, this all goes to what the campaign and the white house have had to try to navigate here as they
i m dana perino with judge pirro and greg gutfeld. this is the five. talk about adding insult to injury new migrant outrage after walking free without bail and used false names to flee to california. new york city is planning to give out $53 million in prepaid credit cards to migrant families being housed. rapper 50 cent says the prepaid card might motivate him to vote against biden but democratic mayor says this. we have to recycle this money back into our local economy because we are spending this money anyway. it s going going to grocery stores, supermarkets, local businesses are going to benefit and it s focussed on baby supplies and food. i told 50 cent to hit me up. i would love to explain it to him so he can do another tweet saying eric is a smart manager. manhattan dye alvin bragg insists he wants to get those cop beating migrants back from california this week. he will present evidence to a grand jury but two days ago bragg was suspending their release. while
in a sub merible like the james cameron? in the right vehicle yes, i m claui m dana: i volunteer hemmer. great to have you. thanks, guys, appreciate it. devastating military retaliation for the targeting of american troops in jordan, a friendly nation across international borders leaving three dead americans and more than three dozen wounded. dana: our u.s. forces becoming sitting ducks. republicans stepping up the pressure on president biden for a strong response to iran following the drone strike from an iranian proxy that killed three u.s. soldiers and wounded dozens of others in jordan. will the white house hit back hard or keep its powder back? we ll wait to see. bill: good morning. what do you think? is tony onto something? dana: i think it will be fun when you go and check it out and let us know. bill: take some pictures. those three deaths of these americans all from the state of georgia, the first u.s. service members killed in at least 165 attacks