Thanks. Bret colonel muster in the library with gregs sculptor very possible. I want one of those for my desk. Judge jeanine yes. Bret all right. We will see you. Thanks. Breaking tonight we are following two major stories at this hour. Another setback in the search for a knew new speaker of the house with the next vote now delayed until tomorrow. And the israeli war against hamas. President biden just left on a trip to the region. He will visit israeli leaders along with other middle eastern figures although fewer of them after some Late Afternoon high profile cancellations. Why . Because reports say hundreds of people have been killed in the bombing of a hospital inside gaza. Hamas blames israel. The israeli government, Israeli Defense forces say the explosion was caused by an errant Islamic Jihad rocket. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has canceled a scheduled meeting tomorrow with President Biden and other middle east leaders including the king of jordan in protest of the hospital
are promoting? okay. dana, thank you. dana: bye. bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. former president trump on the witness stand in his civil fraud trial. a day that saw fireworks in and out of the courtroom. we will take you there. plus, a major democratic official spreads doubt on whether president biden should even attempt re-election. an indiana woman is in custody after trying to destroy what she thought was a building housing an israeli school filled with jewish students and teachers. we will tell you what she actually hit and what she is facing tonight. but, first, breaking tonight, israeli officials say at one point earlier today, approximately 30 launches were identified from lebanon toward northern israel. troops are now responding with artillery fire aimed at the origin of their launches. is this the beginning of that northern front everyone has been talking about in earnest? meantime, israeli forces in greater numbers are expected to e