a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in israel. new pictures of the emotional moments four hostages are reunited with their families, after being rescued during a daring daytime raid in central gaza. these pictures were taken at the hospital and provided by the israeli prime minister s office. those rescued include this woman , noa argamani, who became the face of the hostage crisis when harrowing video surfaced after her abduction on october 7th. the other three hostages range in age from 21 to 40 years old, held captive for nearly 250 days. we are going to have a live report from tel aviv in just moments. meanwhile, president biden reacting to the news during a visit to paris today, as commemorations continue around the 80th anniversary of d-day. he joined french president emmanuel macron for a day of events, and ending with a state dinner, and that starts this hour. we have r
critical support to israel and ukraine, provide aid to haiti, sudan and other areas of conflict around the world, and bolster security in the indo pacific. the president thanked speaker johnson and leader jeffries and the coalition of lawmakers in the house that voted to put national security first. the statement goes on to urge the senate to quick lepass this package that they will be receiving from the house as we heard speaker johnson say so it can get to his desk and sign it into the law. the president concluded the statement saying doing this will make it possible to send weapons and equipment to ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs that we have been discussing this hour as far as the ukrainians having to ration munitions to stand up to russia. yeah, it was expressed they didn t know how long they could
just clinging to life, fighting for their every day survival. so the reaction was a little muted. they will believe it when there are ammo boxes arriving in the bunker. they were grateful. they thanked me and the american people for getting it done. i could tell they were hopeful but it still has to get through the senate which it is going to. i have full confidence that it will get to the senate. i have been talking to the administration and they are in a position, we have prepositional stocks in europe. we are in a position to flow the aid quickly. okay. you heard the ongoing conversations for sure on whether military aid to israel should be paused or adminimum have conditions tied to it because of israel s actions in gaza. why did you vote to approve the aid now and what should be the path forward when it comes to military aid in israel? yeah, i struggled a lot with this vote and provision. as you know, i have been pushing ver hard for a massive shift in
shot down with american help, all of the iranian missiles and drones. you had a win already. the fact that they did a small response, that s not going to trouble the president as long as it doesn t lead to a wider war. that s what he is worried about, a wider war. this doesn t seem to go that direction so he will take a win himself. and now it turns back to gaza. what happens there and what can they agree to as the cease fire talks are on hiatus. it seems like israel is facing a war on two fronts now. we are waiting for speaker mike johnson to take the podium and that is expected to happen any moment and i may interrupt you. you have the war in gaza and the uptick in concerns for iran, the two entitys attacking one another on their sovereign soil, one was in syria, at a consulate
rest rules to address fatigue issues with air traffic controllers. this comes after a string of near misses including one at reagan national airport on thursday. concontrollers have to take off 12 hours off before a midnight shift. back on capitol hill, the house aproufbed funding for israel and ukraine. it is serious business. and the unserious business of space lasers added to one bill raised serious questions on a certain lawmaker, yeah that one. space lasers again, we are totally serious. molly jong fast joins nee next. y serious. molly jong fast joins nee next you need them. they need a retirement plan. work with principal so we can help you with a plan that s right for your team. let our expertise round out yours.