and winsome sears will be the first woman of color to serve as lieutenant governor, the first black woman to win statewide election in virginia. she s also a former marine. but the drama at this hour is the race in new jersey too close to call. the democratic incumbent is fighting as governor against jack chai ciattarelli says he wants to declare victory, not prepared to do so until the numbers come through. which number is going to prevail. right now, what we re seeing, you would rather be phil murphy than jack chaittarell trying to nail down what type of vote for new jersey that s been a challenge. talking to both sides, republican side and democratic side, they ve seen the same thing. why phil murphy trailing by 2,000 prefer to be in the position that he is right now, a couple reasons, mercer county where trenton is, the state capital, the vote by mail is outstanding here. murphy is winning the vote by mail by massive margin. vote by mail which is a pretty good size coun
earlier today defense secretary lloyd austin offered his own heart felt reaction. i lost a tremendous personal friend and mentor. i feel as if i have a hole in my heart just learning of this just recently. first african-american chairman of the joint chiefs, first african-american secretary of state, a man who was respected around the globe and who will be quite frankly it is not possible to replace a colin powell. harris: loved and respected by so many. robert will key former trump secretary who served with general powell in the bush administration and family friend of the powells is standing by. first david spunt is reporting live from the white house. colin powell s family made the announcement on facebook a little more than three hours ago. we have yet to hear from president biden here at the white house. i m told there will be a statement coming at some point on paper. we don t know exactly when it will happen. as you heard from secretary austin there we ll also he
democrats are aware that mcconnell is playing pure politics with this and have yet to signal whether his offer is feasible in their view. one democratic senator has already called it, quote, b.s. for the u.s. the stakes could not be higher. if republicans follow through on their obstruction effort in effect they would be responsible for the delay of benefit payments to tens of millions of retirees, medicare, and medicaid providers and numerous rouse others receiving checks from the u.s. treasury. it could lead to a catastrophic default on the nation s deb. the government has never defaulted on its obligations so how this all works is unclear. but its impact to be wide ranging. this morning, six former secretaries of defense who worked in republican and democratic administrations sent an urgent letter to congress warning them of the national security implications of a default writing, quote, if they default on the full faith and credit of the u.s. it will send a signal to our
in the city of rafah that s according to gaza s health ministry. the bbc s diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. how were so many people injured? were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede? at gaza s shifa hospital, the un says there s evidence of both. this hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. we have seen people with gunshot wounds. we have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. were the soldiers firing deliberately? he s asked. yes with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. why the shooting started is still not clear. israel says troops felt threatened. how these pictures do not show. tanks were present. there s no evidence of aircraft being involved. the un finally reached gaza city yesterday, taking badly needed fuel and medicine to shifa hospital, demanding israel do more to open up the north. today, the first air drops by ameri
for the hand off. laura: america, this is the hannity strip tease. you do a live rap throw to me. sean: hang on one second. i will be right. there i am walking to the next studio. this is how close i am to you. [laughing]. laura: make sure the lighting is shadowiy. i am glad you have a tie on. is this going to be a strip tease every night? sean: it s not a strip tease. laura: take the hour i can t do it. sean: we lost laura s single. i am a talk show host and i never shut up. laura: i am back. no strip tease. doesn t look like it. [laughing]. we are out. sean: good night. laura: wow. lack out tom jones. [laughing]. look out. that s for the really old crowd. samantha noticed you had the same yellow tie on tonight that you were wearing 4 years ago. [laughing]. thank god you threw it off in the middle. sean: can i say one serious thing? you had 5 unbelievable, amazing years here on fox. we are so proud of you. you are a critical part of our team. it is a