our goal isn t to fight the palestinian civilians, it s to fight the hamas terrorists and we make a distinction between the two, they don t. far too many palestinians has been killed, much more needs to be done. john: right now israeli forces reportedly closing in on gaza s largest hospital where they say hamas is hiding in its massive terror complex below ground. suggesting the group uses tunnels below al-shifa hospitals to store weapons and posing a major challenge for the military strategy. i m john roberts in washington. good friday afternoon to be with you. gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra, she has the day off. as the fighting rages on, u.s. bases are taking fire in the middle east. launched 47 total attacks against u.s. troops and assets. john: two days ago, president biden ordered airstrikes against targets in syria to stop attacks, but iran and proxies are simply thumbing their nose at biden. so, why won t the white house do more to shut down iran?
now the zika virus. the virus carried by mosquitoes now so widespread, experts last week estimated there could be up to 4 million cases by next year. the last emergency declaration like this, the ebola outbreak in 2015, that outbreak killed 11,000. they certainly don t want a repeat of that. they are declaring this emergency now so they can get the money and the assistance they ll need to stop this outbreak and we have just learned the new york department of health is going to offer free testing for people with symptoms who have traveled to areas where the zika virus is ongoing. an emergency meeting of independent experts was held in geneva this morning. the goal, to assess the outbreak after noting a suspicious link between zika s arrival in brazil last year, and a surge in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads. they decided what to do next and the consensus was clear. the causes of micro micro the possible link between zika and microcephaly and other
steps being taken to get control of the outbreak. coordinates an international response to make sure we get to the bottom of this. reporter: at a news conference, the director general of the world health organization declared the zika virus as a public health emergency of international concern. that means more money, resources and scientific expertise will go towards tackling the outbreak. a coordinated international response is needed to minimize the threat in affected countries and reduce the risk of further international spread. reporter: the zika virus has been spreading rapidly through south america and has reached 23 different countries, including the u.s. the primary method of transmission is a bite from an infected mosquito. the symptoms are usually mild. however, health officials are especially concerned about pregnant women. the virus may be linked to a certain birth defect called to be born with small heads and incomplete brain development. the experts ag
dari: the 2016 presidential race is happening now in i would. a lot is at stake tonight after months of being on the campaign trail. well, candidates will find out whether voters believed their message. it is a record turnout and ex peed to be that way for tonight. steve: that is right. the latest poll show the democratic and the republican side. some early results starting to tricklele in. let s get to sharon crowley. sharon? reporter: steve and dari, very tight races. let s get to the results thanks to the courtesy of foxnews.com. we have the republicans first. showing 5% of the votes in. it is a close race as you canp see. cruz with 28 percent. trump with 25% of the vote. but very close, 75% of the votes counted, so anything could happen really in this race in the next hour or so. so let s take a look now at the democrats. hillary clinton and bernie sanders locked in a very tight race. 51% of the vote goes to clinton. 49% of the vote goes to sanders. we do have some breaki
republicans want to turn the attention of the hearings to the biden family and alleged efforts by democrats in 2016 to dig up dirt on candidate trump via ukraine. and the biggest you mentioned, emerging as a central figure due to business dealings. and the ukrainian american who served the dnc and another familiar name, nelly ohr who worked on the opposition fusion gps which produce the trump dossier. republicans are requesting several officials who were questions behind closed doors including tim morrison, former ukraine envoy kurt voelker and state department official david hail. and the whistleblower along with anonymous sources referenced in their complaint also on that witness wish list which is key because this is simply a request, adam schiff has to approve which witnesses will testify. this week several witnesses are scheduled to testify in public on wednesday. we will hear from ambassador william taylor and george kent and on thursday we will hear from former ukraini