a full report from idaho is just ahead. biden intends to visit the southern border for the first time since he left office. take a look at what biden said in the past about the border visit and the common sense department is wondering what changed. we begin in the nation s capital where they adjourn without electing a speaker for a second straight day. kevin cork is live in dc with the latest. three more failed votes today. a round of closed door talks to boot. and congressman-elect kevin mccarthy looks no closer to securing the speakership that s speaker of the house, if you haven t been watching. the battle continues tomorrow at 12:00 nooning. we i think this is interesting. i crawl before i walk, before i run. a bit of optimism, perhaps, for kevin mccarthy. see if that s warranted. in all, the californian has fallen short in six, count them, six, votes over two days as a group of 20 conservatives who have deemed him i d logically unreliable, i would say, have refused t
Jerusalem on the war in israel. This time biden seemed open to negotiating a ceasefire if hamas releases the hostages. Just hours later, White House Communications director john kirby had to reiterate full throated support of israel saying in an interview on cnn that the country has a right to defend itself and the administration does not believe its time for a ceasefire. Two more hostages, Israeli Women In Their 70s And 80s were released by hamas remains in captivity along with more than 200 others and iranen proxies continue to attack u. S. Forces in the region and Senior Correspondent Steve Carrigan is live in beirut with what hes seeing on the ground. Steve. Reporter trace, concerns here continue to grow about a possible second front in the war and assignment is israel versus hezbollah here and overnight and hezbollah in lebanon and what they said were cells by hezbollah being used to target israeli position withs antitank missiles over the past two weeks and skirmishes left 29 hez
The Israeli Military says it hit more than 400 targets in the gaza strip overnight, killing three Deputy Commanders of hamas. It comes as the us israel to delay a Ground Offensive to give washington time to help free additional hostages. Thousands of israeli tanks and Ground Forces are most at the border with the countrys minister telling troops to keep preparing for an offensive, quote because it will come. While the Biden Administration asking israel to hold off on a Ground Offensive, they not calling for a cease fire, any cease would give hamas the ability to rest, to refit and to get ready to continue launching Terrorist Attacks against israel. You can understand perfectly clearly why thats an intolerable situation for israel, as it would be an intolerable situation for any that has suffered such a brutal Terrorist Attack and continues to see the Terrorist Threat right on its borders. These fire are hostages are the top priority right now. But last night was one of the hostages for
a newark tax on u.s. forces in the middle east 2 drones targeting al asad air base where u.s. troopers stationed no casualties. the group claiming responsibility for this latest incident is alined with iran. and israeli sailor strike leveled a populates camp in the northern gaza strip today the camp taken over by hamas and strike kill aid senior commander of the terrorist organization. palestinian officials claim 25 were kill in the the bailiff as limp get to alec hog an live in tel aviv. alex? hi. trace the israeli defense 2 solders were killed 2 severely wounded and the idf managed intercept and attack from the red sea hours earlier before that. we heard the country air defense system the rareo air defense stopped a missile from that same area. the idf took out 300 hamas targets in the left day. medical presses forward in northern gaza reported death toll is soaring from the israeli blast. the idf tried to target a central hamas strong hold and managed take out a commande
i m jonathan hunt, live in jerusalem. qatar has reportedly mediated an agreement between egypt, israel and the u.s. to allow foreign passport holders and some critically injured civilians out of gaza. this is significant since it would presumably allow some who ve been stuck inside gaza for weeks to leave. and it s been a deadly week for israeli troops as they battle hamas fighters inside gaza. the idf now says an additional nine soldiers have died. they were hit by an anti-tank missile while operating in the northern part of the strip. that s in addition to the deaths of two other soldiers reported earlier on tuesday. meantime, a barrage of israeli airstrikes targets in jabalia, just north of gaza city. israel claims the strikes destroyed a hamas command center set up civilian homes, as well as part of a network of underground tunnels. the idf says the strikes killed ibrahim bari, who commanded some of the attacks in israel on october 7th. it s not clear how many civilians w