he followed escrowing the white house warning china s military drills near taiwan are quote an extreme reaction to speaker pelosi s visit to taiwan. president biden out trying to manage a crisis that s getting more dangerous by the day. he tested negative for covid today. but he will stay isolated in the white house until he has a second negative test. all this comes during a busy weekend here in washington for democrats on the verge of scoring a major political victory as a senate prepares for a marathon voting session on their new spending bill. arthel: straight hit reaction and analysis on china s rising threat when james joins us. live and we have fox team coverage chat is tracking the vote on capitol hill. lucas tomlinson is falling white house developments, jeff paul is at cpac for president trump will speak tonight. alexandria hoff gets us started on the latest taiwan crisis, alexandria. this morning officials in taiwan reported 14 chinese warships and 20 planes cond
Responding. Thats cnn. Com impact. Our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. I will see you tomorrow, again, live from tel aviv. Happening now, Breaking News, new video of two israeli hostages just released by hamas. Stand by for the latest on their condition as more than 200 other civilians remain in captivity and in danger right now. Also tonight, new scenes of far reaching destruction in gaza. Israel wrapping up its air war against hamas as sources say the u. S. Is urging the israelis to hold off on a Ground Invasion so more hostages can get out, and more desperately needed aid can get in. And here in washington, House Republicans are about to meet Behind Closed Doors to hear from nine members now vowing to be the next speaker. Gop lawmakers back to square one as the speaker fight drags on and the house enters a third week of paralysis. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Annou
The idf saying it has kill a senior ma ma a hamas commander in an overnight airstrike, ramping up attacks with troops and is heavy armor on stand job by. Joey the idf also dropping leaflets over Northern Gaza that read your presence north of gaza puts your life in danger. Whoever chooses not to leave north gaza a to the south might be identified as an an accomplice in a terrorist organization. Pete Israeli Forces also carrying out strikes and raids in the west bank capturing another 27 hamas terrorists. Rachel this comes as the pentagon notifies more u. S. Troops to be ready to deploy. Defend Secretary Austin also announcing additional Missile Defense systems that are being sent to the region. Joey and the idf hitting several terror hubs overnight near the lebanon border as more than a dozen communities across northern israel are now under evacuation orders. Pete hezbollah saying it is right in the heart of the Battle Alongside hamas. Hamas officials have warned if israel launches a Gr
mike, good afternoon. breaking tonight the israelis have killed a second jihad commander for this militant was responsible for the rocket launching unit in the southern part of gaza. it does fill the targeted assassination yesterday killing the top commander for islamic in the northern part of the strip. behind me, rockets have been fired into southern israel throughout the night. hundreds of them pretty way to take a look at what it was like a few hours ago. heavy rocket fire from the gaza strip. throughout the day, hundreds have been fired by islamic jihad as a group retaliates in the killing of other top commanders inside the gaza strip. islamic jihad is keeping it fire not only in the south of the central part of the country. the iron dome saving many lives right now. those explosions indicating interceptions taking place just
earlier this week killed a senior terror leader. correspondent trey yingst is inside gaza and has a report tonight. the i israeli military is target the rocket launching unit of islamic jihad today in gaza. many injuries being brought to the hospital in gaza city. you can see emotions are extremely high as family members are unsure about the fate of their loved ones. is really f-16s the gaza strip wednesday as the islamic jihad fired more than 200 rockets into southern israel. many of the rockets were intercepted by israel s defense system, the iron dome. some slipped through, slamming into houses like this one, wounding an elderly woman. sirens blared throughout the day in israel as the sounds of funeral processions pierced the air in gaza. since this new round of conflict