capital city of kyiv. good afternoon, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson. i want to get right to capitol hill with our reporters. and we re joined by former alabama senator doug jones. so bring us up to date as to what we know as we learn about this emergency testimony we ll be hearing tomorrow. reporter: yasmin, it s fair to say we have more questions than answers. in will be a hearing tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. which they will present evidence and witness testimony. they don t elaborate who this witness is, why it s so significant that they re rushing it, why they are bringing the committee back from a planned recess to hold this hearing and get this information out. we don t know the answer to those questions. that s why it s that s why it seems a significant departure from the committee s protocol which they announce the witnesses well in advance. a source telling our colleagues that new evidence is coming to light on an almost daily basis. t
but i rainian-backed malitia groups. these attacks must stop. it can announce the decision to deploy an additional 300 troops to the u.s. central command region from home stations in the continental united states. these additional troops will provide communications and other support enablers for forces already in the region. neil: under fire, but not israeli troops. try american ones. iranian backed proxies targeting u.s. forces in the middle east. in a moment, republican presidential candidate ron desantis on what the u.s. should do. former vice presidential candidate joe lieberman on what the u.s. and the world should do. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. first to rich edson at the pentagon with more on these latest attacks and how we re responding. rich? good afternoon, neil. the pentagon says they re putting more munitions, more people, more troops in to the region. the 300 you just heard announced there is on top of the 900 the pentagon announced were heading th
it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. israel ramping up efforts to annhilate hamas. combat troops are on the ground in gaza pushing deeper into northern and central areas and live to mike tobin where can you hear new israeli strikes against strikes. yes, we are walking israeli airstrikes. we heard a cannon behind me. a israeli soldier freed from hamaoms captivity, private uri freed by an effort from shin bet intelligence. we know from israeli spokesman she .s providing intelligence. she is providing useful information. she s been checked by a doctor backy with family and okay. in light of that israeli forces on the ground, israel s prime minister is refusing discussion of a cease-fire saying now is time for war and civilized nations should back israel. just as united states would not agree tost cease-fire afterf thire bombing of pearl hard harr or after the terrorist attack of 9/11 israel will not agree to cessation of hostile advertise with hamas after the h
thank you for being back with us for our second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with breaking news. a moment of much needed hope right now for the families of the hundreds of hostages being held captive by hamas. israel says it has freed a female soldier during a ground operation. the idf says it s doing everything it can to release the others. but for those living in gaza, the military is doubling down on its calls for the civilians in the north to move south saying that warning is now, quote, urgent. where is safe to go? one 14-year-old pulled from the rubble told nbc news she had fled south to they are aunt s house and that the home was bombed while they were baking bread. she heartbreakingly told our nbc news crew, quote, i wish we can live safely like all children of the world. israel continues to pound gaza as tensions are mounting on the ground. with the united nations agency there saying thousands of palestinians, quote, broke into several u.n. rwa warehouse
terrorists. the idf in heavy armor and tanks now reportedly taking out hamas targets and terrorists overnight. [explosions] harris: as you can see it went on long enough for day break. new video shows israeli troops raising the jewish nation s flag in the palestinian territory for the first time in 18 years. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced the second phase of the war with the israeli forces reaching built-up areas including the outskirts of gaza city. reports on the ground idf blocked a key road linking northern gaza to the south. netanyahu has told his nation to expect a long, hard conflict. this is our second independence war. we are fighting on defending our homeland. we will fight and not quit. we will destroy the enemy of the land and under. we will fight and win. harris: here is what an israeli soldier told fox. on a regular basis we re worried about rockets, missiles, drones, even people cross