sunday night, so we woke up at greenfield on monday. so sunday night with the same family members, your brother, brooklyn, buster and that s right. and liz. liz and her mom and dad and then you went to sommerville with who? i believe i went to sommerville myself, but in the car by myself. i can t remember if buster rode together, i think we had separate cars. probably did ride together i don t know, i went to sommerville and buster was in sommerville with me, with grandma and papa t. and sommerville is where maggie s parents lived? that s right. maggie s mom and dad, maggie s mom is grandma, and dad is papa t. did you stay with them for a few days in sommerville? i stayed with them in sommerville, yes, we stayed in sommerville monday night, tuesday night, wednesday night, and then we went to greenwall. ok. and what was in greenville? my niece. that was she was having a baby, and maggie had just been she had just been so excited. so she wa
Headquarters in new york. Breaking right now, were waiting for the first News Conference from the brand new Speaker Of The House, mike johnson. He won with a slim majority from the republicans but they were lined up this time around, which we have not seen in the prior three rounds. This happened three weeks after they ousted former speaker, Kevin Mccarthy. This is a beautiful country. Its the beauty of america that allows a firefighters kid like me to come here and serve in this Sacred Chamber where great men and women have served before all of us and strive together to build and preserve what lincoln referred to as the last best hope on earth. Martha well hear from mr. Johnson about what he plans to do as he takes on this very big role in the United States government. Also, on the other front, a very big afternoon as President Biden spoke today, he spoke quite briefly actually, in a News Conference that everybody was waiting all day for about what we now know have been attacks on u.
Just this past week the prc vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conducted a Routine Resupply Mission in that your own, their own exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear, very clear, the United States defense commitment to the philippines is iron clad, is iron clad. Any attack on the filipino Aircraft Vessels or armed forces will invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the philippines. And mr. Prime minister, today we renewed our commitment to defend the values that are at the heart of this alliance. And we continue to stand as one to forge a Better Future for both of us and all the region. So, i want to thank you again for being here. Thank you for your partnership and your leadership in this critical moment. And i would like to now turn it over to you. Well, thank you very much, mr. President. Australia and the United States have stood together for more than a century and it is indeed a great honor for me to stand alongside my fr
the region. our message to anybody, and i can t confirm this report, our message to anybody who seeks to escalate and deepen the conflict, be mindful of how seriously we take our national security interests. 220 palestinians killed in the west bank, 197 since the beginning of the year, and how concerning that netanyahu is opening a new war front in the west bank considering the president spoke to this himself out in the rose garden talking about how dangerous extremists in the west bank are killing innocent palestinians. it s deeply concerning. each and every one of them is a tragedy, too. it s expected the senate will move forward to confirm jack liu as ambassador to israel. how do you see his role and impact on negotiations, is there a way to i know why there is concern with israel about fuel, but in terms of power or other of those services, you talked about wanting to see restoration, is there some other package that could be moved forward that you think could pro
martha: thanks very much, strikes. austin also pushed for more john and aishah. good afternoon. funding for israel, taiwan and i m martha maccallum. breaking right now on the ukraine. he says without american story, a live look at gaza as support, putin will be successful. if putin is successful, he will tensions roil the globe and move on to nato countries and that means american troops will certainly between israel and get involved. gaza to be sure. back to you, martha. now it s spilling in to the martha: a tangled web. thanks, rich. halls of congress today. with that, we bring in four-star secretary of state blinken and secretary of defense austin general jack keane, former vice faced this kind of questioning chief of staff of the arm my and during their senate hearing just chair of the institute for the study of war. a couple hours ago. good to have you with us, general. obviously there s escalation [shouting]. happening in gaza. we re hearing in a moment from the