president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i m not a ruler of the people. i m a servant of the people. i come from the people. [cheers] gov.desantis: my job is to serve you. god rules over us. i don t rule over you the education system has lost its way. not just k through 12 but also higher education people s voice is what matters. you have the ability to bring more people in this process in ways that are going to be meaningful and historic. we are doing what it takes to win here in iowa. and it also helps that i m the candidate that s most in tune with the values of the people of iowa. that i have a record that backs that up. so, now s the time. we did the 99. now we need caucus night to victory. god bless. [applause] bret: welcome to des moines, iowa. good evening from the iowa event center tonight. the second of three special town halls this week, just days before the first in the nation iowa caucuses featuring republicans who want to be president. it
president biden wrapping up his trip to asia this morning, with concerns that china might be turning closer to russia. and why the biden administration is considering sending special forces to kyiv. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, may 24th. and a proxy war is playing out here on primary day and the future of the republican party is at stake. voters head to the polls in five states today, but georgia is really in the spotlight. the gop race for governor pitting former president trump against his vice president mike pence, who stumped for incumbent governor brian kemp at an election eve rally. trump is supporting his primary opponent, david perdue. kemp has been a top trump target. trump issued a statement that may be unprecedented when it comes to former running mates. mike pence was set to lose the governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvage. pence is parachuting into races hoping some
All right. The break news over just the last several minutes. New israeli air strikes in Northern Gaza, and you can see the smoke rising over that part of the region, and now if you are looking at gaza, this is where the air strikes have been taking place, but here, down to The Rafah Crossing in the extreme southern border of gaza and egypt, our cameraman has been seeing the critical aid crossing from egypt into gaza. Six u. N. Fuel trucks entering at that border, and that is a major development. Southern gaza is also where israel has told more than 1 million palestinians to move from Northern Gaza into Southern Gaza, and this is where israel says they will be safer, kate. It is happening as the u. S. Secretary of state tony blinken is back in israel today. He has been in the region traveling all throughout the region for days now, and we are standing by to see if blinken is going to speak to reporters now, and the critical update given the news that we are giving, and this and the sob
Israeli hostages dragged over the border, either from homes or Music Festival. By now, you have seen the truly horrific images of families with small kids, grandparents, and young people being paraded through the streets of some of themcansccording to the u. S. State deparent. In a moment, ill bed by the nfc coordinator of strategic communications, john kirby at the white house. Lets get to the reporting. Richard engel reporting from the border city this afternoon. Stay down, down. Reporter there has been a lot of incoming fire here. We believe that it is mortar fire. Some of them also appear to be rockets. They have been coming in quite close. That is why we are on the ground right now. Joining us now from telaviv is chief correspondent ali velshi, thank you for being with us. In the time that weve spoken since we last spoke, weve seen a number of counter strikes on gaza, smoke in the air. Fires, explosions and whatnot. How does it sound from tel aviv . Raf a little bit earlier was he
any terrorist group, all the terrorist groups combined in the last five or six years. we are going to treat them as such. use the military to hold them accountable. i will guarantee you this. i will be the president who finally solves this issue once and for all. bret: just to be clear, so, as president, you are going to order u.s. special operation forces into mexico to target and kill drug cartel members? gov. desantis: amongst others. other assets at our disposal. we will have some right on the border, of course, because i was actually i was at the border. now, there is obviously wide open border. but there are places where there are physical barriers. i was in place. there was like these big metal posts. and that these guys are working at the base of the wall. i m like what are you guys doing? we are repairing the whole because the drug cartels they blow through a hole somehow and scurry people. in a lot of times with drugs and other things. biden has the border patrol in tow