democrats. garrett in chicago, thank you. you ve got it. john: fox news alert, waiting to hear from the white house after new attacks on the troops in the middle east. national security adviser jake sullivan will be there to field questions from the assembled white house press corps and with that, begin hour two. john roberts in washington. welcome back to another busy week of news. good to be with you, this is america reports . that attack seen as the biggest escalation yet against u.s. troops in the region. it is sparking alarm that president biden is failing to head off a wider war in the middle east. iranian backed militias are responsible for at least 75 attacks on american troops in the region in just the last six weeks. john: complete coverage now, daniel davis moments away why the biden administration is not doing more to protect american troops in harm s way. sandra: first chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us.
national security advisory jake sullivan at any moment from the white house. and the terror investigation underway after a deadly attack with a knife and a hammer near the eiffel tower. what police are saying about the islamic radical that is under arrest. and here at home, is it real or revenge? the move by republicans that the white house says will be throwing red meat to the right flank of the house. plus, the vote happening right now over the deal reached between actors and studios after that historic strike. the talk behind the scenes, and why some expect this vote could be a close one. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with the latest inside gaza. nbc s david noriega is in tel aviv for us. david, the israeli military says the main road in gaza that s being used as a humanitarian corridor for those evacuating now constitutes a battlefield. what more are you hearing on the ground? reporter: chris, the biggest development
staffers, members of congress of both parties, senators, everyone is going on what the heck is going on with this money. it s this big sort of like mystery sitting there in the middle of a fast community of people invested in the issue. well, right. and a lot of people had wanted this money to go through ukraine has made the case it desperately needs it to fight off russian aggression in ukraine s east. the united states has maintained it s going to be a steadfast ally of ukraine and help ukraine fight against russian aggression. that s why it s so surprising when congress signed off, when the administration initially signed off. when this was going to happen as expected and then it got held up. final question for you, ned. you worked on the nsc. do you believe there s a word for word transcript of that phone call? i m skeptical, chris. from this contemporaneous memo that was released today, we learned something we didn t know before. mapely that this call was
going on with this money. it s this big sort of like mystery sitting there in the s middle of a fast community of people invested in the issue. well, right. and a lot of people had wanted this money to go through ukraine has made the case it desperately needs it to fight off russian aggression in ukraine s east. the united states has maintained it s going to be a steadfast ally of ukraine and help ukraine fight against russian aggression. that s why it s so surprising as ned said when congress signed off, when the administration initially signed off, when this was going to happen as expected and then it got held up. final question for you, ned. you worked on the nsc. do you believe there s a word for word transcript of that phone call? i m skeptical, chris. from this contemporaneous memo that was released today, we learned something we didn t know before. r namely, that this call was interpreted. that president zelensky was not