[bombs and gunshots] sandra: we are expecting to get a state department update as israel pushes deeper into southern gaza. and is reportedly eyeing new tactics to root out hamas terrorists. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. bret: good afternoon, i m bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and push it through miles of hamas tunnels. sandra: the fate of some 130 hostages still in captivity remains unclear at this hour. fox team coverage kicks off right now. ai aishah hasnie is in capitol hill for an antisemitism hearing. bret: and trey, what are you hearing about the new tactic by israel. we are following the report from the wall street journal indicating israeli officials are considering using water from the mediterranean sea to flood the hamas tunnel network.
Next the House Homeland Security committee holds its first open meeting to examine these up security procedures and what can be done to strengthen prevention of a terrorist entering the us. We hear testimony from several federal agencies including customs and Border Protection and the state department. This is an hour and a half. The Committee Tax course on denying terrorist entering the eye states will come to order. The test for submitting to examine a visa process and the Visa Waiver Program. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I welcome back our expert witnesses to the capital and thank you for being here and doing double duty. I look forward to following up on some of the broader themes for the briefing. In order to inform the American People of the security of the visa process and Visa Waiver Program. I want to thank chairman mccall for prioritizing this task force in its commission. Last congress on combating terrorist and foreign fighter travel was not only successful
No. And we looked at that thank you. Now i have another question. This question is directed to ms. Bristol and mr. Rinaldi. Its related to staffing. But its more about 9 equipment and the ongoing efforts by the faa to modernize the control towers. Last week there was an article in the a. P. It ran across the country and including in my district in las vegas. And the article was entitled union new airport towers must be remodeled before opening. In the article, mr. Rinaldi, you specifically identified the new control tower in las vegas saying it requires an overhaul before it can be operational. I reached out to our local controllers, our safety engineers and the faa because im concerned this overdue project is going to have to be delayed even further due to a failure by the faa. And im also worried that people around the country are going to read there might be a problem flying into las vegas and might not want to come there and we certainly cant have that. So what i learned is our con
They were addment and they were une adamant and they were unequivocal. We cant have moments of silence when we see americans perish. As robin kelly, republican from illinois, said we cant just think about americans lives that are lost when its Mass Shootings. Every day there is an american that is killed 30 people, 30 americans killed every day as a result of the use of weapons. And we need to stand up and the message was very clear in todays caurks. Members will stand todays caucus. Members will stand. We understand its important to express to the people of this country this moment of silence to let the families of the victims know we are thinking of them. By god, this is the peoples house, and if we cant stand up and then do something, then were in trouble. There are any number of things that could be done. Must do a better job identifying and checking the background of those who seek to buy weapons, especially assault weapons. We could ask people to pass the legislation that Mike Th
At 12 50 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Now, a house hearing on the security risks posed by people who overstay their visas and what the administration is doing to stop them. Testimony was heard from immigration officials. This is two hours at hand 45 minutes. Two hours and 45 minutes. The committee on Homeland Security and borderland security will come to order. The committee is meeting to exit. E dhs overstay and lets have art, moment of silence to honor those who were killed in the terror attack in orlando. There is more than just security along the southwest order to consider. Time into gun, terrorist have exploited the esa system by legally entering america. The 9 11 committee put it this way, for terrorists, traveled documents are as important as weapons. The 1993 World Trade Center bombing, terrorists have abused the hospitality of the American People to attack people here at home. Egyptian convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings was ill legally in the United States as a cab