Breaking news situations unfolding. On capitol hill the House Republican conference is meeting right now and we are told this meeting could last all day with the intense pressure on them to elect a speaker of the house after Kevin Mccarthy lost the speakership in a recent vote. And without that top member of the u. S. House of representatives in place, Congress Remains at a stand still and is unable to act on a brutal war that weve been Covering Thousands of miles away. Were watching the latest developments from israel as they hit the embodiment of evil. Hamas terrorists. Thats where well start. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Five days of horror. Israel families missing, tortured, killed. The closer they were to the border with palestinianian territory on gaza, the closer that they were to hamas Serial Killers killing them. Loved ones taken hostage are now begging for help. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to be in israel today. This was near continuous r
or he was planning something awful. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. for the north texas family of an american passenger on flight 370, each day brings a difficult emotional challenge. phillip woods s brother said they have always held out hope, even when the plane is thought to have had a midair catastrophe. ironic, news of a possible hijacking has given them more hope. his girlfriend is ready to go whenever, wherever phillip is found. my son even helped me pick out which clothes to bring for him, so i have an outfit for him in my backpack. the family s hopes are reflected in a facebook page they have set up in hopes of his return. 26 nations offered their assistance in one of the biggest searches ever attempted from under the water to high in the sky, search teams are covering thousands of miles of open ocean. abc s gloria rivera has this