troops and federal agents to the border who have, by the way, returned more than the president has diplomatic conversations with mexico, actually taken actions to deal with the situation. there s more work to do. there is more work to do. we understand that. we have said that. you ve heard that from the president on friday. we understand that there s more work to do. we need more resources, need more funding, why we are having these negotiations on the hill. but republicans in the senate is working with us, republicans in the house are trying to get in the way. so it s up to them. are they going to help, are they going to actually deal with the issue or continue to move forward with a political stunt. as president biden tries to make the national conversation about reproductive rights, abortion, how many weeks into a pregnancy does he think abortion should be legal? we want to see roe the law of the land, that s what the president wants to see and believes in. and clear
at the start of a three day summit. the leaders are delivering opening remarks at the great hall of the people during the first event of a packed schedule today. the french president said it would focus on economic ties and stability. macron is expected to press chinese officials, including li qiang and president xi to do more for peace in ukraine. we will bring you more on the talks as they take place later. this summit comes as tensions between china and the west are running high. and as taiwanese president tsai ing wen is in california meeting with us speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. here she is meeting lawmakers despite objections by china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year.
we are hearing multiple reports that hamas made military command center underneath gaza s biggest hospital is surrounded as we speak by the idf where an assault may be underway. this has hamas cowering underground using healthcare workers and patients as human shields. we will have a report in a minute and it was a very tense day inside the us capitol complex warehouse oversight committee chairman james komar blasted his democratic colleagues after a quote bs personal attack. take a look. my father who was a dentist had some farmland. he died and my brother could not afford he wanted to sell it but he wanted to keep it in the family so i bought it from my brother. that story that you tweeted also said i had a shell company. that is bull. in the senate you have markable and nearly getting into a physical altercation was a union boss during a hearing. he will join us tonight. if you want to run your mouth we can be consenting adults and finish it here. you would like to d
world and an international backlash against israel s proclaimed second phase, with growing concern about the safety of hostages, including ten americans. as the new speaker takes the gavel today, mike johnson is already under fire from senate republicans for removing all new ukraine war funding from the president s emergency spending bill. in favor of $14 billion for israel. the powerful republican house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccall will join me life. donald trump junior will take the witness stand in the manhattan civil fraud trial one day after his father s appearance at a courthouse in downtown miami. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington with the first escape from gaza through the rafah crossing into egypt for at least a handful of americans since the war began. a small group of americans, u.s. officials say fewer than ten, were finally able to get out after egyptian ambulances crossed into gaza to bring out injured gazans. de
news and we have got some breaking news coming into us at the bbc. the house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccall is leading a investigation that has just landed in taipei. chairman mccall isjoined by mccall is joined by representative mccall isjoined by representative young kim of the indo pacific and a ranking member of the subcommittee on the indo pacific and some other representatives. the delegation, while they are there, will meet with time in his business leaders we understand as well as senior taiwanese officials from the executive and legislative branches to discuss the ways that the us can strengthen economic and defence relationships. this is of course significant because just on wednesday we saw the taiwanese president visiting california meeting with the us speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. so, this visit is another sign of the us strengthening its relations with taiwan. we will continue to follow that visit from michael mccall and his colleagues in taiwan