Good morning. John and tom have ditched me. Manus cranny is with us, which is a good thing as we try to understand how we can get past a bond market that will not let anything else matter. I want to talk about earnings and geopolitics and everything else. Instead, we are talking about a 19 basis point swing in the 10 year. All of a sudden, crashing down. Manus to bill ackman and bill gross have that much sway in the bond market . The bottom line is, that huge amount of volatility, the one thing that surprised me was why did the equity market it more of a bid on the back of a swaggering move . Was it reappraisal a bond risk . Lisa probably just ptsd. Last month and a half as chest impacted the equity market from the bond market. Hi they to stocks, low bit is tosca manoj offensive strategy when the bond market is moving this quickly because the defense stocks tend to be more bond sensitive and debt ridden. The Equity Investor doesnt know where to turn. Frankly one day is one day in the e
Humanitarian aid. This is something he has been actively engaged on over the past week, including calls with president sisi of egypt and meetings and calls with Prime Minister netanyahu. We are glad to see the first convoys of humanitarian assistance over the weekend across the border into gaza and reach palestinians in a neat. And we are grateful for partners involved in these efforts. It is important to keep rafah crossings in operation and aid flowing without diversion from hamas. Humanitarian assistance remain a critical and urgent need for palestinians in gaza. We know, and we understand this, that much more is needed, and this will remain a priority for us in the days and weeks ahead. I also wanted to say a few words about the supplemental request that we detailed to all of you on friday. Under President Bidens leadership, we have rallied a Global Response to putins invasion of ukraine and provided aid following hamass barbaric tourist attack terrorist attack. We now need to cong
This is not just israels problem. Now its in israel but this is a whole world problem. We expect theres a likelihood of escalation, escalation by iranian proxies directed against our forces. We step up and deal with this axis of evil, china, russia, iran. Because its an immediate threat to the United States. Sandra a warning from Mitch Mcconnell about a new axis of evil as we get word of a brandnew drone strike or attacks against a u. S. Base housing american troops in syria. So far no injuries have been reported, meanwhile we are awaiting two briefings at this hour. One from the white house, where john kirby will be joining karine jeanpierre, the press secretary, and another happening a few minutes later from the State Department and a big hello and welcome to you as we begin a new week in new york. Bill im bill hemmer in for john roberts, making his way back to the u. S. Of a. , and from israel. Good afternoon to you where you are. Things stand at this hour, israel says its forces st
Im martha maccallum. A lot of Breaking News at this hour. Were waiting for remarks from President Biden at the white house about to go to that. Sources now telling fox that you have seen the news in the lower third of your screen there, two more hostages that have been released from gaza, elderly women. They have been described that way. Were getting more information as soon as we get it. Multilateral operation by air, ground and sea in to gaza by israeli forces. That according to israels minister of defense. Its a race against time as people want obviously to get these hostages that are being held out of the way before they become caught in the cross fire of all of this. Also, you have Gaza Civilians reportedly split. Some trying to escape, others digging in saying they dont want to leave and others in the category of being prevented to leave by hamas. Well talk about them being used as Human Shields. The Ground Invasion has been delayed now in part as President Biden and his team hav
My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect the team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course were very anxious to be able to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. There are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, alon