hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york and we begin today as we have done so many times, too many times, on this show with a crisis that is uniquely ours, uniquely american. today our country witnessed the 129th mass shooting of this year alone, this one, like so many these days, took place at a school. three young students and three staff members were killed today. they were killed at covenant school a private school in nashville, tennessee, after a shooter walked in and opened fire. after law enforcement engaged with the suspect, the shooter was killed, according to law enforcement. the shooter was a 28-year-old woman. at this hour not much more is known about a potential motive but it is worth noting at the top here how rare this particular specific situation is involving the shooter. according secret service there were only five female shooters out of 173 attacks from 2016 to 2020. in washington, d.c., president joe biden has been made aware of the shooting called it s
You, bret. Bret thank you. Thank you very much. Have a good night good evening welcome to washington im bret baier. Breaking tonight rapidly changing developments in the israeli war with hamas, a warning here. Many of the images coming out of the region are graphic and disturbing. The u. S. Death toll has risen to 27. 14 americans are unaccounted for. The u. S. Government will begin evacuation flights for americans in israel very soon. Some 20,000 of them, its believed. Preparations are continuing for an expected massive Ground Invasion by the israelis into gaza. The Israeli Defense force is pounding what it calls hamas infrastructure inside gaza. At least 2700 people have died on both sides. Terrorists are believed to be holding about 150 hostages. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with israeli leaders in tel aviv today. He will visit with palestinian president tomorrow. Senior correspondent mike tow bib is in israel right now with the latest. Good evening, mike. Good evenin