Yes, were what does that mean . Bret i dont know. Im not sure. All right, thanks, guys. Have a good night. Good evening and welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking the only thing, protests worldwide during what hamas called a day of rage as Israeli Forces prepare for a likely Ground Invasion of gaza. Hamas continues to fire rockets into israel in just the past few hours and israeli planes dropped hundreds of bombs in response and greg palkot reports, Israeli Commando units operating inside gaza. At least a few of them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his troops are fighting like lions and this is only the beginning. President biden says the u. S. Is making sure israel has what it needs to respond to the hamas attacks. Evacuation flights for americans in israel have begun. Palestinians began a mass exodus from gaza after israels military told a Million People to evacuate from the southern part of the territory. Well s show you later and mike tobin is on the ground
6 00 a. M. In gaza and this is our continuing breaking News Coverage of the war in israel, fox news at night. And this is now a live look at gaza city, 40 minutes before sunrise. Over the past few days these last minutes of darkness have been used by isreali forces to unleash a barrage of air strikes, rocket fire that has crippled gaza. 300,000 isreali troops are now on the border with gaza waiting for word to begin what appears to be a major ground assault. The death toll is also rising with each side losing upwards of a thousand people, 22 americans are also confirmed dead. And 17 more remain unaccounted for. As the Biden Administration scrambles to rescue u. S. Citizens being held hostage by hamas. We begin tonight with the Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot. Greg, we are hearing loud noises and seeing flashes, any indication from where you are that this ground war has started or just air strikes . Trace, yeah, we have no indications of ground action yet although we se
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Of state blinkennings powerful message of u. S. Support for israel. We will have more on the escalating violence in just a moment. Here at home inflation is the big financial and political news of the day. In the last 12 months, Consumer Prices is have gone up 3. 7 . Thats the same increase as reported for the previous month. Now, before those numbers were are released, stock prices had moved quite sharply higher, dow was up about 120, 150. Heres where we stand now. The dow is still up but not as much. Its up 50 points at this stage, s p up 4, nasdaq up 11. Still a little green. Before the inflation numbers, Interest Rates were edging lower. Now we have the 10year moving up, 4. 60, and the 2year, same story, moving up in yield. Youre now at 5. 05 on the 2year. This is good news who drive gasoline cars. Gas keeps edging lower, down another 2 cents overnight. Back to 3. 64. Diesel down 1 cent at 4. 48. Okay. More details from the war. 25 americans confirmed dead in israel. An unknown num
And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at