military jeeps fired gas and live bullets and they used violence and wounded a number of us. shepard: a number of human rights experts working for the united nations accused israel of, quote: blatant excessive use of force, unquote, against the protesters. and eye for an eye lash in his words. and we are hearing concern from some of america s closest allies. very tight allies, including france and germany and the united kingdom who have separated from the united states on this matter. meantime in gaza, families are now burying the dead for them, this fresh pain echos grief from long ago as palestinians mark the moment 70 years ago when a war in the middle east led to israel becoming a state. and the palestinians losing their homes. we have team fox coverage. our senior correspondent rick leventhal at the united nations where there is an emergency meeting today. first, david lee miller live tonight in jerusalem. david lee? shepard, you make a good point. there was a key he is legs d
armayhave reduced the number of protesters out on the street today. all that said, one of the hamas leaders did say these demonstrations are going to continue. shep? shepard: david lee miller, live for us this evening in jerusalem where we are monitoring developments along the gaza and the west bank and we ll have updates as they become available. u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley said the opening of the american embassy in jerusalem is not to blame for the violence at the gaza/israel border. she spoke at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. ambassador haley said the terror group hamas has been fueling deadly protests for years. long before the u.s. recognized jerusalem officially as israel s capital. she said the violence also comes from those who do not want israel to exist anywhere. team fox coverage continues. rick leventhal live at the u.n. rick? and, shepard, israel has long complained about a lack of support here at the u.n. didn t get a lot of
spirit of the jewish people. this will start the ball rolling for over allies to move their embassies. paraguay, guatemala and honduras says they are planning to make the move so maybe it will start small and gather steam from there. dana: i think we will see that. but maybe not for a while. thank you. today s embassy opening sparking protest along the israel-gaza border. more team fox coverage now with david lee miller live in the jerusalem bureau. david lee? this is the deadliest day in gaza since the border war with israel in 2014. tens of thousands of palestinians took part in a demonstration to coincide with the dedication ceremony for the relocation of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. at this hour, at least 52 palestinians have been killed including five under the age of 18. more than 2,000 have been wounded. the israeli military says the troops came under fire and
special time. i appreciate kim jong un doing this and allowing them to go. dana: also today, president trump s pick to head the c.i.a. gina haspel on the hot seat on capitol hill. facing tough questions from senators on the intelligence committee at her confirmation hearing. watch. under my leadership, on my watch, c.i.a. will not restart detention and interrogation program. c.i.a. has learned some tough lessons from that experience. we were asked to tackle a mission that fell outside our expertise. dana: we have team fox coverage. rich edson on north korea, but first let s go to chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the latest on the haspel confirmation hearing. i understand she is behind closed doors now? that is right. they are an hour, hour and a half in classified session wrapping up three hours of public testimony this morning. just for context, this is really way outside of gina
of love lost on the stage. all three men seem to mention donald trump s name in every answer they gave. the winner of this primary will likely take on joe manchin, a popular democrat for the moment there in west virginia. republicans think they have a shot at knocking joe manchin off. that s how we set the table. now we have team fox coverage for one of the republican candidates for the senate nomination in west virginia. congressman evan jenkins makes his case in a moment but first live to peter doocy in charleston, west virginia. what is the latest today? now in the final hours of this campaign the former coal baron is not running away from criticism of his campaign but repeating them in a new radio ad. they are calling me a bigot, moron, mentally ill. even if all this is true, i will do a better job than they have done.