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hello. it's 10:00 eastern. i want to take you right to capitol hill. right now, the secretary of state testifying. and protests are under way. let's listen in. >> we will pause until the room is cleared. >> 3,500 kids dead. come on. i'm on army colonel, a former diplomat. i resigned on that war in iraq that you talk about. that was a terrible thing. and what we're doing right now is supporting israel's genocide. gaza is a terrible thing, too. >> secretary blinken, if you can continue. >> the president's request has four key elements. first, it provides for enduring support to israel ...

>> not in the face russia's aggression in ukraine. >> shame on you all. palestinians aren't animals. >> committee will suspend and i again ask that those from the audience respect the people in the room and allow us to continue the hearing. >> john: as harris just mentioned, awaiting updates from the white house, the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east as anti-israel demonstrations intensify around the globe, including on capitol hill. and so we begin tuesday afternoon, john roberts, good afternoon to you. >> aishah: aishah hasnie in for sandra myth. "amer...

Gas event as the administering continues to advocate fracking. heather: battleground state becoming a force in the us fracking industry, here to weigh in on how fracking has become to his district is pennsylvania congressman mike kelly. let's look at these numbers and the impact on pennsylvania economy. 322,000 plus jobs linked to fracking which has a $44.4 billion economic impact on the state of pennsylvania. it will be a key state in 2020, always a key state because it is one of those purple states. do you think donald trump can when the climate argument in your state? >> we can say it is a ...

Washington. mark maine divot, thanks so much. -- meredith. we pick up where mark left off in a minute. gillian? gillian: new data shows trade e between the u.s. and china is contracting, it's shrinking. this as the tariff war between the world's two largest economies to continues to intensify. china's trade surplus with the u.s. narrowing to just under $27 billion in august. that's down $31 billion from a year earlier. chinese imports of u.s. goods, meanwhile, falling to $10.3 billion in august, that's down 22% from the same time last year. and exports, the u.s. to -- being china's biggest mar...