we ll see. thank you. good evening. i m bret baier. a huge damage award in the rudy giuliani election worker defamation case. we ll tell you how much the plaintiffs are supposed to receive. the top democrat in the senate says congress is getting stonewalled over ufos. we ll bring you that story. and we look at whether hydroelectric dams are having a dangerous effect on the salmon population. but first breaking tonight, president biden s national security chief says the u.s. and israel are discussing a timetable for scaling back intense combat operations in the war with hamas. jake sullivan speaking again today with israeli leaders and with the palestinian president. these meetings come as we learn of a huge tragedy in northern gaza. our correspondent starts us off tonight live from jerusalem. good evening, nate. bret, israel continues facing pockets of the resistance? the northern gaza strip. israeli soldiers encountered three hostages, but they believed they were hamas t
drones houthi launched from yemen this morning, this comes as the international shipping industry is on high alerts for attacks in the region. i m griff jenkins. aishah: hi, i m aishah hasnie. that makes the houthi drones shot down 37. military officials reporting these are only defensive measures. lucas tomlinson is live from the white house on these attacks. if they want to disrupt international shipping it appears they are succeeding, a number of shipping companies told them to go dead in the water or get to a safe port. hard to do in yemen. the national security advisor is holding iran responsible for these attacks. while the houthis are pulling the trigger, so to speak, they re handed the gun by iran and iran has a responsibility to take steps themselves to cease these attacks. there have been over 20 drone and missile attacks against international shipping in recent weeks. to date, there has been no response. shot down a $32 million reaper drone off the coast of y
i m abby philip, and washington, where today cameras captured what might be the final chapter in a truly american story. a jury, sentencing the man once known as america s mayor to what is, essentially, a financial death penalty. rudy giuliani, now on the hook for $148 million. $148 million for the harm he caused to two women. shame moss, and ruby freeman. moss and freeman are the georgia election workers whose lives were forever altered after giuliani made them the crux of a nonsense voter fraud conspiracy. now, the sheer size of this penalty is, really, stunning. 16 million for defaming freemen, 16 million for defaming moss. 40 million for emotional distress to both women, and 75 million in punitive damages. moments after following the verdict, the two women thanked the jury, but said that today s result does not atone for two years of turmoil. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies, and passed on to so many others to keep the flame blazing changed every aspect of ou
neil: the rare sound of sirens blairing in jerusalem today. hamas terrorists fire up missiles in to israel. the war still on despite pressure on israel to start cooling things off. now the israeli military said that they mistakingly shot and killed three hostages held by hamas. could this only increase that pressure? welcome, ever. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it to peter doocy at the white house where tensions are getting higher now between our serves and israel if you re to believe the revelations including within the walls of the white house itself. hi, peter. yes, that is because white house officials would like to see this conflict end at some point, but they don t want to tell israel that they have to stop going after hamas. white house officials all the way up to the president know that israel right now is in a position where they risk losing international support for their cause. so we re hearing from the national security adviser in israel and who has been there
giuliani. and the sad turn, we have learned matthew perry s cause of death. and strong rain, possible flooding from florida all the way up the east coast. several major cities, washington, philadelphia, new york city. possible tornados in florida and the major travel disruption now expected. the bombshell decision from the story tonight against rudy giuliani, ordering him to pay $148 million to the two georgia elections workers, ruby freeman and shea moss, who he falsely accused of wrongdoing, telling the country they passed around usb ports as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine. also, we have now learned matthew perry s cause of death, the coroner releasing the autopsy report tonight and what doctors are saying about what s in that report. the horrific tragedy this evening, the israeli military admitting it accidentally killed three of the hostages during fierce fighting in northern gaza. how did this happen? in new york tonight, the jij sentencing the mother of