Israel fighting back against evil. For a fourth day Hamas Terrorists have brought a barbarism unseen since attacks on jews last mid century. Will the world and especially the United States do more than watch . And we had all better pay attention. Our mutual enemies are thirsty for a broader conflict. Families of americans being held hostage are pleading for help. President biden has been silent for two days. Finally set to address the nation again today. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his forces are, quote, just beginning their counter. Israel has been pounding hamas with air strikes and their forces are also amassing at the Gaza Border Signaling a Ground Assault could be imminent. Were now seeing the faces of some of those americans held hostage or missing in the conflict. This man was at a Music Festival. There is an american serving in the Israeli Defense force and another woman, a 66yearold mom of four and grandm
senate majority leader chuck schumer, highest ranking jewish lawmaker in congress, making an emotional speech last hour about the horrors he has seen in israel after that october 7th massacre. and the rise in threats here at home. breaking overnight, at least one person dead after a u.s. military osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of japan, with six crew members on board. and right now, private funeral services getting under way for former first lady rosalynn carter in her hometown of plains, georgia. we begin this hour with more on the breaking news in the israel-hamas war. just a short time ago, the military wing of hamas announced three hostages have died. the israeli defense forces have notified the bibas family of the hamas statement that three of their family members, mother shiri, 4-year-old ariel and 10-month-old kiefer have been killed. the idf is trying to determine whether it is true. and a deal is now expected to extend the truce for another two days, acc
your home is insured for x amount of money for robbery, pay me that money and we can move on. and, of course, the problem is you and i have covered hostage stories before. you pay for hostages, right? you encourage hostage taking and companies are being held hostage here. so going after the finances makes sense. going after the markets where these tools are sold and where the data is sold makes sense. on terrorism, it s not the sexiest part of the counterterrorism story. but what happened after 9/11 in terms of going after terrorist financing made an enormous difference in restricting the control of these organizations. so that s the plan, but, boy, these guys are savvy. it ain t going to be easy. i do think people are getting this more. it s affecting them more, their daily life. that s exactly part of the point in that they are going after the companies, but they re going after consumers because when people can t get gas, they notice. colonial pipeline. when, for instance if you