To mr netanyahu s demand that israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, mr netanyahu doubled down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphi corridor. That is the strip of land that separates southern gaza from egypt. He said it is absolutely vital that they stay there to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the 7th all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about them not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days only, so there may be some wriggl
i usually like to say to you happy friday. happy friday eve. getting us started. russian missiles are blowing the top off an apartment city liviv. officials call it a heaviest attack yet. that city is near poland. more than 300 miles from the front lines in eastern and southern ukraine. dana: both sounds vowing to respond to this escalating violence as ukraine admits russia has been successful in slowing down its counter offensive. bill: a big story overseas. administration has gone back to china again. janet yellen arrived there a short time ago facing a high-stake test to calm tensions between the world s two largest economies as the u.s. and china have a tech war. mike pompeo on deck on this. first to jeff paul with the latest on ukraine. we re following two big stories involving russia. the first being that attack in ukraine but let s get to the possible new whereabouts of russian mercenary leader. he is in russia. originally set to go to belarus as part of a deal
he signed in $1.9 trillion bill, that bill is being called a coronavirus release to relief measure. he isn t planning on taking any questions about it. that s not surprising, he has not held a press conference since taking office, the longest and at least a century of president hasn t waited. our leaders don t believe they have to justify spending nearly $2 trillion, even though the entire gross domestic product of canada it s tripled all federal spending during the entire new deal, accounting for inflation. you think you would be able to ask some questions about it. in a functioning democracy, argent reporters would demand joe biden would explain why the relief bill does not seem american at all. they may also ask why they re so many money for farmers with certain skin color state is that legal? we did it. it violates civil rights, but we can t ask him why he did it, he s not taking questions, and probably doesn t know anyway. the past year has empowered our leaders like n
signed a $1.9 trillion bill, that bill is being called a coronavirus relief measure. joe biden didn t take any questions after he signed it, plan on taking questions tonight. that s not surprising, joe biden has not held a press conference since taking office, the longest and least a century a president has waited. our leaders no longer believe they have to justify spending nearly $2 trillion even though it s more than the entire gross domestic product of canada. it is triple all federal spending during the entire new deal and counting for inflation. nothing like this has ever happened. you would think we d be able to ask him questions about it. in a functioning democracy, our reporters demand that joe biden this coronavirus are relief bill includes race-based land reform that does not seem american at all. they also might ask why we are apportioning billions of dollars to pay off debt for farmers with certain skin colors. is that legal? we just did it. and asked joe biden
we should be providing them every tool that they have asked for so they can do the work they need to do to defeat vladimir putin. that should be the american mission. it should be the european effort, too. they need to do more. what we saw in lviv overnight suggests we haven t done nearly enough. we ve been too slow and too concerned. the biden administration is about to head to the nato summit where they will gather. they should be focused on helping ukraine get the things they need. not patting themselves on the back because they ve managed to hang together. vladimir putin still has enormous resources and big manpower advantage for sure. but ukrainians have tactical and operational advantages as well and we should help them exploit them in ways that matter to every family in the united states. shannon: secretary yellen in china. it communicates and avoids