sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
kayleigh: hello, everyone, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, with my co-host emily compagno and harris faulkner and rebecca heinrichs and kevin o leary. there has been deafening silence fro progressives and many who claim to champion women. more evidence comes out showing hamas has used sexual violence vile / against women. pramila jayapal was questioned about it and she found a way to spin them, demanding balanced criticism of the war. now her shocking response has left her facing fierce backlash from both sides of the aisle. here is what she said. i ve seen a lot of progressive women quick to defend women s rights and speak out against using rape as a weapon of war. but down right silent on what we saw on october 7 and what might be happening inside gaza right now to the hostages. why is that? i don t know that is true, i ve condemned what hamas has done. specifically against women? absolutely, the rape, of course. frankly morally, i think we cannot sa