in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
troops have, quote, advanced to the gates of gaza city. it follows days of heavy fighting between israeli forces ,hamas fighters. the battles inside gaza are blamed for. the deaths of at least 17 idf soldiers since friday. at least nine of them died in one incident after being struck by an anti-tank guided missile. israeli airstrikes also jabalya ,a densely populated and populated area in northern gaza. israel claims the buildings they were housing hamas operatives and that people living there had been urged to evacuate. hamas claims many civilians were killed, but it s not possible to confirm how many have died over the past two days of heavy bombardment. and for the first time since the war began, some foreign passport holders and critically injured palestinians were allowed to leave through the rafah border crossing. a handful of americans have been able to leave, but at least 400 other u.s. citizens stuck in gaza. i won t get into details than to say that we feel confid
it s lisa murkowski. remember? the alaska senator back in 2010. she was the incumbent and lost the rupp primary in alaska, but then she came back in the general election and hung on to her seat as a write-in. she did it in 2010. that was the first time in more than half a century that a u.s. senator was elected in a write-in candidacy. that is what the mayor is tryint to pull off tomorrow. we shall see. new jersey has a race tomorrow. new jersey generally doesn t like to re-elect its governors. all of the modern time governors have been single governors. but the governor there right now, phil murphy, the polls show they may make an exception in this case. they may want him to stick around. i will note this election in new jersey, again, between phil
situation of the border. you have border patrol agents, not very well compensated, they put all the weight on their shoulders. but the border patrol agents, they do want a wall, don t they? and how are they dealing how do you instruct and teach people and tell people to deal with people who supposedly are coming to claim asylum but they are throwing rocks at you and tryint to sneak in the border over a wall? look, these border patrol t agents, they are well-trained. first first of all, you said they are not be compensated very much, they are not being completed at all right now. these men and women are not getting paid and they are putting their lives on the line for this country and i saw it happen on the border. look, they are doing the best job they can. jason: amen. to protect this border, and using tear gas was the minimum use necessary to protect themselves. they can t be hit with rocks. jason: they do what they got to do. we ought to salute them. but i said it in an
berlusconi is charged of using his position of covering up his liaisons with underage hookers. clooney says the only time he met burl scoerlusconi was tryint help for darfur. they re also calling cria socce player also. a boy made a wish, a cooking session with a famous chef and she turned him down twice. but when the blogs and the news folks broiled her for the brushoff, she changed her mind and invited him to the set of her show. her name is ina garten, neither barefoot, nor a contessa. look who is talking to twin babies. there they are. the new hit of the viral universe for talking back and forth in their own secret baby twin language. i would love to interpret for