back to you. >> amy kellogg, thank you. jillian: president biden gets in a heated exchange with rashida tlaib for efforts in the middle east. todd: president biden faces the question about his response to the situation. >> reporter: this is a fine example of the kind of pressure president biden is facing from members of his own party. he traveled to michigan to talk about electric vehicles but barely got a foot on the ground when he had a face-off with rashida tlaib, outspoken critic of us policy toward israel and they spoke for several minutes with the president mentioning her in his public remarks. >> rashida tlaib, where is rashida? i tell you what. i want to say to you that i admire your concern with so many people, thank you for being a fighter. >> pronounced her name wrong but felt the need to reach out to her point of view and reiterated us support for israel and its right for self-defense in the face of thousands of rockets fired from hamas. there have been protests here and around the world many in support of the p

stay asleep. country continues to struggle with the massive surgeon covid cases as fox's amy kellogg up and providing therapeutics to treat sick patients. you're joined in this in this fight together. secretary of state antony blinken meeting his indian counterpart on tuesday as the new spike intensifies, india now has more than 20 million covid cases, and officials say they're alarmed at the speed of new infections. the daily average was just 65,000 on april 1st today. it's about 370,000 and with india's health care system at the breaking point, the situation isn't expected to improve quickly, so everything goes very well. things will be horrible for the next several weeks, a major international aid effort is now underway. the pentagon sending four cargo planes full of desperately needed medical supplies like masks and oxygen, but there's still a big shortage of covid medications and therapeutics. so drug makers say they're stepping up to fill the gap. we are mobilizing the largest humanitarian relief effort. in our company's history to provide urgent and immediate support the patie

todd: amy kellogg joins us live from israel outside a damaged synagogue. : we are running to a shelter right now, guys because the sirens have just gone off for the first time this morning. we are in the synagogue that was hit yesterday with rockets. [audio difficulties] jillian: looks like we lost her signal. she's is obviously running. what we heard from her, she said the sirens went off for the first time this morning. the situation is dire over there and the situation changes ram i'dly. when you -- rapidly, when you hear the sirens, the first priority is making sure amy and her crew is safe, getting the information to us when they can safely do so. and if she can, we will check back in with her but that's the priority, making sure the team is safe. todd: as we've seen, this is a scene that's repeated itself over the course of the last week. trey yingst, in the same position. once the sirens go off, has the hehas to get to safety. we'll hopefully get back amy in a little bit to report from the scene. we have amy back. all right, we lost you for a minute

amy kellogg is on the ground taking protection throughout the day. your location, amy.e sirens just went off and my intrepid crew led me to a shelter. we were quite fortunate. there has just been a hamas rocket hit here in the last few hours. a lot of emergency personnel who took us to what they considered to be the safest spot in this fairly unstable situation. as you can see this, bill, is a hole where the rocket hit this morning. and then it did enormous damage to the rest of this building. the sirens give you warning, the iron dome system intercepts a lot of the rockets but at the end of the day it is often very chaotic and one man he was watching tv and listening to the news to see what was going on. and when the rocket started to fly this morning his tv literally jumped off the shelf and hit him and had to get down to a shelter. the shelter here is clear across the parking lot. they aren't all close by. so people in this compound hunkered in the stairwell and that's what saved them. that's what police are saying. a nurse who was at work he had just moved his famil

amy kellogg on the ground in tel aviv. hello, amy.of fear and uncertainty seems -- seems it will continue for some time now. we are in central tel aviv. we are on rothschild boulevard. you see a few people out, mike, but it should be bustling. this is a holiday and this city tends to really be extremely lively every night particularly weekend nights but benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, said today that people are going to have to stay inside as best they can or close to shelters or in their shelters. look, we had to change the way we lived for covid-19, we will have to change the way we live a bit longer for this situation. now in the meantime in the gaza strip things are dire as well and look much more dramatic are frankly more dramatic in terms of the casualty count and the number of bombs that have been dropped over the cities there. it is one of the most densely-populated places in the world and the humanitarian situation is becoming quite unbearable. there's limited electricity, 3 to 5 hours a night. people are running out

arthel: amy kellogg, live in tel aviv. er it takes to restore order and quiet and the security of our people and deterrence. we're trying to degrade hamas' terrorist abilities and to degrade their will to do this again. eric: that's israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu of course, addressing his nation as the hamas rockets continue to be fired at israel. more than 3,000 we are told since monday. and hamas vows not to let up. we are joined from the white house by the president of the public affairs firm, global situation room. how widespread do you fear this conflict could get? >> it could get quite bad. i think we need to see more robust american engagement. our senior officials have to get on the ground. we can't phone this one in. and unfortunately, the engagement, whether by president biden, secretary blinken has been insufficient. this thing continues to drag on. i fear we're just one step away, one rocket away from this actually getting into not only a conflict between israel and the palestinians but dragging in ot

amy kellogg fox news. >> the iron dome working to intercept the rockets, i'm going to get down here and just listen, juergen hear an explosion in any second period, interception there it is. eric: the dramatic chilling compelling video from trey yingst earlier today showing the accuracy and lifesaving ability of israel's iron dome missile defense system in action. the military says nearly 3000 hamas terror rockets have been fired at israel from gaza since last week, israel's air defense has intercepted about 1100 of them, let's bring in danny, the former ambassador to the united nations, he joins us in tel aviv so there is a bit of a satellite delay, ambassador always good to see you. there meeting at the united nations, security council, i had a session this afternoon, do you think there's any potential for a cease-fire soon and who would make the first? >> we have to understand for almost a week they have been under fire. every night 70% of the population has to run to the shelter me and my daughters and my wife, almost every night and we tell the government that they should continue

senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg in israel. this afternoon. it has been covered up, it is 3 feet deep. it is a large hole. the damage was really done to the houses around here, because of shrapnel but flew everywhere after the impasse on the streets, people in this area have never seen rockets falling in this part of israel with such intensity and frequency in their memory and the lifetime in their lifetimes basically, you see some sort of children's clinic, he did not have a shelter, spoke to social services who set up a boost to help them fight housing, a lot of these buildings have been evacuated due to broken glass, damage and infrastructure to the houses, very many people had to be treated for anxiety, had the fear of this situation for treatment which is another part of it all. they were told to leave their houses and go elsewhere, decided they want to stay in their houses because they don't want to leave pets behind and it is quite dramatic because of what happened in gaza this morning according to hamas. they were said

todd: amy kellogg live for us in jerusalem. thank you.transparency from china on the origins of covid-19. in a statement, senator joni ernst saying the world deserves answers and that includes determining whether it originated from the wuhan institute of virology, this comes after reports that china was preparing buy lodge l call we upons -- biological weapons six years ago. gordon chang says the virus falls on chinese leadership. listen. >> xi jinping, the chinese ruler, deliberately took steps to spread the disease beyond china's borders. so even if it wasn't a biological weapon to start out with, the chinese leadership turned it into one. jillian: chang went on to say he believes we will learn the origins of covid-19, not from chai leadership, but from -- chinese leadership, but from citizens. new you data reveals new york nursing homeworkers are not vaccinated. the worst area was brooklyn with only 47% of workers getting a shot. todd: a washington post calling on supreme court justice steven briar to retire in a new op-ed. this to ens

amy kellogg, fox news.c: back here at home, we've got new details on what president biden told israeli prime minister benjamin net ap an ya hue and palestinian president mahmoud abbas in phone calls this afternoon over concerns that the middle east could be on the brink of even more violence. david spunt live on the north lawn of the white house with the latest on those conversations and what the president is doing. hi, david. >> reporter: it has been a busy saturday here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. we know president biden was on the phone with both of those world leaders just a few hours ago. the white house putting out statements about the president's call with both of those. interesting enough, the marine that stands out of the west wing left a little while ago, now back outside meaning president biden likely in the oval office. i want to read part of the call with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, he updated the prime minister on high-level reengagement with regional partners and discussed ongoing dip

unfold as thousands of palestinian families are seeking shelter from israeli artillery airstrikes, amy kellogge in israel that's at tel-aviv suburb where a israeli man killed by a rocket because he if couldn't get into a bomb shelter in time. amy. reporter: that's right, eric hamas reigned 278 rockets on israel since 7:00 this morning in the most dramatic hit of all was here in -- let you have a little look at the damage for yourself. the rocket hit right in the middle of this street and a residential neighborhood but shrapnel is what caused all of the damage. many houses around here, one person is as you mentioned was killed and many others taken to hospital in state of panic this is something people in central israel around tel-aviv have not seen in their lifetime. the number of rocket it is that have been reigned into this area is unprecedented so you have several houses here that have been damaged. people have been evacuated, and we do have right now a lot of emergency workers checking to see that these buildings are stable or not before they let people go back inside. now, of course, whil

mike. >> mike: amy kellogg, thanks very much.nd the texas legislature are doing every thing they can to block a controversial election reform bill, but republican lawmakers and the governor are fighting back. correspondent christina coleman has details tonight. >> they don't want you to know the truth on that bill. >> texas democrats stage of dramatic walk out late sunday night blocking republicans from passing sweeping voting restrictions. >> acquirements apartment are present. >> we denied them the corn they need to pass this bill, so we killed that bill. >> chris turner sparked the revolt, organizing members via text message to walk off the floor and out of the building. the last resort came hours after the texas senate passed senate bill 7, republican-led legislation that supporters say is designed to ensure election integrity. >> we just want to be able to account for votes and make sure we prosecute those who abuse the process. >> but critics, including present biden and house democratic leaders, are calling the bill and ot

amy kellogg fox news.plan coming up next, the president hits the road to try to drum up support for the administration's trillion dollar plan to create jobs. also ahead tonight the cost to build the same houses now $36,000 maw rex pensive compared to last year. details un dollar spending plan and to creating jobs and funneling aid to schools and families. his administration says that it could be implemented without adding to our national debt. but fox news lord blanchard tells us that republicans say the spending plan is way too much. it's time to grow the economy from the bottom up in the middle out in virginia president biden urging congress to pass is to spending proposals, the infrastructure american jobs plan. a 2.3 trillion dollar bill and the $1.8 trillion american families plan, which focuses on child care and education. 12 years is no longer enough to compete with the world in the 21st century and lead the 21st century, the administration says. tax raises on corporations and those making over $400

fox news amy kellogg has our report.ve shows no signs of slowing down the country recorded more than 300,000 new infections on monday, days after reported a global record of 400,000 hospitals are struggling to secure more oxygen. more than two dozen people died monday at a government run facility due to the shortage and citizens are now blaming the government for not securing more supplies. they're not prepared for anything that we don't have enough mentally, doesn't one hospital. forget about all the whatever we need for the entire city or the entire nation over the weekend, more than 600 million people became eligible for a covid-19 vaccine in india. but a shortage of doses has affected the rollout. the country is a major global producer of astrazeneca shot but temporarily banned exports to focus on the vaccine shortage at home would be really helpful to get. easy does is from other countries are also talking to the united states who has committed to sharing their $60 million of astrazeneca. india's health ministry has

carley: amy kellogg joins us live on the ground. amy, what's the latest?tear gas. it's kind of a toxic mix going on behind me. this is something new in terms of the level of tension in this area because a week ago it was just clashes around east jerusalem. and then on monday, of course, the hostility started on the side of hamas in the gaza. strip fighter all those rockets -- firing all those rockets into israel. and now we've had uprisings beginning yesterday in the west bank and palestinian areas which we hadn't seen before. 11 were killed yesterday, and, of course, with each drop of blood shed in this conflict, the technologieses rise each higher. -- tension rises even higher. that was going on yesterday and today and also some of the cities in israel proper. there's been an awful lot of tension this week, jew on arab, all sorts of mob violence, and it has been really horrific. and this is scaring the people who live here, i would say, as much as the rocket attacks. now, in terms of the rocket attacks, there was a real barrage into central israel this a

. >> amy kellogg live in jerusalem with the escalating tensions. >> reporter: the question on everyone's the end game now that this is a military operation and hamas keeps firing rockets towards israel. you recall clashes began around the muslim and jewish holy sites but last night it all escalated when hamas fired rockets all the way to jerusalem which for israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu stated it is a red line. well over 250 rockets have been fired toward israel since yesterday. the damage has been limited but the fear has not been insignificant and the silence are constantly wailing all over the south. the israel response was quick, airstrikes the gaza strip targeting militant leaders and infrastructure. in all 24 people at least have been killed including 9 children as the situation heats up, the debate over who is in the right place out in washington. representative as she did sleep tweeting american taxpayer money is being used to commit human rights violations, congress must condition needs into israel and end it altogether those conditions are not followed, statement

we are trying to get amy kellogg. you have seen her reporting to the course of the last week or so.nreal. anytime you are in awards and technical issues present themselves, we are having one of those right now we will try to get amy and we do have amy. >> what are you seeing today? >> dying good battery. as the death toll in israel has been relatively low, 12 people. it is important to stress the psychological impact of all this has been intense. we are at something that is called the resilience center, the city that is been targeted more than any other in israel, this is the place where people can come with their children, first responders can come here, you see toys, this building is stocked with social workers and psychologists, therapists 24/7 to help people cope with their stress so they don't end up with posttraumatic stress syndrome. they've never seen anything like this. israel has been through wars with hamas in the past with barrages of rockets so intense at the beginning, they haven't dealing with different communities that need targeted attention, religious people need a

amy kellogg live with her first look at the aftermath. >> reporter: there has just been an antitank missileed near gaza at a car and we understand there are serious injuries. medics are being hampered by a barrage of rockets going off at this moment as they tried to tends to those who have been wounded. more information on that later. in the meantime we are standing in tel aviv buy a house that was destroyed overnight. let me show you the damage. it really does give a sense of the randomness and horror people are living on both sides and have lived overnight. take a look, the couple and their daughter who lived here managed to get to a shelter which you can see in the frame, they managed to avoid any serious injury but their house has been completely leveled, there were 130 rockets fired in tel aviv last night and five people in israel as a result over the last day of been killed by these rockets. it was basically last night in tel aviv all kicking off at 9:00 an ultimatum given by the militants in the gaza strip saying the israeli defense force continues to hit tall towers they would send

amy kellogg joins us with the latest. >> reporter: he and his lawyers have evidence north korea wantsould be easier for them to get their hands on him in spain which has diplomatic relations with north korea than in the united states which does not and all of this because the former marine, an iraq war veteran, of korean dissents got involved in any levirate mission to help the north korean diplomat defect from spain. he and his cohorts made it look like a hostage taking so he would not face consequences. that defect or changed his mind in the last minute. on is being charged for breaking into that embassy, he thought he was doing a good thing helping someone in need but now he fears for his life. >> the same department of justice the told me if i leave the country i could be assassinated is the same the parts of justice trying to extradite me. the fear is there. >> reporter: the family of the student who stole a propaganda item on a trip and was sent back to the united states in a vegetative state to later die as jump to on's defense. auto's mother cindy said no one ever stand up to

jillian: amy kellogg joins us with more. >> from which you can hear the booms of the airstrikes on gaza as we speak. this is the most targeted cd during this campaign and the level of anxiety according to social workers absolutely through the roof. they have put this place to gather, their toys, tools, social workers on call 24/7, they are particularly concerned about the effect on children, they talk about older children wedding their beds, children either not able to sleep or sleeping too much or being like zombies, to calm children, parents, these sirens particularly obviously scare the kids and what they told parents to tell kids is sirens are not something to be afraid of, they are like seatbelts to save lives to gaza were the scope of the distraction has been so much worse. death toll at 230, 100,000 people there have been displaced. the airstrikes continue. the emotions rise. back to the cease-fire and talk thereof, a french sponsored proposal put on the table at the un security council, the united states said not to be willing to back it. calls for cessation of hostilities on bo

jillian: amy kellogg joins us live from jerusalem with the latest. porter: good morning, jillian and todd p. and todd. there are fresh clashes inside the mosque this morning which is very serious. israeli police say a dozen of their cops have been injured and the palestinian red crescent says 215 palestinians have been injured in this morning's clashes. of course, there are fears that this could spill outside of jerusalem, all of this tension over the last several days being fueled by an emotional cocktail of events and issues. the final days of ramadan which is the muslim holy month during which the israeli police blocked some of the areas where arabs like to congregate in the evening, then loomingy vickss of several palestinian families from east jerusalem, and the march where they march through the city to commemorate the capture of east jerusalem in the 1967 war. king abdella of jordan via the country's twitter account condemned, quote, provocative israeli measures, which contravene international law and violate human rights while israel's prime m

amy kellogg is there with the very latest. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi, david.me in ramallah today and other parts of the west bank, but it seems to be quieting down. you can still see the smoke, of course. a lot of things were set on fire, there was a lot of tear gas and stun grenades and rubber bullets, and it did get bad for a while, but this seems to be dying down. it is the day marking when 700,000 palestinians were chased from their homes in 1948, all of this existence the backdrop of -- against the backdrop of a convergence of things that have made blood boil even more over the last week or so. the end of ramadan, jerusalem day and there has been clashes steadily over the last two days in the west bank with 11 people killed and an awful lot of violence also within israel between arabs and jews in some us rah reilly cities. -- israeli cities. this is really worrying people as much as all of the rocket fire. to the rocket fire, there was a barrage over tel aviv in central israel today, and one person was killed in the city. apparently, he did not have a she

amy kellogg has a look. >> reporter: antitank missile was just fired a car, hamas claimed responsibilityia is reporting one or 2 israelis may have been killed in that. we don't have full confirmation but we know operations are continuing in the gaza strip, we have israeli forces going after hamas militants in houses and cars. it was a night of horrors on both sides of the conflict and i would like to show you though perhaps you've got to other video by standing by house and tel aviv that was destroyed overnight, it shows the random nature of all of this. there were 130 rockets fired toward tel aviv last night and if you direct hits, this is one of them, the family got to a bomb shelter in time since the hostilities and rocket barrages began, five israelis have been confirmed dead and among them two arabs. back to gaza where the rockets here were a response to the airstrikes on high-rise buildings in the gaza strip. the militant groups called for a halt to that and israel was not prepared to do that and continued to hit these buildings and continued to hit high-rise buildings because they

todd: amy kellogg joining us live, she is now 0:inside the damaged synagogue we saw 25 minutes ago. h, well, as you know in the last half hour or so, the sirens went off here across southern israel for the first time in a while and we went bolting down to the shelter here in the synagogue. we had wanted to show you the damage that had been done here yesterday and it's quite miraculous that nobody was hurt. it hit the rabbi's house first and then it came through the wall of the synagogue. it is a holy day. and so there's a lot of activity around synagogues today. in the meantime, there are some updated numbers for you in terms of the death toll in the palestinian areas, 198 people have been killed. so that's nearly 200. and 58 of them have been children. that is starting to really put increased pressure on this call for a cease fire. 10 israelis have been killed but they live under a constant fear of sirens and having to run to shelter as you saw us do a short while ago. now, the activity in gaza has continued overnight. there have been continued air strikes. the israeli defense force

pete: amy kellogg, thank you very much.most like saying if you with think back to 9/11 when the. plane hit the penten gone, you don't say media targeted at pentagon. yes, there were media outlet ares, but if hamas is using that building and they know the media are effectively a child for them -- shield for them, that's the advantage they have. they've mastered the art of the human shield. i saw it in iraq and afghanistan. they know we play by the rules and they don't have to, and that makes it more dangerous. there's so many layers to this. you have the religious side of it, the holy side, you've got the political side. i mean, abbas, who's the head of the palestinian authority, is on, as i said before, the 17th year of a 4-year term. he canceled elections because hamas if was going to win. hamas says you cancel the election, we're going to fire rockets because we want to show how powerful we are. which means listen. >> this particular garden of american heroes came at a time under the trump administration when president tr

. >> sandra: amy kellogg bringing up some stunning images out of israel. 20 plus year tradition. covid being blamed for the rolling to remember rally. 30 other republicans pushing the president to override that this condition. he worked as a bond to some proposals expert and lost both of his legs in afghanistan. i participated in a few on my bike. everyone rides down constitution avenue. on march 11th, the pentagon said that they will give you the permit and it was recently rescinded by the secretary of defense. your thoughts on that? >> the simple thought is i'm upset about it. this of covid to being used as an excuse to cancel yet something else that our society, something that we should be celebrating. i will say it in this way. there's only one way that those that we lost and service live on. it's when we remember them. we should be doing it all year round but there is a very specific time that we do it. that is memorial day. the service members from world war ii, those that rolled with patton, those that were in the canal, though that wherein korea, th

amy kellogg is following the story from italy. what can you tell us? >> hi, alicia.. it was where reagan and gorbachev met. the neutral of neutral environments, and frankly, it is where adversaries meet, so that is what the summit feels like, and the continuous expansion and activity of nato, the fact that nato still exist, frankly, has been a thorn in the russian side for years, and that apparently is what is provoking russia to announce today that it will be adding 20 new military units by year end. now, the nato secretary general continues to for dialogue. >> weeks ago, it was extended, which was very important. but we continue to try to -- to communicate, and we think that it would help to talk. >> things are difficult, but let's not forget that president biden has said that he thinks president putin is a killer, and he does not plan to go easy on him at this upcoming summit on a whole variety of issues, including democratic values. >> we will be meeting with president putin in a few weeks in geneva, making it clear that we will not, we will not stand by and let

steve: amy kellogg joins us live earlier you had to take cover right, amy? >> that's right, steve.ning and we had to run down to the basement ourselves to seek shelter. that has been what has saved the lives of very many people here in israel. as we speak, there has been another barrage of rockets fired this way. and one of them we understand has hit an apartment building just 20 minutes down the road from here. there are reports of several casualties and possibly one person trapped inside. you know, when you are this close to the gaza border as we are, you only have 30 seconds to get to shelter. so if you are on a third or fourth story floor of a building, then you may not get to your shelter in time. earlier they had asked people to stay in their shelters to stay in shelters indefinitely this morning. they called that off, the israeli defense force that is. we have seen on social media some initial video of the incident and we saw an elderly person being led to an ambulance. it wasn't apparent that there were grave injuries but a lot of this, of course, is the psychological impac

steve: amy kellogg joins us now live from jerusalem with the very latest. amy?he moment, these are the worst clashes we have seen in jerusalem in many, many years. most of them are happening around the mosque third holiest knight islam. we have some new video to show you of a car of the tensions spilling out onto the streets. the police released this. you will see palestinians attacking the car of an israeli. it is not clear what provoked it. the man apparently then lost control of his car smashed into some of the violent crowd just outside the walls of the old city. this is the third day of intense clashes fueled by really a mix of events and provocations on both sides including the planned eviction of some arabs from east jerusalem. what it boils down to is the fate of jerusalem that long standing and intractable issue. this that conviction supposed to be decided on today has been kicked down the road for a month that may alleviate some of the pressure. we will all be watching what happens this afternoon on the jerusalem day march which is when when many of th

ainsley: amy kellogg is live with coverage. >> night on both sides of conflict. or rockets. let me give you a look a at this house not far from tel aviv and the airport. mercifully the family inside got to the shelter inside. sirens going off all night. as you can see the house is destroyed. there were five people killed in the course of the last 24 hours due to these rockets fired by hamas. two of them arabs who live inside of israel. there were barrages of rockets towards tel aviv which is really crossing a big red line for the israelis. that started in relation to what's been going on in the gaza strip for the last couple of days. hamas gave an ultimatum saying to the israelis to stop blowing up these high rise houses. israel continued its operations because they say that there is a lot of hamas infrastructure inside of these places and they also say that they have been warning residents with plenty of time, civilians to get out before the bombs hit. finally the iron dome missile defense system has been activated throughout all of this. it is said to be 90% ef