david trey is in fluid. you're in mosul. nobody has come up with an answer to the problem of how you do what the 3 always want to do without endangering the population. the answer is, i guess he's really should not be doing what they're doing then. then you end up with a, i don't even know how to a conundrum. i don't know how these really operate wherever stream surgical backlash and there is considerable backlash among political appointees last month, 500 political point. these are the bite and administration representing around 40 government agencies, wrote to the president to protest at his support for israel in the war. i wanted to ask you how rare it is, but so many people were moved to object on a key foreign policy issue. yes, press enter, my i will say i worked with the pharmacy for 25 years for half a dozen in ministrations, republicans and democrats. i was not in government during the vietnam, but i must say, i have never, ever seen a degree of internal turmoil. remember, we don't have any resignation, so we're not

>> martha: david spunt, thanks very much. with that we bring in trey house oversight committee chair and federal prosecutor. trey, always great to see you. thanks for joining us on this monday afternoon from iowa. what do you think? are they going to be successful at holding hunter biden in contempt? he showed up at the capitol but didn't set foot inside, which doesn't check that box. >> yeah, depends on your definition of success. when you put that picture of hunter biden up, there's somebody to his right as i'm looking at it. that guy is a smart lawyer. his abbe lowell. he represented jared kushner and ivanka trump. his lawyer is smart, which can why i don't understand why not just go, invoke your privilege. i don't care what privilege, attorney client, your fifth amendment. i don't care what privilege you invoke, show up. he's being held in contempt because he didn't even bother to come. whether or not you answer questions is a separate inquiry. they quoted the former attorney general of the united states. was held in contempt of congress. he did sh

david spunt, fox news. >> well, the israeli military confirmed monday that it is pulling thousands of troops out of gaza. it is the most significant shift in strategy since the war began in october. fox's treygst has more from tel aviv. >> tension remains high across the middle east as the war inside gaza enters a new phase. rockets streamed through the sky as israel rings in the new year. hamas firing a barrage toward the city of tel aviv, 87 days into the war, factions in gaza have maintained their ability to target major cities as israel slows fighting in parts of gaza and announces that some reservists will return home. >> these adjustments are meant to ensure planning and preparation for the rest of 2020. for the idf must plan ahead with the understanding that we will be required to more missions and the continuation of the fighting all throughout this year. >> the shift in strategy comes as israel continues to launch fresh air strikes across gaza overnight. those strikes killed a company commander from hamas air force in the city of deir al-balah, with a new year, many of gaza's youngest residents now sheltering in the city of rafah, hope there will soon be a pause in the fighting. he