helena: elliott abrams, very good to get your thoughts. thank you. u.s. for israel could be brought to the floor of the u.s. house of representatives this week, along with aid to taiwan and more controversially, aid to ukraine. republican speaker mike johnson has delayed getting aid to the floor for months amid republican opposition to funding for kyiv. his new proposed package would separate ukraine aid from other parts of the bill and that could give it a better chance of clearing the house than a $95 billion aid package that the senate passed two months ago. four key republicans have shown support, saying we don't have time to spare, we need to pass this this week. mr. johnson is running into conservative backlash as a second member of his party threatened to oust him over the package this morning, calling on him to resign. the speaker remained defiant. rep. johnson: i am not resigning and it is an asserted notion -- absurd notion that someone would bring a vacate motion when we are trying to do our jobs. it is not helpful to the cause, it does not hel

to talk about the possible repercusions after the iranian attack, i spoke to elliott abrams.or middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations, he served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the george w bush administration. i think there will be some kind i think there will be some kind of response, i don't think it will be zero, i think they believe that arana changed the rules of the game. they did not attack directly in all the years of the existence, but i am inclined to think for the reasons you reported, it will not be instant. i would only add one thing, it is that a week from now is a passover, the passover holiday, and the government may wish to wait until after that holiday and allow is really is to spend it more peacefully with their families. air drop missions continue in gaza — this time carried out by the us central command. for now, the united nations has voiced concerns, about escalating violence in the occupied west bank. it comes after a wave of attacks, sparked by the killing of an israeli teenager. the un