we will talk more about american support for kyiv with our pentagon correspondent ostap yarysh. congratulations ostap. we do not include the law on temporary financing of the us government for new aid to ukraine. as of today, how much money does the pentagon have left for kyiv and how much can it actually be enough? datali, we speak. now about the amount of 5.4 billion united states dollars, but it is not about physical money, it is necessary here understand, the fact is that when we talk about the allocation of weapons for ukraine from the united states' own warehouses, the congress gives the white house permission to spend a certain amount, later these stocks are actually replenished, so now we know what is left of this permission in fact belagodom to use the maximum amount of 5.4 billion united states dollars, as to how much it can be enough, this is a good question. and asked about it today, particularly at the pentagon briefing in the deputy spokeswoman sabrina singh, she said that it is difficult to predict, that will depend on what the packages will be, what will be inclu

want to bring in nbc's pentagon correspondent. courtney, bring us up to speed on, we have the statement here from the defense secretary lloyd austin, the statement says today these strikes happen but do we have any specifics on timing? how recently where the strikes made? >> so we, are not just in the last couple of hours. so nighttime, local, time in eastern syria. which is pretty common when they're taking these kind of strikes. one thing that we need to take a bigger step back, everyone's obviously focused on what's happening in israel and gaza, this is a pretty consistent behavior for the u.s. military when we see what we have seen in iraq and syria in the region recently, and that is a pretty dramatic uptick in attacks against bases and facilities housing u.s. troops. now, so far those attacks, they have been mainly drawn's, a couple of fire mortars and rockets. so far they have been largely unsuccessful, meaning that there have not been serious injuries. there have been roughly two dozen minor injuries. there have been some

here's pentagon correspondent courtney kube. >> reporter: tonight, the pentagon says iranian-backed militia groups are at it again launching another drone attack on a base with americans, this one in western iraq. there were no casualties, but it comes just hours after a u.s. show of force intended to stop iranian-backed attacks against u.s. troops in the middle east. the u.s. conducting two air strikes in northeastern syria overnight, and according to the pentagon, hitting buildings housing weapons and ammunition. the pentagon saying the facilities were used by iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and affiliated groups. the u.s. says its strikes are designed to stop the attacks without sparking a regional war. >> we absolutely do not want a bigger conflict with iran, no conflict with iran, but we will never hesitate to protect our forces. >> reporter: in the past ten days, the pentagon says u.s. forces in iraq and syria have come under fire from iranian-backed militias 20 times saying 19 troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as a result, and an american contractor died of

>> yes, it's kinds of like pizzas at the pentagon when dominoes goes overtime at the pentagon you know something is happening. but i think they've den a relatively good job of operational security, opsec protecting our men and women planning and executing these operations to help degrade the capability of the militia groups in the area that are supported by iran. i think this is a reasonable, good first step. it sends a message. we can escalated from there. entire world knows that we can esca escalate. i think the targeting is reasonable. i'm sure the men and women that planned and executed did a first class job and are proud of everything they've didn't and we will have to wait and see. it would be nice trace if we had good diplomacy coming in on the back side because remember, there's more than leading with the chin of the american soldier. there's diplomacy. there's information and there is military. there's economic levers of national power. all too often we lean on the backs of our men and women in uniyorm and the state department has been rather neenl i can for the last 2-3 years

a pentagon official told voice of america about it. president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy confirmed. ukraine's use of long-range attack missiles. our agreements with president biden are being implemented, they are being implemented very accurately, and tekams has shown itself, he said in his video message. we will talk more about this with our pentagon correspondent ostap yarishem, who just returned from the ministry of defense briefing. congratulations ostap. congratulations. ostape, what is currently known about the supply of ataxes, the quantity, terms of use, what details can you share with us on. for this minute natalya, at the moment, the pentagon does not disclose how many of these missiles were transferred to ukraine, it is a small number, they talk about the details for security reasons, however, we know that attack missiles, they can be launched from hamers installations, which ukraine is already using on the battlefield long. what we know in the comments of voice of america, a pentagon official stated that currently the r

contracts annually, that's nearly 20% of the total pentagon budget. operate a maintenance plant in ukraine. but americans are angry, they want the support to stop. it's the united states and nato who are the the are to blame and... the fundamental cause of the conflict in ukraine and that if we can force the us government to stop uh sending money and weapons to ukraine, the war will end the very next day, and in germany, you use powerhouse, things are pretty bad when doctors protest the high cost of living, the clinics have no choice but to protest because we have to make sure we have money by the end of the month to pay all this stuff and house rent. the democratic people's republic of korea has criticized the us for describing puong and sitting. countries as threats in a strategy on countering weapons of mass destruction. in a statement, the dprk's defense ministry spokesperson, called the move a political provocation against sovereign states. he added the country will counter the us strategy with the quote, most overwhelming and sustained response.

this is a huge problem for the pentagon.certainly strikes to the readiness as well and we have an acting person leading the navy and air force and these are incredibly important positions at a time when this is incredibly hard and difficult time in the middle east and i think that russia was continuing the war of aggression on ukraine and nominees as soon as possible. >> bill: one last question, soft and average sabrina, a lot to cover and that's obvious from our conversation. we're getting word from our correspondent in tel aviv. the senator richard blumenthal and democrat from connecticut connecticut said iran gave hamas the "green light" to carry out that massacre on the morning of october 7. is the senator right on that? >> look, i'm not speaking to intelligence but what is very clear, there's a direct connection between iran and hamas. how much iran knew about the attack that hamas would launch on october 7, we're still doing our own analysis of that. but there's no question, there's a clear threat between the two. we k

also the pentagon continuing to maintain it does not believe these attacks now on u.s.of them, are happening because of u.s. support to israel. >> john: just little more on the jabalia camp strike. they say it took out the commander of hamas' central battalion. he was responsible for sending some of the terrorists in to attack towns and villages and the kibbutz just outside of gaza. israel is also claiming that it killed 50 terrorists along with beari, but hamas is saying these are civilians who were killed. we are going to see the difference in casualty count back and forth and the messaging. let's jump to the white house, john kirby is briefing, let's listen in. >> even as senator mcconnell said israel -- we say first of all with you know that there's bipartisan support even in the leadership that those who are against trying to fund ukraine or siphon off humanitarian assistance, they don't represent the majority of their caucus, and again, take a look at the whole request and see how important it is for all the national security needs. >> thank you, admiral. massive

because clearly the pentagon was, it was involved in a to with their fraudulent autopsy, but give him credit. and what, what i don't understand is why he wants the federal government to protect him. the federal government, through the national security establishment that included elements of the secret service were responsible for the killing of his uncle. i think he's better off with private security guards and then perhaps his father's, he himself, inmates and joe biden continues the cover a by not releasing those papers. so we have an election in which your running and trump looks that's perhaps to be jailed. who knows, running his campaign like eugene debs in the twenty's from prison was the honor of k junior threatened with this as i'm what do your family think about you running again? where is this time where it's nothing, you know, they're not, they're not worried about me. they're not worried about the libertarian party. the deliberate turn party be those videos or ideas have grown since the 1st time you run for the presidency in terms of how many more americans are now realiz

, that's nearly 20% of the total pentagon budget.are angry, they want the support to stop. it's the united states and nato who are the the art to blame and the fundamental cause of the conflict in ukraine, and that if we can force the us government to stop uh sending money and weapons to ukraine, the war will end the very next day, and in germany, you use powerhouse, things are pretty bad when doctors protest the high cost of living, the clinics have no choice but to protest because we have to make sure we have money by the end of the month to pay all this stuff and rent, that's a wrap for now, but stick around, i'll be back on the top, with our news and brief, see you soon. i'm not only here to participate in the millennial anniversary, but also to present and describe many different places to you. it's a very nice place here, the city is really interesting. well, i am saheil asad and we are here to celebrate the millennial birthday of imam riza alaihi salam. we are from different parts of the world, around 60 countries. there are 2

the pentagon was and the state of, of, and it was a usaid. how do you think us authorities of this way that the american public to believe that age and humanitarian aid is some type of christian charity? some something good when uh, according to you actually uh for an aide is uh, is, is appropriate in, in terms of its human destruction. that is an absolutely fascinating question. because you, you're absolutely right. people take this position that if the government is helping out some form retaining or here domestically helping out seniors with social security or medicare education grants, or food stamps that, that reflects the goodness, care and compassion of the american people. i was talking about for an a down, you know, the food stamps in a moment. okay. are in a while it's, but it's all based on the same principle that if they're giving money that has been collected by the internal revenue service and given it to the resume and ukraine, for example, or some other form regime that, that reflects the good, caring compassion of the america

pentagon comptroller michael mccord informed the leaders of the house that only $ 1.6 billion was leftly $26 billion allocated by congress to replenish the stockpile of weapons that were sent to ukraine. vladyslav, what does this mean, or this means that we are facing the risk of reducing the number of weapons supplied to the ukrainian army, please. well, look, this means that, in fact, one of the programs under which aid to ukraine is financed is really approaching its exhaustion, but... this is not , well, not critical, in fact, it is still a moment, because conditionally there these funds may be enough even there and on and on this october, and that interim decision on the budget was made by the middle of november, yes, so in principle there is still time, but it is very important that it sounds from the pentagon, because it will be in the best way to influence american legislators, when we talk about exactly what ukraine needs to increase, we mean the amount of aid that ukraine hoped for, that the white house administration asked for in mid- august, yes, and exclusively because of

so that pentagon press conference. thank you patty. how the vs prime minister originally through knock has met with saudi arabia, is conference mohammad been salanda in the capital. we as it's a 2nd stop on his mid lease tool, which also imputed a visit as well. so you're not as pushing for humanitarian aid to be delivered into gaza as soon as possible. we also recognize that the palestinian people are victims of how mass 2. and that is why i welcome your decision yesterday that you took to ensure that roots into goals that will be opened for humanitarian a to enter. i'm glad that you made that decision. we will support it. we are increasing all rate to the region and we will look to get more support to people as quickly as they are, as well haven't jump, june has worn out from occupies to respond a prime minister. so nak, would like to attempt to de escalate this conflict. it's one of the things that was high on his agenda in israel. it's one of the things that he's been trying behind the scenes to get some kind of guarantee from a, i

the pentagon has plans and offer the president a menu. this menu has been offered for some days since the strikes added up throughout the region. >> i've got a couple minutes to break, but we talked about this with the general and cameron hamilton. what if the proportional strike has to go. what if proxy groups start and next time it's a tomahawk or bigger strike in a differences area? >> it pulls us in. that's the fear for people worrying about the u.s. being drawn in but the proportional strike is about defense sending a message to iran we will not take this this, has to stop and if you continue we will continue at bigger bites of the apple going after key targets. we are going to see what this ends up being, but everything we are being briefed on, everything jennifer and lucas are recording on is very targeted. there's another menu. that's how this place works. there's another menu the president can choose from depending twho happens next. >> it really does and i wonder bret if these calculations work out. jennifer was at briefing. you

so does the pentagon believe engagement between the u.s. and china is more likely to happen because china argues that sanctions of mr. reed was major obstacle for the meeting? >> thank you for that. i've seen the press reports as i'm sure you can appreciate, i'm not going to comment on chinese military personnel or moves. i will stay we still believe it is very important for the senior leaders of our two nations to continue to engage, to include between our two militaries so we will seek opportunities to keep those lines of communication open to prevent potential miscalculation. >> has the department been preparing or stepped up preparations for mass evacuations if the conflict spreads beyond where it is right now? >> yeah, so i don't have anything to announce in that regard. as you know and heard us say in the past, we are a planning organization, it's what we do, so again, we are going to do due diligence to ensure we are planning for a variety of contingencies. as it relates to the situation in the middle east and u.s. citizens in our em

the pentagon doesn't make a connection between i ran and what happened. president biden might lay out this iran connection to all of this more clearly tonight, kellyanne. i'm not sure we will get that. >> martha: he should. i'm so glad that fran mentioned the border. i think so many americans are listening for our american president to talk about crises and chaos at home as well as what is happening in ukraine and now of course israel. i'm very glad that the general mentioned innocent civilians, palestinians, israelis. as goes iran, let's lay out facts very quickly, number 1, iran was desperate too make teals and depleted when donald trump left office. he told people like china, if you want to do business with the united states, you can't do business with iran. you have a choice. that's your choice. of course, we didn't do business with iran. we restricted iran. contained them. now they produce 3 million barrels of oil a day and stock biled $80 bill that helps then tofund hamas and hezbollah. i'm not sure that we need the paint by numbers here to know who

mark meredith is at the pentagon. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. first greg palkot is live in northern israel along the border with lebanon. what are you seeing there today? >> we're here at the israel/lebanon border. a little rainy at the moment. in recent days we've been watching israel duke it out with the iranian-backed hezbollah militants as the whole region royals in turmoil. clashes spread to istanbul overnight. a lot across the border at the u.s. embassy in beirut, lebanon. public in the mideast upset by the blast of the hospital in gaza. hamas claims israel. israel claims the palestinians. they go after the blood thirsty hamas militants. it is what they used to call a phony war. intermittent strikes but not a full blown invasion. hezbollah using anti-tank missiles who hit a kibbutz. they used rockets and mortars and small arms. israel huge military presence here. they responded overnight with artillery and air strikes, tanks, drones, you name it. so far in the past day since we've been here five israeli shoulders have been killed. 18 hezbo

i think the pentagon — audited for years. i think the pentagon has _ audited for years.sked congress and give us numbers because strangely enough we asked for that for a long time. can you reconcile the money we are providing? much of this money we are giving to associated courses and i would like to know what companies and countries receive the money and for americans to see. if countries receive the money and for americans to see. iii for americans to see. if i could just _ for americans to see. if i could justjump - for americans to see. if i could justjump in beyond the question of accountability do you think there is an argument over whether to give more funding to ukraine or not emboldens vladimir putin? when we do not spend _ emboldens vladimir putin? when we do not spend money - emboldens vladimir putin? when we do not spend money wisely i we do not spend money wisely and not spending in the right courses, that benefits only here because the deal is with governments with bad track records and vladimir putin knows how to take advantage and to destabilise. he is ve

and now the pentagon press secretary with an update on the navy destroyer in the red sea that shut down several drones that were launched by hootie forces in yemen. he also spoke about ongoing military aid for israel and the pre-hospital is persian in gaza. this is about 35 minutes. , currently underway and in route. additionally we trying to provide additional capabilities by fostering these u.s. naval assets, we aim to send a strong message intended to deter a wider conflict. to bolster regional stability and of course, to make it clear we will protect and defend our national security interests. to that end, a crew of the guided missile destroyer operating in the northern red sea earlier today was shot down and several drones that were launched by hootie forces in yemen. this action was a demonstration that we built in the middle east and we are prepared to utilize never necessary to protect our partners and their interests in this important region. -- region. there were no casualties u.s. forces and none that we know of to any civilians on the ground. information about the engagement

>> pentagon press secretary with an update on the navy destroyer uss party and the red sea that shot down three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by forces in yemen. he also spoke about ongoing military aid for israel, the recent hospital explosion in gaza and iran's potential role of the attack on israel. this is about 35 minutes. , currently underway and in route. additionally we are enhancing our fighter aircraft presidents in the central command region to provide additional capabilities. by posturing these u.s. naval assets in advance, we aim to send a strong message intended to deter a wider conflict to bolster regional stability, and to make it clear that we will protect and defend our national security interest. the crew of the guided missile destroyer, uss kearny, operating in the northern red sea, earlier today shot down three land attack missiles. in several drones that were launched by forces in yemen. this action was a demonstration of the integrated air architecture we built in the middle east and that we are prepared to utilize, whenever

and so i believe it's the pentagon and the c i a that are running the show in ukraine. and advise me is just going along and following orders will be a design to buy them today. so as well go think on where those on the right village, joe biden is put us moving profiteering out of this. and of course many congressmen and women do get funds from the government's companies and anthony, blinking, of course, is a full of authentic and consult a contract. and, well, you know, i don't know enough about that aspect of it, but i mean there's, let's face corruption in government. there's not a new phenomenon. and so, you know, we can focus on the corruption or we can focus on dismantling the legitimate apparatus of the government. they give rise to this corruption. if you get rid of the national security establishment and you put in a limited government, all of a sudden all the defense, so called defense contractors disappear, they're gone. and so there is therefore you have no more $10000.00 toilet seats and so forth because it's just not there anymore. so i think that's better

military officials on this background call with pentagon reporters. they are placing the blame on iran. after 16 attacks on u.s. troops over the last 10 days, like i said, death has always been a redline for the united states. after the contractor died the pressure was there. it is notable the pentagon and white house are going out of their way to try to separate this strike from the ongoing israeli hamas wore. they want to keep these things separate. that is why israeli officials say u.s. forces are needed in the region. that's why the antiballistic missile systems are going in. that's why the eisenhower striker is going and. ike is still a few days out from gibraltar. more forces need to come in the region. they want that to be a check on iran. that's where the u.s. is needed critically. that's where israeli officials have been telling us on the ground the last 20 days of the war. israeli official said they can handle the war against hamas and hezbollah but they need u.s. forces as a block to iran. >> lastly lucas, you mentioned that iranian fingerp

courtney, the pentagon says u.s. citizen contractor died of a heart attack during one of these attacks. what do we know about this and about the targets struck by the u.s.? >> yes, so that happened last week, jose. there was an american contractor during one of these shelter in places, the individual had a cardiac event and died from it. but you mentioned there have also been as a direct impact from some of the drone strikes and indirect fire during these 19 attacks, there have been a number of u.s. military personnel who also have been injured. they have fortunately been not -- not been major injuries, but still significant that there have been nearly two dozen injuries at this point, jose. we heard a little bit just last hour with our colleague ana cabrera, she spoke with pat ryder, the press secretary here, he explained why the u.s. is in iraq and syria right now and that he said that the u.s. will continue to do what is necessary to protect the troops. here's what he had to say. >> we have u.s. forces in iraq and

first mike tobin in southern israel as troops are there and the pentagon urges caution here. mike? >> neil, israel's prime minister took to the airwaves today and countered what amounts to a bomb shell saying israel agreed to delay the ground invasion while the u.s. got defenses like patriot missile batteries and iron dome batteries in place to protect u.s. forces in the region. prime minister netanyahu told the nation today that israel will decide when the invasion begins. >> the timing of what idf is going to do is based on the cabinet. when we get to gaza, we will exact the highest price for these murders for what they have done. >> israel has released video of hamas differs attempting to infiltrate a village knot of the gaza border. israel detected the swimmers in the water, killed them there in the water and went back and struck the tunnel that israel says that they emerged from. also struck a weapons depot that israel says belonged to that particular cell. rocket fire continues. there was a long range rocket that went over our heads at this location and hit a suburb of tel av

that the pentagon believes was intended for israel. these rockets were coming from far away, from the red sea. even aiming at the south of israel. this is a much further distance than anything else we're talking about and they came from iranian backed militias according to the u.s. is this an escalation from iran, colonel? >> all of the information currently is coming out of the pentagon and we haven't broiefe about it yet. of course, we are in touch with our american counterparts but all of the information is based on u.s. sources. at this time, i can only say our air defenses are ready taking into consideration the various weapons that we know organizations have. in lebanon, iraq, gaza and anywhere else. and wherever they will try to fire from, if they do, then our air defenses will be ready and we will respond accordingly. >> more than 60 alleged hamas operatives were arrested today in the west bank. that's a lot. do you believe there are a lot more hamas militants in the west bank right now? >> yes. hamas has built, it has actually

eastern, pentagon briefing, 3:30 p.m. eastern, house lawmakers will receive a classified briefing on iran. so, all of that coming up. as you know, we'll cover all of it on "america reports". and of course, this hour, we want to remember the hostages, americans and israelis, and when you can say their names. learn their names. keep up with it. they need our prayers today. thank you for watching "outnumbered." "america reports" now. >> i've been through hell. we never knew that we would come into this situation. they stormed our kibbutz, they kidnapped me. >> bring them home, bring them home. >> nothing will be the same because at the end of the day our community lost 10% of its population. >> sandra: begin a brand-new hour breaking moments ago, two security sources telling reuters a rocket attack has targeted an air base in iraq which hosts u.s. and other forces just west of baghdad. an update from john kirby. he is going to be joining karine jean-pierre at the white house press briefing, expected to begin just moments fro

. >> refer you to the pentagon on that. >> and can you say why the u.s. approved a visa for iran's foreign minister in new york this week, the wall street journal reported he partook in at least two planning meetings with hezbollah, islamic jihad and hamas leading up to the attack. >> the secretary general called a meeting at the level, we are the host of the u.n., we take that responsibility seriously. do we particularly like the fact that he's on u.s. soil, no. but unlike a lot of other countries and the world, we take those responsibilities, those rules seriously and so we allowed him to come in to attend these meetings and we hope, quite frankly, we are going to take advantage of the opportunity, hope others at the u.n. to ask tough questions of him and what his country is doing to support the militia groups and support hamas and hezbollah. an opportunity for world leaders up there in new york to make their perspectives and concerns known to the iranian foreign minister. >> pentagon official tobabi, alleged to be involved in an iranian influence opera

contracts annually, that's nearly 20% of the total pentagon budget.ans are angry, they want the support to stop. it's the united states and nato. who are the the art to blame and the fundamental cause of the conflict in ukraine, and that if we can force the us government to stop uh sending money and weapons to ukraine, the war will end the very next day, and in germany, you use powerhouse, things are pretty bad when doctors protest the high cost of living. aber the clinics have no choice but to protest because we have to make sure we have money by the end of the month to pay all this stuff and house rent. that's wrap for now let's stick around and be back on the top of the hour with our news and brief. mazandaron is one of the most beautiful provinces in iran and an ideal option for mountainer. the symphony of colors is at play, i dare say this is one of the most amazing views of mount damovent i have ever seen. the track was rocky and steep and it was getting dark a rapid pace. each moment of this track is imbued with wonderful scenes. aleppo, a city

the pentagon is sending more resources to the region.hitney is heading to the eastern mediterranean and deploying from italy, not too far away, one of several assets in the region, the biden administration is vowing to keep the pressure upon iran and deter them from acting out further than it has. already the pentagon sent 5 weapons shipments to israel. we heard from the defense secretary yesterday who vowed to make sure aid would flow into israel in its time of need. >> we support israel's fundamental right to defend itself after the atrocities, massacres and kidnappings. at my direction, security assistance to israel continues to flow in. >> reporter: we've seen some 2000 servicemembers being put on standby. they may have to deployed the region in the coming days, weeks, or months but no indication the order might come through. a lot of them are medical professionals, intelligence gathering, no indication of an update from the pentagon, a briefing set for this afternoon. stuart: senator marsha blackburn joins us now. a new report from

contracts annually, that's nearly 20% of the total pentagon budget.s are not doing that well, and like the us, they want a piece of the pie, to manufacture weapons in ukraine in order to make up for some of the funds that... they sent there, we mentioned the uk. germany's military manufacturer, rain metal has also announced that it will operate a maintenance plant in ukraine, but americans are angry, they want the support to stop. it's the united states and nato who are the the are to blame and the fundamental cause of the conflict in ukraine, and that if we can force the us. government to stop uh sending money and weapons to ukraine, the war will end the very next day, and in germany, you use powerhouse, things are pretty bad when doctors protest the high cost of living. the clinics have no choice but to protest because we have to make sure we have money by the end of the month to pay all this stuff and house rent. new data reveals the world experience as hot as september this year, surpassing the previous record by an extraordinary margin, that's ac

the pentagon claims that the target was warehouses with iranian weapons. three groups of ukrainian intelligence agents were detained in the zaporozhye region. the new speaker of the us house of representatives called for dividing the white house request for the allocation of 105 billion dollars to israel and ukraine, so that. for each package separately. hello, you are watching news on ntv in the egor kalyvanov studio. an attempt was made on the former deputy of the verkhovna rada, oleg tsarev, whom kiev is prosecuting in yalta; he is in intensive care in serious condition. this was announced by the head of the zaporozhye social movement, we are together with russia , vladimir rogov. according to him, the ex-deputy was shot. later in the telegram channel. tsarev himself posted a post saying that information about the assassination attempts was confirmed by his relatives. oleg tsarev was deputy of the faction of the party of regions radi. at the early presidential elections in 1914, he nominated himself as a candidate, but later withdrew. tsarev supported t

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you hear both from the white house and the pentagon, the u.s. is standing squarely with israel here, and there's been very little criticism even as we've seen in the readouts. pretty much every one of them when it comes to a senior american official talking to an israeli counterpart, every one of them mentions the need to avoid civilian casualties in what looks like it may be a long and ongoing campaign in gaza. >> oren lieberman, thank you. >>> just ahead, more on the breaking news on the war in the middle east. plus the fight in congress over wartime aid is about to heat up as house republicans are pushing a bill with funding for israel but not for ukraine. i'll get reaction from the top house democrat, the minority leader hakeem jeffries, standing by live. >>> we're following the breaking news on the air strike on gaza's largest refugee camp, israel saying it was targeting hamas terrorists. as the war unfolds here in the middle east, a showdown is brewing in the u.s. congress back in washington. house republicans are pushing for a vote this w

the pentagon said the united states is seeing more and more cases that the pentagon characterizes asus. given the purity of these clashes , china appears to be raising the stakes for the us, increasing the risk of a clash, forcing the us worry about danger. and the chinese side hopes that the united states will no longer operate these flights. however, the us says it does not intend to reverse any of these actions. in these frames you can see the bow of the chinese coast guard ship haixun 52.03 starboard side of the philippine vessel yuna may2. after another skirmish in the south china sea, beijing and the philippines exchanged accusations against each other. the incident occurred in disputed waters; a chinese ship blocked the passage to the philippine ship. manila strongly condemned china's actions, calling them dangerous, irresponsible, and an illegal violation of the country's sovereignty. another video was filmed by sailors on the damaged ship. they crashed into us. those who were on the philippine ship felt the impact of the chinese ship. in these images we can see the damaged p

take it with the pentagon tally, 20 attacks against u.s. troops in the past ten days. the pentagon says it wants to prevent an escalation, and also the reason behind the air strikes last night, a fair of f-16s hitting storage weapons facility, the targets house munitions used in attacks. they say the iranian backed attacks are unacceptable and must stop. we will not let them. if attacks by iran's proxies against u.s. forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further measures to protect our people and the pentagon is warning it could launch additional strikes. >> see if iran gets the message, but as we have done in the past, reserve the right to take additional strikes and ensure the message is loud and clear, we will protect our forces and it's unacceptable. >> two strike groups in the region, pentagon says 900 american troops have either deployed or arriving in the region, that is part of the 2,000 the secretary austin put on ready to deploy orders a few days ago. back to you, i don't know. >> john: rich, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: thank you very much, john. aa

the pentagon says american weapons are arriving in israel on a near daily basis and the pentagon is working to fulfill israeli requests as quickly as it can. the defense department is giving israel the ability to use american weapons with a wide latitude. >> we did not put any pre-conditions on israel when it comes to using our security assistance. governments like us are what separate ourselves from hamas. we certainly expect israel, as with any ally or partner, to uphold the law of war. >> the 26th marine expedition unit and 2,000 marines and sailors is moving closer to israel through the red sea. pentagon said the unit can execute amphibious missions, engage in limited contingency operations. officials say this unit doesn't have orders. the president or defense secretary can change that. the pentagon says it is giving 2,000 troops the order to prepare to move out 24 hours notice. that order has not yet been given but it allows the administration some latitude if it feels it whats to boost the american presence in the region. >> bill: thanks. >> dana: we're following breaking news in leba

rich edson has more information on that live from the pentagon.hat are we learning, rich in. >> reporter: this is coming in first to fox here. what we've got is a description of what exactly the pentagon is sending into the region right now. this is from lloyd austin, the defense secretary, says the uss gerald ford carrier or strike group is going to the eastern mediterranean. it includes aircraft carrier the ford, ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser as well as other guided missile destroyers. that's heading to the region. also the united states will be augmenting the air force f-35, f-15, f-16 and a-10 fighter aircraft squadrons in the region. also the united states government, according to this statement, will be rapidly providing the israeli defense forces with additional equipment and resources. that will also include munitions. the first security or assistance, according to austin, will begin moving today and arriving in the coming days. that's a statement that was obtain by fox by our producer here in the pentagon, liz frieden. this add

that's nearly 20% of the total pentagon budget.t doing that well, and like the us, they want a piece of the pie, to manufacture weapons in ukraine, in order to make up for some of the funds that they sent there. we mentioned the uk. germany's military manufacturer, rain metal has also announced that it will operate a maintenance plant in ukraine, but are angry, they want the support to stop. it's the united states and nato who are the the arch to blame and the fundamental cause of the conflict in ukraine, and that if we can force the us government to stop uh sending money and weapons to ukraine, the war will end the very next day. and in germany, eu's powerhouse. things are pretty bad when doctors protest the high cost of living, the clinics have no choice, but to protest because we have to make sure we have money by the end of the month to pay all this stuff and house rent. japan's wrecked fukushima nuclear power plant begins releasing a second batch of treated radioactive waste water into the sea plant operator tokyo elector powe

and the pentagon.ent a second aircraft carrier group to the mediterranean in this area joining one already sitting off the coast. just in case a show of force. back to you. >> hezbollah did not take part in the atrocities of last weekend. the butchery of this is really citizens on the kidnapping of hostages. since iran is the puppet master, it does seem that if israel goes into gaza with a full ground invasion, iran is going to order hezbollah to attack just to tie up as many israeli forces as possible. >> that is the fear, jon. some people are hoping that iran does not want to risk another full-scale war on this front. hezbollah very important to iran basically a bulwark between israel and iran. israel, when things settle down in gaza wanting to refocus on around and start hitting for example their nuclear program infrastructure so there is some argument to say that stability from all the partners here might be a better interest for the bad guys, the good guys, whatever. the statements today coming fr

the pentagon says we have seen 19 attacks, drone attacks, rocket attacks against u.s. forces in these countries, resulting and more than 20 minor injuries, and one -- killed as the result of a false alarm because of a belief of another one of these attacks. given the situation, the u.s. felt it had to respond, but the u.s. and defense secretary lloyd austin or very clear this, morning describing this as self-defense strikes that were narrowly targeted to protect u.s. forces, losses and a message there would be more strikes if the attacks on u.s. forces continue. i will read you a part of austin statement here. first attributing needs to run and putting this on a run. around aunts to hide its hand and denies these attacks against our forces, we will not let them. if it expire runs proxies against u.s. forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to predict our people. then these narrowly tear looked strikes of self-defense were intended solely to protect, and defend u.s. personnel in iraq and syria. we have already seen the u.s. bolster its f

as travis said, buying weapons the pentagon does not want because congress wants them. is there any political economy thing that will change this dynamics, or do you think we have to live with it? >> yes, there is, actually. i have thought a lot on that question. basically, how i summarize those reform efforts, release pending almost two decades now, jealous reformers are overfocused and have the pentagon buys things, where of course they buy things and labor, services, i.t., technology, labor and software. weapons systems are increasingly the commodity. until reformers start to think differently and broader in scope about what covers reform, so similarly, you see flow from that, the kind of reform ideas that come, which focus on one account for weapons systems, particularly procurement me as it occurs with the operations of system maintenance, or the research and development and balance i would argue between procurement and ratio. once there is a broader scope of-- a broader view of total defense investments and what can be reformed, then it opens the aperture. here ar

what the pentagon's plan? >> the pentagon is boosting the us presence, you've got aircraft carriers, more planes and a couple thousand troops on standby to leave in 24 hours notice. this went out with the pentagon this morning, secretary austin placed 2000 personnel and a range of units at heightened readiness through a prepared to deploy order which increases dod's ability to respond to the evolving environment in middle east, no decisions have been made to deploy any sources at this time. it could help with israeli forces. >> this gives us the ability to reinforce israel with munitions and things of that nature. these are designed to expedite the flow of equipment and other things they need for this fight. >> centcom's current commander announced a trip to israel today to meet with the israeli defense minister who says he briefed him on operational buildings in the fight against hamas. us defense official says the marina could addition every unit, 2000 marines and sailors is closer to israel via the red sea.