Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navaz as on assignment. On the news hour tonight.

The U.S. pushes for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas.

We hear from a spokesperson for the Katari Foreign Ministry

at the center of the negotiations.

And the Israel Hamas war becomes a local issue.

Protesters demand their city councils pass resolutions that could pressure the Biden administration to act.

They can't go meet with Joe Biden. They can't get two minutes in front of the

Congress. They can come to their local city council and that's why they're doing

it. And the fight over immigration intensifies as House Republicans continue the process of impeaching Homeland

Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkus. Welcome to the news hour. The US has moved closer tonight to retaliating for a

drone attack that killed three American troops in Jordan. President Biden said

today he has decided how to respond.

As he left the White House this morning,

he said Iran shares the blame because US officials believe

an Iran-backed militia launched the attack.

But he stopped short of saying that Tehran is now a target.

I do hold them responsible in a sense that they're supplying the weapons to the people who did it.

I don't think we need a wider war in the Middle East. That's not what I'm looking for.

Later the Iraqi militia blamed for the attack announced its suspending strikes against U.S. forces in the region.

The Pentagon responded saying, quote, actions against U.S. forces in the region.

The Pentagon responded saying, quote,

actions speak louder than words.

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