Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett.

And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, world leaders condemn the fatal shooting of two staffers from the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.

We speak with Israel's ambassador to the U.S.

House Republicans passed President Trump's budget bill, but the legislation faces an uncertain future in the Senate.

And an exclusive interview with the Georgetown University researcher who was released after two

months in immigration detention.

It was a very, very bad experience. I was literally, literally in fear and indignation. I was

really terrified.

I was really terrified.

Welcome to the News Hour. Two Israeli embassy staffers were mourned today after they were shot and killed in the nation's capital last night.

The killings of the two young officials sparked immediate global outrage and are being investigated as a hate crime and terrorism.

The alleged assailant was charged late today with two counts of first-degree murder along with other crimes.

He reportedly yelled Free Palestine after he was detained and admitted to the shooting.

In a moment, Nick Schifrin speaks with Israel's ambassador to the U.S., but first has this report.

It was a hate crime that ended a love story.

30-year-old Yaron Lashinsky planned on proposing to 26-year-old Sarah Milgram next week. He never got the chance.

They're a beautiful couple.

Sarah was a beautiful soul that was taken away from us, brutally.

Ayelet Razin was a friend of Sarah Milgram, an American from Kansas, a budding diplomat at

the Israeli embassy who described herself as a peace builder.

One of the final photos she posted on Instagram taken in a Moroccan mosque.

They had nothing to do with Israel or Israeli government policy, the war.

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