Middle East War Week 3, Trump Messaging ’Winning’, Voting Act

Israeli officials say the man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week had family killed in an airstrike in Lebanon, Israel says they targeted a Hezbollah commander in the home.
President Trump is repeating one message as the war enters its third week  'the U.S. is winning', even as gas prices soar and Americans grow more skeptical of the Middle East war.
And Senate Republicans are pushing a bill to require proof of citizenship to register to vote, but it may not have the votes to clear the Senate.

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(0:00) Introduction
(1:52) Middle East War Week 3
(5:53) Trump's Message of Winning
(9:37) Voting Act in Senate 

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