News about Martha Raddatz

Over 50 anti-Israel protestors arrested after shutting down Capitol cafeteria: Demonstrators shout 'Senate can't eat until Gaza eats!'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 9, 2024
'Senate can't eat until Gaza eats!' the activists shouted as they blocked entrances to the Dirksen cafeteria. Some donned the group's signature pink shirts emblazoned with slogans like 'No $$$ to Israel' and 'Let Gaza live.' The protests were organized by activist group Code Pink and Christians for a Free Palestine. They were demanding Congress back a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and oppose offering further funding to Israel.

The White House is "increasingly dissatisfied" with Israel's offensive in Gaza, according to John Kirby

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 7, 2024
Martha Raddatz, co-anchor on ABC's This Week, described how President Biden and his Cabinet officials seem to have grown increasingly dissatisfie with Israel's bloody drive to oust Hamas. "I'm glad you brought it up because it shows the degree of mistrust that has characterized these operations and the way Israelis are behaving on the ground in terms of civilian casualties,' Kirby told Raddatz. So we've been getting more and more ill.' And, again, that was a primary message delivered by President Obama to Prime Minister Netanyahu in their phone call this week... that they have to do more, they've got to make changes,' he continued.

North Korea will demand that US Army defector Travis King be returned to us at a 'price,' according to a US official

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 24, 2023
Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed worry on Sunday that North Korea would profit from US Army Private 2nd Class Travis King's defection. When he rushed through South Korea's demilitarized zone into the communist nation last Tuesday, the 23-year-old Wisconsin boy had been facing discipline for a string of suspected crimes. 'I'm positive that he's not being treated very well,' McCaul told ABC This Week's Martha Raddatz on Sunday. 'I think it was a serious mistake on his part, and I hope we can get him back'

In the face of backlash from 2024, the GOP backs-off suggesting abortion limits

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 23, 2023
As the 2024 campaign season comes, Republicans are balking on tightering abortion coverage, according to polls. The majority of swing voters are not in favor of women having less access to abortion services and medications. Gov. Bill Clinton of New Hampshire: According to Chris Sununu, the "next generation of Republicans" is against abortion restrictions. He recommended that anyone considering a 2024 presidential bid - himself included - avoid talking about abortion. Nancy Mace, a Republican, also warned her colleagues to'read the room' when it comes to these specific women's health problems.

Blinken: In the conflict with Ukraine, China is considering offering Russia'lethal assistance to the Russians

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 19, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is concerned that China is considering providing 'lethal assistance' to Russia in its conflict with Ukraine. In talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Liangyan on Sunday, Blinken said that if Beijing goes forward with assisting Russia in its attempt to overthrowrown Ukraine, it will incur consequences. It comes as the threat from China to the United States rises in the aftermath of the spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic coast of South Carolina earlier this month.

ABC News producer Dax Tejera's widow says she WAS monitoring her children in NYC hotel before arrest

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2023
As she went to the hospital with her dying husband, ABC News producer Dax Tejera, who was arrested on child endangerment charges just hours after he died of a heart attack two days before Christmas, said she was watching her young children. On December 23, police arrested Veronica Tejera by NYPD officers on two charges of 'acting in a manner injurious to a child.' Tejera said in a tweet that after her husband died on the 23rd, she helped him get to the hospital by ambulance.'

After he died, Dax Tejera's widow was arrested on child endangerment charges

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 2, 2023
It has been reported that the wife of late ABC News producer Dax Tejera was arrested on child endangerment charges just hours after he died of a heart attack two days before Christmas. After her husband died as a result of a heart attack in New York, Veronica Tejera was arrested by NYPD officers and charged with two counts of'acting in a manner injurious to a child.' At 50 Vanderbilt Avenue in Manhattan, home of the members-only Yale Club hotel, a 911 call was received at 11 p.m. for 'unattended children'. They discovered that a 2-year-old female and a 5-month-old female were left alone in a hotel room for a long time.' The children were not identified by police, but their ages were the same as their Tejeras' daughters. According to police, Veronica Tejera was issued a desk ticket that will require her to appear in court at a future date.

According to a top Republican, the president has "a different set of laws that apply to him."

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 4, 2022
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said he would not have taken classified information but defended former President Donald Trump because he has a "different set of rules." For the most part of my career, I have been in the profession of classified occupation.' I personally would not do that,' Representative Michael McCaul of Texas told ABC This Week host Martha Raddatz on Sunday morning. 'But I'm not the president,' he said. He has a different set of rules that apply to him.'