The State Department has told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles, just two days after President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

The State Department has told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles.

House Speaker Mike Johnson welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Capitol Hill on Friday. Johnson missed a scheduled meeting with the Israeli leader Thursday while he and other Republicans were meeting with President Trump at the White House.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill as part of his visit to Washington, D.C. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports on the meetings the prime minister had after President Trump floated the idea of the United States possibly taking ownership of the Gaza Strip.