risk sweltz the crossing itself. finally that happened and still there was intense diplomacy across the region. president biden s envoy to the middle east, david satterfield was key among the players along with qatar and egypt to try to really get a deal in which all parties involved would be willing to let these civilians go. and so finally after days and days of everyone holding their breath and hoping it would work out, it did work out finally on wednesday. it s just a small fraction of the 7,000 as you said civilians who could qualify to leave egypt. we re just beginning at this point. let s talk about the strikes on the refugee camp. israel knows they d widely criticized and made the calculation it was worth it to get a hamas leader or two. give us a sense as to the reaction from the region, and is there a fear, perhaps, that s really going to inflame what s happening there and could widen the conflict? absolutely, john. a lot of outrage across the region, and ac
too early with us. morning joe starts now. biden signed an executive order to control a.i. there is no one i trust more to save us from the rise of the machines than joe biden. as long as none of those machines is a bicycle. he s fine. he s fine. the late show having fun with president biden s executive action earlier this week on artificial intelligence. we ll have a lot more to get to on that this morning. including donald trump jr. taking the stand. how did that go? we ll get legal analysis on his testimony, which i think will continue now. plus, the latest out of the middle east. more wounded palestinians and foreign nationals are leaving gaza. it comes as there is a new threat from hamas. and on capitol hill, republican george santos survives an effort to expel him from congress. that s thanks to some help from democrats. meanwhile, it appears republicans are finally getting fed up with senator tommy tuberville s antics. we ll show you what his colle
exactly! don t delay the game with verizon or t-mobile 5g home internet. catch it on the xfinity 10g network. right now on early start, escape from gaza. foreign nationals gather at the gate this hopes that they too will be able to cross into egypt today. plus no accounting, donald trump jr. back on the stand after telling the court he did not handle his father s financial statements. and going nowhere at least for now. george santos no plans to quit after he survived a vote to excel him from the house. good morning, i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, november 2, 5:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 a.m. in hamas where officials say there were more heavy israeli airstrikes overnight and into this morning. this time in the vicinity of the hospital and civilians in the jabalia refugee camp are digging out from an airstrike wednesday by israeli airplanes, send in o second in as many days. 80 were killed and dozens injured. several hundred have crossed into egypt. at least two ame
all of us know the suffering that is taking place as we speak. all of us are determined to see it end. but all of us know the imperative of standing up with our allies and partners when their security, when their democracies are threatened. that s secretary of state antony blinken laying out the difficult balance of standing with israel in its war against terrorists while also supporting the protection of innocent pal palestinians in gaza. it comes as an israeli rocket strike hit the largest refugee camp killing dozensens of people. we ll have the latest out of the middle east in just a moment. plus, the director of the fbi is warning that the hamas terror attacks could inspire extremists here at home, calling it the greatest threat to the united states since the height of isis. and also ahead, the white house is rejecting an israel-only aid plan from house republicans. we ll take a look at where that funding fight could be headed. good morning, and welcome to way too
welcome to the source source. i m jake tapper in tel aviv in for kaitlan collins. tonight israel is further attempting to defend the massive strike on the largest refugee camp in gaza, densely populated with slups. israel saying it was targeting a top hamas commander who was quote pivotal to the planning and execution of the october 7th terrorist attack on israel, someone, quote, actively coordinating and leading combat activities against israeli forces. israel says dozens of other hamas terrorists were also killed at the gentleman balance yeah camp. they don t know how many citizens were killed but palestinians were notified to leave. here is what a folks man polled wolf blitzer earlier today. this is the tragedy of war, wolf. i mean, we, as you know, have been saying for days, we are doing everything we can to minimize. i ll say it again. they are hiding themselves within. civilian population. you see a creator in the ground there. this comes as the fbi director in the un