Organization hamas, a group whose stated purpose was to kill jews. This was an act of sheer evil. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday, promising that the United States will stand with israel following the horrific hamas tear terror attacks. Meanwhile the president also confirmed there are americans among the dozens of hostages being held by the terror organization. Well have the latest on the efforts to freedom. And then on capitol hill farright republicans could create more chaos in the house by rejecting a plan from the Biden Administration to combine aid for israel and ukraine into a single package. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, october 11. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a busy day, and well begin this morning with israel ramping up its strikes against hamas. War planes hammered neighborhood after neighborhood along the gaza strip yesterday. Retaliating to the surprise attack hamas launched ove
at war. a note of caution from the u.s. far too many palestinians have been killed. as israeli forces pound gaza. we are increasing pressure on hamas every hour, every day. what s his war plan? israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu joins me live for his first cnn interview since hamas terror attack inside israel and then u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan is here. plus, the right to vote. voters send republicans another message on abortion rights. how will the gopa dakota? i ll ask a the chairwoman of the republican party, ronna mcdaniel. a complicated headache, but will he run for president and what does an already crowded third party presidential win mean for a pabiden re-election. david axelrod and larry hogan join me ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching global tensions rise even further. this morning the tension in the middle east is focused on worsening humanitarian crises in gaza as israe
state of the union jostar now. have a great day. at war. a note of caution from the u.s. far too many palestinians have been killed. as israeli forces pound gaza. we re increasing pressure on hamas every hour, every day. what s his war plan? israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu joins me live for his first cnn interview since hamas terror attack inside israel. then u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan is here. plugs, the right to vote. voters send republicans another message on abortion rights. how will the gop adapt? we have to address this issue. i ll ask the chairwoman of the republican party ronna mcdaniel ahead. it s complicated. a new democratic headache. i will not be running for re-election. but will he run for president? what does an already crowded third party lane mean for a biden re-election. david ags elrod and former republican governor larry hogan join me ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union i
dig up old tapes of those artists 20 or 30 years from now. we ll see where the technology is at that point. if someone cares about it. that s the thing. all this stuff that we re hearing in 50 or 100 years, the only thing left is going to be those four guys. absolutely. well said. great to talk to you. thank you, everybody, for joining me this evening. don t forget to turn those clocks back an hour and maybe play some beatles later on tonight. i ll see you again tomorrow night at 5:00. full story is next. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the attack by hamas left at least 1,400 people dead, month are than 200 people held hostage according to israeli officials and many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign in gaza according to the hamas- controlled health ministry, more than 4,000 people dying there so far. the story of hamas is complex. itits roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948.
phase this weekend and intensifying both airstrikes and ground incursions into gaza. the israeli military now saying they struck hundreds of additional targets in gaza just in the past 24 hours. for the very latest, let s turn to fox news chief correspondent jonathan hunt in jerusalem. marianne it is 11 a.m. here in israel. and within the last hour, the israeli defense forces spokesman has told us that over the weekend they carried. out 450 airstrikes in gaza. those strikes targeting, we are told, hamas in infrastructure and hamas terrorist cells as they continue to press this war against hamas with the state and aim of destroying the organization. troops also, we are told, remain on the ground in gaza and they have been added to over the last 24 hours. but significantly, the idf spokesman said that those troops will be added to gradually, annually. now, that would seem to indicate that we are not going to see the shock and awe style mass invasion that many experts had predic