Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 21st. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. For the first time in weeks asia has made its way into gaza. This morning the Rafah Boarder between egypt and israel has opened but not for long. 24 trucks made it through before it was closed again. The trucks were carrying medical supplies and canned food. Its been two weeks and now the idf says its preparing for the next stages of the war. Idf tanks are lined up near the border with gaza where the prospect of a Ground Incursion is looming. Now, in gaza, the hospital says israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible strike. The World Health Organization said that would be impossible to carry out because it houses 12,000 displaced people plus hundreds of patients. Also, an American Woman and her teenaged daughter are free. 17yearold Natalie Rah Han who had just graduated high school and her mother judith are from illinois. They were visit
Implications of the israelhamas war. As war three strikes hes out republican jim jordan drops jim jordan as the house triggering more chaos. How Robert Garcia, of the democrats what they think about this. And double trouble. Two of Donald Trumps codefendants suddenly plead guilty in the Georgia Elections interference case, and could testify against him. Why the twice impeached four times indicted on 91 counts former president who is out on bail and bond, four jurisdictions should be very, very afraid. Im jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. Capehart, this is the saturday show. The two freed hostages spoke last night with President Biden, who pledged his full support, as they recover. In a press briefing yesterday, secretary of state, anthony blinken, said the State Department is working to identify ten other americans who are still unaccounted for. Joining me from tel aviv, nbc news foreign correspondent, kelly, thank you for being here this morning. Why were only 20 trucks al
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Of course we are. Up next, a briefing about hamas, former hostages were released into israeli custody, secretary blinken also talked about other americans who are unaccounted for in israel. 10 additional americans who remain unaccounted for, in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. They include men, women, and young boys, young girls, elderly people from many nations. Every single one of them should be released. Since the earliest hours of the crisis, the president has makes medically he will do everything to secure the hostages. This is for the United States and we impressed upon our partners to do everything that they can to help us secure their release. Since that time we have worked relentlessly with partners to do just that. I cannot speak publicly about the details of these efforts, i know you understand that. The urgent work to free every single american and all other hostages continues.
While you feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. His visit came after a deadly explosion at a gaza hospital. The u. S. And independent experts show the rocket was a misfire by a jihad militant within gaza, but the arab world blames israel fuelling protests across the middle east. The way things are unfolds in the region right now, this cannot be allowed any longer. Dr. Dr. Jonathasch schanzer on books about gaza. He is focused on this question. Was this 10 7 slaughter a pre preamble to the war that iran planned . As more than 200 hostages remain in gaza. A ground war intensify. What does dr. Jonathan schanzer say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, the tepper foundation, the asness family foundation, the mckenna family foundation, charles r. Schwab. And by the rosalind p. Walter foundation and damon button. Corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. Dr. Jonathan schanzer, welcome