israeli troops disguised themselves as palestinians to kill a suspected terrorist in a west bank hospital. hamas political leaders do not rule out a hostage deal. with me this hour, former bush national security advisor steven hadley on the tensions throughout the region and mike lawler and jared moskowicz to punish iran. house republicans prepare to vote on launching impeachment hearings against homeland security secretary mayorkas, what could be the first impeachment of a sitting cabinet member since 1876. catherine cortez-mastro joins me with the latest on the border and the 2024 campaign. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the president has decided, he says, how and when to strike back against the iran-backed militias who killed three u.s. troops in jordan. he appears to have ruled out striking iran itself. i don t think we need a wider war in the middle east. that s not what i m looking for. local reports say that iranian-sponsored fighters ar
dignified transfer of three u.s. soldiers killed last weekend in jordan and to meet with families as their loved ones remains returned to u.s. soil. plus, 353,000 jobs added. the first employment report of 2024 is out and it is much stronger than anybody expected. this as new exclusive cnn polling shows that voters are giving president biden slightly more credit for economic gains. and a jungled mess. that s how a gop source is describing house republican s attempt to impeach president biden. we will bring you new reporting on how top members are finally admitting it is probably not going to happen. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with the most solemn duty of an american president. joe biden is in delaware at dover air force base to witness the dignified transfer of three u.s. soldiers killed in jordan. 24-year-old sergeant kennedy sanders was known to her parents as munchkin. they say she dove into everything head fir
explosives. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. what the u.s. response could look like. also breaking, will convicted killer alex murdaugh get a new trial? the one-time prominent lawyer convicted of killing his own wife and son. the judge deciding just moments ago if he should get that new trial. eva pilgrim standing by. republicans have been pushing the president for months, arguing, if you want funding for ukraine and israel, the u.s. must act at the border. republicans and democrats nearing a deal in the senate. president biden ready to move forward on it. now, republicans, led by donald trump, say they don t want the deal. all of this with the presidential election now nearing. mary bruce tonight. the israel-hamas war. multiple sources telling abc news tonight israel has issued the intelligence saying at least 13 u.n. aid workers actually took part in the hamas attack on israel on october 7th. some accused of kidnapping israelis. matt gutman in israel.
the drone packed with explosives. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. what the u.s. response could look like. also breaking, will convicted killer alec murdaugh get a new trial? the one-time prominent lawyer convicted of killing his own wife and son. the judge deciding just moments ago if he should get that new trial. eva pilgrim standing by. republicans have been pushing the president for mon months, arguing if you want funding for ukraine and israel, the u.s. must act at the border. republicans and democrats nearing a deal in the senate. president biden ready to move forward on it. now, republicans led by donald trump say they don t want the deal. all of this with the presidential election now nearing. mary bruce tonight. the israel-hamas war. multiple sources telling abc news tonight israel has issued the intelligence, saying at least 13 u.n. aid workers actually took part in the hamas attack on israel on october 7th. some accused of kidnapping israelis.
east and of course it s absolutely right, but there is another part of that and the other part is another part of that and the other parties the us policy on israel and gaza has been to continue to provide a diplomatic and political shield to israel s action in gaza, despite the fact that over a long period of time we ve seen that very, very severely escalating number of civilian deaths, civilians being killed by israeli action in gaza. that has angered the arab and muslim world and created therefore the political space for these militias allied to iran, not necessarily under their direct day to day control, to use that moment to try and build their base of popular support by attacking israel s allies in the region, namely the us and others, and so these two things have become entirely connected and one of the objectives will be from the sort of tehran world view is if the us interests are being attacked in the region, firstly that fulfils one long term objective which is to