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17th, 2023. Breaking news, show of solidarity, President Biden is set to visit israel tomorrow. What the administration hopes to accomplish as Richard Engel gets exclusive new reporting from hamas. Also breaking, undecided voters. Congressman jordan fails to woo enough of his colleagues to win the speakers chair. Whats next now. Silent support, what the u. S. Military is doing behind the scenes to assist our closest allies in the middle east. We begin this hour with some more breaking news, several Significant Developments surrounding the israelhamas war, President Biden is leaving today for a visit to the middle east, to israel, in a show of support for that country. A senior hamas official tells nbc news the group is willing to release all civilian hostages if the bombing stops. Our Richard Engel. Reporter theyre willing to release the civilians, israelis around foreigners, and if israel stopped bombing it would be an easy thing to do and they could release in an hours time. He wasnt
Ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. Ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for invitin welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Great welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Great to welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Great to have for inviting me. Great to have you on. You have a long, distinguished career at the top of the Israeli Security forces. Obviously that and sometime ago. You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have set it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the wa
Shutdown is all but certain at this point. Republicans in the house failing to pass a short term measure to fund the government, but the House Speaker says he has other ideas. Top official at the white house will join us on how the administration is bracing for a shutdown. Plus senator Dianne Feinstein, Longest Serving Female senator in history, passing away at the age of 90. How her impact is being remembered from congress to her home state of california. And speaking of the golden state, donald trump is in california this hour speaking at a republican convention. His message as one conservative group trying to keep the former president from becoming the gop nominee admits they are struggling to stop him. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here on cnn news central. The nation has just moved one step closer to a Government Shutdown. House republicans are expected to meet here in the next hour after their leader just suffered his latest defea