it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, the dramatic rise in antisemitism on college campuses after the october 7th attack left one student at m.it asking quote, when can i go back to being a student. what we heard from top university leaders and the students on capitol hill today. inside israel. the heartbreaking stories trickling out from former hostages and their loved ones about what it was like being held in hamas captivity. the nightmares they re still having at home. also, the new details on what rudy giuliani s defamation case against ruby freeman and shaye moss could look like when it goes to court. and the elephant not in the room. donald trump. four of his rivals will get a chance to make their case against him at tomorrow s primary debate. who made the cut and what to expect. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. i want to begin on capitol hill where we heard from leaders at top un
october 7th. so, we need to be doing everything. i think the president is doing everything, but let me tell you what the congress could do. congress could pass that money and send the message to hamas that we re going to support this effort and you need to make accommodations and get those hostages back home. congressman hoyer, thank you. that s going to do it for this hour. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. h katy tur reports ri ght now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. what would a second donald trump term look like? six weeks before iowa caucusgoers cast their first ballots, there are warnings from multiple corners about the damage donald trump could do. the atlantic magazine has a special issue outlining what trump s actions would be on nato, on immigration, on the justice department, on autocracy and more. staunch conservative liz cheney is stating plainly that the gop can t and frankly won t reign donald trump in. and mitt romney is basically
do they amount to a proverbial smoking gun? and should he focus solely on donald trump or ignore him and focus on issues like abortion? the contradictory advice from key members of the democratic party to president biden that could be the difference between winning and losing in 2024. we ll talk strategy. but right now, we begin with some of the fiercest fighting of the entire israel-hamas war that is taking place all across gaza. tens of thousands of palestinians are in danger of being caught in the cross fire. in the north, around gaza city, israeli forces say they re engaged in intense urban combat, face to face with the enemy. but nbc news learned the bulk of israeli operations is now focused further south, in the heart of khan younis. in the hospital there, the wounded are stretched out on the floor, surrounded by blood and other debris. according to the u.n., roughly 80% of gaza s population, 1.8 million people, have been displaced. some two, three, even four times
headquarters in new york, a lot of big stories today, including a stunning warning that stopped us in our tracks from the fbi director about what he saysed is an across-the-board rising terrorist threat level here in the united states. i see blinking lights everywhere i turn. martha: we ll hear more about that. he will we ll get more of what he said and explain what he s talking about there. it was stunning. first, a huge story to continue to tackle today. in recent years we have covered what many see on u.s. campuses as the deterioration of education, an active open scholarlish debate that were the foundation of these once great institutions. while that was happening, these universities spend a lot of time and effort of memo sending to champion safe spaces and zero tolerance for everything from trans rights to offensive dining like tacos. after having protected so many groups, it looks like there s a glaring hole in the policy. it doesn t appear to extend to jews post
sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil