force and managed many operations in the south of the country. that news comes as intense fighting continues across gaza, with israeli strikes killing 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 injured in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. it comes as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, meeting officials in the united arab emirates, saudi arabia and israel, for further talks on the war in gaza. antony blinken is expected to call on israel to reduce the intensity of its fighting in gaza. yolande knell has the very latest. the scale of gaza s humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. they killed us in schools, in our homes, they won t kill us inside our tent? there is no sa
sight of the aim. we re going to dismantle hamas. we re going to bring back the hostages, and we re going to return safety to israelis. meanwhile, thousands of israelis gathered in tel aviv tonight, including the families of hostages pleading with the israeli government to bring back their loved ones, bring them back to israel, this as another hostage 27-year-old inbar hynum died while being held captive by hamas. according to the israeli prime minister s office her death means 21 hostages have died inside gaza, while 129 others remain held captive. we have all the latest developments from tel aviv. reporter: in the wake of the tragic deaths of three israeli hostages killed by israeli soldiers in northern gaza, a large crowd gathered in downtown tel aviv on saturday night in what has become known as hostages square to demand that thes tajz in gaza come home, demand that the hostages in gaza come holm, demand that the netanyahu government does more. i spoke to a number o
Supplies are finally making their way into war torn gaza through egypts rafah crossing. Youre taking a live look at the border which just opened within the last hour for the rafah Border Crossing is the only route for aid to enter gaza directly from outside israel. And its also gazas only gateway to the rest of the world. That is not directly controlled by gaza or israel. That is more than 2 million palestinians are facing shortages of food, water and medicine, which prompted President Biden to strike a deal with israel and egypt to open the rafah Border Crossing. But after the white house announced the deal to allow 20 trucks of aid into gaza, there have been negotiations. Israel voiced concerns about the aid getting into the hands of hamas. Thats the gaza based Militant Group whose deadly Surprise Attack on israel earlier this month killed more than 1400 people, some 200 people are also held hostage at this hour. Two of them an American Mother and her teenage daughter. You see right
American alliances are what keep us, america, safe. It is the value that puts other nations up for working with us. If we turn our backs on israel, its just not worth it. Part of President Bidens address Last Night Urging Americans and congress to continue to support ukraine and israel in the vastly different war each is fighting. Well go live to israel for the latest on the expected Ground Invasion of gaza. Meanwhile, republicans are somehow creating even more chaos on capitol hill. With another speakers vote scheduled for this morning, it comes as the temporary speaker is getting fed up and is now threatening to resign. Plus, well get expert legal analysis on the surprise guilty plea from one of the many defendants in the Georgia Election Interference Case. Thats a big one. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, october 20th. Id love to get both you and willies reaction to the president s Speech Last Night. I thought it was really effective, part teacher, Part Influencer
And we certainly want to hear from manu and our colleagues who walk these halls every day. My understanding is its not going to happen right away. In fact, manu, let me go to you. I want to tell you this text that im getting is that youre probably hearing it from members who are coming off the floor right now. That manu, youre probably hearing from members saying that the jordan folks are very much lobbying many in the republican conference to hold off and not vote right now to empower Patrick Mchenry. So what is likely going to happen, and you telegraphed this earlier, is that once this vote is gavelled closed, theyre going to go back and talk again like they have done after every one of these, and that david joyce of ohio is going to try to make the case for why its time to move on for move on from jim jordan, and talk about giving Patrick Mchenry the functions of the United States government done at least in the short term. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah, i think we can expect