Arab leaders over the siege denying gaza water, food and fuel. Now staying in the region another day as the one possible escape for gazans is not open, despite promises. President biden canceled his scheduled trip to colorado to stay in d. C. , stay at the white house and oversee the crisis. The white house is in touch with iran through back channels, we are told, to hold off any expansion of the war or else. Future u. S. Aid for israel is on hold until the House Republican majority can unite behind a new speaker, with the current frontrunner facing obstacles to securing the gavel. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where the humanitarian crisis in gaza is worsening by the day. Israeli troops are massed at the border. They are not moving into position for an assault. Israel says the number of hostages has increased to 199. Secretary blinken in israel today is extending his diplomacy, pressing to open the crossing to let people out of Gaza To Egypt and let aid in. In the u. S. ,
Inside gaza americans are trapped, unable to get out. But the border may now open within hours. The ship now coming to israel to evacuate americans. Our interview with the u. S. Senators on the ground here, at one point rushed to a bomb shelter. The deadly explosion inside gaza. This caravan of civilians hit. Hamas says dozens were killed including children, but israel pushing back, saying it wasnt them. What we know right now. Desperate hours of hospitals inside the palestinian territory, 35,000 now sheltering in one hospital. Food, water, and medicine running dangerously low. While in israel, we are with doctors preparing for war. Our first look at the Weapons Hamas fighters used in their deadly attack. Did they come from iran . The new warning from the fbi director about Terror Threats in the u. S. We remember Suzanne Somers the star of 3s company and the Famous Pitch Woman has died. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening from here
skin color that they wouldn t get as sick. they thought it was just the flu. but they were wrong. and they wish they could go back, but they can t. so they thank me and they go get the vaccine. and i go back to my office, i write their death note and say a small prayer that this loss will save more lives. willie? that disinformation is deadly. and that s a very powerful piece al.com. everybody ought to read it. i hope it breaks through and convinces people in the state of alabama where the doctor works, and perhaps some of the other states with low vaccination rates. it s also a commentary on where we are as a culture that the doctor is getting threats now because she wrote that piece and as backed off any public facing appearances because of the
where this doctor works, along with arkansas, louisiana, and tennessee are re-emerging as hot spots. another thing these states share, low vaccination rates and rampant vaccine misinformation fueled by republican lawmakers. joining me now is dr. peter hotez, vaccine scientist and co-director at the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital and dr. blackstock, founder and ceo of advancing health equity. thank you both very much for coming to the reidout. dr. hotez you wrote a piece in the daily beast with the headline biden battles a triple-headed monster on vaccines. real quickly, what are those three heads? the three heads are political extremism on the right, the far right as you mentioned, including tragically elected members of the united states congress and the cable news networks from the conservative side, which have been providing devastating anti-vaccine
country and you have to be able to do your job any time and drinking raises questions about ronny jackson s judgment. joining me right now cnn chief political correspondent, chris cillizza, and editor-at-large. dana, what do you make of what we just heard there from marc short, first off, when he says that the candy man line that john tester described hearing from some of these folks who worked with ronny jackson saying it s completely unfair and out of line? well, i think mark short has a point and marc tester has a point to explain some of the allegations, yes. john tester used a very colloquial line like that, but when i say marc short has a point, i will just tell you my understanding in how a white house doctor works in covering