you, rachel. feel better. now, tonight, we start in gaza, where the israeli military is deep into what it is calling the second stage of its war with hamas. israeli soldiers and tanks are slowly advancing deeper into gaza. the new york times and the washington post are reporting this evening that the israeli military has now reached the outskirts of gaza city. it remains unclear if these movements are the much anticipated ground invasion or a preview of that invasion, or whether israel may yet decide against a full scale invasion. the biden administration for its part is urging israel not to invade and occupy gaza. but in a rare news conference earlier, prime minister netanyahu made clear that his country s operations and military operations will continue, casting the fight against hamas as a battle between good and evil. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the israeli gaza border, and he filed this report tonight. reporter: israeli prime minister netan
attacking president biden, the justice department, or even judge chutkan herself. one of those potential witnesses is trump s former attorney, william barr, who trump slammed on social media last night a little more than an hour after the judge had filed her decision. at a 21 pm last night, trump posted, quote, i call bill barr dumb, weak, slow-moving, lethargic, got loose and lazy, a rhino who couldn t do the job. that s an all caps, if you re listening. bill barr is a loser, all caps. judge chutkan and special counsel s team have not yet responded to the social media attack on bill barr. the remarks are part of a pattern for the former president. while the gag order was on pause last week, trump lashed out at another potential key witness in the case. mark meadows. on tuesday last, week trump weighed in on a report from abc news that meadows, trump s former white house chief of staff had testified in the case under an immunity deal. and a social media post, trump insinuated
these are not outlets that usually agree on anything. they are agreeing on the basic first amendment values. i think it is note worthy that fox news is represented in this group. a lot of commentators have been criticizing jim acosta. some have said his credentials should have been evoked. the news side is saying they stand for first amendment rights. this is bigger than jim acosta. absolutely. today it is acosta, but it might be a reporter at the new york times or fox news next week. coming up, new members of congress posing for the freshman class photo. it s not all smiles. there is mounting pressure from many democrats to pick a side when it comes to nancy pelosi. with my hepatitis c, i felt i couldn t be at my best for my family. in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured and left those doubts behind. i faced reminders of my hep c every day.
if people want to voluntarily join a union and they want to voluntarily pay the dues, i think it s good for that individual and that union, why should i, as a condition of employment be forced to pay a fee in order to just work in a public sector area? steve: yeah, mark, that s the way they have been doing it for decades. it doesn t nestle mean it s right. steve: you are right about that. jacob, what about this particular case do you think appealed to the supreme court with the 5-4 verdict that they would say, you know what? we shouldn t have to force people to do something they don t want to do? well, they started recognizing in a couple of other decisions over the past decade that this is a strange thing where this one kind of group can force people to give it money for political advocacy. there is no other group really except the government that can force people to give it money like that. this was a strange situation that s contrary to first amendment values and the