Republicans are mired in a fight with one another that has set us on the path towards a devastating Government Shutdown that is now just six days away. A small group of House Republican extremists are continuing to hold up any sort of meaningful action on the matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution. That is a measure that could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the next few days before the funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately. A more time consuming an extensive process that would definitely take more than a week. Ahead of a call with republicans yesterday afternoon, Speaker Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters what he thinks when it gets down to crunch, time the holdouts will, quote hopefully move off. A few hours later, however the louisiana congressman this man here and ally who wasnt struggled in t
this world better. former president barack obama, they re giving us a little bit of hope in these very difficult times. before we go everybody, do not forget, you get a little bit more sleep tomorrow morning. set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight. it changes at two a.m. eastern time. i m yasmin vossoughian, i ll be back tomorrow at two pm eastern. symone starts right now. greetings everyone you re watching symone. israel defense forces not letting up in gaza. strikes are intensifying, with a deadly toll on civilians, despite calls from president biden for a humanitarian pause. here in the united states, the war is sparking protests, and tension on college campuses. antisemitic threats are on the rise, adding fear to the jewish community. we re talking to cornell student body president about that, plus, as former president donald trump prepares to testify in his new york fraud trial, he s also facing legal efforts to keep him off the ballot in two states
right now. an extraordinary new israeli offensive in the skies of gaza you re probably going to see a significant reenforcement of israeli ground forces did occur. israeli officials saying that they have encircled gaza city. cut the north off from the south. fears of a second war along israel s northern border intensifying, the leader of hezbollah is expected to break his silence. hezbollah fighters saying their fingers are on the trigger. you have secretary of state antony blinken back in israel. can the united states tell its ally how to fight a war? how we can set the conditions for a durable, sustainable peace for israelis and palestinians alike. there are just weeks before the public calls for a cease-fire becomes untenable. we can get the hostages out, we can get humanitarian aid in. this hospital will turn into a mass grave. there s nothing for this place other than a place to come and die. good morning, welcome, i m phil mattingly with er
welcome back. 12:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific. i m in for andrea mitchell. we begin with a major shake up in israel. netanyahu announcing today he is dissolving the war cabinet, which has been responsible for managing the war effort for more than eight months. this comes as israel s military says it will pause fighting along the route in southern gaza for 11 hours a day to allow humanitarian aid in for the millions of desperate palestinians. netanyahu reportedly disagreeing with this pause calling it quote, unacceptable. the idf says it struck targeting after hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets in israel on friday. joining us now, raf sanchez in tel aviv. let s start with you. why did the israeli prime minister dissolve the war cabinet and what does it mean? reporter: primarily because those centrist opposition figures who joined his government a week after the october 7th attack in a show of national unity have now walked out of the government. they left with a p
voting rights legislation. senator warnock s whose state was at the center of calls by trump was on the floor. watch. we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we have ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. since the january election, some 250 voter suppression bills have been introduced by state legislatures across the country from georgia to arizona, from new hampshire to florida. using the big lie of voter fraud as a pretext for voter suppression. the same big lie that led to a violent insurrection on this very capitol. the day after my election. make no mistake. this is democracy in reverse. rather than voters being able to pick the politicians, the politicians are trying to cherry pick their voters. i say this cannot stand. the legislation the senator is promoting there takes direct aim at institutional barriers to voting and create national standards for voter registration. according to dem