Fired by iranbacked rebels in yemen. Were they headed for israel in gaza, the growing humanitarian crisis, after the deal brokered by President Biden. How soon will aid be allowed in and the tragedy for a 12yearold israeli girl and her grandmother, after they were kidnapped by hamas. My conversation with her family. Also tonight, the surprise in the Georgia Election case against donald trump one of his codefendants, his former attorney, sidney powell, changing her plea to guilty will she testify against the former president . And chaos in the house. After losing twice, jim jordans plan to try again to win the speakers gavel. A third floor vote expected tomorrow. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt, reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening just a short time ago, President Biden addressed the American People in a prime time speech about the israelhamas war and the Terror Attacks that sparked it almost two weeks ago. Mr. Biden made the case for tens of billions of
Live in that horrific day and something thats had an impact on all of you. We have heard so many things, so much feedback from people and personal stories and people asking what they can do to help . Cnn has updated its list of organizations that are vetted and safe to donate to. You can go to cnn. Com impact or just text the word relief to 7070, a safe way to donate in a way so many people have asked about upon i want to thank you for joining us live here in tel aviv and we will be back with more important stories on the ground reporting. Cnn news with Abbey Philips starts right now. 707070 to donate. A president ial plea on what feels like the eve of a deadly Ground Invasion of forces. Tonight on news night. Good evening. Israel giving its forces the green light for a likely Ground Invasion 12 days after hamas attacked and terrorized their nation. And fresh from his trip to the war zone what is only the second Oval Office Address of his presidency, President Biden tonight is calling
We have been reporting this morning that they have targeted 100 hamas targets inside of gaza. In that one of the key operatives that was part of the seven of October Attack has also been on of the targets of the attack and thats why theyre doing it. It is towards the Ground Defensive will see when it happens and itstill remains to be seen. But the message from the israeli side is that we are going ahead. It is not a deescalation. We intend to go to gaza some point. The Defense Minister said they would have to see gaza inside and thus the language he wants his troops to here in terms of civilians in gaza. Katie, thank you. As we mentioned President Joe Biden delivered an address thursday to explain why more military aid to the ukraine is in americas longterm interests. On friday the white house will send an urgent request to congress to continue to fund the war efforts in both countries. The problem is the Congress Cannot Act until they choose a new speaker and no one knows how long tha
American leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances is what keep us, america, safe. American values are what make us a partner to other nations we want to work with. To put all that at risk, if we walk away from ukraine, we turn our backs on israel, it is just not worth it. Well, good morning, everyone. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Erin burnett live on the ground. Sara sidner live for us in the west bank. That was the president calling on americans to support war time aid for israel and for ukraine and, today, hell ask congress to pass an aid package. In his primetime oval office address, biden called it vital for National Security. Hamas and putin represent different threats. But they share this in common. They both want to completely anni annihilate democracy. When dictators dont pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. They keep going. And the cost and the threats to america and the world keep ri
Tem Patrick Mchenry which we have been talking about for a couple of days now is now dead, according to multiple gop lawmakers who have spoken to nbc news, like Kevin Mccarthy and Steve Scalise, the option did not have enough votes. Today in their socalled family meeting, the room got so emotional, matt gaetz confirmed that mccarthy started yelling at him, and Punchbowl News reports another lawmaker nearly lunged at him. Passions are a little inflamed. I think hes working through the stages of grief. Did Congressman Boss Lunge at you at well . I think he was pretty animated. I dont know if i would describe it as a lunge. I said that i thought having speaker light was a bad idea. I think republicans ought to stay in our conference until we elect a speaker. We have a lot of great folks, im supporting jim jordan. That will be how it goes. Joining us now, nbc news capitol hill Correspondent Ali Vitali and Punchbowl News cofounder and political contributor, jake sherman. Ali, what is going