Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. As we come In The Air Tonight nbc news has obtained top secret hamas Planning Documents that show the extensive lengths of the group went to in preparation for saturdays mass murder. Quote, documents exclusively obtained by nbc news that hamas created entail plans to target Elementary Schools and a youth center, to kill as many people as possible, seize hostages, and quickly move them into the gaza strip. Documents were found on the bodies of Hamas Terrorists by israeli First Responders and shared with nbc news. Documents showcase pacific targets, for example separate aussie units, and even detail the exact vehicles that would be to be used along with specific routes to be followed. Is nbc news reports, quote one official said he was astounded by the agree of planning that went into ensuring maximum Civilian Casualties. He said i have never seen this kind of Detailed Planning for a hamas a terrorist attack. This all eyes are on gaza tonight a
Steve scalise, the man elected by the Republican Caucus to be the next speaker but was short of the votes to do so as just announced, apparently, inside the republican conference, that he is withdrawing his name from the speakership. We dont know why, other than the whip count a vote against him within the Republican Caucus today and ballooned to 16 or 17 votes. People were saying he could not get to 217 either to be elected Speaker Of The House. This comes a week and a half after mccarthy was deposed, successful with eight members voting i along with all the democrats. Theres been a speaker pro tem, Patrick Mchenry since then, serving in a custodial fashion. This is all totally unprecedented in american history. We havent had this before. Its 100 years since we had a motion to vacate the chair. Amidst an unfolding global crisis, the second in line to the president and Constitutional Office of Speaker Of The House remains vacant, with no clear path for this house Republican Caucus to r
The, air with Israeli Forces continuing to strike gaza today in retaliation for the massacre of civilians. Hamas carried out across the border in israel on saturday. The death toll from that massacre now stands at over 1200 people. The idf says they have carried out strikes against nearly 2700 targets across the gaza strip and have the interests Chief Of Staff said it was not on an unprecedented scale because what happened here is something that was never happened before. And it elevates beach Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised, quote, every member of hamas is a dead man. Netanyahu will all be joined by members of the Opposition Party in an emergency unity government, with a newly formed war cabinet. This comes amid the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops, many of whom have been sent to bolster the southern border with gaza. The army says they are still battling isolated hamas Militants Hiding in the south, although they have secured the border. Concerns abo
Breaking news situations unfolding. On capitol hill the House Republican conference is meeting right now and we are told this meeting could last all day with the intense pressure on them to elect a speaker of the house after Kevin Mccarthy lost the speakership in a recent vote. And without that top member of the u. S. House of representatives in place, Congress Remains at a stand still and is unable to act on a brutal war that weve been Covering Thousands of miles away. Were watching the latest developments from israel as they hit the embodiment of evil. Hamas terrorists. Thats where well start. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Five days of horror. Israel families missing, tortured, killed. The closer they were to the border with palestinianian territory on gaza, the closer that they were to hamas Serial Killers killing them. Loved ones taken hostage are now begging for help. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to be in israel today. This was near continuous r
Against israel in the streets of manhattan right now. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just spoken live in tel aviv. Well get reaction from john kirby who will join us from the white house shortly. Also we will do an interview with Kevin Mccarthy, the former speaker of the house that spoke out forcefully on what the United States has to do now a short time ago. The Prime Minister of israel saying that strikes in gaza are just the beginning after hamas attacks killed 900 people in israel. At least Nine Americans have been killed in these hamas attacks. There may be more. Were going to wait for more information on that. We will get white house reaction to the american dead and questions about whether or not there are americans being held hostage. The president s team called a lid on President Biden appearances at 11 46 a. M. So we dont expect to hear anything more from the president on this. Well speak with john kirby. Thats coming up. We have new video that is just in of the brutal