i want to thank you for joining us late tonight from tel aviv, laura coates live starts right now! good evening, it is a special two hour edition of laura coates live, abby has the night off. i want to begin tonight, not with words but with the images and the sounds of the moment that hostages finally came face to face with their loved ones. seven hole weeks after being ripped away by hamas. watch. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [muted] [inaudible] [muted] [inaudible] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [crying] [crying] [inaudible] [crying] [crying] [inaudible] [crying] [crying] [crying] [crying] [speaking in a non-english language] [inaudible] you know when you watch that, what really strikes me? how little words are actually exchange between those who are holding each other. the faces, what it is like for the parents to see t
did you just braid my hair? good to be with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead for us, hospitals in gaza are sounding the alarm, saying they have been damaged by strikes as tanks move into positions nearby. we ll get the latest on what s happening on the ground. the high stakes summit, president biden and china s xi jinping set to meet after a downward spiral in relations. can they find any common ground? plus a terrifying phone call to the office of marjorie taylor greene, what a man allegedly said that led to his arrest. and powell versus protesters, the chairman of the federal reserve gets rushed off stage during a headline making speech. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with those dire images from hospitals in gaza. nbc s josh lederman is reporting live from tel aviv. josh, we are hearing about a number of strikes along with tanks taking up positions near hospitals. what do we know about what s h
on the ground. israel expands its ground operations in gaza. we re going to fight in the air, ground, and sea. what does the escalation mean for the region s future? and for the hostages trapped there by hamas? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me live, next. and then, intelligence which he republican senator, james langford. plus, blackout, as israel s barrage picked up, gaza went dark with communication services cut. palestinian civilians must be protected. now with communications partly extraordinary, what is the latest inside gaza? and, new beginnings? finally, the u.s. house elects a speaker. one more sign of republicans embrace of donald trump. another? i have decided to suspend my campaign for president. gop candidate chris christie on what it all means, coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in tel aviv, where israeli bombardments of gaza lit up the sky overnight. cnn teams are hearing constant explosions and some machine gun fire with drones
on the ground. israel expands its ground operations in gaza. we re going to fight in the air, ground sea. what does the escalation mean for the region s future? and for the hostages trapped there by hamas? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me live next and then, intelligence committee republican senator james lankford. plus blackout. as israel s barrage picked up gaza went dark. palestinian civilians must be protected. what is the latest inside gaza and new beginnings? finally, the u.s. house elects a speaker. one more sign of republicans embrace of donald trump. another? i have decided to suspend my campaign for president. gop candidate chris christie on what it all means coming up. well, i m jake tapper in tel aviv where israeli bombard ams of gaza lit up the sky overnight. cnn teams are hearing constant explosions and machine gun fire with drones, helicopters and israeli fighter jets circling the skies, israel says the next phase of its w