Striking back against hezbollah militants along their northern border in lebanon as idf expect to prepare on the ground in gaza. This comes as two american hostages has been released and some humanitarian aid was allowed in today. Im griff jenkins. Gillian hi, griff, good to be with you, im gillian turner. Asking for 105 extrA Billion Dollars for funding for israel, ukraine as well as the southern border. Griff, i understand youve got Breaking News coming into the news room. Griff our focus is the events focused on unfolding in israel. Custom and border released the Migrant Encounters Ending Fiscal Year 2023, the highest ever on record, more than 269,000, bringing fiscal year 2023 to the highest year ever on record, 2,475,000 plus migrant encounters, and it shatters last years record which was at the time the highest on record by nearly 100,000. And it really speaks to the concern ive just come from the last 10 days on the border. Weve had a Record Number of special interest aliens, wh
Soil. We have seen the murder already happened, so, yes. Masks are calling about ways to increase security. In many parts of the country, Law Enforcement has responded by having more of a presence in front of religious institutions, especially synagogues. In order to help make the community feel safer. And i think thats important, in a time where there is a lot of frustration, confusion, and people are scared and shocked, still, about what has occurred. So, we have previously reported how dhs and the fbi are currently on high alert for possible attacks. They are looking for any possible threats. But we are seeing on the ground here, jasmine is something that we are seeing across the country. An increase in Police Presence outside of places of worship, particularly Jewish Centers and Muslim Centers as well. Yasmin . All right, marissa par for us. Marissa, appreciate it. A lot more coming up, folks. We are watching msnbc. Our second hour starts right now. Hi, everybody. Im yasmin vossoug
Were in israel visiting family. Hamas said the pair were freed for humanitarian reasons. The white house says that President Biden has spoken to the released us hostages and theirfamily by phone. In a Statement Issued shortly after their release was secured, President Biden said. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has said he was relieved the women had been released but reminded that many others are still being held. Theres still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. They include men, women, young boys, young girls, elderly people, from many nations. Every single one of them should be released. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher brings us more from inside the halls of the State Department. The release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the State Department. We were sitting down for the daily briefing, and then we were told that
American alliances are what keep us, america, safe. It is the value that puts other nations up for working with us. If we turn our backs on israel, its just not worth it. Part of President Bidens address Last Night Urging Americans and congress to continue to support ukraine and israel in the vastly different war each is fighting. Well go live to israel for the latest on the expected Ground Invasion of gaza. Meanwhile, republicans are somehow creating even more chaos on capitol hill. With another speakers vote scheduled for this morning, it comes as the temporary speaker is getting fed up and is now threatening to resign. Plus, well get expert legal analysis on the surprise guilty plea from one of the many defendants in the Georgia Election Interference Case. Thats a big one. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, october 20th. Id love to get both you and willies reaction to the president s Speech Last Night. I thought it was really effective, part teacher, Part Influencer
Hows the chicken . The prawns are delicious. Oh, i have a shellfish allergy. One prawn. Very good. Did i say Chicken Wrong . Tired of people not listening to what you want . Its truffle season ah thats okay. Never enough truffles. How much are they . Its a lot. Oh okay im good, that its like a priceless piece of art. Enjoy. Or when they sell you what they want . Yeah. The more we understand you, the better we can help you. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com cnns coverage from israel continues. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Im Kaitlan Collins, and this is the source live from tel aviv tonight, where President Biden just delivered a primetime address to the nation. Only his second ever from the oval office. 24 hours after he left here in tel aviv and returned to washington. He made a direct appeal to the American People and to the u. S. Congress for aid both here in israel but also in ukraine, saying that their success and im