War between israel and hamas. Israeli forces getting ready for what will be a perilous Ground Invasion. The death toll is mounting too moving throughout the morning. And good morning from new york. Im bill herman, back with my partner here today,. Dana im dana perino and this is americas news room and its good to be with you on your knowledge of the region. 25 americans con if i wered dead in the attack by hamas and Israeli Death toll topping 1200 and palestinian at 1200 and the number wills ration of independence. Bill Antony Blinken was in tel aviv and introduced himself as jew and i shall talked about his jewish and talked about his grandparents in Concentration Camps in europe. Today, he condemned hamas in no uncertain terms. Babies slaughtered, bodies desecrated. Young people burned alive women raped, parents executed in frohn of their children and children in front of their parents. How are we to even understand that . The message i bring to israel is this you may be strong out o
Number of americans murdered risen to at least 25. Many Airlines Canceling Flights to israel and several countries including the uk mounting Emergency Flights to evacuate the own citizens and the u. S. Is not one yet one of them. Now were hearing from syrian State Media Air Strikes earlier and aleppo and damaged runways and service and using airports to smuggle weapons to hezbollah and eventually make their way into lebanon. Dana Bob Gates Quarterback joining us in a moment. Bill first on the ground, trey yingst. If you want and feel comfortable, where are you and where are you going . Reporter ill tell you more about that location later today. It is certainly sensitive as it lies in the area where there is activity going on. This entire part of Southern Israel is bracing for days and days of fighting to come. Just to give you a sense of what its like here this morning, we saw earlier as a rocket came off the gaza strip. One rocket was intercepted by israels Missile Defense system, the
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes. We are grateful. The beat with ari melber starts now. Hi, nicolle. Thank you. The developing news that has been coalescing around the possible replacement for Kevin Mccarthy to be Speaker Of The House. It is developing because the people you see on your screen, one of them is the former speaker. The other may or may not become the republicans pick. Hes had more vote than anyone else, but maybe not enough votes. That is a big deal for the United States, for the congress at times like these, so we are going to bring you an update on that story later in our newscast. The news out of israel right now is bleak. There is escalation. There are reports that now 22 americans have been killed in this unfolding israelhamas war. Youre seeing gaza pitch dark because gaza is under a blackout. 17 of those are still unaccounted for and feared held hostage in gaza. The shelling tonight there intensifying. Vaez says it has fighter jets that have hit over
Of funding in a few weeks, and also because the white house will be asking congress presently for an aid package for israel, one that by all accounts so far cant pass without a speaker. Lets goat that story first, and then right back to israel where things are rapidly unfolding as well. Jake sherman, Cofounder Of Punch Bowl News and msnbc political contributor. Thanks for being with us. What exactly is going on . So scalise, katy, won the republican conferences nomination to be speaker. This is the initial process by which the republican conference caps their candidate to be the speaker for a house floor vote. As you noted, he only won with 113 votes. That is nothing. That is more than 100 votes shy of winning the speakership and in an alarming sign for mr. Scalise, he has several republicans already saying that they will not vote for him on the floor. Now, some of that could be bluster. We dont know, but tom massey of kentucky, max miller of ohio both have said they have not committed
Civilians. A total siege, no fuel, water, food, and no electricity at all as the strips sole power plant has died. Gazan authorities are pleading for a humanitarian help. Its not clear how any aid can get through. The only Border Crossing point between gaza and egypt has been hit multiple times over the past 24 hours. At the same time, overwhelmed hospitals are doubling as shelters. This is the corridor of one of those today. Children, newborn babies, families, have all been huddling. And then there is israel, which is reeling from both more rocket attacks, and the spreading news of just how unspeakably awful hamas was when it brutalized and murdered innocent civilians, including children and even babies. In the israeli city of ofakeem, our reporters have been making their way through some of the homes there that were ransacked by militants and learning how some residents escaped. Others, of course, were not so lucky. They were kidnapped, including potentially americans. President bide