At any moment. We are watching efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza trying to get out of egypt. There are now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents are running out of food and medicine. Theyre facing a real risk of starvation. Locate u. S. Sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region trying to head off a broader war. Annoying to do anything that this conflict away u. S. Delegation on the ground here in israel forced to take shelter when silence went off. Majority leader Chuck Schumer told me he went directly to israels Prime Minister. Tell israels leaders we have your back. And with the americans heading to war, theyre almost a little goodbyes with family of these as they traveled to israel to fight. This is an nbc news Special Report, israel and hamas at war. Reporting tonight from tel aviv, tom giannis. A
[inaudible conversations] palestine will be free shame on you shame on you shame on you [background sounds] neil tensions Around The World escalating as a fullscale Ground Offensive is thousand fast approaching one week after hamas launched its Surprise Attack on israel from gaza. Israeli forces are said to be just hours away from Invading Gaza as thousands of palestinians are scrambling to get out. Lots of americans are caught in the crosshairs. Theyre also a searching for a path back home. Were on all the fastmoving developments and talking to all the key players including here and only here the former israeli Prime Minister ehud barak on israels current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, promising to wipe hamas off the planet. Weve also got president ial candidate and Florida Governor ron desantis the on his efforts to evacuate floridians from the war zone and his 2024 rival, South Carolina senator tim scott, On Washington needing to send a clear signal. Even if it is far from clea
Were all looking at whats happening in washington but i have to say for those of us who have known donald trump for a long time, follow donald trump for a long time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. He is shaking. Heres the front page of the daily news, talking about poor donald. Weve also talked about him coming off the four plus. Weve always said, if you want to understand donald trump, and upset this in the beginning, understand the money. The money. I still think that a lot of these criminal investigations in the possibility of going to obstruct for him, of him sitting there, and the possibility of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 200 and 50 million that he doesnt have. I think thats getting to it. Look at the clip of an Attorney General in New York State that i think is just kind of had enough. Mike this case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a practice of fraud. I will not
We have to have a better understanding from the israelis about what they want to do. We have had several staff talks with them. We intend to do that more. They have assured us they were not going to rafah until we have had a chance to share our concerns with them. Reporter there have been working level conversations between the israelis and the Biden Administration over the last several weeks about the administrations concerns and thoughts about what israel could do differently in rafah. We are still waiting to hear, alex, exactly whether the u. S. Recommendations are being taken to heart and will be used in rafah to try to mitigate some of the death weve been saying in gaza over the last 67 months. The donald trump trial through the eyes of a former insider, sarah matthews. She gives me her take on her testimony in our next hour. Hou very good day to all of you. Now to donald trump busy week ahead in the Hussman Trial. There is no hearing on monday. Trent will be back in the defendant
68yearold woman attacked on the steps of her church on the way to mass, yeah. Thats america tonight. Well, her nephew will join us with an update. Plus, senator marco rubio is here on bidens smear and fear campaign. But, first, Kicking Sonia to the curb. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Now, there was some nugget that got lost last week in the new gallup poll that are key to the 2024 campaign. In the president ial character and abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays the democral as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia sotomayor the bumps rush. As usual, ideas are advanced by liberal senators and then by pressure gas. Republicans