my first conversation with would be a part of my banned book club, and when i should talk about literature and writing and the pressures that it is under in america. let s do that another time, but thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. tony kushner is a tony award winner in a pulitzer prize-winning activist. thank you so much for watching, alex witt reports begins right now. a very good day of all to you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. it is noon here on the east coast. six pm in gaza, and we begin with breaking news on the israel hamas war. here s what is new at this hour. there you hear it. israel s grinding retaliation in gaza bringing new claims of attacks on schools, refugee camps, and ambulances. and new calls for humanitarian pauses. israel s military temporarily shut down a main highway to allow evacuations in gaza, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a big no to secretary o
aid into gaza. netanyahu shutting down that request, one of the very latest on why. plus, some new and surprising reporting about the speaker of the house, mike johnson, and why he has never even disclosed any financial information about himself. not even listened to bank accounts on his own disclosure. i ll be joined by the reporter who raise some of these questions about why. and i m gonna bring you part of my conversation with two iranian american filmmakers, we re reclaiming the narrative that how their communities are being portrayed in hollywood. all of a sudden, we saw all of these exhibits, or these plays, or films, it inspired us to really become a part of representing our people. we want to start with the latest on the ground offensive by israel in gaza. happening right now, thousands have gathered in tel aviv to show their support for hostages being held in gaza. we ll keep our eyes on that. meanwhile, israeli troops continue to bomb the region, claiming to hav
degrees. we start next week with dry weather, more unsettled towards the end of the week, but nothing as stormy as we have had over the last few days. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two. here on bbc 1, it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. prime minister netanyahu refuses an american request for pauses in israel s offensive, unless hamas releases more hostages. in a long awaited speech, the head of hezbollah blames america for the current crisis, and says his movement will not be intimidated by us military deployments. we ask the pentagon whether it s hezbollah who blinked first. we do see that, broadly speaking, a broader regional conflict has been deterred. and so we ll continue to do that. we do not seek any conflict. and we speak to one of the british passport holders staying in gaza. i m exhausted. it s been 27 days, i think, of struggling for survival. a
it is guilty party number 1 for all the massacres today and in the past. it is the united states directing the war in gaza. it must pay the price for its occupation and crimes in iraq, syria an palestine. neil: that doesn t sound promising. the leader of hezbollah lashing out. warning that americans will pay the price he says. former defense secretary mark esper here on how the u.s. should respond. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. we ll be hearing from the president of the united states. he s in lewiston, maine to recognize those that lost their lives in that mass shooting. let s go to steve harrigan where hezbollah has all of that strong firepower and from which the leader of hezbollah is making these inflammatory remarks. steve? hezbollah fighters are two miles away and firing daily. there s a lot of fear here about what nazrallah might say today. would he try to launch a second all-out front against israel using hezbollah s powerful long range guided missiles. that