yes, mr. netanyahu is undergoing a medical assessment in hospital, but said to be well. a statement from his office says the prime minister suffered slight dizziness earlier in the day and his personal doctor advised him to get that checked out. the initial assessment was that he was dehydrated. according to some earlier local media reports, mr. netanyahu was fully conscious as he entered the hospital and he walked into the emergency room and he has not been incapacitated in any way as prime minister. now, israel is currently in the midst of a heatwave and from the prime minister s office that he spent the day exposed to some of the hot conditions at the sea of galilee. he s 73, israel s longest serving leader and served multiple times stretching over 15 years. his current government took office last december. now, he had some suffered some political troubles on tuesday, yet, more protests about the divisive justice bill. tens of thousands of israelis taking to the streets th
months of fighting in gaza. we break that down next. plus, a series of powerful earthquakes rocking japan, leading to reports of fires and landslides, and triggering a tsunami warning. what we know right now about the damage as officials warn the after shocks could continue for up to a week. and the new year means new raises for millions of americans. the minimum wage hike happening in nearly half the country. but it is not all good news. we ll explain. we begin this afternoon with the new developments in the israel-hamas war as israeli forces expand operations in gaza. tel aviv was hit with a barrage of rockets right as the new year began. hamas is claiming responsibility, and it comes as prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a new challenge as he navigates through the growing offensive. israel s supreme court today overturning a key component of his controversial judicial overhaul. nbc s josh lederman is joining us from tel aviv. josh, let s talk about what this rul
days for next election but things are sure heating up. alex: who is counting, griff, former secretary pompeo says his decision was not impacted by former president trump s lead in the polls. it s something that he and his wife had to wait for months. we care deeply about america and the issues that i have been talking about the last year and a half and decades matter awful lot, this isn t our moment. this isn t time to seek elected office. pompeo added that if pompeo winning primary he may not end up endorsing former boss. aisa hutchison joined nikki haley and those announcing a run, senator tim scott introduced his exploratory committee this week with several top gop hopefuls attending nra annual convention yesterday and that included former president trump and former vice president mike pence. they are also going to be in in nashville this weekend for donor retreat as will new hampshire governor chris sununu which is considering run for the white house. i think now mo
hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir