Sunday, republican turmoil deepens and still no way out of a crisis that they caused. Sear searching for a House Speaker as congress enters the fourth week still unable to governor. Plus flash point. Aid trucks cross the border as an israeli air strike escalates alarm but a middle east war. And joe bidens allies see israel as a chance to remind the country why they believe he should have four more years. Inside politics and all of the best from inside of the corridors of power, starts now. Good morning, and welcome to Inside Politics sunday. Im manu raju. Republicans in house find them sfz in desperate times. It is day 19 without a speaker and some of the nations most Urgent Business has been put to a halt until republicans could resolve the Leadership Crisis started at the hands of one of their own members and after jim jordan became the second to drop his bid for the speaker ship in the wake of the mccarthy ouster, there is the current race to be the latest Campaign Mostly closed doo
Where the Idf Hammering Gaza with airstrikes following hamas Devastating Sur Prise attack ovr the weekend. At least 1200 people were killed in the terrorist assaults. The idf says it hit more than 80 targets and destroyed hamas Advanced Detection System for spotting aircraft over gaza. Neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble. Hamas says 950 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the war. The u. N. Says more than 263,000 people there have been displaced. The hamas controlled government says due to a lack of fuel coming in through the israeli blockade, electricity will be cut off within hours. And with it, so will basic services. The idf was also busy Last Night Hitting Hamas naval targets which it claimed were being used to attack the israeli coastline. Israels defense minister told troops tuesday that he has released all restraints on their fight against hamas. He said hamas wanted a change in gaza, it will change 180 degrees from what he thought. They will regret this mo
At least 73,500 sheltering in dozens of schools. And overnight in israel, Palestinian Militants targeted southern towns like ashkelon with a barrage of rocket attacks. Heres more of what we know at this hour. The Israeli Military says more than 700 israelis have been killed. More than 250 bodies have been found dead at the site of a Music Festival in southern israel. The Gaza Ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. At a meeting of the un security council, the organisations middle east envoy
The Gaza Ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. 0ur Correspondents have been Tracking Developments from across the region. Heres our international editor, jeremy bowen in jordan. Israel right now is going through this most extraordinary, awful national trauma. And as youve been hearing, the Military Response has already started, and its going to be considerable. Now in the past, when there have been flare ups, there sometimes has been pressure on israeli leaders, including benjamin netanya
Today on inside politics, defiant, bob menendez seeks to beat a federal indictment. On the clock, congress is shrinking a sixday window to stop a shut down. And guess what, donald trump just made the house speakers job a whole lot harder. Plus a picket line gamble, joe biden hopes to edge the gap between automakers say they can afford. Im manu raju for dana bash, lets go ahead to inside politics. Up first, Bob Menendezs big fight and one he vows to win. Minutes ago the new jersey democrat responded directly to a federal indictment. The allegations leveled against me are just that. Allegations. When all of the facts are presented, not only will i be exonerated, but i still will be the new jersey senior senator. Now, menendez took the microphone and National Attention to flatly deny he did anything wrong. And all of the ways he has stood up to egypt over decades of service and make what sounded like a case for reelection. Well start in new jersey with cnns Kara Scannell in the room. Kara