week-long pause ended. israeli strikes have already killed at least 32 people in gaza this morning. an eyewitness tells cnn, trucks with that desperately needed humanitarian aid at this moment have stopped going into gaza. israel is accusing gaza of breaking the truce by firing rockets near the gaza strip. the big question, what happens now? this is a conflict, a region, a world at an inflection point. negotiations, they are still technically ongoing, according to the foreign ministry of qatar. but whether or not they can actually reach any type of resolution, whether or not they re engaged in a fullsome manner, it s unclear at this time. stakes could not be higher. the remaining hostages is a significant question across the world. israel says 137 are still believed to be in gaza. a senior u.s. official tells me before the truce fell apart, hamas claimed it did not have any more women or children hostages to exchange that s been critical to the deal up to this point. israel
candidate 5% points at the polls, but if it was a republican running without the endorsement and with donald trump it was net plus two. do you think it s time for the republican party to move past donald trump? you know, i think that comes out to each individual candidate. when you talk to republican-base voters they are starting to see the future and what the future looks like without him at the helm. they are looking for candidate who represent their values and iran parroting what his talking points were. i think we re seeing change there, and the tide will continue to shift as we head into this next primary cycle. to kind of push back a little bit of what actually agree with what congressman kennedy said, the democrats have not done enough when it comes to black voters. their largest voting block. the message was way off this election cycle. here in texas, they failed to talk about the issues that were plaguing everyone from immigration to crime, they completely ignored them. th
nearly 70%, more than two-thirds of the vote there. it only happened so cindy hyde-smith could get some more votes here as well. it is a double-digit margin right now. in the end we know it will be a win for the republicans. there will be a lot of talk about whether that s a weak win. that will be the conversation. cindy hyde-smith will have to run for re-election in two years. she s finishing an uncompleted senate term, so she ll be back on the ballot. but this is the big picture as we have one house race still to count. we know democrats have a net gain of 39. republicans will find this as their only solace. 53 republican seats come january. there are currently 51. so they will have a net plus two. six to eight weeks ago, some republicans thought they could get plus four, plus five. they didn t get that. they will get a plus two. president trump, majority leader mitch mcconnell, will have some more space, if you will, to deal with in the republican family as the president nominates a
we have one house race still 20 count. we now democrats have a net gain of 39. republicans will find this as their only solace. 53 republican seats come january. there are currently 51. so they will have a net plus two. six to eight weeks ago, some republicans thought they could get plus four, plus five. they didn t get that. they will get a plus two. president trump, majority leader mitch mcconnell, will have some more space, if you will, to deal with in the republican family as the president nominates a new attorney general, perhaps as more judicial nominations come through. so the trump agenda will have an easier path in the senate. the irony is of course when we look at that house blue wave, the trump agenda will face a dead end, roadblock, full stop in a democratic house come january. john king, thank you very much. you can get a little rest now. as we said, this is the last one to be called. but there s still more to do. john, thank you. i ll see you on inside politics tomorrow
republicans even today are still probably in good shape, probably necessary plus one or net plus two. patti, a quick last word. i think we ve already seen incredible turnout in all these special elections and in these primaries. democrats have outperformed in ruby red districts. i think you ll continue to see that trend in november on november 6th, and i think barack obama only helps with the energy on the democratic side. patti, jason, appreciate it. thank you both. just ahead, from fear to fist pumping. as the president hunts for the writer of the scathing op-ed there s new reporting about the mood inside the white house and also at the justice department. just after those words were published. that s next.