mexican cartels are responsible for the surge of deadly fentanyl. the opioid is killing americans by the tens of thousands and it is getting worse by the year. bill: as you can see on the map the gangs have a tight grip on the entire country and the mexican government is unable or unwilling to fight back. dana: a growing number of lawmakers wanting the cartels marked as terrorists opening to military strikes in mexico. here is one of them. senator joe manchin. this is a war. it has become a war. look at the people we lost. we haven t lost this many people in our wars. bill: we action from the former a.g. first news and reporting from the hill with aishah hosni there today. good morning. good morning to you both in new york. look, in just about an hour, members of the house intelligence committee will get to sit down and grill the nation s top intelligence chiefs and they will get to ask them directly about what they are doing with the cartels at the u.s./mexico bord
good morning. for england and wales we are looking at rain at times, some hill snow that even some of that getting to lower levels at times. and the risk of ice. the scotland and northern ireland, some wintry showers, drierand scotland and northern ireland, some wintry showers, drier and brighter in the west, but wherever you are it will be blustery and cold. i will have all the details later. it s monday the 4th of december. our main story. israel says its ground offensive has now expanded to every part of the gaza strip following days of intense bombardment. the united nations says palestinians are being squeezed into a corner of the territory worsening the already dire humanitarian conditions. yolande knell has this report. ominous warnings the israeli flairs that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian territory