The 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, i am Alicia Menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. President biden is now on his way back to washington d. C. After his wartime trip to israel. He spent less than a day on the ground and left no doubt about the u. S. Governments commitment to backing israel in the war with hamas. The president s trip came amid outrage over the blast that killed hundreds of at a hospital in gaza. President biden said today, it appears that israel was not behind the explosion. He will likely talk about all of this tomorrow night during a primetime speech to the nation from the oval office. Nbcs lester holt has more from israel. 24 hours after that deadly Hospital Explosion that sparked anger across the arab world, President Biden in israel today, blaming a misfired palestinian rocket, not an israeli missile, for the deaths. I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in a hospital in gaza. Based on the information we hav
And water, that line of trucks has been waiting at the Rafah Crossing on the egyptian side of the gaza border because of israels blockade, the trucks have been unable to cross into gaza where more than 2 Million People have been without many of those basic necessities for 11 days, until now. After arriving in israel today President Biden announced that the u. S. Had convinced israel to let humanitarian aid into gaza via egypt. The deal is strict, and it is fragile. All of the aid must be inspected before entering gaza and it must go to civilians. If hamas steals or diverts any of that aid, the deal will end. After repairs to the Border Crossing are completed, this aid should start moving on friday at the earliest. And it is needless to say, but it has been a very long and very difficult week already. Today, President Biden announced his fifth speech fifth about this war, is it for eight pm eastern in the u. S. , tomorrow, which is coming on the heels of his Diplomatic Mission to israel
Witness stand, hicks served in the Trump Administration as what her Communications Director and then later as an advisor, now she is a nice witness called by the prosecution. We are also awaiting a ruling on for more gag order violations, both sides argued on the matter yesterday but the judge is yet to make a decision. Hello, everyone this is outnumbered i am emily compagno, here with Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh Mceany. Also joining us today is called anchor of America Reports sandra smith, fox Friends Weekend cohost and author of the upcoming book The Work On Worrier pete hegseth. First, lets go was to eric was outside the u. S. Supreme court . Yes emily she was at their side during the Election Campaign and in the white house, now former close aide hope hicks to form a President Trump is looking at him directly from the witness stand. As we speak at this moment she is testifying in this child in the criminal court, she of course is a long time loyal member of the inner circle is th
Than a political side show. Could they go away altogether . The latest on donald trump calling for the gop to pull the Plug On Future Debates as he questions whether any of his opponents should even be Vice President. And is the shutdown a sure thing . President biden insists it isnt, but his hopes hinge on House Republicans, in his words, doing their job. And theyve got now less than three days to do it. So what happens next . Lots to talk about, but were going to start in washington where one small group perhaps ten conservative republican lawmakers are refusing to support any Stopgap Measure to keep the government from shutting down 59 hours from now. Instead, the far right is committing critical hours to an Impeachment Inquiry that a new poll shows most americans do not want, and not only is there little time or public appetite for this hearing, theres zero evidence to justify holding it. And of the three witnesses for the majority, none of them seems to have any evidence firsthand
We can never predict what is going to happen. Because ultimately we have no idea will be the Driving Force for voters by the time they hit the polls remember in 2008 we thought it was going to be all about the iraq war and the sur surge. Much of the dismay of jon mckay impress obamas delights it ended up being about the epic collapse of the economy. Obama stepped up, cain didnt, 2020 despite impeachment and a farcical russian hoax trump was cruising to reelection until onceinalifetime pandemic turned everything on its head handing biting in the basement and put them in the white house. Even the 2022 midterms undeniable i thought was going to happen but somehow turned into what almost was a blue wave thanks to the overturning of roe v wade putting abortion front and center but highlighting the inability of the gop to sell their pro life cause. As we approach 2024 i know i cannot predict to the unpredictable if i were a betting man i put my money on this issue. Illegal immigration the ut