questions to answer so let s get started. swift evacuation 100 people are evacuating from the u.s. embassy and the fierce fighting in sudan the direct orders from president biden straight ahead plus, biden s bid. president reportedly days away from announcing another run fo the legal office what we know about his reelection campaign and ho younger voters can help push him across that finish line. trump on trial former president donald trump civil rape trial said to start tuesday in new york. as the election interference investigations close in on trump s inner circle we re breaking it down ahead later, doubting thomas ethics concerns continue t swirl around clarence thomas s undisclosed lavish trips on gop billionaire megadonor time and that shady real estate deal i want to know chief justice john roberts actually confront the controversy in an upcoming senate hearing all of that and more is coming up a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang we begin today share w
Martha good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum in new york. Theres 22 americans who have been killed so far. We hope that number will not go higher at this point. We also now know that there are 17 confirmed missing americans and the white house now confirms that a number of them are hostages which raises a number of questions about the back and forth and the understanding that those individuals are indeed being held by hamas. So hamas is using at least 100 people as Human Shields or leverage for their cause inside of gaza city. These are the terrified Family Members of those that are kidnapped and those who are defined as missing. Watch this. Theyre not part of this war. Citizens and civilians should not be taken. The number 1 message were trying to convey is that time is critical. She was shouting, mommy, they shout at us. Were all wounded. Theyre taking children, women, back to gaza to use as Human Shields. Its appalling. The world be has to step up and get these hostages out. Martha th