We will make sure they have what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. Theres no justification for terrorism. Theres no excuse. Hamas does not stand for the palestinian peoples right to dignity and selfdetermination. Its stated purpose is annihilation on the murder of jewish people. President biden making it clear that the United States stands with israel, promising support following the hamas Terrorist Attacks. The president also confirmed that there are americans being held hostage by the terror group. Well get an update on what is being done to try and free them. And weve seen more explosions in gaza this morning as the conflict enters its fifth day. Well get a live report from israel in just a moment. Also ahead, National Security analyst for nbc news and msnbc clint watts with an overview of the war and what could happen next. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, october 11th. Lets dive right in. Israel is ramping up
Netanyahu is about to address his nation. Were going to go there live once he begins. The situation in israel is changing by the hour. Here is a look at the gaza skyline right now. You can see smoke even though its very dark, and flames out there in the distance, from near continuous israeli strikes. The idf says thousands of targets have already been hit. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that this is only the start with more than 700 israelis dead, he says what is coming next will be painful. But what exactly can come next . There are those within the Israeli Government, including the former Defense Minister who told the bbc that the only choice is to eliminate hamas period, and there are others who say the only way to do that is to flatten gaza. But how do you do that without incurring major civilian losses. There are roughly 2 million civilians trapped in gaza, blockaded by both israel and egypt. The Israeli Government has told them to get out. Where exactly can they g
I welcome you both. Ali, to you first. U. S. Officials, confirming americans are among the dead. But, what do we know of any specifics, around those statistics, this hour . Yeah alex, this is something that we heard, first mention by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken this morning, when he said that u. S. Officials were working overtime, to confirm reports that americans were among those killed. Since these attacks began yesterday, as well as reports that americans, were among those taken hostage, into gaza, by hamas militants. And tonight, we have a new quote from a National Security council spokesperson. Confirming that the deaths of several u. S. Citizens since this attack began, but also on these reports of americans being taken hostage. They would only confirm that there are americans, quote, Unaccounted For. They say in a statement, quote, we are aware of reports of unaccounted american u. S. Citizens, and we are working to confirm, we are closely monitoring information of hostage
Deadliest in israels history. A spokesperson for the Israeli Defense forces, or the idf, confirmed that 700 israelis have been killed. And the Palestinian Health ministry reported that 413 palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip. The israeli and the Palestinian Death tolls are expected to rise it have been injured. There are more reports that a number of idf, members and many civilians have been taken hostage, including children. This morning, on nbcs meet the press, u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken said, the State Department is working to confirm whether americans are among them, and how many. Mister secretary, does the administration know, at this moment, if u. S. Citizens were among the dead, or those taken hostage . So, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. We are very actively working to verify those reports. Similarly, we have seen reports about hostages, and they are again, we are very actively trying to verify them, and nail that down. Mea
Were all looking at whats happening in washington but i have to say for those of us who have known donald trump for a long time, follow donald trump for a long time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. He is shaking. Heres the front page of the daily news, talking about poor donald. Weve also talked about him coming off the four plus. Weve always said, if you want to understand donald trump, and upset this in the beginning, understand the money. The money. I still think that a lot of these criminal investigations in the possibility of going to obstruct for him, of him sitting there, and the possibility of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 200 and 50 million that he doesnt have. I think thats getting to it. Look at the clip of an Attorney General in New York State that i think is just kind of had enough. Mike this case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a practice of fraud. I will not