this hour, mike johnson about to take the floor to slam the senate s bipartisan border compromise in his first speech after a 15-hour meeting of republicans ending in a vote to push forward and try to impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas. nato s secretary-general on the urgent need for the u.s. to support ukraine. the cia director warns cutting off aid would be a mistake of historic proportions. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the ceos of the most widely used social media platforms are on capitol hill today. they are being criticized for not doing enough to protect children online from both sexual and other harmful content, including pro-hamas content on tiktok. executives from tiktok, meta, x, snapchat and discord are defending some of the steps they have taken, telling thediciary committed to keeping kids safe. the technology is growing faster than congress has been able to react. right now, the platforms are left to police themselves and
this is the scene outside nasser hospital in khan younis we ve seen more injured taken there in the past few hours. it has been overwhelmed with numbers of casualties being taken to that hospital. further north, this is the view across the israel lebanon border in the past hour we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. us presidentjoe biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there s a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, mr biden also stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there s a critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting aid operations. but mr biden said that h
here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour, president biden today will sign the debt ceiling bill into law. averting a disastrous default two days before that deadline. the president is using his first oval office address to praise the bipartisan agreement, and stressed its importance. it was critical to reach the agreement. and it s very good news for american people. no one got everything they wanted. the american people got what they needed. we averted an economic crisis, an economic collapse. in this debate, i refused to put what was responsible for all of this progress on the chopping block. i ve never been more optimistic about america s future. brand new details today, reports the special counsel has a recording of donald trump talking about a classified document regarding the new york times says the justice department issued a subpoena for that document, trump lawyer say they can t find. it last night msnbc s are allanburg
reported that president biden had urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants october 7th assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. further north, this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. in our continued hostilities in that border area. in our continued hostilities in that borderarea. in our continued hostilities in that border area. there are continued hostilities. we ve been hearing from the israeli prime minister today here s a little of that. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false
and northern parts of the strip. this is the nasser hospital in khan younis we ve seen more injured, taken there, in the past few hours. for weeks now the hospital has been overwhelmed by casualties. further north this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past hour, we ve seen a thick plume of smoke as hostilities continue there. meanwhile, president biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there s a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, joe biden also stressed the importance, of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there s a critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting aid operations. but mr