today on inside politics, fear of an escalating war. the united states top diplomat is on the ground in israel as hezbollah warns it is an unprecedented battle that they are in with israel. and all scenarios are on the table and possible on the border with lebanon. plus, president biden is under pressure from his own party over israel s response to the brutal hamas attack inside israel. 13 senate democrats are now pushing for a humanitarian pause in gaza. and a cnn exclusive, republican congressman george santos is speaking out on the criminal charges he s facing and why despite all of the lies, talk being a lot of lies, and his legal problems, he still thinks he has a shot at reelection. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with secretary of state antony blinken s powerful message in israel today. he was visibly shaken, describing more horrific images that he was just shown by israelis. from the barbaric hamas terror a