Andrea mitchell picks up our special coverage of the war in israel right now. And right now on this Special Edition of Andrea Mitchell reports, israel orders a full siege of the gaza strip pounding hamas with new missile strikes after saturdays shocking Surprise Attack by air, sea, and ground, described as the first fullscale invasion from Hamas Into Southern Israel in history. More than 1,000 people are dead on both sides including at least nine americans. Hamas is also claiming to have more than 100 military and civilian hostages including men, women, and children, and some americans who could be used as Human Shields and bargaining chips. Yuni asher is among those pleading for the return of his wife and daughters after they were taken by hamas. My wife, my daughter raz less than 5 years old, and my little baby girl, less than 3 years old, theyre just little babies. Theyre not even girls. I dont even know if they ate enough, if theyre cold or hot, if theyre hurt. Ill be speaking to m
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that israel is in the state of War Readiness after what is being called the worst attack in the country in 50 years. Overnight, the Palestinian Group hamas which controls gaza launched an all out assault by land, air, and see. Israel responded with airstrikes on at least 21 targets we not know of in gaza. The Israeli Military says hamas infiltrated the southern Israeli Border by both land and sea while gaza based fighters fired more than 2200 rockets into israel. Israeli Officials Say at least 40 israelis have been killed and hundreds more have been injured. Additionally, the Militant Group Palestinian Islamic jihad claims to have captured Israeli Soldiers. Were waiting for confirmation on that, and we will get that from raf sanchez, who is on the ground just north of the Gaza Border In Israel right now. According to media reports, hamas fired a second barrage of attacks towards israel in just the last hour. Al jazeera is reporting that at
Election integrity and all of this is completely aboveboard because he was the president and that is what president s do. That is the argument he made today in a new filing filed in state court asking a judge to dismiss the Indictment Charging Trump with election interference. In the new filing, trumps lawyers quote they can argue to ensure the integrity and the election were outside of the scope of his duties. They even went on to say quote, the president s motivations are not for the prosecution or this court to decide. Fact check. Trumps motivations i exactly what this court should be looking into. The lawyers also claimed quote the president s actions are within the ambit of his office. Is absolutely immune from prosecution. They are essentially arguing that donald trump is above the law and if that sounds familiar to you, it should. It is what Richard Nixon asserted after watergate. That means it is not illegal, by definition, exactly. I have expert guests tonight to weigh in on t
I dont know the solution. But thats the problem. 200 representatives voted to keep Kevin Mccarthy in power. Right, yeah. The number of republicans in his own party who actually vastly outnumbers those who did it. Yeah. Maybe some of them can talk to him about it at some point we will see. Thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. Today, in a Fulton County election interference case, Rudy Giulianis lead lawyer asked the judge if he could be removed from that case. Now, that is the second lawyer to leave giulianis georgia team this week alone. They are departures come on the heels of mr. Giulianis former lawyer and longtime friend suing him last month for allegedly unpaid legal bills. We have known for a while now that all is not well in giuliani land. He has huge legal bills. He is reportedly very short on cash. And now, to add to those troubles, there is a new story out today that, at first, feels kind of like it has been ripped from the tabloids. But ultimately, it could have se
After the outspoken leader of his republican opponent, matt gaetz, officially filed his motion to oust the party speaker, for partners with democrats to keep the government open. Why not . I think matt has planned this all along. It didnt matter what we transpired. He would have done it if we were in shutdown or not. Will Democratic House members vote with mccarthy to save his job . Let republicans deal with their own problems. They can let them wallow in the pigsty of incompetence. We will talk to two House Republicans all coming up. Here in new york, former President Donald Trump is back in the manhattan courtroom today in that civil fraud trial against him and his adult sons and the Trump Organization. Trump keeps up attacking the new York State Attorney general Letitia James for bringing the case. This case should be dismissed. This is not a case. She should probably be dismissed also. President bidens Son Hunter Pleading not guilty at his arraignment in delaware on gun charges. He