With the israeli gaza strip. Im confident theyre going to act on the rules of war. Theres a standard that democratic countries and institutions will go by, and so im confident that theres going to be an ability for the in gaz have access to medicine and food and water. That was President Joe Biden yesterday on 60 minutes as palestinians in gaza are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israel in just a moment. Meanwhile, the United States military is increasing its presence in the middle east amid a threat from iran and another terrorist group. And also ahead, back here at home, an update on the speakers race. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears that their nominee does not have the support he needs. Well go through that and what could come next on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us that is poised to be a busy week. Well begin this mor
Islamic groups. The speakers hut tskhaled at the same time reported that the israeli army had regained control of all cities on the border with the gaza strip and announced that the Israeli Military was moving to the phase of eliminating the leaders of hamas and Islamic Jihad. In 48 hours , 300,000 reservists were drafted into the israeli army. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu said that the israeli army will use all its might to destroy hamas and promised to turn into ruins all the places where. He called on the residents of gaza to immediately leave the region, even harsher, although probably cannibalistic, rhetoric from Israeli Defense minister gallant. He declared a complete blockade gas, said that the enclave will be left without water, without food, without fuel and without electricity. And then the verbatim quote, in general, judge for yourself. He said that we are fighting humanoid animals and will act accordingly. The degree of hateful violence is truly prohibitive; the radical
Visited the Training Grounds of the Southern Military district and checked the organization of combat training for contract soldiers and volunteers from the bars units, that is, the countrys combat army reserve, those on whom we really rely. Classes at the Training Grounds are conducted under the guidance of officers who have combat experience gained during a special operation, reported on the spot to the minister, the head of the combat Training Department of the Southern Military district, contract soldiers and are studying urban combat tactics, using copters to hide camouflaged positions, direct and adjust fire. The minister of defense said that the troops are gradually becoming saturated with these reconnaissance means. The combat Training Course includes classes in tactical medicine. First aid, evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield. In addition, the minister of defense visited the headquarters of the joint group of forces and heard reports on the current situation. On all
Dave malkoff, thank you so much. The u. S. May soon welcome some palestinians from gaza as refugees. Cbs news has obtained internal documents showing Senior Biden Administration officials have discussed several options for resettling a small number of gaza residents. It would include those who have immediate family members who are u. S. Citizens or permanent residents. In the last fiscal year, the u. S. Resettled 60,000 refugees from around the world. Just 56 were palestinian. Tonight, secretary of state Antony Blinken is in israel for talks as the Biden Administration presses hamas to accept a deal to release some hostages in return for a temporary ceasefire. But cbss debora patta reports israels Prime Minister says even if there is a deal, he intends to go ahead with a Ground Invasion of the Southern Gaza city of rafah. Reporter protesters are turning up the heat night after night, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bring the hostages home, whatever the price. For netanyahu,
Thank you for being with us. We are going to begin with the crackdown on increasingly defiant and dangerous protests on College Campuses across the country over the war in gaza. Tonight, at Columbia University, the epicenter of the demonstrations, dozens of propalestinian students have barricaded themselves inside a campus building, and they now face expulsion from the ivy league school. A White House Spokesman today saying forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful, it is wrong. At the university of North Carolina in chapel hill, police forcefully removed protesters this morning. More than half of those arrested were not even affiliated with the university. In recent weeks, protests have been staged at more than 60 campuses. More than a thousand people have been arrested. Many protesters are calling for the schools to cut ties with companies linked to israel and to be transparent about their investments. Cbss tom hanson leads us off tonight from Columbia University in manhattan. R