it s free, but you have to pay shipping. emily: no doubt it s a knock-out book. thanks to everyone for watching. here is america reports. shame on you! shame on you! from the river to the sea. palestine will be free. sandra: war rages on in the middle east, and waiting two major briefings as we begin a brand-new hour here from the biden administration on how it is responding to the war between israel and hamas. john, great to see you and your continued coverage on the ground there in israel. john: good to see you there as well, sandra. i m john roberts in jerusalem. this is america reports. the state department set to give an update on their he have reports to rescue the hundreds of americans trapped in gaza as well as the unknown amount being held hostage by hamas terrorists. that briefing will be followed by the pentagon which continues to deploy more military assets to the region to aid israel and deter the iran-backed terror group hezbollah from opening a se
palestinian, arab, jew, muslim, christian, everyone. you can t give up what makes you who you are. if you give that up, then the terrorists win, and we can never let them win. president biden back at the white house this morning after a jam-packed trip to israel where he promised continued support for america s ally and cautioned against rage-filled vengeance. meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of the an expected ground invasion by israeli forces that could begin any day now. we ll go through all of that straight ahead. plus, another vote on the house floor leads to yet another loss for jim jordan. we ll look at where his support stands heading into a third ballot for speaker, which is set for later today. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, october 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we ll begin this morning with president joe biden s historic trip to
a lot across the border at the u.s. embassy in beirut, lebanon. public in the mideast upset by the blast of the hospital in gaza. hamas claims israel. israel claims the palestinians. they go after the blood thirsty hamas militants. it is what they used to call a phony war. intermittent strikes but not a full blown invasion. hezbollah using anti-tank missiles who hit a kibbutz. they used rockets and mortars and small arms. israel huge military presence here. they responded overnight with artillery and air strikes, tanks, drones, you name it. so far in the past day since we ve been here five israeli shoulders have been killed. 18 hezbollah and other militants have died as well and there has been civilian casualties. remember, the powerful lebanon-based hezbollah claims 100,000 fighters, claims 150,000 rockets. they are playing a waiting game. a lot of threats from the group and benefactor iran. remember, hezbollah and hamas depend on iran as well. they re clear if israel pushes
you re looking life at the white house at the top of a new hour where in four hours from now president biden will be addressing the nation. the pentagon confirmed a u.s. warship has intercepted missiles off of the coast of yemen. welcome. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we re going to speak to house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul in just a moment. first let s get right to mike tobin. he is live in israel on what is happening right now where you are. mike? well, sandra, the rocket fire out of the gaza strip, which you can see in the distance behind me, the rocket fire is picking up and incontinuing tonight. sirens just alerted in tel aviv from long range rockets. throughout the night, we ve seen six barrages come out of this section of the strip. benjamin netanyahu paid a visit to the soldiers here, waiting for their orders. he met with the golani brigade and told them that they fought like lions and will fight like lions. we r
welcome to the second hour of chris jansing reports live at msnbc headquarters in new york, and right now, about 115 minutes since the house gavelled out for recess. no solution in the speaker stalemate, but just in the last 30 minutes, since we last spoke about this, a lot has changed and we re getting a new glimpse into just how high tensions are behind closed doors within the republican conference. here s what happened. moments ago, republican congressman matt gaetz confirmed that former speaker kevin mccarthy yelled at him in that gop conference meeting. passions are a little inflamed, i think he s working through the stages of grief. did congressman lunge at you as well? i think he was pretty animated. i don t know if i would describe it as a lunge. i said having a speaker light is a bad idea. i think republicans ought to stay in the conference until we elect a speaker. i think we have a lot of great folks. i m supporting jim jordan. that will be how it goes. o