on the ground. israel expands its ground operations in gaza. we re going to fight in the air, ground sea. what does the escalation mean for the region s future? and for the hostages trapped there by hamas? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me live next and then, intelligence committee republican senator james lankford. plus blackout. as israel s barrage picked up gaza went dark. palestinian civilians must be protected. what is the latest inside gaza and new beginnings? finally, the u.s. house elects a speaker. one more sign of republicans embrace of donald trump. another? i have decided to suspend my campaign for president. gop candidate chris christie on what it all means coming up. well, i m jake tapper in tel aviv where israeli bombard ams of gaza lit up the sky overnight. cnn teams are hearing constant explosions and machine gun fire with drones, helicopters and israeli fighter jets circling the skies, israel says the next phase of its w
ready to be carried in on a rick shaw. now he s struggling to become the leader because they did so poorly. so, you know, i think there i can see why they and the white house are feeling better. i said what i said. the issue is not about biden and politics go ahead. isn t part of the you said what you said about biden. the numbers are what they are. at the same point tonight the so-called leader of the republican party has put out an incomprehensible skreed against you and they re clearly nervous. republicans wouldn t listen. why? it s not partisan it s just
take the moment to shut it down. he smirks. joining us domingo garcia national president of the league of latin american citizens. domingo, we don t need to tell you, the words of the president have vilified immigrants, specifically latinos. we also know that the shooter in the case of el paso posted a racist anti-immigrant skreed. do you believe the president s rhetoric is part of the problem here? president trump has opened a pandora s box of hate and inflammatory racial hatred that we haven t seen since the time of the kkk and the know nothing party. he is a major contributing factor to the motivation of individuals like the one who went to el paso, texas, like the gilroy shooting that just happened three weeks ago where mexican americans were also targeted. he has to stop that type of rhetoric. he is inflaming the rashlg
heartbreak and an incredible show of unity. we saw that last night. we saw it the day before. one example, a long line to give blood this weekend, up to five hours long. i want to bring in nbc s blaine alexander who s in el paso with me as well. blaine, what are you learning about the victims, about the injured and in general what we know about this alleged gunman who police say left behind this skreed of hate and racism? chris, i want start with the victims and the people who were actually in the path of that shooter and we do have a little bit of good news to start off with, we know of the more than two dozen people wounded in the attack on saturday at least six people have already been discharged from the hospital and that includes two children, ages 2 and 9 years old. so that is some good news. but unfortunately so many people, chris, are not out of