Detecting rockets fired from syria. Bret israeli jets hitting hamas targets softening the battlefield paving the way for ground forces. Meanwhile as weve been telling you at least 14 americans dead and they dont know, at least another 20 considered missing. Some of them possibly held hostage in gaza. There is no more electricity in gaza. The only power plant there running out of fuel. They have also cut off electricity and water. The israelis have. And as the u. S. S. Gerald ford Carrier Strike force arrives in the region iranian backed militia in iraq is threatening to attack american bases in retaliation if the u. S. Intervenes in the war between hamas and israel. Dana the latest this hour. Starting with mike tobin live on the ground in the war zone. Good morning, mike. What you see behind me off in the distance is the gaza strip itself. You may be able to hear israeli jets overhead. They are constant. The pounding of the gaza strip is constant. To the North And South of me israeli t
Be with you, thank you for the permission too use the metaphor. Good evening, i am bret baier. They have nominated Steve Scalise to be their candidate for House Speaker. Its unclear when the whole house vote will be, and if they can get to the numbers. We will get to that in a moment but we can begin with the war i the middle east, israel is said to be. A massive invasion. The death toll now on both side stands at 2300 per the u. S. Is 20 to americans have been kille 17 remain unaccounted for a. They could be held hostage for terrorists are holding an estimated 150 hostages as human shields. Terrorist continued to file rockets into israel pretty much every hour including a heavy brush today into the southern town. City correspondent mike tobin and his team have been there al day. Mike is just along the border tonight in a warning that some of the images and this report may be disturbing. Good evening, mike. Good evening, bret. His Army Position to invade the gaza strip, israels prime P
We will make sure they have what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. Theres no justification for terrorism. Theres no excuse. Hamas does not stand for the palestinian peoples right to dignity and selfdetermination. Its stated purpose is annihilation on the murder of jewish people. President biden making it clear that the United States stands with israel, promising support following the hamas Terrorist Attacks. The president also confirmed that there are americans being held hostage by the terror group. Well get an update on what is being done to try and free them. And weve seen more explosions in gaza this morning as the conflict enters its fifth day. Well get a live report from israel in just a moment. Also ahead, National Security analyst for nbc news and msnbc clint watts with an overview of the war and what could happen next. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, october 11th. Lets dive right in. Israel is ramping up
To tonight, another war in the middle east. The Islamic Terror Group hamaiddle eas, backed by the ir, caught israel by surprise in the deadliesty the attack o since the holocaust. Since saturday Morningest Attas assault over a thousand dead bodies are still being dug out from the rubble. 11 americans have been killed. Been kilhamas has 150 hostages. A some could be american. It began three days ago when day hamas fired 5000 Rockets From0 gaza into israeli territory as hamas rockets rained down, ot over a thousand Hamas Terrorists poured across the Israeli Border on motorcycles, trucks, boats even flying in on paragliders. This came on the 50th Year Anniversary of the yom kippur war, where israel was being besieged by an arab coalition. Saturdays attack also coincidey cod with the Jewishise Festival Of Scott in the middle of the celebrationst when Radic Muslims murdered innocent men in front of Their Familiesmd ,hauling away women and children as hostages. Hamaldres also stormed a Music
Direct next steps. Connected with Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss coordination to support israel, deter hostile actors and protect innocent people. We will in the minutes ahead we hope get more of a level of detail whats going to happen. Sandra we are about an hour behind and also anticipating Jake Sullivan to appear at the White House Press briefing with Karine Jeanpierre, that too has been pushed back because we have not heard the president s address yet. As soon as he begins speaking we will get to that. Middle east region is quieter today than in two decades. Sandra and there he is, that was National Security adviser Jake Sullivan speaking last week touting the Biden Administration middle east policy, days later, an attack for the deadliest day since the holocaust. John a lot of signals were missed, im john roberts in washington. We are still waiting for President Biden to address the nation. Speech scheduled to start one hour and one minute ago. Also scheduled this hour, the White H