Will be the next speaker of the house. But who can get the votes needed to seal the deal . Right now, the biggest Healthcare Strike in u. S. History is now in its second day. How it is already affecting patients. And in new york city, day four of the trump Civil Fraud Trial under way. What his lawyers just did in an attempt to get the case dismissed. We begin this morning with a major update at the southern border. Overnight, the Biden Administration announced it will wave 26 federal laws in south texas to make way for the Border Wall Construction there. A move marks a significant policy reversal for the white house, which is called the border wall, quote, not a serious solution. Here what he is then candidate biden said about the wall in 2020. There will not be another foot of wall constructed in my administration. Joining us now, nbc news senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez and nbcs guad venegas. So, gabe, what happened at the white house overnight . Why is this happening
He was number two, at least not public support. Jordan is known for punchy interviews on cable news, for leading hard Liner Investigations in support of President Trump and against President Biden. Hes a member of the Freedom Caucus who could theoretically help the extreme of the party get in line. Hes making the rounds selling what he could do. Here he is with nbcs ali vitali this morning. One of the things the country wants is the government to stay open. How would you deep with the looming Government Shutdown on november 17th. Send the bill, the bipartisan bill, the no Government Shutdown act you, get the Shutdown Politics and this chaos, and all the crisis is coming, you get that off the table, and you pass legislation. Which is common sense. Its bipartisan, and is t simply says if you dont get your work done, you stay here and get it done. Its around the clock. It sounds reasonable but reasonable is not the representation reputation jordan has, in places like new york, home to fre
the threat here in the u.s. has been raised to a whole new level as a result of the israel hamas war. for one of the senators in that room, the threat is already hitting very close to home. one nevada man just arrested for allegedly making antisemitic calls to the senator. one chilling voice mail referred to finishing quote, what hitler started. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with the war in gaza and new pictures showing the site of a massive explosion at a refugee camp just outside of gaza city. raf sanchez is reporting from israel. what do we know about this? so, chris, this explosion happened at the refugee camp, the largest of the eight in gaza. it is as you said in the northern end of the gaza strip. it s close to the israeli border. we are seeing just this scenes of enormous destruction there inside that refugee camp. a local hospital official tells us dozens of people were killed. we don t have an exact number, but do
released video showing israeli but it is extraordinarily troops operating inside the complex in this complex because strip. you have the israeli army, which now, the idf says it has struck is fighting a war and which is fighting a war against hamas and more than 300 targets since inside gaza, there are very few yesterday including compounds reporters. the reporters who are there are inside underground tunnels. operating under themselves under fire. there s not much power to speak of in the gaza strip. they are using solar power when possible during the day. the government information some have generators. office in gaza says at least 20 homes were completely destroyed. very difficult to move around. elsewhere, civilians are once but luckily, we do have several again sifting through rubble for very courageous teams operating throughout gaza in the north, their loved ones and the injured central gaza, and in the south are running out of places to go. generators at two central a
good morning, it s 8:00 a.m. pacific, and 11:00 a.m. eastern. top biden officials urge congress to approve a $100 billion request for aid to israel and ukraine. this is the israeli government continuing to strike on hamas, and witnesses say hundreds of bodies now line the streets of gaza. we will talk to an israeli defense official about israel s plan. meanwhile, in acapulco, mexico, utter devastation. the number of people missing or killed because of hurricane otis rising, and we will speak to a chef on the ground helping to feed the survivors. we begin this hour with breaking news from capitol hill. just moments ago multiple protesters interrupted the secretary of state s antony blinken s opening statement, calling for a cease-fire in gaza before being arrested by capitol police. the biden administration officials are testifying about additional funding for israel and ongoing threats to the homeland. joining us now is ali vitali from capitol hill. what is the latest fro