Good afternoon, thank you for staying with our special coverage of the israelhamas war. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington, where there is breaking news. The State Department confirming in the last hour at least 22 americans have been killed in the conflict so far. That update coming just minutes after President Biden doubled down on his strong comments supporting israel with remarks at the white house. This attack has brought to the surface the painful memories and scars left by antisemitism and genocide against the jewish people, and this moment we have to be crystal clear. There is no justification for terrorism, no excuse. Were also learning that Secretary Of State blinken will be traveling to israel this afternoon with a delegation that includes steve gillon, the special envoy for special hostage affairs. This hour well check in on capitol hill where a deeply divided House Republican conference could be one step closer to selecting their next speaker. Joining me now msnbcs chief cor
Israel, and over gaza city. Joining us now, nbcs senior White House Correspondent gabe gutierrez, nbc Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez in israel, david friedman, former u. S. Ambassador to israel in the trump administration, former Obama Deputy National Security adviser ben rhodes, and former Israeli Foreign minister sidney libny. Gabe, first to you, the white house apparently has been on an extended call with Prime Minister netanyahu. Talk to us about the speech, it could be one of the most important speeches of his term. What do we expect . Thats right, andrea. Theyre the second on camera remarks since the fighting in israel in gaza began over the weekend. And as you said, a very long call this morning, the president and the Vice President meeting with interNational Security team and also as of just a few moments ago, still on the phone with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The president is expected to offer his support for israel, reiterate his support for israel. Yesterd
And that light damage was caused to a Military Base. We do not have details of which are based. The ideas Spokesman Says the ten Year Old Girl injured from falling debris has been treated by paramedics. We can take a look at the International Response to the attack. Israel calling for a United Nations Security Council meeting tomorrow, sunday, in new york. The ambassador to the un says that these attacks are part of a dangerous trend of deterioration, the gravity and volume of the attacks are unprecedented and a fragrant violation of israels sovereignty, International Law and resolutions. Antonio and resolutions. Antonio guterres and resolutions. Antonio guterres released a statement as well saying i condemn this retaliation from the Islamic Republic of a run. I call for a cessation of this hostility and i am alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating regionwide escalation. Real danger of a devastating regionwide escalation. I real danger of a devastating regionwide escalation
jessica tarlov, jesse watters and her biggest fear is getting stuck in a glue trap, dana perino, the five greg: radical rashida tlaib refusing to back down on her anti-semitism after getting censured by congress. the house voting to punish the congresswoman after she blamed israel and america for the october 7th terror attacks and pumping out slogans you can find in the hamas charter like when she posted a video that included the phrase from the river to the sea. in tend they voted to discipline their fellow colleague tlaib balling her eyes out for being held accountable and painting herself as a free speech warrior. i will not be silenced or distort my words. the idea of the israel is anti-semitic is a dangerous precedent. i can t believe i have to say this but palestinian people are not disposable. the cries of the palestinian, palestinian and israeli children sound no different to me. why what i don t understand is why the cries of palestinians sound different to
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