the distance. the israelis are trying to engage anyone that tries to ambush their forces. the battle is street by street. it s urban gorilla warfare. neil: one month in, israel says they have gaza city surrounded and preparing to move in. the white house trying to move in. is the president starting to back off from his israel position? still with them, but maybe not as with them. coming up, we re going to talk to the national security council s john kirby on how far the white house is willing to go. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. let s go to mike tobin in southern israel with the latest on this preparation for something big and pretty soon. mike? neil, while the israeli forces are not letting up as you mentioned, gaza city is surrounded. in fact, they have the israeli navy bringing pressure from the sea. overnight, there was an aerial bombardment with 450 targets being hit. the air strikes continue tonight. the palestinian health minute try said the
today as he tries to stop the conflict from widening throughout the region. meanwhile here in washington a major roadblock on capitol hill. the future of the house approved a stand alone aid package for israel in limbo. the house bill is dead on arrival and they said it. shannon: a big win for the new speaker of the house can be short-lived critical funding for israel fight against hamas and ukraine against russia gets caught up in a political wrangling. owned to pair up border security with ukraine i think we can get bipartisan agreement on both of those matters. shannon: speaker of the house and michael johnson all joined us exclusively desi designed by dispersal week on the job and his plan to avoid a government shutdown just days from now. and. quickly provided israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimize civilian deaths while still achieving s objectives of finding and finishing hamas a terrorist big et cetera to blinken back in the midd
will: benjamin netanyahu rejecting the biden administration s call for a humanitarian pause and gaza as they push deeper into the gaza strip as the leader of hezbollah threatens further escalation with israel and warns the us involvement in the conflict will not scare us. i am griffin jenkins. alicia: i am alicia acuna. there s a much calling for cease-fire and end to us aid to israel. we have coverage with steve harrigan on israel/lebanon border, trey yingst in southern is reliant mike emanuel in washington. we start with you for the latest on the pro-palestinian march. reporter: good afternoon. the crowd to build steadily, people coming from all over, some pro-palestinian, others antiwar, the bottom line is they are calling on president biden to defund support to israel and calling for end to military action in the middle east region. you can see freedom plaza is inside of the capit0l building. the streets have been closed off. all kinds of signage and us aid to israel, l
judge and a combative eric trump and a prosecutor, will it be a preview of next week and the former president s testimony after his son calls the trial itself an absolute joke. the current president, sending his secretary of state on a very high stakes mission to israel, making a personal plea to stop the fighting if only for a few hours. the desperate push to get more people out of harm s way even as israeli forces encircle the largest city in the gaza strip with thousands trapped inside. a former u.s. ambassador to israel will join me to explain where things go from here. and the alarming surge of anti-semitic threats on college campuses now leading one university to pull the plug on classes today citing stress on the students. with no end to the war in sight, will the threats and the fallout get worse before they get better? but we start in new york where tensions exploded in a testy 25-minute long back and forth between donald trump s legal team and the judge at his c
thanks for joining us in this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, donald trump s son eric due back on the stand minutes from now. what he and his older brother said in court today in the civil fraud trial. a senior hamas leader just reiterating his vow to repeat the horrific october 7th attack on israel again and again as fighting ramps up in gaza. what does it mean for the future of the conflict? plus, the long journey to escape. at least 79 americans and their family members have been allowed to exit gaza in the last two days, according to a senior biden administration official. but for palestinians, the only way out is having a significant injury, as the situation there worsens daily. and here at home, a vote to expel embattled republican congressman george santos fails in the house. but his legal and political troubles are far from over. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments in new york. we are waiting for eric trump to get b