national security advisory jake sullivan at any moment from the white house. and the terror investigation underway after a deadly attack with a knife and a hammer near the eiffel tower. what police are saying about the islamic radical that is under arrest. and here at home, is it real or revenge? the move by republicans that the white house says will be throwing red meat to the right flank of the house. plus, the vote happening right now over the deal reached between actors and studios after that historic strike. the talk behind the scenes, and why some expect this vote could be a close one. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with the latest inside gaza. nbc s david noriega is in tel aviv for us. david, the israeli military says the main road in gaza that s being used as a humanitarian corridor for those evacuating now constitutes a battlefield. what more are you hearing on the ground? reporter: chris, the biggest development
must be respected. too many innocent palestinians have been killed. frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from gaza are devastating. also, a barrage of missiles and drones from iran backed houthi rebels in yemen aimed at commercial ships in the red sea, shut down by a u.s. naval destroyer. plus, speaker johnson says he has the votes to open an impeachment inquiry against president biden. an explosive showdown. and the supreme court is hearing arguments about an opioid settlement that would provide care and compensation to millions of victims until it s overturned. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is warning residents of southern gaza of an imminent, heavy attack, where just weeks ago palestinians were told to take refuge. mass evacuation orders are expanding in the second largest city in southern gaza and where hamas believes key leaders are hiding. forces say its ground offensive is pushing south where they say i
house sent him packing. the supreme court hearing arguments in a high-stakes case on perdue pharma and the opioid crisis. could scotus unravel a deal that protected the sackler family from civil lawsuits? hi, everybody. good morning to you. i m yasmin vossoughian. it s 10:00 a.m. in the east, in for ana cabrera. we begin with breaking news out of the israel-hamas war. israel expanding its assault to include the entire gaza strip. the idf dropping leaflets overnight telling civilians to evacuate, warning of a large-scale attack, saying these are the last hours to evacuate. a senior u.s. military official telling nbc news he was taken aback by the ferocity of the refluid campaign. i want to get to raf sanchez on the ground in tel aviv. what have we learned about this new assault? reporter: israel now says it is operating in every part of the gaza strip after launching this new ground offensive into the south. this focus on the south began pretty much minutes after the cea
after hamas. the security system continues to flow. that s not going to change. we re also going to do everything we can to make sure that they are properly accounting for the civilian population and minimizing the damage and casualties as much as possible. the other thing we re not going to take our foot off the gas on is seeing if we can get nood another pause and get more hostages out and more security aid in. that s john kirby laying out the top priorities. we ll show you what else he had to say about the failed negotiations for another humanitarian pause in gaza. also ahead, the latest on a string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. plus, speaker mike johnson gives a timeline for a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry in the house of representatives and to president biden. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us
the same cities where they ve been telling palestinians to go to flee the danger. one man saying, quote, they ll tell you it s a safe area, but there is no safe area in all of the gaza strip. if donald trump wins his way back into the white house, would he ever leave? the strongest warning yet from former republican congresswoman liz cheney. could american democracy as we know it end in 2024. trump is going on offense. who he says is the real threat to america. a cuban spy busted after spending more than four decades hiding in plain sight. the nearly unevidenceable story of manuel rocca, former u.s. amend arrested and accused of being a covert agent. we ve got those details coming up. we begin inside gaza where right now israel is escalating its ground offensive in the south where many hamas leaders and fighters have believed to have fled. all ofhis creating dangerous confusion on the ground for exhausted, war-wear often very poor people who don t know what they re supped