So, you know, they are seeing him as a good ally in this fight. Also, you know, echoing the message we heard from joe biden in that Rare Oval Office address. You know, i think those lines of communication remain open, but i think this is something that Mitch Mcconnell just believes in a similar fashion to joe biden, and theyre happy to have someone from the other party be a spokesperson and advocate for this significant aid package. All right. Well see what happens in the capitol today. White house reporter for the Washington Post, tyler pager, thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Welcome to morning joe. It is 6 00 on the east coast, oz yau take a live look at washington, d. C. It is tuesday, october 24th. This morning, for the first time, were hearing from a hostage freed by hamas. Well play for you comments from one of the elderly women released yesterday by the Terrorist Group. Meanwhile, the e
The heat has been asking to Work Together to ensure the released of the hostages. He describes that hamas is a Terrorist Organisation with the goal of destroying israel. He said that israels priority and frances priority and other allies is to win against hamas. You are not alone, he says. He said that is why france stands by israel as it stood with an International Coalition against Islamic State group, to stand by israel. So here saying it is notjust israels security that is threatened by what is going on but the security of many neighbouring countries in the middle east. He said we are democracies that respect the rules of war. He said respect Civilian Populations that allow aid in, to return electricity, he is talking here, of course, about the gaza strip. The hospitals need electricity. He said that france is ready, with concrete solutions, to help the population. And he will be speaking with a neighbouring countries to find a solution. We know that he is on a two day visit to the
You see her there, the 85yearold grandmother recounting her harrowing experience. Her daughter was by her side translating. Yoesh shed lifshitz said hamas stormed her kibbutz and abducted her on the back of the moto motorbike. Each captive had their own doctor. There are huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spider web. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and theyre not going to hurt them. And that they shared they ate the same food that hamas was eating. Hamas has now released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault on gaza they say by ground, sea and air. The Israeli Military says it struck more than 400 targets across gaza in the past day killing hamas commanders and fighters. More than 200 hostages are still believed to be inside gaza. And as we learned from israels president overnight, that includes 30 children. Go to erin burnett she joins us live in tel aviv. Erin, to you, incredible to hear those details of how t
Good day to our viewers around the world. It is tuesday, october 24, 5 00 a. M. In washington and noon in israel where two hostages newly released from hamas captivity have had a emotional reunion. The daughter of one hostage says her mothers safe return is a great sign for all the other hamas captives. This is not a political issue, is this a humane issue. Weve lost so many. Sis a ray ofe is so much darkness. I cant wait to see my mom and other members of the Community Also hugging their loved ones. Were expecting to hear from one of those women any minute now and well bring some of that to you when we get it. President biden said that all the hostages have to be free before the u. S. Will consider a ceasefire in gaza. And the point he was trying to make is that the u. S. Is standing behind israel as they lay the ground work for iz nvasn of gaza. Israel says that they bombed more than 400 terror targets. This is the humanitarian crisis deepens. One hospital completely without power. H
Deal. This is former trump lawyer jenna ellis in court this hour. Is it your decision to waive these rights and enter a guilty plea because you are in fact guilty . It is. So she is the fourth codefendant and the third in just a week to take a plea deal. Joining us is nbc news Laura Jarrett and katie phang by phone. Laura, this just happened moments ago. What more do you have on it . Unexpected. Another significant plea deal. We see in court, jenna ellis, getting emotional, apologizing to the people of georgia, telling the judge she was led by others down this wrong path and saying she regretted her representation of the former president and all of the things that she did, along with others including Rudy Giuliani, which she is now pleading guilty to essentially making false statements in front of the Georgia Senate, around december of 2020, she goes forward, you might remember, one of those Infamous Press conferences, they were standing before the Georgia Senate talking about dead vot