The ground war seems imminent but how its described is already a subject of debate. Im in philadelphia. One week from the brutal attack by hamas to israel and now israel have ordered 1. 1 Million People to advocate their homes. The crisis is deepening. Theyre putting up a united front from visits to the middle east. Behind the Front A Diplomaticing Challenge is brewing about public messaging. The State Department sent an email to a small group of officials who work on that messaging not to use words like deescalation, restoring calm. Jennifer, what can you tell us, from washington, d. C. Good morning. Were seeing this administration tow this difficult line when it comes to the war in israel. Normally we would see the administration coming out to urge calm and urge the parties to deescalate. We have not seen any of that in the past week. We have seen full support for israel for those attacks by hamas last weekend. Secretary of state has traveled and said these are not retaliatory operat
Thats just a deal breaker for them. They just wont do it. I saw a report, i think on your network, someone said it was a republican, he said it didnt matter, he would do biden. Thats just a reality that republicans have to face up to if we want to win and we saw these losses in the most recent elections, lets give them a fresh america a chance for a fresh start and i think that the results will be very positive for us. All right. 2024 president ial candidate and Florida Governor ron desantis, thanks so much. Hope youll come back and we can talk about all the other issues we didnt talk about today. Thanks for coming on. That does it for us. Will do it yep. We appreciate that. That does it for us this morning. Jose diazbalart picks up the coverage right now. Ahead this hour, our special coverage of israel at war. Air strikes is, bombarding gaza with israels Prime Minister vowing devastation and destruction on hamas strongholds. The Death Toll Climbing as intense fighting continues. Plus,
Speak at 2 30 this afternoon. Just about 30 minutes from now. His first comments that the hamas Surprise Attack on israel and israels response. We will have a live report from the white house in just a moment. We will bring you the president s remarks when they happen. First, the latest. At least 70 people are dead, hundreds more are wounded in israel after hamas forces launched an unprecedented attack by air, land, and see. President biden set to deliver remarks on the situation, which will bring to you live. Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the country isnt a state of war. The Israeli Military saying an unknown number of soldiers and civilians have been taking hostage. Meanwhile, Gazas Health Ministry reports 198 people are dead and more than 1600 injured after israeli airstrikes in the region in retaliation. This comes 50 years and one day after the start of the october war, also known as the yom kippur war, who killed thousands on each side after egypt and syria launched