von hilliard. 2:00 p.m. eastern andrew mitchell picks up the coverage right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports the white house with a strong message to israel s prime minister. scaled-down, large-scale offensive in gaza after thousands of civilian deaths. all i will say is we had an intent detailed conversation on this transition and i can t share publicly the details of that because again if i laid out for you either what i thought the is really right now or what i am inking that would just give fodder to the enemy. also this hour new hampshire s republican government governor on his decision to back nikki haley for president ahead of his state critical primary contest and on the backlash from president trump. rudy giuliani s financial fate in the hands of a d.c. jury that could award tens of millions of dollars in damages to two georgia election workers who the different disgraced former attorney publicly defamed asus claims about election fraud. go