It only gets worse hourbyhour. Thank you very much, avril benoit of doctors without borders, and that does it for this edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city, and we are following three big Breaking News Stories with farreaching implications. The humanitarian catastrophe in gaza is spiraling deeper into devastation, desperate civilians clinging to hope because increasingly thats all they have left. With food, water, and medical supplies almost gone, packed trucks and 60 tons of aid are heartbreakingly close. Just on the other side of the egyptian border, so why isnt it getting through . And the house is considering a new plan to break the deadlock on capitol hill that would let Patrick Mchenry keep the speakers gavel. Well get you caught up on all the head spinning developments. Jim jordan out but only for now, possibly, and mchenry potentially in. How it might all take republica
Biden is currently on his way back to dc following a trip to israel today. While there he met with the Prime Minister and the war cabinet to discuss the ongoing conflict in gaza. The president also expressed his support for israel, but also expressed some concerns for the innocent people and got our washington correspondent, Alexandra Limon joins us now live with the very latest on the stories of how is the president s visit being received . He had just seen, you know, President Bidens visit to tel aviv was a historic one because this is the first time a u. S. President has visited israel while that country is at war. Thank you for standing with israel today. And always while in israel, President Biden strongly condemned the hamas terrorist attack through tally. We to cut anywhere in the world. But it cuts deeper. Here. It is real virtually every. This really has been touched by the body had u. S. Officials announced plans for new aid to israel. Im going ask United States congress for
Pacific. And breaking now, the hostage situation unfolding at this hour inside a bank. Several reportedly trapped inside. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the urgent headline from puerto rico at this hour. A dam at imminent risk of failure, a life flaet threatening situation. A Mass Evacuation under way. Some 70,000 people across the island. Catastrophic flooding and mudlieds already. The cover saying its time to get people out. We begin with abcs rob marciano on the scene to get tens of thousands to Higher Ground. Reporter a large dam is beginning to fail. Two towns and tens of thousands of people in danger downstream. A flash flood emergency in effect right now. Officials urging people to get to high ground. This is a lifethreatening situation happening now. Tonight the new emergency in this unfolding disaster. The battering of Hurricane Maria and her 40 inches of rain causing this major dams failure. Flash flooding fersing 70,000 people to
Count down is down yet again for conservative speakers on campus and the opponents they tract. Free speech runs through wednesday. All events are at Sproull Plaza outdoors. Heres Leslie Brinkley with more. As cal gears up to play their big saturday afternoon game against usc, an attorney for free speech week thats slated to run through thursday, says they will be announcing a final list of speakers at a Treasure Island press conference tomorrow. Selfproclaimed Milo Yiannopoulos posted this photo saying there will be a march sunday at noon. Ann culturer has canceled her appearance much its still known if steve bannon will show up. Because of the unknowns, we are treating it as if its going to all the way and everybody that is on the list is coming. Cal says theyve contracted with other local Law Enforcement agencies to kbeer up for four days of event so i can secure the plaza in a way that might be similar to how things played out for ben shapiros appearance last week. We are not in the
Need to look out for is volatility in the market. Your markets and this is what we are seeing overall. Global stocks seem to be more study certainly than they were yesterday. Rising. X stocks and europe edging higher. That means theyre having their worst week since november. The brazilian real well talk about all day, 3. 37. The vix down. A little bit of a swing upwards yesterday. Lets get to first word news. Sebastian the u. S. Treasury secretary says breaking up the banks would be a huge mistake. Steven mnuchin says the u. S. Administration does not support splitting commercial and investment banking. Elizabeth warren accused him of a bizarre policy shift. Temer has defined calls to step down, saying an investigation will clear him of a coverup. Media claimed that he approved hush money for the former House Speaker. Realurmoil has seen the tumble. U. K. Political parties have criticized theresa mays approach to brexit ahead of next months election. Jeremy corbyn refused to take her b