Politicsnation. Tonight slayed right now, the israelhamas war is intensifying. Three weeks after it started. But israels Military Chief Wanted the war has entered its next stage ahead of a major offensive in the gaza strip. This weekend the idf claims that some of its forces have already begun massing inside the palestinian territory, we are an intense series of israeli airstrikes has knocked out Communication Systems and Internet Access into gaza, effectively cutting off its 2 million residents from the outside world. Back in washington, congress is preparing to take up the white house major multi billion dollar request for aid to israel. One of its first tests under new republican Speaker Mike Johnson. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me in a moment. As Congress Works through Big Questions on israel, ukraine, and gun control, after this weeks horrific Mass Shooting in maine, and later, donald trump took the stand for the first time in his new york fraud trial this week and
ayman, another ex trump lawyer agrees to testify against. him could we see even more flippers in the georgia election, plus the new republican house speaker could cost the party big-time in 2024 and we will explain why and breaking news out of israel as troops push amid a massive communications black out. let s get started. fani willis knows what she is doing, that is clearly within a matter of days, after the fulton county district agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. they secured plead eels from sydney powell, kenneth chesebro, and just this week, jenna ellis. they are all former attorneys for donald trump. in august, ellis didn t appear to show any regret for her behavior. smiling from ear to ear as she opposed for her mugshot. but she is singing a very different tune. i think my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously and i am a person of sound moral individual and all of my dealings. in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, i believe that challenging the r
this will be concert 2nd piece of ground operations in gaza we begin this hour with and israeli prime israel escalating minister, benjamin its attacks on netanyahu, bows to gaza, in the warning of destroy a long war ahead hamas. . we ve seen rockets exploding in the propels downtime stretches gaza skyline, over momentum the enclave. around the world this after israeli as hundreds of officials announced that thousands the conflict is entering a new phase, called for a meeting cease-fire increased. airstrikes, and ground chinese incursion throughout the gaza foreign minister, strip. workers inside of gaza, describing a humanitarian catastrophe. food, water, and fuel, they are all running out. food medication is limited. one pleading for food and internet service to be restored. communication is the central nervous system in an emergency for the medical team. we need that communication. we need to communicate with the people on the scene. we are blind. we cannot work at th
year, people here are saying this is the first time they ve been able to process the grief. tonight, we have another vigil in the community for the first time which is able to rally around together in person. yasmin? thank you. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. i asked me to see again. if you re just joining us, welcome. if you re sticking with us, we are thankful for that. we are alive on the ground in israel as the next phase of the war on hamas includes a stepped up bombing effort in gaza. a large part of the area had already been leveled. remaining residents are pleading for help. aid workers and civilians need to be able to communicate. journalists need to be able to document what is happening in gaza to report it to the wider world. that s something we worked on. we are glad to see that restoration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in damage control mode, backtracking after criticism of his own troops.
good morning. you are watching velshi on msnbc. it is sunday, october 29th. and i m charles coleman junior filling in for ali velshi. we ve got a lot to talk about. now, my colleague ali is on vacation. he will be back next weekend. but until then, we are starting this morning with a split screen moment for donald trump, the legal landscape is going more and more dangerous for the former president by the day. but despite this, somehow, his grip on the republican party was reaffirmed once again this week with the election of a key ally to the speaker of the house. and in fulton county, georgia, for people, that is one, two, three, four of trump s codefendants have now taken eels and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. just this week, in new york, the former president stormed out of the courtroom shortly after he was fined $10,000 for violating a court order after a judge denied his lawyers request to dismiss the case. now, the request was a long shot. but nonetheless, thin