It is october 13th this is today. Evacuation order israel gives civilians in gaza 24 hours to flee overnight, new israeli air strikes paved the way for troops to move in the u. S. Scrambling to get americans out of israel, chartering flights and the desperate push to free American Security being ramped up i cities across the country this morning. Some jewish schools closed after hamas called for a day of rage well have the very latest. Breaking overnight, square one. In a stunning move, steve hostages were in the region live. Security being ramped up in cities across the country this morning. Some jewish schools closed well have the very latest. Breaking overnight, square one. In a stunning move, Steve Scalise suddenly drops out of just ahead, the republican the race for house speaker. Nobody is going to use me as an excuse to hold back our ability to get the house opened again. Just ahead the republican hardright holdouts leaving congress at a standstill were live on capitol hill. Weekend washout again. A massive coast to coast storm set over the country als forecast straight ahead. All that, plus her side. Jada Pinkett Smith opening up. Im like, what is going on er right now . What shes revealing in her exclusive oneonone with hoda. And hail to the chiefs. They go the other way caught for a touchdown. Kansas city tops denver in a thursday night showdown. Taylor swift back in the stands with Travis Kelces mom. And is that the bracelet we gave her . Im going to go to this movie at least 13 times. Today, october 13, 2023. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. From studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody good morning welcome to friday. Nice to have you along with us we will start with that urgent message overnight from israel. A clear sign a Ground Invasion is imminent. This was the scene a short time ago. Leaflets warning civilians they should get out of the area immediately. More than one Million People need to relocate by roughly midnight tonight eastern time, a move the United Nations calls, quote, impossible without devastating humanitarian crisis. 150 hostages taken in saturdays massacre by hamas 27 killed. 14 remain unaccounted for. Security being increased this morning, including the u. S. Capitol, amid increased and online threats and calls for hamas for a global day of anger. There is much to discuss. Lets start with Richard Engel richard, good morning to you reporter good morning, savannah we are now on the border with the gaza strip behind me, that is gaza city that is going to be, it seems, the focus of israels attack that is the city that israel has told palestinians to leave, to leave immediately, telling them they have until midnight to head south to save their lives. Calls for the evacuation of all civilians from gaza city. Reporter israel warned more than one million palestinians to evacuate their homes within 24 hours as it continues to attack the gaza trip and cut it off israel told palestinians to head south below the valley israel says it had no choice but to attack gaza to disarm and deter hamas after its gunmen butchered 1,300 israelis and foreigners and killed upwards of 150. And it is flattening the gaza strip to do it with aroundtheclock air strikes and tanks opening fire what about the children . 40 of the two million gazans are under 15 the un says a humanitarian crisis is dire and getting worse. Hospitals in gaza are overwhelmed with thousands of dead and wounded doctors are running out of supplies and israel has cut the power and water. As i am speaking, the building is shaking every minute or two minutes i hope my family is okay. Reporter israeli troops and heavy weapons are ringing gaza the brunt of it, it seems, will come to the north. As you can see, we are preparing our bags and leaving our house. Reporter a 22yearold dental student. No one has a place right now. If you have a car just run no one knows where were going but were all evacuating. Reporter Prime Minister netanyahu says hamas is like isis and released photographic photos of children a mission to prevent the war from spreading across the region hamas told palestinians to defy israels orders, to stay in their homes, but many people are not obeying that order however, some people are remaining in gaza city the hospitals will stay open they say they have no choice they have a moral obligation to stay and treat the wounded and the dead, numbers expected to rise quite soon. Savannah joined now by retired admiral, Supreme Commander of nato, james stavridis, and jeremy bash. Jeremy, we see this order, this evacuation announcement coming from israel how practical is this . Where are these gazans supposed to go . The population will go io what about hamas wont terrorists try to slip out with them . The population will go into un protected refugee camps, while the idf tries to conduct surgical strikes against weapons cachets, weapons factories and highvalue targets this is snot shock and awe, savannah the israelis are not trying to occupy the territory for all time theyre not trying to nation build. Theyre trying to go after terrorist infrastructure and protect the south of israel. On that element of surprise, admiral, there is none these troops are amassed at the border the leaflets are flying. The Israeli Ground forces are coming what is the military mission there, if you can expand on what jeremy was just saying. Yeah. What you are seeing is best military practice in the following sense. Theyre giving a lot of warning. Theyre offering time for these civilians to move out of the line of fire theyre defining where theyre going. We know what that mission will look like. You will continue to see these strikes for another 24 to 48 hours tops you cant keep that ground force just holding much longer then they will move in, savannah they will look for those military aged males. They will try to capture them. They will go after the c2, the ammo concentrations throughout gaza city, and they will take control of it. But jeremy is exactly right. They dont want to stay. They will do everything they can to avoid civilian casualties, but it is going to be a very, very bloody couple of days. Meanwhile, jeremy, we see secretary blinken and other u. S. Officials hopscotching from country to country. The mission is to arrange for assistance for the gaza people the second is to ensure they transmit a message that iran should not get into this fight im sure jordan is nervous and key message is, iran, dont join this war. What of the hostages . The american hostages are close to our hearts. All the hostages are is there any feasible rescue plan for them . There is always hope. We have conducted hostage rescues, both we, the united states, israel very, very good at this mission. I can assure you every element of u. S. And Israeli Intelligence is focused on finding and fixing those hostages special forces are prepared to go in. The Israeli Defense force will do everything again. And i think there is a lot of back Office Assistance from the united states. We know there are u. S. Citizens there. The president and secretary of defense lloyd austin will be very focused on doing all we can to get them out safely. Gentlemen, thank you as always. Meantime, cities across the country are increasing security this morning after a call for a day of anger by a former leader of hamas Stephanie Gosk has the latest on this story hey, stef. Good morning. Reporter hey, hoda good morning we have been watching the Police Presence ramp up were being told some schools are even closed today or have gone remote out of an abundance of caution after that former hamas leader called for protests around the world today this morning at synagogues and jewish schools and businesses nationwide security is beefed up according to multiple Law Enforcement officials, authorities are monitoring increased threats online, but adding none of them are specific and credible one major cause for concern, the former head of hamas calling for a global day of anger today against israel, encouraging the fight. Is this moment different this moment is very different. This is unprecedented. Reporter former new York City Police chief Terry Monahan says Law Enforcement is keeping a sharp eye out for any threats. But theyre also asking the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious. This is the biggest problem Law Enforcement faced when it comes to counterterrorism since 911. Reporter protests popped up in cities and college campuses, occasionally becoming flash points between israeli and palestinian demonstrators. On new yorks long island, police briefin rabbis as the Jewish Community prepares for the first Sabbath Services were not going to allow fear to paralyze us its not going to do that. Reporter one rabbi says their doors will be open this weekend. I encourage our Jewish Population who usually doesnt come to synagogue this sabbath, come out strong and let everyone know that just because hamas tries to eradicate us from this world, its not going to happen. Reporter the nypd is investigating multiple incidents here in the city including an assault and arrest at Columbia University where they closed the campus down to the public. Later today, there is a propalestine rally in new york and you can expect a significant Police Presence there. Stef, thanks. Also breaking overnight, new turmoil in the search for speaker of the house Steve Scalise withdrawing his name overnight quite a surprise, just one day after securing the republican nomination nbcs capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us with the details. Whats next now . Good morning. Reporter good morning. And the race for speaker is now back to square one republicans are scrambling to find a new candidate to replace Kevin Mccarthy after Steve Scalise surprisingly took himself out of contention. Right now no one has enough support to win the job after weeks after countless closeddoor meetings and constant infighting, republicans in congress are now looking to the heavens for answers. Were shifted right now im thoroughly disappointed in the process. I pray to god we find something. Reporter that something is one person who can marshall the support of 217 republicans in congress, a goal so elusive that Steve Scalise, the man who once had the most support, just gave up. Our conference still has to come together and is not there there are still some people that have their own agendas. Reporter the republican civil war is so grave that it has hobbled the entire congress. No legislation can emerge from the capitol without a speaker in place. That means the debate of funding to aid israel, the policy border crisis,and a looming Government Shutdown have not even started. We need to make sure that we are functional for this country and were going to do that. It is a numbers game for republicans. There are currently 433 sitting members of congress. 212 of those seats belong to democrats. Republicans have a majority with 221 seats. But in order to be elected speaker, you need to reach a magic number of 217. Meaning, if all of the democrats and just five republicans dont vote for the chosen candidate, a speaker cant be elected it was enough to end Kevin Mccarthys speakership and prevent scalise from getting there. And it remains a major barrier for other potential candidates like jim jordan as well. Were going to have the same problem with jordan that we had with scalise i think it is a math problem, frankly. Reporter and jim jordan is the likely front runner to be the next man up. He said last night he would wait until today to seek the speakership out of respect for scalise. Quick programming note, Kristin Welker will be covering this more trouble this morning for senator bob menendez the new jersey democra hit with new charges yesterday accusing him of accepting bribes from a Foreign Government and conspireing to act as a foreign agent. It alleges he provided sensitive u. S. Government information that secretly aided the government of egypt. He denies the allegations. The senator and his wife pleaded not guilty to corruption charges, alleging they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. Chiefs going head to head with their division rival, the broncos, on thursday night football. 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