Israel drops leaflets from the sky telling gazans to get out. More air strikes by israel against military targets they say in gaza. It appears to be paving the way for a full on Ground Invasion. The rush to leave. We are tracking the scramble to get americans out of israel and the desperate behind the scenes push to free hostages. Plus the security concerns in america. Cities and College Campuses on alert. And the extra security at the u. S. Capitol today after a former hamas leader called for a day of rage. The step being taken to make sure protests remain peaceful. Good morning, every wb wn. Israels military says, a quote, extensive attack against military targets in the gaza strip is under way. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said earlier today, quote, our enemies have only started paying the price. However, he did not say if the anticipated Ground Invasion has begun. This comes after israel ordered more than 1 Million People to evacuate northern gaza earlier today. Nbc news has learned 70 people were killed when air strikes hit three convoys moving to southern gaza. Were also monitoring worldwide protests today in support of pal stippians. Several communities here in the u. S. Are on high alert as well for potential violence against jewish houses of worship and jewish owned businesses. President biden spoke today with families of americans believed to be held hostage in gaza. It comes as the first charter flight organized by the state department to get americans out of israel departed from there earlier today. More than 3,100 people have been killed since the war began nearly seven days ago now. That includes at least 27 americans, more than 10,000 others have been hurt. Our correspondent ellison barber was reporting live on nbc news daily earlier today from the israelgaza border. She had to take cover as rockets coming in from gaza suddenly flew overhead. So far today we have not since weve been out here in the last couple of hours seen or heard any sort of rockets. Actually we have something coming over our head right here now. Get down, ellison, well come back to you. Ellison and her crew are thankfully safe from that. She joins us now. Ellison, i understand its an active scene where you are. What are you seeing there . Hey, guys. We were just watching in the sky as some flares were sent up, and we could hear the booms coming from gaza. As you said we were waiting to see what Prime Minister netanyahu would have to say in his speech tonight, the fact that he was speaking on the sabbath we thought perhaps there would be some sort of big announcement within that. There wasnt necessarily. They did not announce as you reported accurately there that there is an official start to the ground offensive, but we do know that the idf, israels defense forces, they say within the last 24 hours they have carried out efforts inside of gaza forgive me for stumbling a little bit as i listen to hear if theres anything that some noises coming overhead as were standing in this situation. What we have seen today is the situation in gaza appeared to escalate. We have seen heavy bombardments as we were closer to the border. We had to move a bit back because Israeli Defense forces told us we needed to move back to a bit of a safer location near the border here. We have seen just the constant glow of bombs, rockets landing inside of gaza. We know that in the north there were leaflets that were dropped by idf telling roughly 1. 1 million palestinians that live in that part of gaza that they needed to try to evacuate to move south. So reality on the ground in gaza, the situation there, the Border Crossings, none of them are open. Israel, they say that the crossing to the north that would come into israeli territory thats been closed because hamas militants targeted it when they launched their attacks over the weekend, killed a number of people there and took people hostage. Thats why israel says that Border Crossing is not open. But in order for people to be moving through that area, theres space inside of gaza where in theory they could go to, right . Its a small, densely populated area. But leaving, theres no option for that right now. Theyre telling them to move south. But the Border Crossing that goes into egypt thats not open. Theres no humanitarian corridor out of gaza right now. Theres no green zones, no safe places to get out of the area. They do not have access to shelters as is more common ipisrael. What we know from the u. N. When people are internally displaced and theyve been saying its about 800,000 today, a lot of them are trying to shelter in u. N. Run schools and hospitals because thats the safest structure they can get to. Its an ongoing situation. We have seen so many military vehicles over the last 24 hours moving on the israeli side towards the gaza border, but for now were waiting to see what will happen. We didnt hear as big of an announcement as we were expecting from that speech from Prime Minister benjamin netten hooch. Ellison barber, we say this every time please, please stay safe. Were youre colleagues and worry about you. Here in the United StatesPresident Biden met with families of hostages still trapped in gaza. Bide is in philadelphia this afternoon speaking about the economy. Hes also expected to bring up the latest u. S. Response on the crisis in israel. Allie, what are you learning about that meeting he had, i guess it was a zoom meeting with families of hostages. Yeah, kate, we know the president spoke on this virtual call for more than han hour with the families of according to the white house 14 Americans Still unaccounted for, still believed to be among the roughly 150 people who were taken from israel to gaza by Hamas Terrorists on saturday. And white house Officials Say on this call that the president told these families that they continue to be in his thoughts and prayers. He vowed to continue these ongoing Recovery Efforts. They say that several family members even shared personal stories about their loved ones with the president and that several officials were available to answer any questions about these ongoing Recovery Efforts from these family members, kate. And with that said, do we know if the white house has expressed plans to provide anymore u. S. Support or aid to israel . Yes, zinhle, thats been one of the biggest questions to emerge since this war began nearly a week ago now, how the future of u. S. Aid to israel would look considering we know that the house is still paralyzed because they havent elected a House Speaker. And without a House Speaker nothing can get done. But members of this administration have said repeatedly in their words that they can chew gum and walk at the same time. That they can not only pass aid to israel but also pass aid to ukraine. And we know that a few hours ago white house officials and the members of top committees on the house side including the Appropriations Committee and Foreign Affairs committees met at the white house to discuss what that future aid would look like. We had reported a few days ago that the white house planned to include aid to taiwan, the border. In this aid package to israel and ukraine, and were waiting to see whether and how that was fleshed out during this meeting, guys. Allie raffa, thank you very much. Two cabinet members also affirming support for israel. Earlier today secretary lloyd austin traveled to israel to meet with his israeli counterpart. Austin condemned the attack and said the u. S. Is, quote, ready to send initial assets. Lets bring in courtney kube. What kind of additional assets could the u. S. Send to israel . Is it possible we could see american troops actually on the ground now . At this point we dont expect any u. S. Troops to be used for anything what we might think in a classic sense what the u. S. Military would be doing for boots on the ground. Things like kicking in doors, being involve in some sort of ground incursion or invasion. That being said there are u. S. Military forces in israel now. Theyre helping the idf in helping them with some of their planning, their intelligence and surveillance and gathering. But as far as actual sort of kinetic action by u. S. Military, were not expecting that at this point. As far as the resources, you made a great point there, zinhle, the u. S. Is sending resources already. Secretary of state lloyd austin you see him here he actually traveled to an israeli airfield where he saw a planeload of munitions come in earlier today. We dont know a whole lot of about exactly what theyre sending. We know theres interceptors for the iron dome thats been critical to defenses defending things like mortars, short range artillery and rockets that might be coming in from gaza and other places. We know theyre also send\ing in other ammunition, but we dont know a whole lot of specifics. We know about a Ground Invasion. What did the defense secretary say about that . Hes been asked again as weve been asking ever since this started, is there any chance the u. S. Is going in for, again, a Ground Invasion, some sort of hostage rescue. At this point he continues to say like many on the Biden Administration that theyre not planning for that. But, again, that being said, there are u. S. Military there supporting the israeli. He was also asked about how he could help encourage, i guess, the israelis to ensure that civilians are not targeted in these ongoing air strikes weve been seeing and in this what everyone expects to be a coming Ground Invasion. He really praised the idf saying theyre a professional force, but he also urged restraint and urged israelis and everyone to remember the law of war, this really should be about resolve and not about revenge, kate. Courtney kube with the latest from the pentagon for us, thank you very much. And our coverage continues throughout this hour. Also be sure to join us this weekend. We bring you live twohour special reports on both saturday night and sunday night. Tom llamas will be in israel. Jose diazbalart will be with him on saturday. Ill be with him on sunday night starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. You can watch it on nbc news now, cnbc, and msnbc. Lets take a turn now and talk about todays cnbc money minute. A new milestone for electric vehicles in america. 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Nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter is with us in studio, but first lets begin in with george solis in new yorks time square right now. I understand youre at a propalestinian demonstration. What are you hearing . What are you seeing . It is going on as we speak right now. Were on broadway. Were behind a barricade right now not separate s us from any pro side. You can hear how loud the chants are. Weve been hearing similar protests happening throughout the week, same rhetoric free palestine. Some of the folks ive spoken with here responding to some of the stuff happening right now with the evacuation of people in gaza. I spoke with one man who actually has a friend wit family there right now who was very emotional during part of our conversation saying the family has nowhere to go. Theyve been seeing some of the atrocities happening over there. Take a listen a bit of my conversation with him. The building next door was bombed. And when that happened, the whole block, all the houses there, they get affected. So they run out of their own building even though it wasnt bombed. Right now we heard theyre asking people in the north of gaza to move away. Where are they going to go . You know, theres no place to go. And again, it is very loud here so i apologize if i cant quite hear you. But this rally several hundred deep. The nypd here in full force. There has not been any threat securitywise here, but they are showing they are here and they are monitoring the situation very closely. Well send it back to you guys. George, thank you. Tom winters here with us in studio. I want to mention, tom, theres also a proisraeli demonstration going on right now in San Francisco were going to show some shots of. So its not just on one side or the other. There are many things happening, which i think for Law Enforcement is probably a bit of a headache, right, trying to figure out how to protect everyone and keep them safe. 100 . 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