i welcome you both. ali, to you first. u.s. officials, confirming americans are among the dead. but, what do we know of any specifics, around those statistics, this hour? >> yeah alex, this is something that we heard, first mention by secretary of state antony blinken this morning, when he said that u.s. officials were working overtime, to confirm reports that americans were among those killed. since these attacks began yesterday, as well as reports that americans, were among those taken hostage, into gaza, by hamas militants. and tonight, we have a new quote from a national security council spokesperson. confirming that the deaths of several u.s. citizens since this attack began, but also on these reports of americans being taken hostage. they would only confirm that there are americans, quote, unaccounted for. they say in a statement, quote, we are aware of reports of unaccounted american u.s. citizens, and we are working to confirm, we are closely monitoring information of hostages taken by hamas. they, say i can imagine the heartbreak and pain families must be experiencing right now. and, our thoughts are with them, during this difficult time. we stand ready to provide -- assistance, alex. and that is something that we know, from white house officials, this intelligence is still very fluid, they are still working to confirm, exactly where these people, are how they were taken, getting in contact with their families, before announcing anything more firm, alex. >> okay. and, we were hearing reports, in the last hour, ali, about gps locators on phones and the like. do you know that kind of thing is being employed by state department, or any other services? -- to see if we can find these americans? >> yeah, that point. at this point, alex we don't have any information confirmed, from white house officials, from the national security council, confirming the use of that specific technology, to be able to find these americans that were taken hostage, alex. >> okay, well you know, they are going all to try to find. thank you ali -- for that. and so to you, ali velshi. first of all, let me ask you why you are in -- . nine member watching yesterday morning, you held multiple hours, as this is all unfolding. and it was my presumption that you are bound for israel, if you could get there. but you are in a mom, what is going? on >> that's right. there were no flights, going into israel at that point. the reason being, ben-gurion airport, is between lebanon and gaza, it could be hit, and this has been proven in the past, by hezbollah, which outbreaks out of southern lebanon. and now, by hamas. hamas sent over 2000 rockets into israel yesterday. it's amazing, because there are these apps that show you sirens, and rocket attacks all over israel. i started to see them just after midnight on friday night, and they were in specific areas in israel. within 20 minutes, everything in israel was covered with -- . these rockets were going everywhere, so a number of airlines, particular american-based airlines, had discontinued flights. they had a couple of flights leaving to get americans out, but we have seen as late as this evening, more attacks on -- . so i am in a mom, which is 57 kilometers from the israeli border. as soon as it is light, it is two in the morning. now as soon as it is like, we will head for the border, the border will open up. we will, that it will probably be a very long exercise, but we will get into israel with other nbc teams, and we'll expand our coverage from israel. but we do have this, we do have teams in the right now, and what is happening right now, is that they are continuing to be more volleys of missiles, and attack between israel and hamas. hamas has targeted -- in southern israel, there has been damage there. there are emergency services on the scene there, they have targeted -- they have targeted tel aviv, all tonight. on the other side, israelis have got drones, helicopters, and rockets going into gaza. all electricity has been cut off, into gaza. now electricity and, gaza is generated by diesel feel, in many cases. it is controlled by israel, so if you look at those pictures of gaza tonight, what you are seeing has buildings that are lit by generator power. everything else, in one of the most populous places in the world, is dark. so that is what's happening right now. you see a big patches. this is a very popular city, it is dark. there is auxiliary lighting in the city, and that is all there is. the bottom line is, israel has warned that it is going to retaliate very harshly. what they have been doing is targeting hamas, known hamas installations, weapons caches, and things like that in gaza. the problem is, the hostages. the hostages have been taken into gaza, there are no israeli troops in gaza. gaza is impossible to get into, or out of. the israelis don't go in there. and so, if they need to go into rescue hostages, that becomes a street battle, that's urban warfare. in a place that israeli soldiers have intelligence, but they haven't lived, or haven't been around there for decades. so, i think the israelis need to take stock of where everybody is, try to get accurate numbers on who is in there. hamas has acknowledged there holding the hostages, and they have said, you want your hostages back? every single palestinian prisoner has to be released. that is a nonstarter for israel. but what it is preventing israel from doing, is taking ground forces into gaza right now. we do know from our reporters, ground forces have started moving south, they are assembling at the gaza border. and, israel has told all of the villagers, in all of the residents, and the people living in, they would seem around gaza, get out, it is going to be a war zone. >> yeah, we heard from our colleague ralph -- exactly what your reporting, ali. he was there, close to the southern border. and he said yesterday, what you saw was tremendous movement of military individuals, soldiers, racing, he said. racing to the, border to try to stop any further incursion from the southern border there. but also to shore that up, and potentially, to get in there and try to rescue hostages. he said today, there has been tremendous movement of actually military vehicles, military armor meant, moving that way. i'm presuming that is to, what? back at any sort of incursion, or rather military action, they're going to do, taking into gaza? >> well, i think there are two things happening. what you saw yesterday with raf, we're. police and military in cars, they were getting there fast, there are several villages around gaza, that had actually been overtaken by hamas soldiers. the issue here is, at some point. israel has declared war. at some point, they are going to go in with ground forces, into gaza, but they need to have everybody assembled. remember, israel has some stuff going on at three front. there is the west bank, where there has been trouble for almost a year, now on a daily basis, they've got a lot of troops, and they've called it reserves to go into the west bank. and then, they've got the north of the country, where the lebanese army has sent troops down there, to try to keep things calm. bu hezbollah has already startedlobbying some missiles in parts of israel, st to show solidarity. but this is the area around gaza. all of these towns that you are looking at,including the -- border crossing. these are all places, that hamas soldiers had been out, they're fighting. so yesterday, you saw that. they were taking back towns. now, the columns are getting ready to goto gaza, to do battle, esumably to get those es out. we are not sure, it could sph of strength to tell hamas, stop with iraq, as we are assembling the might of the israeli army, at your doorstep. but for the moment, they are sending actual troops down to that border. that's where we'll be heading, once we cross in to see it. but, this is what you are looking at, it is actual armament, and military going into the gaza border. >> so, when hamas and hezbollah are uttered in the same sentences, as you are doing ali velshi, it's headed to you allie raffa, you think about iran. what more do we know, about iran's potential involvement here? >> yeah alex. so, my colleague -- had some conversations with former u.s. intelligence, and military officers, who told him that because of the sheer sophistication in the planning, and resources used during this attack. think of the multi pronged approach to it, by air, land, and see, that these former officers told him that it is likely iran had a significant role in the planning of it. and from the beginning of this attack, it was clear that this wasn't just hamas at play. that is something that even secretary of state antony blinken acknowledged earlier, saying that, acknowledging that the long relationship, and partnership of the hamas has had with iran, and acknowledging that iran has used hamas as a proxy in the past. but, secretary of state antony blinken was a very careful to say, just how fluid the situation was, and how flu the information and intelligence, was that they were getting, as we still don't know, who was behind this attack, and how much of a role they played in supporting the resources used by hamas, to be able to attack israel, to the extent that it did. think of how much they were able to breach the iron dome, as well as the border with israeli technology, and intelligence, and defense technology, among the best in the world. and right now, we know that three current u.s. officials are pushing back on this, and they say that at this time, they don't have enough evidence, enough information at this point, to be able to corroborate the extent to which iran played a role, and providing resources to hamas for this. >> well i, think there's a lot of work that's gonna be done, to try to figure out many many things. one more question to you ali velshi, what will be your first task, once you are able, by light of day, to get into israel? are you going to be going someplace, where there have been skirmishes? because, israel, to my understanding when i got off the air about three hours ago, there were still militants, hamas militants inside of israel, who were doing a hand combat battle, or hiding out, more scarily, hiding out in homes, having embedded themselves in there and. the israeli military threw them out. so that aspect of things has not yet been eradicated >> your hundred sent right there, is not an all-clear that has been given or of the area around gaza, largely because there are lot of issues going on hamas used to build tunnels -- the tunnels come out of houses. they are just not sure the situation. as hamas continues to talk about having taken hostages or more hostages, there have a clear number that. and so, the israelis want to be completely sure about that area. they have issued, as i said, a warning to residents around their. so, we are not going to end to places where the warning is were attacks by take place. but, the whole country is -- at this point. so, if we go to where raf is, which is entirely possible, or in ashkelon, where there have been, where there has been missiles fired tonight. you just don't know what's gonna happen. you are now in a region, that is at war, and there is danger in all of those places, as you know alex, we traveled with very well trained teams, here's so we employ as many safety precautions as we can. but we are going to go down to places where some of these hostages were taken, or family members are. and, where theory continues to be fighting, to see what is going on. we're also the touch base with what's going on in the west bank, which has been a place of a lot of energy, and it has been where the israeli military spent most of his time, in the last year. because, 11 other people dead so far, are in the west bank so there are still skirmishes going on even. they're so anywhere you go in israel, today or tomorrow, it is a place 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big presence and it's a very significant capability that the u.s. is providing. starting at sea, they will send it. it's already on its way there. the uss gerald r for curator strikes groups that's the area calf career and it's a missile guided cruiser. and for missile guided destroyers. those have the ability to fire off missiles and they have torpedoes. those are not only the kinds of missiles that can hit a target on land but they also have the ability to do missile defense. let's say there's a missile coming in. they have ones they can go up and intercept. in addition to that, to the carrier and some of the ships, they have fixed wing aircrafts. they have helicopters. they have surveillance. 6000 sailors. huge capability at. see this is largely a show of presents or force or support for israel at sea. in addition to that, the u.s. has also sent a number of aircrafts. we are told-ing someone in the neighborhood of 25 additional aircraft going into the region. those include 15 f-16s and a tens all attacked fighter aircraft. it's addition to the f-18s in the eastern mad. in addition to that, the u.s. is sending 35. why that's so important, it's not only an attack, aircraft it has intelligence, surveillance capabilities, very extensive capabilities. and also has electronic warfare abilities. that includes being able to jam. this is a huge sweep of assets that the u.s. is sending to the region. it provides not only to potential deterrence to hamas and other groups who might be supporting hamas from continuing these attacks, furthering their tax, it provides a real ability to respond if necessary. again, i want to stress here, at this point, the u.s. officials on talking to are not talking to about the u.s. getting actively evolved in the ground conflict there in israel. they're putting assets in place if need be. >> i guess a couple of questions from that, courtney. first of, all for how long? we know from the biden administration that they are promising -- an extended campaign. listen to benjamin netanyahu today, this is going to be a long war. that is my first question. how might the support to be able to last? with regard to the kinds of military aircraft that you are talking about, it would seem that there would just be the surveillance or jamming equipments that would be the most employed right off the bat. to my knowledge, there has been no discussion of any sort of military activity on an attack front or anything like that. have you heard anything differently? >>. . . or assistance and intelligence gathering. with the israelis. we know according to officials, they were saying early as today morning, the u.s., officials they were talking about stepping up their intelligence capabilities and gathering it over and around israel and helping with some more sharing of intelligence with the israelis as part of this huge package of support. the package also includes some additional resources like equipment ammunitions. they are moving into israel right now as we speak. you are absolutely right about that and as far as the timeline the officials i spoke with said they are not looking at any kind of and date. that will be there as long as need be. we are seeing some of these aircrafts, some of them are coming in on rotation. they've stepped up. they've early death the rotation into the region. there are some aircrafts, including the f-35s, that had just left the area. they are sending a new squadron in hand some of these are rotations that i suspect if in fact this conflict is protracted, it looks right now like it could be. i could see the u.s. military continuing to rotate a new assets and new equipment in for as long as necessary, alex. >> okay, last, question how long will it take these huge destroyers? how long does it take for them to get to the place they want to be and hover and stay in that area? >> so, they are on their way there now. the carrier strike group is in the region. the navy doesn't like to talk about 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from israel tonight. u.s. officials have confirmed that u.s. citizens are among the dead. they have also confirmed reports that there are u.s. citizens unaccounted for in israel. u.s. officials have not confirmed whether americans are being held captive by hamas. israel says hamas has taken civilians of all ages, hostage including a group of young adults at a party near the border. the mother of one missing woman is speaking out earlier today. >> she called us and said, mom, -- they shot at us. we cannot drive. everybody here is -- they were kids -- 25 and 30. everybody was shocked. and she was talking to me. she said mom, help us. we don't know what to do. i was on the phone with her. i'm saying, we love you, it's okay. we are trying to find a way to take you out. we are talking to people. they don't -- we didn't have any answers. >> well, that is gut-wrenching to listen to. president biden has pledged unwavering support to israel with additional munitions and military supplies already on the way. joining me now, democratic congressman gregory meeks. ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. i have got to ask you, heartbroken, saying she has to lie to her daughter, we are on our way to help you. can you imagine what has transpired and unfolded in israel? >> i can't imagine. it is horrific. when you think of kids dancing, almost 300 of them murdered. mass murder. they were just having a good time. young kids. this is horrific. i just can't imagine the pain that those parents are suffering. the people of israel right now. >> that was an israeli mother we were listening to, i know just hours ago he who did get some confirmation of american casualties. are there any numbers, specific numbers on the u.s. citizens that are killed or missing? >> the numbers are increasing as we go ahead. i believe that right now there were more than 2000 americans -- excuse me, israeli, is that were wounded. in the neighborhood of plus 700 israelis dead. that was the number that i had. it was a few hours ago. we anticipate the numbers going up. >> when we talk about american's we know that we can have not only someone that holds just an american passport there on a tourist visa or just there in the region and there are also many that have dual citizenship. americans that live there in israel. with regard to those numbers, do you have any specific breakdown that way and even more importantly right now for people who cannot reach their loved ones, what about american hostages? what do we know on that front? >> well, we don't know all of that information. we are trying to get that. we have been briefed that we know that there's three american dead. we don't know how many hostages if any are taken. we heard what the israeli ambassador has indicated. we know that as you indicated that many have dual citizens. there are americans that are missing. this is such a horrific events. i was talking to rabbi miller yesterday. he was a close friend of mine who is telling me that his family was near one of the police stations that was completely invaded by the hamas. they were in a shelter. i'm trying to reach him and hope that his family is safe. this is an unbelievable catastrophic in horrific circumstance. i think what we are looking at now, to try to make sure that there is a rescue effort that is taking place. going after hamas. infiltrated because of this horror. >> let's speak candid. as bad as this is, it's pretty bad right now, the big question in all of this is, if iran played a role in this hamas attack, how concerned are you about potential escalations from the allies in the region? >> i'm concerned about that. i'm concerned about escalation in the region. i think the president of the united states has been on the phone with all of the countries in the area. trying to make sure that does not happen. keeping an eye and making sure they are not in the front. that would be catastrophic. in the continuation of death and war. we are working very hard. the main concern is having any buddy else jumping into this horrific attack on israel. as they said, i have talked to my colleagues, the united states will stand solidly behind israel and its right to defend itself and make sure israel has what it needs to defend itself. that is something that he can take to the bank. >> and i know that is the intention. there is a slight wrinkle we have to discuss. as you well know, the houses still without a speaker, sir. how might that impact to getting israel the support it needs immediately? >> i know that the administration has the authority to get them within need right now. the question then presents, the question that presents itself is where are we to weeks from now? three weeks from now? and i can tell you that i contacted michael mccord who was my -- the chairman of the foreign affairs committee. we decided to put together a joint resolution so as soon as we do have a speaker. able to go back on the floor, it will be the first thing that will be passed. and i think that you will see but when it comes to the giving the finance that's necessary, i hope that after the republicans have chosen their speaker, it's extremely important. we should not be playing any kind of political football with the security and supporting our ally, israel as i also must include. i feel the same way. >> well, political football. let me ask you quickly, sir, to take a look what's happening in the upper chamber. republican senator tommy tuberville says he is not going to end his blockade of military appointments to support israel. what is your response to that? >> these maga republicans in the house, i just don't understand. it seems to me some of those statements are just very not all disappointing in disappointment, you're quite frankly somewhat idiotic. to be not diplomatic about it. diplomatic at times. there is no diplomacy lichens and those kinds of statements. those kinds of thoughts. there's no place for it. i hope that folks that you have the opportunity to take those things into consideration. i will put it at stake. it's terrible. >> i appreciate your terminology, idiotic, i heard it makes zero sense. it's illogical and all of that part together is signaling the same concept. one last question, your fellow congressman dan goldman is in israel. have you spoken to him since he evacuated? >> yes i talk to him yesterday and i talk to him and texted him while he was on the plane was way home. he should have landed. he has not ended yet, he will be landing soon. he is safe. he should be back in the states if he's not already back. >> great relief and that. thank you so much for sharing that with us. congressman gregory meeks, thank you for your time, it's good to see you. coming up next, we are going to dig into how the lack of a house speaker could affect america's response. politicos eugene daniels is with us after the break. with us after the break. 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he may have heard my conversation with representative gregory meeks he said he was able to text his friend dan goldman and got word while he was on his way back that they were safe and that they landed by now and that is good news and they must have some stories to tell. >> goldman was in israel with a spay for a bar mitzvah and booker was there on a worker trip with his staff members. districts they were on a very different the experience is very similar. the rocket started to take off and especially for women with his children. the stories they're definitely going to tell in detail at some point, what we hear from their staff is that they are shaken and they are back in the united states and they are ready to get started on figuring out how to fix the situation as much as they can. to that end we have just learned that senators are going to receive an unclassified briefing that will happen. it will happen an hour and 15 minutes what are you hearing about the briefing that members are going to be receiving. >> the question that they have, what kind of aid to the administration? 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>> there are three issues and thank you for having me. the number one, it's a national commission to investigate what amounts tantamount to tremendous intelligence failure. it may well be that certain analysts had fragments of information recorded. it was not to act on it. the reality is, like 9/11, 1973, october, this was a failure of imagination. i think israeli intelligence and politicians alike simply could not believe that hamas have the capacity and the incentive to launch even though it was organized like the military operations. it was probably the largest terrorist attack in israel's history. that's 0.1. there will be a consequence. number two, what's the next shooting? it's clear given the death toll in israel. the brutality. the stories have not even been told. wait until the israelis finally clear many of the southern areas from hamas fighters. you're going to hear tales of brutality and gruesome this. it's going to -- the israelis. established utterance and to strike bat. to tell them to change their calculation on gaza and to mount an operation that is quantitatively different than anything that we've seen. those are the two takeaways. having watched these conference for dick gates, the situation is going to get worse before it gets a lot worse. >> gets worse before it gets a lot worse. how? so you're talking about other state actors joining the fray? >> no, there is talk of conflict. it's a wonder exactly what the precise context is. it's really means into an escalation that would lead to a direct conflict. not between israel and the states. certainly not the governments. the confrontations. what i mean by that, you direct military competition. iranians and israeli striking one another's territory. that is possible but i don't think it's probable. simply because neither iran nor the israelis, certainly not the government, even when it has on its plate and it's coming in gaza wants an escalation. >> i know that you are living in jerusalem during the war of 1973 and this must feel different in some ways can you compare and contrast the two? >> yes. jerusalem, two pm after observing services we went back to the apartment -- there is an area similarity there. with respect to the intelligence failure. and the surprise and the trauma. there are two distinguishing characteristics. the losses in the 73 law were profound. 2600 plus israelis killed. excuse me, in syria. secondly, that wasn't -- so, limited military to defeat on military. in order to pave the way for what was six years later. egyptian israeli peace treaty. those are the two main distinctions. i think hamas has no strategy. they had a certain measure of calculation. no endgame. and i think that leaves the israelis with extremely sets -- an embargo. and embargo, as sealing off the strip. it would have negative con sequential this. and negotiation with hamas over the 100 plus hostages. the price will -- the release of those individuals likely to be thousands of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. a full blown military campaign to decapitate hamas and creates a new reality in gaza. it's very fraught. that's more likely than not the option of the israelis eventually. >> very quickly, the hope to establish the efforts to establish diplomatic relations between israel and saudi arabia, are they on a pause now for an indefinite period of time? 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