with more news, right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports" president biden calls for cease fighting on hamas terrorists as people around the world and here at home hear about the casualties in gaza. not a primitive cease-fire, even though protesteres like this rabbi are calling for them. >> i am a rabbi. i would call for a cease-fire right now. >> stand down. >> we'll get reaction today from a top adviser, to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and a new strike on a palestinian refugee camp today. donald trump jr. on the witness stand and his brother, eric, in the on-deck circle for the civil fraud trial against the trump organization. and the frustration. a senate from alabama is coming out of the senate, with a growing number of his months-long hold on approximately 300 military promotions. >> this is doing great damage to our military. i don't say that lightly. i've been trying to work with you for nine months. if this keeps going, people are going to leave. >> that was interesting for me. a little character assassination at times. remember what i did for a living for a long time. i'm used to that. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington, where president biden's called for a pause for the fighting between israeli troops and hezbollah forces in the north, is falling on deaf years, with new strikes against another refugee camp today. and firefights north of the gaza strip. top concerns of the biden administration, the safety of 242 hostages, including 10 americans and palestinian civilians in harm's way, as fe-sing supplies are running out. fu is at the center of the debate, as i continues to stop any fuel deliveries, saying hamas has plenty of it that it can stribute if it wants to. and in new portg, u.n. officials are telling nbc news, that hamas is indeed, stockpiling 200,000 gallons of fuel to supply rockets and support electricity for its network of underground tu tunnels. we're seeing more people exit gaza to egypt, while some 7,000 individuals, including 370 americans. only a few americans have come out. secondary of state blinken goes to israel. he will follow that with a trip to georgen, to ease public anger, anger by a key u.s. ally, and long supporter in israel, in ayman, over the devastating palestinian casualties in gaza, from air strikes for the last few days. joining me now, rob sanchez in tel aviv. and white house correspondent, peter alexander, co-host of "weekend today." today, there were new strikes near the jabalya refugee camp that was devastated in the last few days. you've been monitoring the rafah crossing. what is the prospect of people getting out? >> reporter: andrea, for a second day in a row, we're seeing civilians crossing from gaza through the rafah crossing, and into the relative safety of egypt. there were the names of some 370 americans that are on the list and cleared to travel today. it is a chaotic situation, frankly, on both sides of the border. it isn't clear exactly how many of those americans made it out. a handful did yesterday. we actually just spoke to a pediatrician from colorado, on an aid mission inside gaza. she was telling us, she was walking on the beach at 6:30 in the morning, when a barrage of rockets overhead, she has been trapped for several weeks. she did make it out yesterday. she feels relieved for her own safety, but a deep sense of sadness for the 2 million civilians trapped inside who have nowhere to go. we got reports in the last couple of hours of another explosion at a refugee camp in gaza. this is in central gaza. there is, as yet, no comment from the israeli military, as to whether they are responsible for this strike. but they did acknowledge that they hit a different refugee camp up in the north of gaza, twice in the last two days. that's the jabalya refugee camp that you referenced. the military said the first strike was for a senior hamas command earp involved in the second. and the second aimed at hamas command and control center that was hidden underneath home. but is even if the command center and the hamas leader was a legitimate target, at one price of civilian lives is it acceptable to go after them? we're seeing protests at the rising death toll inside gaza. and bahrain, one of the middle eastern nations that made peace with israel under the abraham accords has withdrawn its ambassador. it says the israeli ambassador has left from bahrain. that's a sign of the abham accords, seen as one of the big marks of progress under real strain right now, under the course of this war, to say nothing of hopes in the u.s. and in israel, that there could be a peace deal between israel and saudi arabia. andrea? >> you've covered all of that. thank you very much. peter, you talked about the pause. the secretary of state mentioned this nine days ago at the united nations. this is not the cease-fire that everyone is calling for. what i'm hearing from my reporting is increasing concerns on the hill of democratic supporter, long-time supporters of israel, and key supporters of the white house. increasing concerns that the intelligence is not justifying the lack -- they say the lack of targeting. specific tar getting in the way the offensive has been run since last friday night. and that the white house and the state department are also concerned. >> yeah. andrea, i think you're right. this is getting renewed attention after comments made by president biden last night. that were at a campaign reception that he was in minnesota. this was not an event where reporters were rolling. one of the videos were in the room, when he was confronted by a protester. he said among other things, i think we need a pause. a pause means giving time to get the prisoners out. it's significant because it was read that the president, for the first time, was calling for a cease-fire, even if it was a temporary cease-fire. with multiple officials here, white house officials, they say this is not a new policy pronouncement. in fact, what he was doing was reiteraing what he believes is the best path forward, supporting israel's right to defend itself. and he believes there is a need for a pause in order to continue the efforts to get the hostages out. there was a pause previously, with the first two israeli-american hostages. the mother and daughter from the chicago area, were able to get out. it was done when israel agreed to the assistance, that they pause and allow those individuals to be freed, where they were delivered by the international red cross to the israel/gaza border. that's one of the key takeaways here. i should note we're hearing other pieces of conversation from the white house. the top national security council spokesperson, john kirby, highlighting recent comments by a hamas official, to a lebanese news outlet, he was vowing, this hamas official did, vowing they would repeat again and again, the attacks by hamas on israel, until israel was destroyed. effectively saying it should be removed from the map. john kirby calling out that video from this hamas official, describing it as both chilling -- he said they were chilling comments. he said it demonstrates what the people of gaza are up against right now. hamas is willing to continue the slaughter of israelis. a lot of strong words from the president, as the war continues to drag on. there's concerns about the efforts to minimize the casualties of civilians in gaza right now. as you reported at the top of the broadcast, andrea, multiple u.s. officials and current and former israeli officials say, that hamas has been stockpiling more than 200,000 gallons of fuel, in order to fuel its rocket strikes, as well as the generators it uses to send clean air to its underground tunnels. jewel that's needed by the hospitals inside gaza. >> all this is not to overlook what happened on october 7th. and the savagery of that massacre. it has to be some rebalancing here. thank you very much. peter alexander. and coming up, the pressure campaign, how israel is receiving president biden's comments about the need for a temporary pause in the gaza air strikes. we'll talk to a top israeli adviser about that when "andrea mitchell reports" comes back in 60 seconds. as we've been reporting, president biden said wednesday night, to allow more time, and get prisoners out. the president was not making new policy. secretary blinken had said nine days ago at the u.s. the u.n. is posing a full cease-fire, as many are demanding. european and middle east alleys. joining me now is the former israeli ambassador to the u.k. ambassador, these are difficult times. as you know, expressing the full support for israel. he's going to express some tough love. certainly in the region, as civilian deaths. and decline in public support for the way israel is conducting the war, a justified war, in response to hamas' continuing threats. can you give us some indication of how you're receiving, how the prime minister is receiving this? >> first of all, thank you for having me back. i think we're looking forward to welcoming secretary blinken here tomorrow. i think on the big issues, of course, israel and the united states see eye-to-eye. we want to see the hamas military machine destroyed, as was said in the previous report. the hamas leaders themselves say, if they remain in power, if they remain with their military machine intact, we'll just see more brutal massacres like we had on october 7th. they said it, it's their words. there will be more of the rapes and more of the brutal killings. they'll do more of this sort of terrible, horrific violence that we saw them capable of doing just three weeks ago. it's important that we continue with a mission and disarm hamas. that's crucial. at the same time, as a democratic society, and israel and the united states are both democratic societies, we want to differentiate between our enemy, which is these hamas extreists and between gaza civilian population, are not the target of our offensive. how do we safeguard gaza civilians and take on the root out hamas. there's not a textbook answer. hamas is putting their machine in civilian neighborhoods and the hospitals. so, we are facing a challenging combat situation. but like the united states, we are committed to lowering, and minimizing as much as possible. we don't want to see losses. >> hamas saying it will repeat the terror attacks, again and again, until the country is destroyed. i know you're taking that seriously. the question is tactics. one official said to me, in fact, a ground invasion is a better way to target and get into tunnels and root out terror leaders than using a bunker-buster bomb and putting huge craters in the middle of a refugee camp. >> you're right. that's why we're using both tactics. there's a time when from the air is an appropriate tool. and there's times when you need boots on the ground. we're talking about israeli boots on the ground. we aren't asking people to do any fighting for us. we know it's necessary. we've lost soldiers in this battle. we're telling we're going to lose more. this is a job that has to be done. we know that's a recipe for problems down the line. and listen to yourself, what hamas itself says. you had the terrible war criminals. you had the stalinists in russia. and both of the ruthless regime s did the best to hide their crimes. the nazis dismantled their camps because they wanted to hide their crimes. hamas, a lot of the material we have about the massacres on october 7th, they were taken from hamas' own material that was uploaded by hamas, who filmed the massacres, filmed the rapes, filmed the burning of people alive, filmed the cutting of heads off innocent people, and then they uploaded it on social media. this is a new low. to be proud of the crimes and president biden was right when he said hamas is evil. they are evil and must be destroyed. >> i watched the video and i know what you are talking about. it's horrifying. the problem is, they are now -- there was a radicalized community, that will respond to that. ip creasingly radicalized. are you concerned about public opinion, which matters, as well as the cost of human lives. unicef is calling for an immediate cease-fire saying the killing of children has to stop. is there a way to do that and protect civilian lives and achieve your goal? >> i remind you of two things. number one, in the justified against isis, where the u.s. led a global coalition against isis to destroy its territorial enclaves in syria and iraq. there was collateral damage. there was a civilian toll in life. and i think when we fight hamas now, there's no alternative to destroying the military machine. i would like to tell you we can send a letter to the secretary of the united nations and it would be solved quickly, but no. we have to fight and send our troops into harm's way and it's a job to be done while making a maximum effort to limit civilian casualties. that's our goal. and the witness is over. we have destroyed hamas. that's good for the people of israel. it's good for the people of gaza. hamas has been in power for 16 years. what have the people received? surely the palestinians themselves deserve better than the terrorist regime that has brought nothing but suffering. >> understood. by the way, the analogy to what happened after 9/11, is exactly those casualties. you're exactly what president biden was cautions when he said that americans made -- america made mistakes and we're paying for it. >> we're having a good conversation with the americans. and we're learning from mistakes made. and we're learning from our own behavior today. it's important. there's always a way to do a job better. we're a society that looks at ourselves and there's checks and balances. we're trying to understand. one thing is indisputable. we have to win this war. we have to destroy the military machine because we're listening to what hamas' leaders are saying. if they have the capability, they will butcher or people again. we have to deny them that capability. we have to deny them the territorial base. israelis refuse to return to the status quo of october 7th at 6:00 in the morning, where we sit next to an enclave of terrorists, who are just waiting to plan the next attack and kill our people. we refuse to return to that reality. i don't think any country should have to return to that reality. >> ambassador, it's good to visit with you. thank you very much. appreciate it. and up for a vote, later today, the house will take up a $14 billion aid bill. the house speaker wants it paid for with cuts from the irs. what will actually be paid for. a lot of experts disagree. mikie sherrill joins us with much more. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. reports" on msnbc. introducing ned's plaque psoriasis. 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our military. >> we're going to look back at this episode and be stunned what a national security suicide mission this became. joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. all three of the senators, former veterans, sullivan, a former marine. bring us up to date on what can be done, aside from the three people being confirmed today, to get all of the others, you know, back -- confirmed and on the job and get the families the relief they need. >> andrea, the only option that senators have at this point is to pick off these nominations one by one. they hope to get through three nominations. that's the procedural vote, the confirmation vote, and the procedural vote and confirmation on all three. and in the past, they would do it a one big block. a quick up or down vote and would move on. this changed the process and not just the military promotions but the work of the senate in general. we pressed senator tuberville about this concern from his fellow republicans, this new level of concern from his fellow republicans. and i specifically asked him about senator sullivan's comments on the senate floor last night. look at that exchange. senator sullivan described it as a suicide mission. how would you respond to that? >> i don't know what he's talking about. he's been in the military and i have not. if i thought i would put us in any bit in danger, we wouldn't be doing this. >> reporter: senatotuberville is convinced this is not a national security risk, by all of the republicans telling him to the contrary. he does not seem to be moved at all by this pressure, now coming from his own party. and he doesn't seem willing at all to budge from his current position. >> another subject, the speaker -- speaker johnson, addressed the impeachment push against president biden today. let's watch some of that. >> i believe this is a very serious matter. the impeachment power we have in the constitution,constitution, e house specifically, next to a declaration of war, you could argue it's the most -- it's the heaviest power that we have. we have to follow due process, and we have to follow the law. that means following our obligation under the constitution and doing appropriate investigations in the right way at the right pace, as we stand here today, i've not predetermined that. what you're seeing right now is a deliberate constitutional process. >> in answer to your question at his first news conference, what's your read on that? >> reporter: yeah, you know, andrea, i think the tone from speaker johnson has changed dramatically from when he was a rank and file member of congress, to now being in the position of speaker of the house and being the one who will ultimately decide when articles of impeachment are actually pushed through. right before him, congresswoman stefanik described it as a bribery scheme, said the evidence presented by these house committees has already delivered the smoking gun. i specifically asked the speaker is there enough evidence to move to articles of impeachment, and he specifically said he hadn't predetermined it yet. so it is pretty revealing now that he's in the top chair, when in the past he's raised serious concerns about what he's seen from these investigations from the various gop-led committees as it relates to president biden. he's not prepared yet to move to articles of impeachment, and he is not even forecasting when they would potentially move to articles of impeachment. this all comes against the backdrop of congressman comer of the oversight committee saying that he believes his investigation is wrapping up, andrea. >> ryan nobles, thank you very much. and right now in london, vice president kamala harris is speaking after meeting with the u.n. secretary general. moments ago she talked about the israel-hamas war insisting that the u.s. support is not conditional. >> we are going to continue to stand with israel's right to defend itself, and let's be clear and never forget what happened on october 7th. we are not going to create any conditions on the support that we are giving israel to defend itself. >> and getting out, a slow trickle of people now getting out of the gaza strip, including many with urgent medical needs through that crowded crossing into egypt, an update on the efforts from doctors without borders next, you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. dazzle. they redid the guest room. all at prices you can't believe but you should and blitzen fast shipping, north pole in two days so this year go to wayfair for goodness sake. the gifts. you have one job nick. ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪ right now get a free footlong at subway. like the new deli heroes. buy one footlong in the app, get one free. it's a pretty big deal. kinda like me. order in the subway app today. ♪ today, my friend you did it, you did it, you did it... ♪ centrum silver is now clinically shown to support cognitive health in older adults. it's one more step towards taking charge of your health. so every day, you can say, ♪ youuu did it! ♪ with centrum silver. we were right next to hamas center in one of the u.n. sites, and so there were some bombs dropped not too far away. the hospitals that were hit, they're really running out or ran out of medications, and with the fuel, there was problems with ambulances getting fuel, problems keeping generators going and just really the hospitals were running with the bare minimum. >> american pediatrician barbara sin was one of the first aid workers to get out of gaza through the rafah crossing. doctors without borders, their colleagues ready to take their place inside gaza. joining us is communications manager for doctors without borders in jerusalem. thank you very much for being with us. what are you hearing from your colleague when is they finally got out about the conditions they were experiencing and their patients most importantly were. >> international staff that have just recently got out are safely over the border. however, i think what we are far more concerned about now is the 300 or so brooklyn staff that we still have, still working many of them in some of the most dangerous areas that are being relentlessly struck, and honestly, we are deeply concerned. i spoke to one of my colleagues this morning, and what he reported to me was truly disturbing. his home has now been completely demolished. he's sleeping in the operation theater now of the hospital, which is also very, very precarious, there are bombs going after very nearby. there are thousands of people taking shelter there. there's no medication. there's no anesthesia. we're doing operations on the floor, sometimes horrific amputations without the proper anesthesia. so our main concern now is the situation on the ground in gaza for our staff, but also for the many, many hundreds of thousands of people at risk right now. >> and the president has just said that 74 dual citizens have gotten out. there was just a handful, five americans at least yesterday, so more are coming up, but it is a trickle. the u.s.s. hamas is ordering 200 gallons of fuel as gaza hospitals are running out. it's a matter of life and death, and israel will not let more fuel in. palestinians civilians are caught in the middle. >> it's devastating. we recently had one of our supported hospitals, which has also struck the third floor of the hospital washit, and we have had to stop operation there is due to a lack of fuel. that's the only cancer patient, hospital in the public cancel patient hospital in the strip. now there is nowhere for those patients. it's absolutely abominable. >> faris, we're about to get interrupted because secretary blinken is speaking as he's leaving for israel. >> with three principle goals in mind, first to talk to the israeli government about the ongoing campaign against the hamas terrorist organization. as we've said from the start, israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself and also to take steps to try to make sure that this never happens again. we've also said very clearly and repeatedly that how israel does this matters. we will focus as well on steps that need to be taken to protect civilians who are in a cross fire of hamas's making, and we want to look at concrete steps that could be taken to better protect them. we've seen in recent days palestinian civilians continuing to bear the brunt of this action, and it's important and the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. at the same time, we're determined that this conflict not spread, and we'll be talking to both the israeli government and partners in the region about what all of us are doing to prevent that from happening. second big objective, of course, is to continue our efforts to get humanitarian assistance in and to get our citizens and nationals out of gaza. in terms of the humanitarian assistance going in, we've been able to establish over the last couple of weeks efforts to get trucks moving. we've had about 50 to 60 trucks a day of assistance going in. we need that and want that to increase, and i expect you'll see that in the coming days. at the same time, we've been working to make sure that our nationals and other foreign nationals could get out. over the last two days you've seen americans and their families begin to come out of gaza, and we expect that to continue over the coming days. this has been a very deliberate effort on our part working with other countries to make sure we could get passage out for our citizens and citizens of other countries. of course we're intensely focused every single day on the hostages and taking every possible step that we can in concert with others to secure their release. third and finally, we will be talking about how we can set the conditions for a durable, sustainable peace, durable sustainable security for israelis and palestinians alike.