full force, and the idea of just minutes ago said that millions of israelis are running for cover. this, after israel pulled its negotiators from talks in qatar, hamas and israel are blaming each other for the collapse of a weeklong truce. what u.s. leaders are saying about that today. now, where does this leave families of hostages waiting for loved ones to return? i will ask one woman who was recently reunited with eight family members held by hamas. one of her uncles is still in captivity. plus, he is out, he is not going quietly, and the 24 hours since being expelled, george santos lashes out against former house colleagues with his removal for the republican party, and the balance of power within the house. and in the spotlight, grammy award-winning music icon, dion warwick, is here. that's right, you, all the internet's favorite anti-joins us later this hour. i'm simone sanders thompson, and i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ he may no longer be walking the halls of the capitol but the former congressman, george santos, is not going quietly. since this expulsion from congress yesterday, he has been on a social media rant. santos railed against his former colleagues until the early hours this morning, vowing to file complaints with the office of congressional ethics against at least four house members, calling won a quote, dirty, a dishonourable swamp creature. this comes after 311 u.s. congress members, including more than 100 republicans voted to send the new york republican packing. >> two thirds voting in the affirmative, the resolution is adopted, and a motion to reconsider is later on the table. the chair announces to the house that in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is now 434. >> with the boom of that gavel, santos began the sixth member of congress in the body's 234 year history to be expelled by his peers. as a member of the house, there are 27 members of congress at large who have been expelled, a number of those are senators. , now all of this comes after a damning ethics committee report, accusing santos of stealing from his campaign. santos is also facing nearly two dozen federal charges related to wire fraud, credit card fraud, and identity theft. the locks to his office or not the only thing changing as a result of this vote, the republican majority is now even slimmer. here was the immediate reaction from lawmakers after the vote unfolded. >> this was not an issue of party. it was not an issue of the majority. it was an issue of right versus wrong. and putting the country first. it was unfit to serve. >> the president until today has always been that a member has to be found guilty in a court of law, or have fought for the confederacy, that was the president, that was the standard, and that has been eroded today. >> but if the president is that he will either have to have a finding like this in an ethics report, or a criminal conviction, no one should be worried about precedent because you only have that when the conduct is as egregious as george santos. >> look, folks, george santos was elected under false pretenses. underlies. and according to the ethics committee report, he used campaign donations for shopping sprees, funded by supporters who took him at his word. his allies may know that in our justice system, every defendant is in fact innocent until proven guilty. but that system entitles defendants to due process. not to a seat in the united states congress. after a thorough investigation more than two thirds of santos's colleagues decided that he was unfit for office, and voted to expel him with a procedure explicitly laid out in the united states constitution. good riddance, okay? but there is another matter at hand that we must discuss because the vote kicked into motion a special election for new york's third congressional district, which george santos formally represented. that election could give democrats more leverage in the house not for a sneak peek into 2024. and under new york law, governor kathy hochul is required to declare a special election within ten days of the vacancy. an election that must happen within 70 to 80 days after that proclamation. and the special election? the special election will be competitive, folks. last year's midterms, santos's district was one of four seats in new york to flip to republicans. democrats won those races and flipped one seat we would be talking about a democratic house majority right now with the speaker, hakeem jeffries. with only a few months to mount a campaign, democrats and republicans alike are leery up for a race that could impact the balance of power in the house and foreshadowed the move of voters ahead in the 2024 election. because we have a special then we have the 2024. we are gonna break this down a little more. joining me now is the chair of the new york state and nassau county democratic committees, jay jacobs. mister chairman, thank you very much for being with us today. there was a meeting that was scheduled last night among a new york democratic -- the meeting was to discuss strategy for the third congressional district. who participated in that meeting and what are the takeaways on the path forward? >> the next meeting, frankly, thank you for having me here, the last meeting was the initial screening where we spoke to and heard from different candidates who were interested in running for this. this morning we had those extensive meetings and i had our nassau county team in. i was conferring, of course, with the congressman who is also the county chair in queens. queens has about 20, to 25% of the district. so we are putting together a very robust and comprehensive campaign that is already begun and done some preliminary work. we are often running. >> what candidate qualities are necessary to flip the district? do you have a preferred candidate in mind? >> we are not ready to talk about preferred candidates, there are a lot of people interested in it. several that i think are serious candidates that merit the series consideration. but i think we are looking for someone that is going to defend and promote the suburban way of life here in nassau county and in the northeastern corner of queens which is also fairly suburban and a certain sense. and i have to say, it has to be someone who is moderate, but definitely who has a progressive lean to him or her. but we are looking for a moderate that can really articulate ideas and the vision for this district that will resonate with the voters. >> so, let's talk about governor hochul. what conversations, if any, have you had with her since yesterday's vote and when can we expect an announcement of that date for the special election? >> i think she is working expeditiously to get that organized in terms of the date. we've had conversations. the governor has been very clear, the governors and integral part of this decision we can process. she's the governor of the state of new york, i definitely will be conferring with her and i have been on who the replacement or the new candidate should be. and the third congressional district, she's made it very clear that she wants to make sure that we have the candidate that represents the values and principles of the democratic party. they will appropriately represent the district and the people of the third congressional and most certainly have the best chance of winning. because she's made it very clear that we have to win this and that is her charge to us. and we're gonna do just that. >> mister chairman, how did george santos get passed the voters in nassau county? you know, there's some great journalism, that was done and the aftermath of santos being elected that talked about a number of the infractions and just the egregious conduct that the house ethics committee report laid out but it is also my understanding that some of this was known prior to george santos winning that race. >> yes. apparently, and from the county party position we didn't know it, but i would say to you that it was some of the information that was out not all of the information was not as large. you have to remember this and go back in time it is easy to look back and criticize folks about it. but george santos was never a serious candidate. george santos on neither side saw that's potentially winning this district. we saw a very strong republican wave come through nassau county very late. i think it is surprising the republicans as much as it surprised us. on the democratic side. we got her vote out but of course i would say to you that the political environment at the time swept him in. and he had run before against tom suozzi who beat him. he was a joke and looked upon as somewhat of a clown, frankly. but, the voters have a different view, and i think that the results were that he got elected. >> you, know my grandma used to say, mister chairman you get a bit by the dog once, shame on the dog. you get bit by the dog twice, shame on you, we will be watching the voters of nassau county to see what they do. j.j., i appreciate your time, thank you for taking us off. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. coming up, folks, fighting between israel and hamas again exploded after a shaky truce completely fell apart. we will have a live report from tel aviv after the break, then i will talk with a woman who had nine family members taken hostage by hamas. how she's doing now, eight of them have been released, but still holding out hope for one who is still in captivity. but first, my colleague is here, our best, beat richard lui with today's other top news stories. richard, there's some disturbing things happening in the world today. tell us about them. >> good to see you this afternoon. there's unfortunately taryn homeless communities into major cities to tell you about today. first, of las vegas police are searching for a suspect who opened fire at a homeless encampment on friday, that killed one person injured four others. this comes as los angeles police are searching for a gunman who killed three homeless people, and in separate attacks there, the mayor warned the city's unhoused population not to sleep alone, and to seek shelter. an inmate has been charged with attempted murder accused of stabbing ex minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, 22 times inside of the tucson arizona prison. chauvin is serving decades behind bars for murdering george floyd in 2020. the man accused of attacking chauvin as a former gang leader and fbi informant. prosecutor say that he told investigators that he targeted chauvin because of his notoriety. and there is new concerns over rise in child pneumonia. officials in ohio are saying that they are seeing an unusually high number of cases there but they say that there are not concerned that it is part of another international outbreak. this comes as a type of pneumonia is reaching near a pandemic levels in denmark and has led to a surge in hospitalizations in china as well. lawrence simone, right after this break. running this kitchen. 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>> after a week of rest but the war has resumed with full intensity. we have to take shelter here in the last hour. of course i think that the worst of the fighting is happening in gaza. in terms of the diplomatic situation at this point, it seems highly unlikely that there will be a renewal of any kind of cease-fire or truce or even negotiations in achieving one. israel pulled its negotiating came out of doha, and they will not enter new negotiations until israel stops its military campaign and gaza. given what we are hearing from israeli authorities, it is extremely unlikely to happen. from where i am standing on the ground right now, especially given the statement that we heard from the idf, this would be a long war. i think that we could probably expect this round of hostilities to last for sometime. simone? >> david, israel is now telling the people living in gaza to evacuate in parts of southern gaza. how are residents reacting? >> that is a very good question. it's important to know that 7 million people were already displaced from the northern part of gaza and the southern half. since the fighting renewed in the last two days, a lot of israeli airstrikes have been and were concentrated in the south where all those people were already displaced. we have teams on the ground we've been recording interviews for people in the last couple of days. i wanna play you a couple of clips from those interviews and i will talk a bit more about what we heard them saying. take a listen. >> i call this so next to my son. i mean a minute later, my son would've been dead. can you see it? it weighs 13 pounds. it's metal. >> we are civilians. we are from the north to the south. then they came after us in the south. >> simone, according to the health ministry angles that the vast majority of the casualties both since the beginning of the conflict and in just two days are civilians. the idf says that it doesn't target civilians. they say that they target only hamas infrastructure, and militants and any civilian casualties are hamas's fault. they cite for example, the fact that they are giving civilians in southern gaza detailed plans to evacuate. but as you've just heard, people in gaza believe that there is nowhere safe for them to go. many of them had to evacuate once or twice, what we hear from people on the ground in gaza is that they feel that there is no safe harbor. simone? >> all right. nbc's david noriega, thank you very, very much. the collapse of the temporary truce means more anguish, and more uncertainty for the loved ones of more than 100 hostages still being held captive by has. my next guest saw eight of her family members released over the course of this truce. but her uncle, a 38-year-old father of two, it is still believed to be in hamas custody. another three of her relatives were killed in hamas's october 7th attack on israel. she read joins me now. sharon, thank you for being here today. i just want to start with saying that our hearts are with you, and with your family, and what i know is a difficult time. i just cannot imagine. can you share with us what the past few days have been like for you and your family members who were released? >> of course. thank you for having me tonight. the past couple of days have been complicated because on the one hand, obviously we are relieved to see six of my family members coming out now, adding to the two that were out before. so we are relieved. but we can't celebrate yet, because as you said, my cousins husband is still held captive in gaza and the two young kids are here and as you can imagine, it's very difficult the transition between 50 days in captivity to this reality where they do not have their father to cope with after the trauma. so we have to still keep working and fighting to save him and all the other 136 hostages that are still kept in gaza. we can't really rest, we can mourn over the death, we have to keep working because it should be the top priority right now even though there's a lot of emotions, obviously. >> there are so many emotions here. i'm wondering, obviously we are reporting that talks have broken down between israel and hamas. these negotiations and the question is what does it mean for the remaining people in captivity. have you hea anything from the israeli government? >> we did not hear anything yet and we are obviously watching the news like the rest of the world. for us, it is obviously devastating because we need to be alongside all of the rest of the hostages as soon as possible and now it is already being so long. some families have not been so lucky like us to receive some. some families are waiting for 57 days not having a sign of life from their loved ones. and the negotiation, should be on again as soon as possible. alongside all of the other problems. in addition to seeing the war, i was in the shelter a few hours ago. seeing the south of israel from gaza, it is devastating to see so much suffering everywhere, and for us we just want to save whoever we can still save. so focus on the living and not the death tolls that are rising all the time. for us, it is horrific, and we do not want to live like this. it is just unbearable. >> i think that there is a lot out there on social media especially about this war and the people who have been released with the conditions under which they were being held hostage. i'm wondering if any members of your family have described their time in hamas's captivity to you all. if you could share maybe just a little bit of what they've told you? >> so, obviously i cannot share a lot because it's still being investigated and there is on the background as well, they came back and on the one hand, they are the same people that i remember. strong people, amazing people, the il are so sweet and just themselves. but on the other hand they came back weekend, and they seem older, and they were held in neglecting conditions. you can actually see that on them. a three year old girl that you see in the picture came back whispering like many other kids who had to whisper in captivity for those reasons. they had there and