live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines
the positive economy that we re andhis is, you know, a good argument the white house can make especially after last month s jobs report that was a good one for this administration. rick: larry kudlow called this a trade dispute, and he said it can be resolved, if people work together. and the last time i checked, the president is the one who wrote the deal. i wonder how much of this is posturing and how much of this is going to try to force some kind of compromise that they hadn t been able to reach before now. i think they are obviously playing hard here. they want to bring mexico and canada back to the table. there are still ongoing negotiations over north africa ta that are certainly placed nafta that are certainly placed in jeopardy with the direction this is headed. there are still room behind the scenes we re seeing. there s talks happening with our european allies, with canada, mexico, negotiations that are ongoing. and larry kudlow also said this morning that this is not