jansing reports. healed, emotional comments from secretary of state antony blinken as he pushes israel for humanitarian pause in gaza saying he can t help but think of his own kids, as palestinian children are pulled from the rubble. a trip to grieve, president biden heading to maine after a gunman s rampage killed 18 people in a year that has already seen 588 mass shootings. plus, the former president s son erik, back on the stand and things get testy, the lacest from the new york civil fraud trial. a jobs report that came in below expectations, and why that may not be a bad thing. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments. we begin with secretary blinken s visit to israel and a push for humanitarian pause in israel s fight against hamas. raf sanchez is reporting once again from ashdod, israel. i understand blinken has left israel. he s in jordan now. there were comments made about the need to protect civilian lives. tell us more about what he said. r