we discussed the need for hem to be incredibly careful. a startling clash on capitol hill. protesters calling for a cease-fire clashing with capitol police outside the dnc headquarters. some democratic congressional leaders trapped inside for a while. the u.s. and china lowering the temperature, agreeing to resume military contacts. china promising to begin combating fentanyl production. look, do i trust trust but verify is an old saying. that s where i am. george santos announcing he will not seek re-election after the house ethics committee releases a report unanimously finding santos violated federal criminal laws and referring its findings to the justice department. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the idf now telling nbc news that israel s special forces are still inside gaza s al-shifa hospital searching every floor of every building as hundreds of patients and medical staff remain in the complex while the u.n. negotiates for a full me
sean: wow, look at this crowd we ve got. [ applause ] welcome to hannity. usa! usa! sean: what a crowd. we live in the greatest, best country god ever gave man. thank you for joining us at home. welcome to all of you in studio. all right. we got a lot of news. we begin with big news out of the middle east. gaza city has been completely encircled by israeli forces. now less than a week into their ground operation. two days after hamas vowed to conduct terror attacks over and over and over again until israel and every citizen there are wiped off the planet. don t believe me, look with your own eyes. sean: as i have said many, many times, this is now a real fight for israel s very survival. according to my sources, my president, your president, joe biden, is weak in the knees and not just when he s taking steps up air force one. instead of fully supporting our ally, israel, that has been a victim of the worst terror attack in their history and leading the world with focu
we re following all the breaking news in israel s escalating war with hamas. israel s prime minister says his country is now in the second stage of the war. the goal to eliminate hamas and eeradicate its threat to israel. israel s military says it has troops inside gaza, but it s not clear if this expanded operation is the beginning of a broad ground incursion. civilians in northern gaza say last night was the heaviest bombardment so far. israel s defense minister says the intensifying assault will improve his country s chances of treeing freeing the hostages. translator: we are making any effort in order to return the handles to us, to our country. it s a difficult effort. dealing with reality we didn t know in the past. we are ready to do anything possible. this is not a secondary mission. this is a national priority. also new this hour, hamas is firing back. this is new video from a cnn producer in gaza capturing rockets being fired into israel. and cnn s nic roberts