but the question remains. why did hamas strike now likely knowing the devastation that it would provoke in gaza? hamas spokesman name checked events at the mosque earlier this year as motivation for their attack. hamas has called this operation the storm of in reference of course to the mosque compound known as temple mount a place so holy to both jews and muslims here in jerusalem. earlier this year police raided the third holiest site in islam during the month of adan and pass over just as police step inside the mosque is considered incredibly provocative and aggressive . but many experts say the timing of hamas attack has to do with mecca, the holiest place of all of islam, saudi arabia. hamamas was c concerned aboue saudi moves to build ties with israel and the u.s. one concern was that saudi money would then bolster the palestininian authorority in th west banank. hamasas looks at this worord an ememerging alliliance betwee moderate arabs and israel and de
i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. only the whole story, i m as we ve seen this weekend, israel s war against hamas anderson cooper in tel aviv. hamas entered a new phase, what that means for the 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most of those hostages were taken on october 7th from israeli communities or kibbutz seen close to the gaza border. in a kibbutz, were either killed or captured. around 6:30, they recorded this video showing in the distance rockets firing from gaza. a red alert was called immediately. the couple sent this video to a group chat at 6:42 am. they haven t been heard from since. hadas kalderon: i could hear the red colors, it means that we have to go to the safe room, to the shelter. i m all alone in my own house. my children with the father in the other house. anderson cooper: hadas kalderon s youngest kids, sahar and erez, were with their father offer in his house nearby. hadas 19-year-old son rotem was in his own house. and hadas mother
evening. reporting from washington, i m jim acosta. the whole story with anderson p cooper is next. p cooper is next. good night. captions by vitac www.vitac.com has entered a new phase. what that means for the more than 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most of those hostages were taken on october 7 from israeli communities, or kibbutzim, close to the gaza border. on a kibbutz called nir oz, it s estimated a quarter of the 400 or so people who live there were either killed or captured. the whole story of what happened at nir oz is only now really coming to light. tonight we want you to meet those who survived the attack at nir oz who are now fighting for answers about what happened to their missing loved ones and neighbors. this was the nir oz kibbutz before october 7. noam peri: nir oz has huge and beautiful fields all around it. many of them are potatoes, but some peanuts and carrots and many, many othther crops.. gaia kalderon: it s like you walk without s
conferences very irregularly. let s look at the past, the few presidents will show compared to biden. biden s been holding formal press conferences less often, there s the data. however, he does hold informal q&as quite often, more than past presidents, where he answers a few questions from the press corps after the event. that s the data. we have a formal press conference coming up this week, it s been announced almost a week ahead of time. what do you make of that strategy, alyssa? it kind of goes against my pr-101. you just don t know what the news cycle will be so to announce it this far in advance builds expectation. butz any time the president is talking to the american people and the press is a good thing. biden s challenge is this, his press secretary does speak to the press daily. that is a good thing. but they re very confusing and conflicting guidances going out around covid. he needs to be answering the questions more regularly. if you can make sense of the cdc s guidance
citizens to enforce the bill through lawsuits. the court s ruling could set a precedent for more states to create similar bills, and some states have already started to do so. this case does not have the ability to reverse roe versus wade, which is protected abortion access in the united states for decades. there s one case that can, and that case centered around a mississippi law that bans abortions on most viable fetuses. the supreme court is expected to start hearing oral arguments for that starting december 1. joining me now, sisters in law, podcast i missed the hashtag in there, i apologize, jill. the supreme court first heard argument for the texas abortion case about three weeks ago. does it usually take this long to make a ruling? it usually takes actually longer butz i think there s reasons why this needs to be handled on an expedited basis.