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in the middle east. john: it comes as we are getting brand-new information about the u.s.s. mason shooting down another drone in the red sea today, the drone fired from the same houthi-controlled area as the ones over the weekend. we will take you to the briefing as soon as it happens. sandra: israel moving into the third phase of ground operations, 138 hostages are still in captivity and hamas has vowed to not release anymore until there is a ceasefire. hello, john, welcome back. john: good to be with you. john roberts in washington, america reports . israel continuing its campaign against hamas hitting the terror group s strongholds in southern gaza overnight. idf engaging in house to house gun battles after entering the second largest city in the strip. sandra: israel s military says it has killed about half of hamas mid level batallion commanders by now and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said moments ago idf forces are encircling the house of a senior ha ....
pennsylvania already took advantage of this once in a lifetime deal to troll his embattled colleague senator bob menendez. in a cameo, he encourages menendez to stand his ground and not get bogged down by all the haters out there. and here s a look at some of the other messages that santos has reported so far. hey, your beautiful masters. they can booed me out of congress but they can t take away my good humor. screw the haters. the haters are gonna hate. don t let them force you out. don t let them bully you. botox keeps you young. fillers keeps you plump. you are fabulous, and you are going to slay 2024. in other santos news, hbo producer is making a movie about him, and, bowen yang, this could be your big moment. on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. i will see you at the end of so, here s the thing about tonig ....
settle thousands of lawsuits connected to the opioid crisis right now getting a hearing before the supreme court. purdue pharma wants to settle claims of the drug maker filled the deal would give members of the sackler family who own the drug giant immunity. some families are against that and much more on this case coming up later this hour. progressive democrat jayapal, e of the loudest anti-israel members of the house, demanding balance when asked about hamas terrorists raping israeli women on october 7th suggesting both sides are guilty of war crimes. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning, partner . bill hemmer. the congresswoman offending just about everyone over the weekend. she now is under fire after calling for balance when criticizing hamas for using rape as a weapon of war. and then shifting the focus to condemn israel. here is some of what she said. i was just asking about the women and you turned it back to ....
janis mackey frayer, nbc news. can t blame him. that s going to do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m alicia menendez in for nicole wallace. no shortage of news both here at home and abroad. the truce between israel and hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw hostages released by hamas, prisoners released by the israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. on capitol hill, new york republican george santos became the sixth person in american history to be expelled from congress. we begin with a new ruling from a federal appeals court that ex-president donald trump can be sued in relation to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. rejecting his bid for sweeping presidential immunity against civil claims. trump s team had previously argued that almost all of his conduct was protected while he was still an incumbent esident. including on january 6th. and that ....
to 3:00 p.m. eastern. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. as we speak, we are expecting more hostages to be released including potentially one american. two israeli women have been released today, hours before the extended cease fire is set to end. that is unless there s a deal to keep it going. it is a precarious situation. hamas is claiming three of the captives have died, a mother and her two young sons. a 4-year-old and a 10-month-old. the idf cannot confirm if that s true. trying to keep the lines of communication open are secretary of state antony blinken, headed to israel right now and u.s. envoy for hostage affairs. as the united states tailors its public message, that a resumption of war gives hamas what it wants, which is never ending violence. quote, hamas, unleashed a terrorist attack because they fear nothing more than israelis and palestinians living side by side in peace. there s growing political ....