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welcome back. 12:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific. i m in for andrea mitchell. we begin with a major shake up in israel. netanyahu announcing today he is dissolving the war cabinet, which has been responsible for managing the war effort for more than eight months. this comes as israel s military says it will pause fighting along the route in southern gaza for 11 hours a day to allow humanitarian aid in for the millions of desperate palestinians. netanyahu reportedly disagreeing with this pause calling it quote, unacceptable. the idf says it struck targeting after hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets in israel on friday. joining us now, raf sanchez in tel aviv. let s start with you. why did the israeli prime minister dissolve the war cabinet and what does it mean? reporter: primarily because those centrist opposition figures who joined his government a week after the october 7th attack in a show of national unity have now walked out of the government. they left wi ....
Knows, including susan collins of maine. shepard: wears a centrist opposition? part of it has to do with a number of people losing coverage, and another part has to be with federal spending on medicaid. anything else? medicaid is a sticking point. republican states flip even down the line. you have 16 g.o.p. led states and 17 and the other. that s a hard circle to square. shepard: this is not just about the medicaid expansion. it s medicaid in general under the senate bill, right? this bill for the first time cap medical spending paid that s a big shift for every state. for the states to suspend, death to deal with the rollback of some federal funding. by contrast, the 17 other states they want a deal to make a deal they make. shepard: for the more conservative members, is it more about their fundamental beliefs that governments use data ....