Hello and welcome. Im Lynda Kinkade with the latest on the israel hamas war. An Israeli Ground offensive appears all but inevitable. Authorities in gaza saying more than 4,300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks after the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed more than 1,400 people with around 200 others missing or captured. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas at a moments notice. On saturday, the idf Chief Of Staff again repeated what theyve heard all week, that we will enter gaza. An Idf Spokesperson told cnn its not a question of if at this point, only when. The timeline, you know, that changes according to many variables on the ground, in the air, and across the sea. The important thing is that the idf will conduct significant Military Operations in order to defeat hamas, in order to bring our hostages home, and in order to fundamentally change the Security Situation that we have in southern isra
Ukraine and russia, israel and hamas threatening to spill over into wider conflicts, american leaders on the global stage critical, but we are still facing our own crisis of democracy right here at home one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. The legal peril facing the twice impeached multiple indicted former president seem to increase in recent days, with the guilty pleas of two highlevel codefendants in the Election Interference case out of fulton county, georgia. But the peril for our own system of governance is increasing too as Donald Trumps own behavior continues to push dangerous lies and the Republican Party continues to be largely beholden to him. In this moment of global crises, americans and the world are looking to american leaders for guidance. But instead of inspiring confidence, our congress is more dysfunctional than it has been in more than 150 years, since the civil war. And that is because donald trump has broken the Republican Party and is now
All fronts, our reporters are on the ground in israel and lebanon this morning. To get the very latest on the state of war and the danger of the conflict expanding. And well tell you about the growing humanitarian disaster resulting from israels bombardment of gaza. Also talk about a way forward and out of this decades long conflict with an honest trial we, palestinian politician whos been at the Negotiating Table for peace before and former u. S. Deputy National Security adviser about the role america can and should play in trying to revive a enduring peace between israelis and palestinians. Then im gonna pull back the curtain and talk about how we govern this war including the complicated and difficult work of verifying images and facts from the frontlines, we begin this hour here in the Nations Capital with americas role in the world amid a growing leadership crisis, in our own house, a house that donald trump built. Velshi starts now. What good morning to, you saturday october the
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States, and All Around The World as we continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church, we begin with a horrific Hospital Blast in gaza city, which has killed 471 people, according to the Ministry Of Health in gaza. Which is controlled by hamas. The u. S. Now says intelligence suggests israel is not responsible for the explosion as officials in gaza have claimed. And state President Joe Biden echoed the explanation from israel, saying the hospital explosion was the result of an errant rocket fired by the palestinian examined jihad. New video from al jazeera appears to show a rocket fired from gaza, explode inflight above gaza city on tuesday. Moments before the Hospital Blast. Just a few seconds later you can see large explosions on the ground. Its not clear at this point, if these events are related. The palestinian president reports explosions near another hospital in gaza city, the group says the blast targete
breaking news on ana cabrera reports, hunter biden indicted with nine new tax charges including three felonies. we ll detail the allegations made by the special counsel in this case including money spent on a lavish lifestyle. escorts, cars, and drugs instead of paying taxes. we re also watching the united nations this hour about to convene an emergency meeting on gaza with a new warning that conditions inside the strip are nearing a humanitarian catastrophe. plus, just hours before the start of hanukkah, shots fired at a synagogue in albany, new york. the rising fears of anti-semitism here at home. also ahead, las vegas police releasing this new video of the shootout with the man who opened fire at unlv. and first to nbc, new accounts of the gunman s obsession with vegas. it is 10:00 eastern. thanks so much for being with us on a friday. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with that breaking news. hunter biden indicted on tax crimes. the presid