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conveniently ignoring that to our bill in fact lowers the deficit, and is completely paid for. we are watching every minute of what is happening on the senate floor. we re gonna have the latest for you in just a minute. also this hour, alex jones ordered to pay up and pay a big for his lies about sandy hook in the murder of innocent children. we are going to look at that story later had as well. we do as i said want to start in washington on capitol hill. where right now we are starting we are waiting that key vote on the inflation reduction act, a bill that has already seen some changes today as the senate parliamentarian rules that a cap on drug plate prices for the commercial market cannot be remain in the package. but some democrats are vowing to stick together in the face of what could be a challenging and very long amendment process. want to bring in nbc s giuliani strong capitol hill to talk to some of this. good to talk to you, once again julia. so bring us up to da
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of israel at war, i m rosemary church. israel is warning its punishing strikes against hamas and its stronghold in gaza are just the beginning as it wrapped up its response to the militant groups unprecedented surprise attack over the weekend. israeli airstrikes have been pummeling parts of gaza aimed at degrading its military capabilities and now the israeli defense minister has ordered the complete siege of gaza, halting the supply of food, fuel, and electricity. rockets are also being launched from gaza as hamas threatens to begin killing civilian hostages and broadcasting it if israel targets people in gaza without warning. the death toll on both sides continues to climb, including at least 900 people killed in israel following the assault by hamas and nearly 700 killed in gaza after israeli airstrikes there. israeli prime minister ben
attack. they have deployed more than 100 unmanned weaponnized drones toward israel and iranian state media saying they have fired missiles as well. the president is meeting with principles of the national security council in the white house situation room tonight. nbc says they expect major escalation from iran, plans to launch dozens of cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. senior officials say u.s. central command has coordinated a defense plan including potential american assistance from the air and the sea. the prime minister thanking them united states and addressed the israeli people saying quote our defense systems are deployed. the idf is strong. the public is strong. iran has been threatening retaliation since the israeli air strikes since its consulate in syria. earlier today, iran seized control of a commercial vessel leadershipped to israel near the persian gulf. another sign of growing tensions across the region. i want to bring nbc news chief correspondent ric