yet there are quite obviously thousands and thousands of innocent people that the idf is killing who are not members of hamas. and whether you blame hamas for embedding within the palestinian population after the october 7th brutal terrorist attack on israel or you blame the idf and netanyahu or both, this is the ugly and brutal reality of the slaughter of innocents that clarissa ward brings us now. a warning. that many of the images we re about to show you are difficult to watch. reporter: you don t have to search for tragedy in gaza. it finds you on every street, strewn with trash and stagnant water, desolate and foreboding. so we ve just crossed the border into southern gaza. this is the first time we ve actually been able to get into gaza since october 7th, and we are now driving to a field hospital that has been set up by the uae. up until now israel and egypt have made access for international journalists next to impossible. and you can see why. since october 7th
decision is welcomed, don t ask, don t tell is still the law. and service members are still at risk. i cannot tell you what the justice department is going to do, but i can tell you this. this month, next week, the senate is coming back to washington. there s a bill on the senate calendar that would repeal don t ask, don t tell. it s a defense department authorization. that bill should be taken up and debated. as you know, chris, it s extraordinary for a congress to go without authorizing the defense spending for the department of defense. explain to me why this should come up before the election. first of all, the defense department authorization bill passes every congress, irrespective of whether democrats or republicans control the congress or control the white house. that bill is about far more than don t ask, don t tell. don t ask, don t tell is part of that bill. don t ask, don t tell was originated 17 years ago in the