it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, the dramatic rise in antisemitism on college campuses after the october 7th attack left one student at m.it asking quote, when can i go back to being a student. what we heard from top university leaders and the students on capitol hill today. inside israel. the heartbreaking stories trickling out from former hostages and their loved ones about what it was like being held in hamas captivity. the nightmares they re still having at home. also, the new details on what rudy giuliani s defamation case against ruby freeman and shaye moss could look like when it goes to court. and the elephant not in the room. donald trump. four of his rivals will get a chance to make their case against him at tomorrow s primary debate. who made the cut and what to expect. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. i want to begin on capitol hill where we heard from leaders at top un
and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump s run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. and later oh! a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel s aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that s 85% of the population. and nbc s david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major joh
military base with 10,000 missiles on our heads in the last two decades. what exactly are we supposed to do? sit by and be killed? that s the tragedy we face. and the world has many people who financed the war machine and is playing and has danced with the devil, and they will have to look in the mirror and say to themselves, we have helped to develop an empire of monstrosity of criminals and terrorists who must be removed from our area. i wish we had even more time today. there are so many other topics to discuss and so many facets to the current situation and the war against hamas. thank you, mr. president, for taking the time. we appreciate it and i hope we are able to speak again soon. thank you. absolutely. that does it today. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. i am josé diaz-balart. right now israel is ordering hundreds of thousands of palestinians to evacuate. the human suffering in gaza intensifying once again. the u.n. warning an even more he