good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, the long awaited deal from negotiators is here. i know it s not seeming like that with all that s swirling around but this is a historic moment and i feel it. reporter: house speaker mike johnson says it is dead on arrival. life-threatening weather, has crews rescuing people amid flooding, and power outages. a deadly drone attack on a base housing u.s. troops in syria. it s the first since the u.s. launched a wave of strikes over the weekend. and in the race for president, new nbc news polling showing president biden s approval rating sinking to a new low, trailing behind former president donald trump in a general election matchup. we begin this morning on capitol hill where senate negotiators have finally released a text of a bill that would provide aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan in exchange for overhauling the nation s immigration system. after weeks of closed door meetings,
Im Jessica Layton. Politicsnation with Reverend Al Sharpton will start and just a moment. But first, we begin with a quick update on to war in israel between israel and hamas. Nbcs ellison barber is stunned by from the israel gaza border. Ellison, we know its military. The Israeli Defense forces said earlier today a plan to expand operational activities and gossip was approved. What the latest . Their language in terms of when the next stage of this war will pick and has gotten stronger in recent days. As you said, the spokesperson for the Prime Ministers Office said they had approved plans to move forward, and that would include a Ground Offensive into gaza. So far we havent seen anything to indicate at his started, yet but we were speaking to some idf soldiers in the area. One of them told us they have been told three different times that the current invasion was going to start. And that it hadnt started just. Yet we have seen, in the skull and behind, us that for gaza. Is the glow o
politicsnation. tonight s leads, not a moment to lose. right now it s five pm in washington. and house republicans have just released their spending plan to avert a government shutdown. moments ago. now, have less than a week to pass it and ultimately prevent a potential economic catastrophe for america. meantime it appears the table is nearly set for 2020 for democrats. out before, i m out exportation s, in tuesday s elections scoring a big win on abortion rights in ohio, taken control of the virginia legislature, winning a key governors race in the red state of kentucky. fresh off the victories for the soon to be first black house speaker and rhode island s first black congress person joins me shortly with their takes on where democrats stand ahead of 2024. as for republicans, they help their three primary debate with a significantly narrowed field. and they re a front runner donald trump remains embroiled and other matters, including a continuous fraud trial here in