sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
martha: good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. breaking now, a huge moment has just unfolded at the united nations. hillary clinton and new york senator kristen gillibrand rip on progressive reluctance to condemn hamas atrocities against women. all right. you know what? we have something live from the white house. let s listen in. from jake sullivan about this. i can only speak for the president. that s who i can speak for. we ve been clear what hamas did is absolutely reprehensible and full stop. we re going to continue to be clear about that. we think about rape and the use of rape as being used as a weapon. that is also reprehensible. that s full stop. i ll leave it there. that is speaking for the president of the united states. i ve been very clear on that. any comment though congressman jayapal i just laid out what we believe is unacceptable. i know you said you don t want to i want to ask you about reporting about the border talks linking to ukraine fund
janis mackey frayer, nbc news. can t blame him. that s going to do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m alicia menendez in for nicole wallace. no shortage of news both here at home and abroad. the truce between israel and hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw hostages released by hamas, prisoners released by the israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. on capitol hill, new york republican george santos became the sixth person in american history to be expelled from congress. we begin with a new ruling from a federal appeals court that ex-president donald trump can be sued in relation to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. rejecting his bid for sweeping presidential immunity against civil claims. trump s team had previously argued that almost all of his conduct was protected while he was still an incumbent esident. including on january 6th. and that this
harris is next. harris: the breaking news continues. right now the u.s. house of representatives has the votes to expect george santos of new york. an investigation into a scathing ethics report which includes campaign finance abuse, allegations that santos lied to get into office. the case has not been adjudicated yet. lawmakers want him to quit but he is defiant. and they have already voted twice on the same issue as they do today. do they kick out george santos? in votes in hand right now they do have the votes. let s watch the house speaker, johnson. notify the governor of the state of the new york of the action of the house. under clause 5d of rule 20 the chair announces that in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is 434. harris: all right. making it official there from the house speaker, the expulsion of george santos, senior correspondent chad pergram watching it all on the hill. i ve been watching you
jesse: i m jesse watters with jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., sandra smith and will cain. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. ron desantis and gavin newsom throwing down in the epic red vs blue state debate on hannity. talking trash for months and finally getting the chance to hammer each other s record face-to-face. they tax too much, political agenda, they lost companies. governor newsom: california dominates, fifth large economy in the world. governor desantis: he had gives locked out of school because of teachers union. governor newsom: last guy you want to talk to, lying to migrants, promising jobs and housing, sending to martha s vineyard. governor desantis: this is app they plat the human feces found on the streets of san francisco. taking vicious shots at each other. governor newsom: i can handle it, you are nothing, but a bully. governor desantis: he will tell lies to mask failures. gavin newsom you are troling folks to outtrump, t