Crossing operation critical and urgent need. Without electricity this hospital will be a mass grave. We desperately need a humanitarian cease fire. The troops are ready. Theyre ready to go. Well, good morning, everyone. Im Phil Mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. Erin burnett is live in tell aveef. We heard from one of the hostages released by hamas yesterday. The grandmother described her abduction in captivity. Her daughter was by her side translating. Hordes of Hamas Fighters Storm Herd Kibbutz and kidnapped her and beat her with sticks once in gaza. She was held under ground with five other hostages. She said they were treated well by guards, a doctor and paramedic who made sure they had the medicine they needed. She says hamas had a stockpile of shampoo and other toiletries ready for them. There are a huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spider web. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and theyre not going to hurt them. And that th
When terrorists dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death. Chaos andh and he calls on congress to fund both wars. We cant let petty, partisan, angry politics get in the way of the responsibilities of a great nation. Now the urgent effort to free more hostages as two americans are released as both conflicts rage on. Will the u. S. Be able to build support for staying in the fight . Ill ask Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and former Vice President mike pence. Plus, house in chaos. A speaker has not been elected. We need to come together and figure out who our speakers going to be. The House Of Representatives remains leaderless as the republican fight over who will become the next speaker drags on. The crazy eights who have led the race. The amount of damage they have done to this party and to this country is insurmountable. Is there a solution to this dysfunction . Will anyone be able to get the gavel . Ill
Casualties mount. Tanks and troops massed on the border ready to invade. Hundreds of americans trapped in the territory, unable to get out. This is on hamas. Israel intensifies bombing targets on three fronts threatening to ignite a wider conflict. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells troops its do or die time as air strikes intensify and broaden even further. Also tonight new u. S. Military moves in the region amid growing threats from iran and its allies in the region. Im ian lee near the israel Lebanon Border where tensions rise along with fears this could become a second front in the war. Here at home, speaker soap opera. Three weeks and counting. At least nine republicans now seeking the gavel. Plus murder investigation. The latest on the death of a synagogue president in detroit. Pacific storm. The new system set to drop temperatures and deep snow from montana to the dakotas. Later, an amazing puzzle made of corn with roots and miles of twists and turns in minnesota that start