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thank you so much for letting us into your homes. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts now. hi, nicolle. thank you. the developing news that has been coalescing around the possible replacement for kevin mccarthy to be speaker of the house. it is developing because the people you see on your screen, one of them is the former speaker. the other may or may not become the republicans pick. he s had more vote than anyone else, but maybe not enough votes. that is a big deal for the united states, for the congress at times like these, so we are going to bring you an update on that story later in our newscast. the news out of israel right now is bleak. there is escalation. there are reports that now 22 americans have been killed in this unfolding israel-hamas war. you re seeing gaza pitch dark because gaza is under a blackout. 17 of those are still unaccounted for and feared held hostage in gaza. the shelling tonight there intensifying. vaez says it has fighter ....
pictures from inside gaza. it is 1:00 a.m. local time there. there has been sporadic rocket and missile attacks throughout the night. we have seen that on both sides. he s the moment that an israeli air strike hit a target earlier today. what began with those surprise and horrific terror attacks has now turned into a war, hamas is threatening to execute some of what it claims are 150 living hostages that they have apprehended. they say that would be in retaliation for any israeli strike that kills civilians. israel has ordered a complete siege of gaza with quote, no electricity, no water, no food, no fuel. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this in an address today. in place from which hamas operates, we re planning to what we will do to our enemy the next few days will echo for generations. there is a count of about 800 israelis who have been killed so far. 2,600 wounded, 678 palestinians have been killed, according to these estimates and for those wa ....
head quarters in new york. breaking right now on the story, $500,000 in cash stashed in envelopes in pockets of jackets and in closets, a mercedes and a lot of gold. prosecutors say those are just some of the bribes that were paid to new jersey democratic senator bob menendez, chairman of the foreign relations committee. the feds say that menendez cashed in by giving sensitive u.s. information to egypt and trying to interfere to block criminal cases against people he knew. bribes. the form of cash, gold, home mortgage payments, a low show or a no-show job for a.d. menendez, a mercedes benz and other things of value to the senator and his wife. senator menendez says that the accusations are baseless. he goes on to say there s been an active smear campaign of anonymous sources to create an air of impropriety where none exists. chad pergram live with the latest on this huge story today on capitol hill. hi, chad. hi martha, good afternoon. the feds say menendez tr ....
age from just 2 to 85 years old as well as ten thai nationals and one filipino citizen. in just the last few minutes freed hostages arrived at the israeli children s hospital for care. and in a moment we ll talk to the cousin of duarn cat asher who was just released today alongside her two children. you re looking at live pictures right now, 11 p.m. in israel. we were watching the last camera in the last hour. what we were told at this children s hospital location is that some children were just dropped off at this location. we are now getting this further video of yet more this is the first time we can say this today, former hostages that are now getting the proper care they need both mental as well as physical health assistance. again, they re in petah tyka, israel. we don t know the exact names or ages of those arriving but this first day now ending at 11 p.m. as these former hostages are arriving at various locations to get the care they need. but as all sides hav ....
plagued the president in lots of different ways. we re going to see what happens next here. there was a delegation of diplomats set to meet with the national security adviser today, this afternoon, to talk about the hostages that are from their countries. we also know that there was a delegation slated to go to the middle east next week as well to engage in some more talks and conversations around a deal coming together, and so the administration still has this very robust presence in trying to make this happen, and we ll be looking to see whether there s a response to any degree from hamas in the days to come. aaron gilchrist, thank you for that. claire mccaskill, i want to go to you. i want to talk about the president s statements, they were forceful but brief on donald trump s trial and conviction. you spent many years in the senate. if i m remembering correctly, you were on the armed services committee, homeland security committee. this is an area of the world t ....