Today, President Biden is set to leave washington on a highstakes trip to israel as this war with hamas intensifies and the humanitarian crisis in gaza escalates. President under growing pressure to get critical aid to millions of civilians in gaza and also supporting israel and trying to save american hostages held captive by the hamas terror group. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will hear from israel how it will conduct its operations in way that minimizing civilian casualties and allows humanitarian to flow to citizens in gaza. Its critical that aid begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. The Israeli Military says bidens visit will not delay its planning for that potential Ground Operation into the gaza strip. Final humanitarian aid has been piling up at the Border Crossing in egypt which remains closed. The World Health Organization is now warning that water is running out for Hundreds Of Thousands of displaced
This evening. Hell be going into an active war zone as israels war with hamas continues. President biden is undergoing pressure to get desperately needed food, water and other aid into zba sa and also supporting israel and trying to save american hostages currently held captive by hamas. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region and for the world. The president will hear from israel how it will conduct its operations in a way that minimizing civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow to civilians in gaza. It is critical that aid begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. Overnight, the Israeli Military continued to bombard gaza ahead of a possible ground invasion. The idf said bidens visit will not delay its planning for potential future operations in the gaza strip. Vital humanitarian aid has been piling up at the Border Crossing in the south in egypt. That Border Crossing, Rafa Crossing remains closed and the World Health Organization is n
some news so you can out-trump trump. and by the way, how s that going for you, ron? you re down 41 points in your own home state. but there s one thing in closing that we have in common is neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024. ouch. two strong moments from california governor gavin newsom last night in his debate with florida governor ron desantis. it comes, of course, as nikki haley is gaining significant momentum as the top alternative to donald trump in the republican presidential primary. plus, israel and hamas are blaming each other for the end to a temporary cease-fire deal. we ll have all the latest on negotiations to renew the truce. and also ahead a gag order against donald trump is reinstated in the new york civil fraud trial. we ll get expert analysis on that coming up straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 1st. yes, it s december. i m in for jonathan lemire. we begin this morning with israel a
have israelis planning a year-long manhunt around the globe to kill militants, which is probably what this was destined to be from the very beginning. but the news that is really rattling things in washington, from washington to tel-aviv, is this explosive new york times exclusive. oh, my goodness. that the israelis actually knew of this plan of attack in great specifics for a year, for a year, before october the 7th. we re going to speak to one of the reporters who broke that story in a moment. with us, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. congressional investigations reporter for washington post, jackie alemany. who will be reporting, of course, on kevin mccarthy s call with donald trump. yeah, what s that? come on, man. he s not eating, so depressed. i have to see him. calling him, yeah. also with us, u.s. national editor at the financial times, ed luce. and katty kay is making her way to the table, as
Hamas has released the first video of one of the 200 Israelis it took hostage when the Palestinian militant group unleashed its campaign of terror on the Jewish state.