We will have plenty of time israelis will have plenty o ever time to look into that. The focus now is making sure israel has what it needs to deal with the attack and making sure its citizens are safe and secured. That was u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken on Meet The Press sidestepping the deadly attacks. Well have the latest on the escalating conflict in just a moment. Plus, a look at how chaos in the house with the republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact support for israel. And some candidates are spreading misinformation blaming a deal with the Biden Administration. Well explain that straight ahead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 9th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin with the israeli hamas war. 1,100 have died and the number is expected to rise. Hamas militants stormed the gaza strip destroying several israeli towns and communities. The chaos spread across land, air, and sea as thousands of rockets were fi
all of our colleagues who were in iman yesterday, everyone would welcome that, because, again, it would advance things we re all trying to accomplish, including getting hostages back, including getting a lot more assistance into gaza, including getting people into gaza. secretary of state blinken continues his trip oversaers as arab leaders are calling for a cease-fire in gaza. the troops have reached the coastline, splitting the territory in two. also ahead, new polling in five swing states that are very concerning for democrats and president joe biden. we ll go through those numbers on a potential 2020 rematching with donald trump. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis just landed a powe potentially key endorsement in the 2024 republican presidential primary. we ll tell you who it is. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, november 6th. happy 9th birthday to flynn lemaire, my son. thank you for starting with us on way too early. let s get