[gunfire] dana: heave heavey fighting in gaza around hospitals. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. dana perino. mike: i m mike emanuel. israeli forces say troops killed 21 hamas terrorists who opened fire and tried to escape by running to a hospital. there is growing concern the war could spread beyond gaza as fighting escalates on israel s border with lebanon. israel s prime minister saying hamas must be destroyed. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, dedestroy hamas. if you want a future for israel. the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. we ll do it with as few civilian casualties as we can and with maximum casualties on the hamas terrorists, which we are achieving day-by-day, hour by hour. we ll complete the task. dana: rich edson at the state department. jerusalem deputy mayor joining us here right in new york on set. first let s get to trey yengst live in southern israel. trey, what s the update from there today?
Now. steve: welcome to studio e and gretchen is still have and you are still here. upon alisyn: it is a busy news morning. the u.s. is officially getting involved in the mideast fighting. secretary of state hillary clinton is en route to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu as the u.s. embassy attacked this morning. we have leland on the ground. we ll go to washington with the latest details on secretary clinton s mission. good morning. israel and terrorist leaders of gaza exchange fire president obama is dispatching secretary clinton to the middle east it is a hastedly