from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing here for this hour, in just, days the january six select committee will begin laying out its findings in primetime public hearings. earlier, today committee member congressman adam schiff gave insight into the approach will be taking a detailing its findings. the american people, i think, now a great deal already. they ve seen a number of bombshells already. there is a great deal they haven t seen. but perhaps most important is that the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, at one line of effort to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. so, we want to tell that comprehensive narrative. meanwhile, a new look at americans attitudes to gun laws as the debate over gun violence pretend prevention intensifies. and you cbs news yougov poll shows 60% of americ
your prayers and your prayers and your thoughts, and if we give enough of these thoughts and these prayers, these mass shootings will stop. we are going to talk to our friend, the comedy due out of the good liars, about the stuff that made waves around the country. that s later on this, our you don t want to miss this conversation. we want to begin with that breaking news that out of wisconsin, where a retired judge was shot and killed by a gunman who police say was preparing to target prominent politicians next. nbc s steve patterson is on this for us. steve, as always, good to see you. what more do we know about this, this chilling killing now of this judge. and who else is on this list? yeah, chilling is right. lots to unpack here. if he have to separate incidents, although related. you have the hasse isolated killing of this judge and then you have this bizarre list that was found in the suspected shooter s car. let s start with a suspected shooter. we re learning mor
her january six testimony. at the top of the hour, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. it is one pm here on the east coast, seven pm in the middle east. and we begin with breaking news on the israel-hamas war. [sound of artillery] nonstop shelling in the gaza strip today. here s what is new this hour. israel confirms it has boots on the ground in gaza. the limited internet access is back on. the world food programme warns of growing hunger and desperation. the idf says it has hit 450 hamas targets in the last 24 hours. here s part of a report from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. [sound of artillery] reporter: we saw and heard a huge explosions that shook buildings for miles around. israel says it is using heavy bombs to collapse hamas tunnels and remove the group from power, after it murdered 1400 israelis and captured at least 229 hostages three weeks ago. [spea
and in the air. a humanitarian crisis getting worse by the hour. also following breaking news out of florida. chaos after a shooting at a halloween event. at least two people are now dead, one of them a teenager. we are getting some troubling information about warning signs missed involving the main mass shooter. we are also following major political news this hour. the fallout from the biggest drop out so far from the 2024 presidential race, former vice president mike pence finding out that refusing to overturn an election is an unforgivable sin in today s republican party. plus, as house speaker mike johnson gets ready to get to work this week, we are taking a special look at some of the extreme views he holds on the 2020 election, abortion, lgbtq rights, and more. views even those who voted for him may not have fully realized. all that plus fans around the world in mourning today after the death of friends star matthew perry. oh, come on. don t be mad. we both said somet