harris: we begin with a fox news alert. $118 billion, 370 pages. the senate border security deal is out for all to read. the headline from what i m seeing when i read parts of it. it would unlock billions of dollars in foreign aid. in fact, critics are claiming it would also let in thousands of illegal immigrants into our country per day before any action would be taken. we ll get into that and really wipe away the myth. it is not 5,000, it is 8,500. it is an average of 5,000 a day over a seven day period. as many as 8,500 could flow in on any particular day. that s a detail we need to know. well, it needs to pass the senate first, as we know. house speaker mike johnson already has declared it dead on arrival. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. all right. let s take a deeper look and see what s inside the bill. $60 billion for ukraine aid. $14 billion for israel. $10 billion in humanitarian aid and $5 billion for our indo-pacific partners. that leaves
Personnel. Were taking steps to make sure we can defend our people and respond decisively if we need to. This is not what we want, not what were looking for. We dont want an escalation. We dont want to see a second or third front develop. We dont want to see our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, were ready for it. Thats Secretary Of State Antony Blinken on the expected provocation from iran connected to the israel hamas war. It comes as Israel Defense forces are expanding significantly. Air strikes in gaza. Well get the live report from israel straight ahead. Plus an update on the hostages still being held by hamas after the Terrorist Group did release two americans on friday. And also coming up, well go through the nine republicans now running to be House Speaker following jim jordans failed bid to lead the lower chamber. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well beg
Everyone was scared. And i was shocked and didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its fragile and old. I heard people screaming. Everyone went out of their houses. The street is full of people and women screaming thats what happened. Even now, people cant go back home home because theyre still afraid. Look at this video two, men, you see them run because they feel the shaking. Moments later, you see the panic, more people running and then this, Rubble Falling when a hand had been moments before. Wow, wow. Nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. And now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected areas. But Officials Say teams are struggling to get to those places. Cnns ben wedeman is on the ground now. Ben, whats the latest in terms of the Rescue Efforts . Reporter well, those Rescue Efforts have been intense over the last few hours. Unfortunately, you know, the epicenter is about 45 mile to the southwes
and lots of questions to answer, so, let s get started. back on the battlefield. israel and hamas resume fighting after a collapse of an already fragile, weeklong truce that allowed the release of more than 100 hostages held in gaza, and 240 palestinian personnel. we ll have the latest on whether another pause in the two month war is possible. deal or no deal? white the most indicted, one-time ex president in u.s. history, and some of his high-level cronies, can t forget about a plea deal in georgia. and we stinging setbacks of trump s claim of presidential immunity. the guardian bigelow is here with his exclusive reporting. and so long, santos! the republican freshman congressman accused of loading up on botox and lavish spending sprees on donors times is kicked out of the house in just one of many embarrassing moments for his party this week. congresswoman jasmine crockett from the great state of texas joins me live to break it all down. all that and more is coming up.
control of congress. that is in the offing. we ll debate that and see how it goes. dana has the week off. i m bill hemmer. welcome to aishah. aishah: hello. thank you for having me. good to be with you. bill: you beat the heat. aishah: i like the heat. i m aishah hosni. republicans are mapping out steps to be ready on day one if trump should win a second term and planning also depends on maintaining control of the house and possibly flipping the senate. taxes and the deficit, those are the top priorities. trump says that he wants to reduce your taxes, cut them and keep them low. unlike democrats who say that they want more of your hard-earned dollars. we will make the trump tax cuts permanent and cut taxes even more for working families and small businesses. they will let them expire and give you the biggest tax increase you have had ever by four times. bill: that from the weekend. chad pergram has the follow-up on capitol hill. good morning. good morning. reuppin