familiar security concerns on capitol hill after decision announced last night by house republicans, plus, how the 14th amendment fight just took a puzzling new turn in colorado. the headline that highlights what could be key for democrats in 2024. a very good at all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news in the israel-hamas war. rocket fire lighting up the night sky once again on the israel gaza border. as israel s military is pushing on with its increasing military offensive in southern gaza. meanwhile, a massive march in jerusalem, thousands of people demanding the resolution in the effort to get those 200 plus hostages kidnapped by hamas on october 7th, bring them back home. we ve got a lot to get to know, with our jay gray who s in tel aviv. jay, welcome in again. israel indicating it is prepared to intensify military operations. is this the next phase? the start of the next phase in the war aga
nba finals game six. it s monday, june 15th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m alex perez. and i m marci gonzalez. reena is off and t.j. is on a pretty sweet assignment. very sweet assignment and the story that everyone s going to be talking about the next few days, until the next day. yeah, absolutely. but we do want to begin with the ongoing manhunt for two escaped killers in new york. while there are still no signs of the two men who broke out of a maximum security prison more than a week ago, officials are closer to understanding how they got out. meanwhile, a prison worker is in court today on charges she aided the escape. more now from abc s phillip mena. reporter: this was not the plan. joyce mitchell, a new york prison employee, in handcuffs in police custody. i don t understand how she could help two murderers escape. reporter: but now we re learning what the 51-year-old told detectives during the days before her arrest a