Israel is at war. Isreali civilians is not something you want to play with. We will demolish every terrorists, we will. John a live look at gaza, isreali forces are launching wide scale air strikes against hamas, launching the deadliest single attack since the hall cost. Im john roberts in washington. We were not planning sandra on starting a week this way. Sandra no, john, good to be with you. Our coverage continues here. Im sandra smith in new york, This Is America reports. This situation continues to deteriorate every hour along the isreali gaza border, Trading Heavy Fire at this hour all the while the white house remains silent. The president s team has just called a lid for the day within the last hour which means we are not expected to see or hear from the president today. The State Department meanwhile is confirming at least Nine Americans were killed by those terrorists. And it remains unknown if any are among the dozens of hostages taken into gaza. John despite the numerous am
both in critical. the two students that were ground transported to hill crest trauma center, cleveland clinic, are one is stable one is serious. i certainly hope the families know that they re in our thoughts and prayers. reporter: a the prayers continue so does the search for answers. witnesses describe the gunman as silent and determined during his attack. the teenager was apparently forced from the building by a teacher and then surrendered to bystanders a few blocks from the school. many caught in the cross fires say they never saw any clues the suspect might turn violent. i don t think anybody really ever expected it to be him. you know? never, never did you would you ever think this i mean, it s just one of your worst nightmares. you don t think this would ever happen. reporter: unfortunately, it s all too real for this community. now struggling to understand how and why it happened. and what comes next. now within the last 15 or 20 minutes nbc news ha