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thank you so much for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield in atlanta. wolf will get to you in a moment. we begin our special coverage with new developments happening in israel s war against hamas. and a warning, what you are about to see a graphic. new action on the ground as israel defense forces say they clashed with hamas fighters inside gaza. this is just the second time inside the enclave since the terror attack. it has been another violence day where a new barrage of israeli airstrikes hit several targets, one gaza hospital saying that they are being overwhelmed by the number of bodies. videos obtained by cnn show dozens of dead people wrapped in shrouds surrounding the hospital. the morgue already filled to capacity. israel also launching a rare aerial assault on a mosque in the west bank. the idf claims the strike thwarted an imminent terror attack. but the palestinian authority calls it a dangerous escalation. idf is vowing to increase its aerial bombardment of ....
harris: the breaking news continues. keep keep close on capitol hill, house of representatives expected to vote on speaker of the house any moment now. congressman jim jordan hopes he has enough support. he has gained major momentum, but can only lose four votes. we ll follow the action. he had enough votes to get to the nomination. we ll bring updates as they happen. in the middle east, president biden will travel to the middle east later today. the high stakes trip as israeli faces rocket attacks from hezbollah on northern border with lebanon. we learned they have 100,000 rockets should they want to engage, another front of war with hezbollah to the north and hamas together to the south against israel, bringing concern the conflict could escalate in the region. 2000 american men and women marines mostly, have been placed on ready to deploy to the middle east within 24 hours notice to aid israel in advisory and medical support roles, but everybody is armed. i m harri ....
of the 217 votes he will need. there is so much bad blood, and tension in the republican caucus this could go on for a while. and until it is resolved then congress is partly paralysed. to say this is an implosion of the republican party is almost an understatement. they should be serving as a useful foil of the white house. checking the white house where they need to, instead they are rudderless. they are leaving the house unable to pass legislation such as humanitarian aide, releasing budgetary amounts to support conflict overseas. jim jordan is the frontrunner for speaker, he is seen as a very far right trump aligned, not very substantive member of congress so to think he is the best they can put up at a time whenjoe biden himself is fairly vulnerable but compared to the republicans he looks like a superstar. the republicans he looks like a su erstar. , the republicans he looks like a summer- the republicans he looks like a suerstar. , ., , ., ., superstar. there is a blo ....
gaza city and destroy the enclaves current leadership. they re also saying the idf will soon invade the gaza strip with tens of thousands of soldiers. secretary of state anthony blinken is now in cairo, egypt. he is expected to speak with the president of egypt later this hour. this comes as the rafah crossing point between egypt and gaza remains closed this morning as egyptian authorities continue their negotiations with israel and the united states over allowing u.s. citizens safe passage into egypt. meanwhile, the u.s. embassy in israel s offer americans and immediate relatives evacuation by sea from haifa to cyprus on monday at 8 am local time. it is on a space limited basis. the embassy says chartered flights are also being arranged. according to the israeli defense forces, over 1300 people have been killed in israel since the fighting began with the gaza health minister reporting more than 2300 people have been killed in gaza. joining me now, nbc news corres ....
. hello, welcome to all of our viewers from watching around the world. infiltrators, firing thousands of rockets from gaza. we will go live as they respond to what they are calling a storm. another deadly strike on ukraine just a day after devastating attack on a village killed dozens and calls for sanctions over allegations of ethnic cleansing as armenia gets ready to take its demand for an emergency order. a state of war alert following the unprecedented rocket attacks from gaza. starting at about 6:30 a.m. local time when most israelis were asleep militants fired wave after wave of rockets perhaps thousands of them. israeli officials say there are multiple injuries, some of them serious. the military is warning a number of militants infiltrated the territory from gaza and issued a statement. civilians in the south expern central areas are required to stay next to shelters in the area surrounding the gaza strip inside shelters. it goes on to hamas terrorist nation ....