President biden and the first lady will travel to the maui disaster zone monday, as the death toll passed 100 people. Recovery crews bringing in more highly trained dogs to help in the search for victims. How daunting is it . Its the worst thing i have ever seen. This is apocalyptic. Its terrible. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. We are on defendant watch today as president s trump and his 18 codefendants in georgia have nine days to surrender to the Fulton County jail for fingerprinting and processing in advance of a separate arraignment to be scheduled before a judge. They will enter their pleas. One of the most prominent of the former officials charged, mark meadows, has petitioned to have his case moved to Federal Court where d. A. Willis would still try the case, but meadows would more likely have a much more favorable jury pool from all of Northern Georgia, not just Fulton County, and there would not be cameras in the courtroom. Meadows argument expected to b
see the crime scene for themselves. we ll have a live report from the courthouse in south carolina coming up. at least a dozen people hospitalized, but no deaths reported after tornadoes tear apart businesses and homes in central oklahoma. we ll have the latest on the storms that made million z miserable over the last 24 hours and the problems they left behind. first, the challenges to donald trump. ideologically, financially and organizationally, all ramping up. case in point, ron desantis is gathering for more than 150 donors, a huge event over the weekend held less than a ten-minute drive from former president trump s back yard. the event was described as, quote, part of desantis increasingly open encroachments into the former president s long-term support base and ideological turf. that s just the tip of the iceberg with the florida governor set to extend his campaign with a national book tour that launches tomorrow. we should be clear. right nou desantis is still a
Good to be with you, im katy tur. A church, a synagogue, a walmart, a school, a grocery store, a nightclub, a spa, a shopping mall, a neighbors house, a chinese new years celebration, a bank, a hospital, and now a bar and grille, and Bowling Alley where a gunman killed 18 people and injured 13 others. Police have i. D. d him as 40yearold robert card, a man with a recent record of Mental Health issues, a man who has now been on the run for 20 hours, perhaps hiding somewhere in rural maine, perhaps long gone. The Lewiston Police department, federal, state, county, and other municipalities are involved in a coordinated search at this moment for this individual. The search to apprehend this person both happen simultaneously. Our reality for today is the suspect is still at large, and we want to provide Community Support for the victims, for the families, and the communities across the state. But we also have an incredibly strong, laser like focus on bringing this suspect into custody, and
Right now on ana cabrera reports, israel escalating air strikes on gaza, claiming its hit hundreds of targets in the last 24 hours as israels Defense Minister warns its operation in gaza could last months. Plus, new reporting about hostages held by hamas. The number now stands at 222. What we know about them and the efforts to bring them home. Also ahead in washington, the search for the speaker beginning again on capitol hill. Nine republicans now in the running, but can any of them get enough votes. Returning to court. The new charges that have new jersey senator bob menendez going back before a judge this afternoon. Thanks so much for joivening us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. Over the last few hours with the idf claiming the have Hit 320 Hamas targets over the last 24 hours. As air strikes continue, a contingent of israeli tanks and troops remain gathered along gazas border with the Israel Defense minister saying the war could take, quote, months. Ther
All fronts, our reporters are on the ground in israel and lebanon this morning. To get the very latest on the state of war and the danger of the conflict expanding. And well tell you about the growing humanitarian disaster resulting from israels bombardment of gaza. Also talk about a way forward and out of this decades long conflict with an honest trial we, palestinian politician whos been at the Negotiating Table for peace before and former u. S. Deputy National Security adviser about the role america can and should play in trying to revive a enduring peace between israelis and palestinians. Then im gonna pull back the curtain and talk about how we govern this war including the complicated and difficult work of verifying images and facts from the frontlines, we begin this hour here in the Nations Capital with americas role in the world amid a growing leadership crisis, in our own house, a house that donald trump built. Velshi starts now. What good morning to, you saturday october the