try to make sure this never happens again. we've seen in recent days palestinian civilians continuing to bear the brunt of this action, and it's important that the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. >> that was secretary of state antony blinken yesterday ahead of his latest trip to the middle east. the visit comes as there's growing pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists who are hiding out in gaza. plus, the republican led house passes a funding bill for israel, but the legislation comes with a whole host of partisan spending cuts. we'll take a look at the chances whether this measure can actually pass in the senate. and also ahead, a recap of the testimony from donald trump's two eldest sons in his new york civil fraud trial. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, november 3rd. it's friday. we made it. i'm jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we'll begin this busy news morning with israel pushing forward with its ground invasion. israeli defense forces announced last night that they have encircled gaza city and are fighting face-to-face battles with hamas terrorists. this as air strikes continue to hammer the territory. israel has come under increasing international pressure to at least temporarily pause the fighting with hamas, but officials in tel aviv are rejecting those calls. prime minister benjamin netanyahu posted on social media yesterday that troops are making progress and that, quote, nothing will stop us. meanwhile, fighting along israel's northern border with lebanon is intensifying. hezbollah has claimed to attack 19 israeli military targets. while israel has not confirm that specific claim, military officials do say there have been a number of launches from lebanon and that israel is striking back, targeting terrorist infrastructure there. the exchange of fire comes as residents in lebanon are expected to hear from the leader of hezbollah today. this will be his first speech since the israel-hamas war began. it'll be closely watched and likely indicate the group's next moves raising fears the war may widen. now, according to the white house at least 79 americans have now crossed into egypt from gaza. the rafah crossing opened up for a second day following a deal that was broken in part by qatar. in total about 800 foreign nationals have been allowed to leave. thousands of people are still trying to get out including 400 american citizens who are on the list to leave gaza. but the biden administration stresses the situation is fluid as it is not clear how long the rafah crossing will remain open. meanwhile, more aid is flowing into the territory now. the palestinian red crescent says more than 100 trucks carrying food, medicine, and other supplies entered gaza through that rafah crossing yesterday. this is the largest amount of aid to reach the territory in a single day since the war began. aid groups have been calling for 100 trucks a day to meet the region's needs. now, as we just played sound secretary of state antony blinken is in the middle east, and in fact he's in israel this morning where he's expected to push for a pause in the fighting to allow for the safe release of hostages and the delivery of more of that humanitarian aid. blinken was greeted by israeli officials when he landed in tel aviv overnight. he will meet israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu first, then israel's war cabinet and finally the israeli president. the white house says blinken will urge the israeli government to agree to a series of brief pauses of its military operations in gaza. now, before he left for israel, blinken stressed the need to increase aid entering the gaza strip. >> we've been able to establish over the last couple of weeks efforts to get trucks moving. we've had about 50 to 60 trucks a day going in, we need that and want that to increase and i expect you'll see that in the coming days. at the same time we've been making sure to ensure our nationals and foreign nationals can get out. and over the last two days you've seen americans and their families continue to come out of gaza and we expect that to continue over the coming days. >> after he visits israel, the secretary of state will head to aman jordan to discuss the conflict with senior jordanian official. he released a statement saying he will tell secretary blinken that israel needs to end its war in gaza immediately, claiming the israeli government is committing war crimes, and he warned of a possible regional war that could threaten world peace. joining us now middle east correspondent for the economist greg calstrom. greg, good to see you again. there's two different parts here. first, let's talk about that, the tensions elsewhere in the region. we just heard that language from the jor dadian foreign minister and also all going to be watching what the leader of hezbollah says in lebanon. give us your analysis of what a tender box is at the moment. >> that speech is what everyone will be watching this afternoon. the sense i've heard from both israeli officials and from lebanese contacts as well is that the people on both sides are not expecting this to be a declaration of war. there'll be some tough rhetoric directed at israel obviously and trying to setout red lines as israel moves ahead in gaza, but what we've seen over the past month is there's been tit for tat bombardment and that fighting has stretched a bit further than it did in previous weeks, but it's still contained to that border area, and the signal from both sides is that they so far don't want this to become a broader war. there was some talk in the israeli war cabinet in the early weeks of the fighting, that there were some people pushing for a sort of preemptive strike in lebanon, but that talk has died down over the past couple of weeks, and it was never supported by prime minister netanyahu. >> so now let's talk about the israeli portion of the secretary of state blinken's trip particularly this idea of a pause. now, we heard president biden himself this week suggest that he would support that, the u.s. yesterday sent more and more direct signals to tel aviv that's what they want, a series of pauses, brief but pauses, but the israeli government seem tuesday be rejecting it. what's the latest you've heard? >> they are rejecting it. i was in israel last week and speaking with senior military officials there, they acknowledge there has to be some sort of humanitarian effort. ayou have to get that aid where it's meant to go. there's been ongoing bombardment in the south which is meant to be a safe zone. there's hundreds of thousands of palestinians in northern gaza which the northern army has told people to evacuate. the israeli army has dissected gaza and cut off the north from the south. there is direction for israel they might have to allow more aid and that might require humanitarian pauses which the israelis are talking about hours, not days, but perhaps a few hours at a time the fighting would stop. there's still a lot of details to negotiate when those might happen and what that might look. >> there'll also be recent conversations about what comes next in gaza after the war, but that moment could still be weeks or months away. joining us from dubai, we're grateful if your voice this morning and i'm certain we'll speak to you again soon. a few other headlines before we turn to break, 13 democratic senators are callingor a short-term cessation of hostilities in gaza. the group of senators identify three reasons for their push including the delivery of aid, focusing on hostages, a an opportunity for broader peace discussions. the senators say t while the united states supports israel's right to defend itself, israel must also conduct its operations in a way that minimizes harm to civilians and allows for aid to reach those who are suffering. it comes as president biden as just mentioned this week also called for a humanitarian pause in hostilities to allow aid in and hostages out of gaza. the white house says israeli prime minister netanyahu is opposed to a broad cease-fire but appears receptive to humanitarian pauses, but as you just heard from gregg calstrom there there's some doubt they'll let that go for at least that long. now house speaker johnson has called through with his plan with the full house voting to pass the measure. but there's a catch. the stand alone bill provides $14.3 billion of aid to israel while also slashing that same amount in irs funding. yesterday's vote was 226 to 196. democrats opposing the bill pointed to a congressional budget office report that the overall measure would actually add billions to the deficit. but 12 democrats did vote in favor of the bill including congressman jared moskowitz of florida. >> i believe israel needs to see people on both sides supporting them in their time of need. for me again this was my background and experience not that other members don't have that, i would vote yes. they've got 12, i mean that's not reay many. >> at the same time just two republicans broke rank and voted against the bill. they were lawmakers tom massy of kentucky and margery taylor greene of georgia. the bid now heads to the senate and essentially dead on arrival. that's because senate majority leader chuck schumer said the upper chamber will not even take up the legislation. initially president biden vowed to veto the bill if it somehow reached his desk. so it will be some time before the u.s. can send that aid to israel. still ahead here on "way too early" we'll go through the verdict in a high profile fraud trial for a man who's one of the most prominent figures in crypto currencies. plus, the latest on the fbi raid at the home of the chief fund-raiser for new york city mayor eric adams. those stories and a check on weather and sports when we come right back. e right back i got this 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"the new york times" first reported the story citing flight data on the publicly accessible tracking website, flight radar 24. back in washington the senate finally confirmed three more senior military officials spite senator tommy tuberville's military blockade and made history in the process. admiral lisa francetti becoming the first wan to serve as the chief of operaons and the first temail member of the joint chiefs of staff. general david alvin was confirmed as u.s. air force chief of staff. both we confirmed 95-1 with republican senator roger marshall bei the lone no vote. lastly lieutenant general christopher mahoney will serve as commandant for the marine corp. the move comes as several republicans confronted tuberville signaling their patience with his blockade is running out. joining us now former supreme commander of nato, retired four star navy admiral james -- chief international analyst for nbc news. admiral, you have made no secret of your frustration with senator tuberville's military hold. there's been not a lot of movement but some -- some promotions have gone through. what's your reaction? >> well, it's wonderful. i mean, we're feeling that dam finally start to break. and by the way, let me harp on the brand new chief of naval operations for a moment. yeah, she happens to be a woman. she commanded a guided missile destroyer, a squadron of destroyers in combat, a carrier strike group. she has all the bona fides, all the qualifications. she's extremely capable and ready for this job. why she had to be dangling in limbo for months is absolutely beyond me. and the other two officers are of the same quality point. jonathan, here's what we need to know. there's 350 to 400 or so who are still being held up. it's a morale buster for the military. above all, it's not putting your best, hey coach -- pot putting your best players on the field, if you will, while we're engaged in all kinds of military activities around the world from the middle east to ukraine to the taiwan strait. this is a great start and the best to conclude here is that you saw fellow republicans people like lindsey graham, jodi ernst, colonel united states army, fellow brother and sister, military officers stand up and throw a red flag at the coach, to switch sports analogies. so very happy about this, and i think it portends in overcoming the overall blockade very soon. >> yeah, we'll see what more get through, and i should have known you would have had some words for the naval promotion. as mierl, let's turn now to the middle east. we mentioned at the top of the show the fighting by israel at lebanon's northern border has picked up in recent days. what will you be watching for? what will you be hearing to happen? >> i think what we're going to see some rhetoric, some bluster, some preening, some posturing. i think it will be carefully scripted. believe me what you will be hearing are not words coming out of the mouth of the leader of hezbollah. you are going to hear words who are penned in tehran, iran. because hezbollah as you know, jonathan, is simply a creature of the ayatollahs, of that rotten bureaucracy. what you're going to be listening for is echoes of what iran is planning or thinking. i would not overly react to militaristic words. the leaders of hezbollah are well aware that just literally a matter of a few sea miles to their west on the mediterranean sea are one american aircraft carrier, another one moving through the area through the persian gulf, 2,000 marines. there's a lot of deterrence out there. look, the united states is not looking to get into an active war in the middle east to say the least. but let us hope iran and hezbollah understand what we are saying to them. we are going to hear some fiery rhetoric from the leader of hezbollah. let's not overreact. >> and admiral, lastly and very briefly, there seems to be a divide among retired military officers about these humanitarian pauses that the u.s. is asking israel to conduct. some believe it will be an advantage to hamas. what's your quick take? >> quick take is we should do a humanitarian pause. and i don't care if you call it a civilian evacuation. i don't care what the term is, but the word temporary means temporary, but we have to put the humanitarian crisis at the very top at this moment. it's so extreme. >> the biden administration agrees with you. retired four star admiral, thank you for joining us. we'll talk to you again soon. still ahead on "way too early," we'll turn to cnbc for an early look what's moving markets today and a preview of the october jobs report, which is due out a little later this morning. we'll be right back with that. are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. welcome back. it's time for business, and for that let's bring in cnbc's julianna tatelbaum who joins us live from london. juliana, great to see you this morning. the labor department scheduled to release its october jobs report this morning. we'll all be watching for what are economists expecting. >> john, good morning. well, this is certainly the biggest report of the day for the financial market. economists are expecting the jobs report to show 170,000 job being added in the month of october. that marks a pretty marked slow down from the blow out, 336,000 figure that we got last month. a couple of metrics to watch in particular in today's report, a potentially important trend to follow is hiring of part time workers as well as trends in labor force participation. that's going to be another metric worth watching. >> so we just showed the board, plenty of red on it,icidely. but earnings season's in full swing with apple posting results after the bell. what's the latest there? >> apple was a big one yesterday reporting numbers. now, shares in apple are lower premarket, which is weighing on the broader market to some degree. the company beat expectations for their fourth quarter earnings, but they issued some disappointing guidance for the upcoming holiday season. the cfo said that they expect sales in the all important holiday quarter to be similar to last year. now, that was disappointing because wall street was expecting the company to guide to a near 5% increase. the tech giant also said it's seen lower demand for ipads as well as watches the last few months as well as max which dipped about 40% on the year. in contrast we got pretty strong numbers and encouraging guidance from starbucks. starbucks quarterly earnings and revenue beat wall street expectations. same store sales rose 8% because of higher average checks. essentially people are buying more expensive drinks. they also saw a 3% increase in customer traffic to its coffee shops. u.s. locations outperformed analyst expectations. and outside of the u.s., outside of north america i should say, same store sales increased 5% driven entirely by more customer visits. so pretty good quarter for starbucks. >> well, i just contributed to apple's bottom line because i had to replace my air pods that died. they never charge quite right either. travelers from india are expected to become the fourth largest global spenders by the year 2030. tell us more about that. >> yeah, this is a pretty interesting report from booking.com and mckinsey. indian travelers are expected to embark on 5 billion more trips by 2030 and spending on travel and tourism is expected to hit over $400 billion by then. so huge spending to come from indian travelers. that's more than 170% more than the $150 billion spent in 2019. now, to give you some context, to givererence, back in 2019 they conducted a similar research report and the u.s., china, and germany were the top three global traveller spenders, and india came in sixth. expected to see a lot more outbound. it is worth bearing in mind indians still prefer to travel domestically as of now. >> all right, cnbc's julianna tatelbaum live from london, thank you. have a great weekend. still ahead here on "way too early," both of donald trump's adult sons took the stand yesterday in the new york civil fraud trial against the trump organization. we'll break down what happened inside the courtroom including some tense moments. we'll be right back with that. s we'll be right back with that. new emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. and who doesn't love a good throwback? [sfx: video game] emergen-c crystals. i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. welcome back. former president donald trump's two oldest adult sons, eric and don jr., both testified yesterday at the new york civil fraud trial in which they are codefendants along with the republican front-runner. nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has more. >> reporter: for a second straight day the trump sons back in court. eric trump appearing combative at times under questioning by the new york attorney general's office accused along with his brother and father of exaggerating assets on the trump organization's books to get better interest rates on loans. eric testifying he ran the day to day operations of the trump organization while his father was in office but denied having anything to do with the disputed financial statements submitted to banks and lenders, saying i pour concrete, echoing his deposition testimony. >> i pour concrete, i operate property. >> reporter: but the state points to e-mails indicating eric's involvement and eric's signature on letters that declare the annual financial statements free of misstatements and fraud. these letters a critical piece of evidence also bearing the signature of his older brother. don jr. again telling the judge he relied on accountants to compile the financial statements. >> you pay experts millions of dollars to be experts. you sign off on what they give you, and you're liable. if this was to become precedent where you can have an overzealous attorney general go after any business in new york, this city would be in even worse shape than it already is today. >> nbc's laura jarrett reporting. and joining us now here on set, special correspondent at "vanny fair" and host of the fast politics podcast. molly, great to see you. you have covered the trump family over the years. let's talk about this trial, any take-aways you have, and we know this threatens donald trump's wealth. does it threaten any of his political support? >> i don't think it threatens his political support, but it is the business, the family business which is the sort of core of trumpism as, you know, as a thing. trump is very in touch with business, he advertises himself as a billionaire, this is sort of his legacy. we've seen he's shown up in court because he does feel this is very much an attack on his core. so while it may not have political capital, i think it shakes him. >> it's very clear he's bothered by it. he is slate today testify on monday. let's turn back to washington now. you've been writing this week about the new speaker of the house, mike johnson. he went ahead and did it and put out this bill, the israel aid bill which has off sets that are not really off sets but look slashes to irs funding. he got it past the house yesterday, has no chance in the senate. give us your analysis of his first moves on the job. >> i was surprised how aggressive this was, right? most republicans, most democrats want aid for israel, for gaza. they want this. right, this is not controversial. it's not like donald trump is against this. like, with ukraine funding you see why republicans are having trouble going along with it. it's because donald trump doesn't want it and trump is the head of the party. with this as close to bipartisan support as there possibly can be, and johnson was like we're going to offset it with cutting the irs. so this is the kind of thing where he's going against both schumer and mitch mcconnell, right, which is like -- i wouldn't want to go against mitch mcconnell. like he's been doing this a long time. he's really tough, and i think this is going toby a real problem for mike johnson. and remember there's still a one person motion to vacate. he still only has a four-vote majority, and he has got this george santos problem. >> the mcconnell relationship is going to be one to watch for sure. johnson, he's deeply conservative. we learn more by the day about his past. certainly, there are questions right now about how effectively he can govern, but assuming he stays in the post, is this going to be a good thing for democrats as they attempt to take back the house next year? >> i would think. he has this long tale of really controversial anti-lgbtq. we saw the wife is involved in anti- -- you know, in anti-gay reprogramming, which is a kind of thing we haven't even heard of since the 1980s and really out of the main stream even for religious people. i think that this is going to haunt him. if democrats are smart, right, they only need -- there are 18 flipable seats in this house of representative. and we'll see with redistricting in north carolina, there's goin. there's going to be more movement, but i think that democrats should run against johnson. the stuff he said is wildly controversial. >> i was going to ask you as a last question, for so many cycles, the republicans would put nancy pelosi as the face of the opposition, even if they weren't running against pelosi. donald trump looms, but in the house races, will mike johnson be featured in democratic ads? >> think of mike lawler running in a biden plus three district. this guy is religious. he wants a national abortion ban. god knows what he wants to do to lgbtq people. i mean, this is not the -- this isn't even the trumpy part of the party. this is a super religious part of the party, and i think democrats will be able to run on that. >> special correspondent at "vanity fair," host of "fast politics," molly jung fast. thank you for being here. up next, lawmakers respond to the outbreak of anti-semitism at college campuses across the country. we'll get into that. on "morning joe," we'll have live reporting from israel as secretary of state blinken returns to the country to push for a brief pause in the fighting to allow for the potential release of hostages and the delivery of humanitarian aid. plus, an update from a spokesperson for the idf on israel's ground offensive, as troops have encircled gaza city. also ahead, congresswoman elissa slotkin will join the conversation on the fight for funding for america's ally. "morning joe" just a few moments away. ♪ did you know 80% of women are struggling with hair damage? dryness and frizz that keeps coming back, could be damaged hair that can't retain moisture. you need pantene's miracle rescue deep conditioner. it's filled with pro-vitamins to help hair lock in moisture, visibly repairing six months of damage in just one use, with no weigh-down. guaranteed, or your money back. for hair that looks healthy and stays healthy. if you know, you know it's pantene. welcome back. the house approved the support of hamas, hezbollah and other organizations on college campuses. it passed 396-23. in states that support terrorist groups at institutions of higher education, quote, may lead to the creation of a more hostile environment for jewish students, faculty, and staff. it also calls for campus administrators to condemn anti-semitism on campus, ensure jewish faculty, students, and guests are able to exercise their free speech rights without intimidation, and urges the enforcement of federal civil rights laws meant to protect jewish joining us now, congressional reporter for "the hill," mychael schnell. you co-wrote a piece on this resolution. break it down for us. are there hopes or expectations it'll actually make meaningful change to curb the anti-semitism we've been witnessing sweep across college campuses? >> look, right off the bat, when you talk about this logistically speaking, this is a non-binding resolution that came from the house. technically, it has no teeth, but symbolically, i think this is significant. a, as you mentioned, this passed with wide bipartisan support. this house has made, specifically in the past week, made combating anti-semitism a real priority. we saw that vote yesterday condemning the support of hezbollah and hamas on college campuses, which, of course, you know, there has been documentation of these instances on college campuses involving students, involving student groups, at times involving faculty and professors expressing support for hezbollah and hamas, and creating what is concerned and what is -- what some feared has been that hostile environment for jewish students and other faculty members. so they took that vote last night, which was significant. then remember last week, the first piece of legislation that was passed under newly minted speaker mike johnson, in fact, it was approved just hours after he was sworn into the top job, was that resolution condemning hamas and backing israel. so we have specifically seen strong support from the house in terms of backing israel and condemning anti-semitism in the recent weeks since the house has been back up and running amid this war in the middle east. while it has no teeth legislatively, symbolically, i think it is important. >> all right. let's get into it now. i mean, the house is saying, "hey, we're strong on israel," but the standalone israel aid bill that was just passed, shepherded through by the speaker, is dead on arrival in the senate. there is no chance because of cuts to the irs funding. that's just going to slow this process down. it'll delay u.s. ability to send aid to israel. so what happens now? is there any second guessing in the republican conference as to how this went down? >> yeah, look, again, logistically, when you talk about this, this israel aid bill, it is going to slow things down, jonathan. it includes cuts to the irs, which are vehemently opposed by democrats in both chambers. in fact, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the senate isn't even going to consider this legislation. you ask an important question, is there buyer's remorse on the side of republicans? it doesn't seem that way. folks are already messaging on this bill, saying how dare some democrats back the irs instead of backing israel. that was, you know -- democrats knew they were being -- that there was a political trap being sent here, and they were going to be forced by choosing between the two entities. the end of the day, democrats, most of them, slammed this legislation as political, criticized, harshly, speaker mike johnson, for using one of his first big legislative pushes to includes a political, what they call poison bill in the legislation, that ultimately will slow aid to israel. we saw 12 democrats who say they didn't fall for the trap, nonetheless supporting the israel aid, but there doesn't seem to be regret by republicans for putting out the political package. >> the speaker has to figure out a new version of this israel aid bill, but give us a preview, if you will, as to what else he has planned next, including what's his approach to the impeachment inquiry into president biden? >> yeah, so speaker johnson took questions from the press yesterday. his first time doing that in a formal setting at a formal press conference, leadership press conference, since winning the gavel. he spoke about the impeachment inquiry. he was asked, do you think at this junction it is time to unveil articles and vote on this? it is speakership, he was a member of the house judiciary committee. he said, having a constitutional law background, he's not going to predetermine what steps he'll take. he's let the facts and evidence lead the way. he did note that the time to make a decision on articles of impeachment is coming soon, so that is something to keep an eye on in the days and weeks to come. >> we appreciate the reporting from congressional reporter for "the hill," mychael schnell. thank you. and thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" on this friday and all week long. have a good weekend, everybody. "morning joe" starts now. this is the defendant, don jr. he is here to show his father that he's a man who can ride the subway all by himself. he's accused of rl estate fraud and not having a license. this is also the defendant, eric. he claims his family is allowed to break the law because his