Arab leaders over the siege denying gaza water, food and fuel. Now staying in the region another day as the one possible escape for gazans is not open, despite promises. President biden canceled his scheduled trip to colorado to stay in d. C. , stay at the white house and oversee the crisis. The white house is in touch with iran through back channels, we are told, to hold off any expansion of the war or else. Future u. S. Aid for israel is on hold until the House Republican majority can unite behind a new speaker, with the current frontrunner facing obstacles to securing the gavel. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where the humanitarian crisis in gaza is worsening by the day. Israeli troops are massed at the border. They are not moving into position for an assault. Israel says the number of hostages has increased to 199. Secretary blinken in israel today is extending his diplomacy, pressing to open the crossing to let people out of Gaza To Egypt and let aid in. In the u. S. ,
Continuing breaking News Coverage. Im Ayman Mohyeldin in new york. It is five a. M. And gaza city. Fighting between israel and hamas now enters a third day. Just the last few, hours nbc news has learned that several u. S. Citizens are among those dead and israel. Thats according to a National Security Council Spokesperson. The has said its monitoring the situation closely and the State Department is ready to provide assistance to any u. S. Citizens ill in the country. Ght, now 700 israelis are dead, 2300 injured. According to israeli officials. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says their death toll stands at more than 400 with at least 2300 injured. Israel has confirmed that forces have taken both military and non military israeli captives. Israeli media says that number is actually at 100. It includes, women, children and the elderly. Earlier today, Family Members of some of those taken by hamas held a press conference. They shared their stories and pleaded for help. Here is one woman
We have genuine debate taking over. We have politics there and other policies. Over the past decade or two, the most conservative candidates have come from kansas. Kansas voting patterns trend republican. In truth they lean republican. I was a victim of that myself. People forget that in 1978, a democratic speaker of the house defeated a republican and combatant. Incumbent. Bob dolelk about the race. No matter what happens in november, whichever party wins these races, i am hopeful that this can be positive. Senator dall is one of the founders here. A legend of american politics. He told me that elections are therapeutic. I think he was referring to his closely run race in 1974. Senator dole won by 1 . The closest political race and country. They each spent about 1 million total in that senate race. Today, i dont know if 1 million would have bought him 3 days of advertising. Senator dole never gave up on his values. He did embody a more inclusive approach to the kansas elections. He is
Become better and in the way that we try to identify those places that we see the discrimination with regard to africanamericans history of slavery and discrimination. We saw gender inequality and we continue to see it and i think that dealing with these issues in the community is simply a continuation on that process that we have been engaged in. I have some questions since we are down to less than four minutes. The last movie that you saw either in the movies, on television i agree watched the godfather of the greatest of all time from my last trip to los angeles. The most played song on your ipod. Since i lost my baby and the temptations. Who would you want to play you in the movie . Theres only one person, then denzell. [applause] want to meet and why. . . Pope francis. Changes as he has been , there is a lot more we will see from this pope. What is your guilty pleasure . I like to binge watch not too serious television, boardwalk empire, homeland. That anticipated my next question
While saying his cautious avoids mistakes. What you think of his administrations foreignpolicy today . You can also send us a tweet. Comments on facebook and email. We will get your thoughts in just a minute. Pieceshington post starts off by saying this. Heres what the president had to say. Typically, criticism of our foreignpolicy has been directed at the failure to use military force. The question i think i would have is, why is it that everybody is so eager to use military force . After we have just gone through a decade of war at enormous troops and to our budget . Exactly that these critics think would have been accomplished . My job as commanderinchief is to deploy military force as a last resort, and to deploy it wisely. Frankly, most of the foreignpolicy commentator set ed our policies would go headlong into a bunch of military adventures at the American People have no interest in participating in and would not advance our core security interests. If you look at syria, for exam