Starting a two day visit to the wider middle east. Mr sunak is expected to meet his israeli counterpart Benjamin Neta nyahu and israeli president isaac herzog for what he said, on arrival here, he hoped would be very productive meetings. This, after urging regional leaders to avoid further dangerous escalation. This is what rishi sunak had to say on his arrival. Good morning, Prime Minister. Good morning. Im very pleased to be able to be here. Its an important time. Its important for me to be able to express my solidarity with the israeli people, following what was a horrific terrorist attack. Productive meetings ahead of us today. Im looking forward to seeing the Prime Minister and president. Theres lots of work for us to do. That is rishi sunak who arrived in israel this morning. In gaza, meanwhile, egypt has agreed to let humanitarian supplies in, via The Rafah Crossing. An initial convoy of 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza. Although that is not 100 confirmed. That, after
Fortress, as our hearts recoil at the horrors of war, we place our trust in you. We trust you because you have invited us to cast our cares on you, to call upon you in our day of trouble, and to comprehend that you are our refuge, hope, and strength. Lord, we trust you to do more than we desire, ask, or imagine. As our lawmakers trust you to make a way where there is no way, give them courage, wisdom, and perseverance. We pray for all who are the victims of this tragic conflict between israel and hamas. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , october 18, 2023. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senat
Historic visit to the war zone. A new safety plan. Pg e presenting a new framework to present people from wildfires. The concerns overwhelming costs will be passed on to you, the rate payer. Plus, a dangerous combination, heat and high surf. Meteorologist kari hall is monitoring the advisory for much of the bay area and the warning you need to plan to beat the heat at bay area beaches. This is today in the bay. Good wednesday morning to you. Thank you so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. We want to get you started with a live look across the bay area, where were going to see a heat advisory starting later this morning. Meteorologist kari hall, of course, joining us now. Come on in here. Weve been talking about this heat. It is coming, and today isnt even going to be the hottest day. Tomorrow is the hottest day of the week, so were going to have a couple of really hot days coming in. As we take a live look outside in san jose, we are starting out with Cool Temp
The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. E 11th hour with stephanie tonight, the latest on the israelhamas war. President bidens upcoming visit to israel, the looming ground offensive. New developments on hostages. And the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza as hundreds of thousands of people flee to the south. Then, defendant donald trump hit with a partial gag order in the federal election case. What it means for the current republican front runner . As the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle, live from Msnbc Headquarters here in New York City. President biden is heading to israel under the countrys war in hamas and a growing commentary in crisis and gaza. Secretary of state Antony Blinken and now instead the president s trip just a few hours ago after he had a sevenhour meeting with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. On wednesday, President Biden was in israel President Biden will again make clear, as hes done une
To deal a crushing blow to the gas strip. This will be a great war, this will be a real deadly war, and it will change the situation forever. Since last night we see here a huge gathering of Israeli Defense forces along israels northern border with gaza, thousands of military vehicles, hundreds of thousands of troops are gathering here, and this Massive Movement means a Ground Invasion of gaza inevitably. Israel has brought here enough tanks equipped for a fullscale earth war. More than 360,000 reservists called up for National Service have been mobilized. A new phase of this conflict is about to begin and will entail many casualties. For israeli troops , the risks are great. Hamas had been planning saturday s deadly massacre for a year. The militants show a high level of preparation for bloodthirstiness, which shocked both israel and the whole world. Hamas has also prepared for a Ground Invasion by israel and even beyond. And gaza, it was once a van driver with ice cream in gas, and n