Will visit israel. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United Statess solidarity with israel and our iron clad commitment to its security, that israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists and to prevent future attacks. The president will hear from israel and help conduct operations in a way that will minimalize civilian casualties and assistance to gaza in a way that does not benefit hamas. Thats u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken announcing President Bidens trip to israel this week ahead of that countrys looming Ground Offensive into gaza. The president s trip comes amid a growing humanitarian crisis there in gaza and desperate efforts to get civilians out of the war zone. Well go through all of that and get a live report from israel in just a moment. Plus, well bring you the latest from capitol hill on jim jordans push to become house speaker. Well br
No clear evidence of that. President biden yesterday on 60 minutes doubling down on a warning to others in the middle east. It comes as the u. S. Military is increasing its presence in the region amid a threat from iran and hezbollah. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken back in israel this morning to continue diplomatic talks after a weekend of meetings with leaders in the middle east. Meanwhile, in gaza, Palestinian Civilians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israelgaza border for the very latest on all of that in just a moment. Also ahead, an update on the speakers race here at home. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears the nominee once again does not have the support needed to win. There is so much news on this monday morning. There really is. Probably the most important election in europe. Oh, my gosh. Over the past decade. Poland. I dont think thats an overstatement in poland. Right now, it looks like the pro west, pro european, the
With the israeli gaza strip. Im confident theyre going to act on the rules of war. Theres a standard that democratic countries and institutions will go by, and so im confident that theres going to be an ability for the in gaz have access to medicine and food and water. That was President Joe Biden yesterday on 60 minutes as palestinians in gaza are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israel in just a moment. Meanwhile, the United States military is increasing its presence in the middle east amid a threat from iran and another terrorist group. And also ahead, back here at home, an update on the speakers race. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears that their nominee does not have the support he needs. Well go through that and what could come next on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us that is poised to be a busy week. Well begin this mor
Us. Charles schwab reporting the stock is on pace for its biggest gains since july. The ceo is moments away. Later on, well get reaction to what we learned so far from the banks and what to expect as this week gets started. First, take a look at the markets. Stocks are in the green as we kick off a busy week of earnings. Oil kind of muted right now. Todays move higher coming as we prepare for whats historically been a bullish period for the market. Lets bring in cnbc senior markets commentator mike santoli. You think seasonality is playing a role . Its definitely in backdrop. This is about when it kicks in, midoctober. Its the start of the year with tailwinds. Also friday, you had this kind of buildup of anxiety in this nonspecific way. The volatility index ended at like 19. 5, even though we had a halfpercent decline in the s p. Obviously a lot of the geopolitical issues are on peoples minds as well as, you know, i think just in general, you know, whats going to happen with this insta
Church and spoke to a witness. Smoke billowing and flames ripping through saint Andrew Missionary Baptist Church in oakland, fire crews responding to the scene just before 730 friday evening. It eventually spread to the church and the church. There was a partial collapse in the residential property, and the church also suffered pretty Severe Damage on the charlie side of the building. In the rear, multiple crews making every effort to save the Historic Church with no reported injuries. There was no one living in the Single Family residence, and the pastor was in the church when the fire started, oakland fire chief Damon Covington noting it could have been a lot worse. Crews did an outstanding job of keeping the fire to this building and half of the church. It really could have gotten a whole city block going had they not reacted so quickly. I was walking from the burrito spot down on whats that san pablo . And yeah, it was it was intense. Matthew evans says he could see the flames from