today the desperate escape from a war zone. hundreds of americans are waiting at the rafah crossing hoping to get out of gaza as soon as today. this as israeli forces are fighting face to face battles with hamas and pushing into gaza city. all in response to the unimaginably brutal hamas massacre of some 1400 israeli citizens. plus president biden is calling for a pause to get hostages out and aid in. that new public posture comes as political pressure increases on the president from within his own party. and republicans call out one of their own. gop senators slam tommy tuberville for hours on the senate floor for continuing to hold up hundreds of military promotions. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we re going to start with t urgent effort to get americans out of gaza. hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of injured civilians are expected to leave the crossing today. melissa bell is covering all of this from cairo. what are we seeing