Prompting new retaliation from u. S. Forces and new fears that the violence could spread. Lets bring in Aaron Gillcrist whos covering todays diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and Nbcs Jay Gray whos in tel aviv. Jay, starting with you. What is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war Cabinet Meeting last night and what may have come from that. Day 81 of the war and as intense the u. N. Says it has been since the start and as deadly. They are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. We know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. They have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. On the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the Tunnel Network
prompting new retaliation from u.s. forces and new fears that the violence could spread. let s bring in aaron gillcrist who s covering today s diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and nbc s jay gray who s in tel aviv. jay, starting with you. what is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war cabinet meeting last night and what may have come from that. day 81 of the war and as intense the u.n. says it has been since the start and as deadly. they are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. we know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. they have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. on the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the
alert. we are tracking three major breaking stories tonight. now it is official, a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden has been approved by the us house of representatives. now we are now one step closer to accountability. pretty soon, biden could be the fourth president in american impeached by the house. meanwhile, good news for donald trump. this afternoon, a federal judge paused. the doj days witch hunt against trump pending a decision on the former president s immunity claims. and now democrats hope for a trial the day before super tuesday. that whole well isn t real jeopardy. we have a full report tonight straight ahead. but first, a sob story on capitol hill today. hunter biden wants you to know that he s a poor, helpless victim of what is a new, vast right-wing conspiracy and that neither he nor his father should ever be held accountable pretty much for anything. today, hunter was legally required to attend what is a closed door deposition inside the
for six years i have been a target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter? well, here s my answer, i am here. all this just hours before the house is set to vote on launching a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden. meanwhile, for first time today, at the white house, the president is meeting in person with the families of american hostages taken on october 7th as israel wages its war against hamas. and breaking from the supreme court, it will hear a major case over a widely used abortion pill, we ll break down what is at stake. and millions of teslas under a software recall as the company warns of a defect in its auto pilot technology. we begin with breaking news involving president biden and his family. the president s son hunter apparently defying a subpoena to appear before the house oversight committee for a closed door deposition, but did appear on capitol hill this morning to repeat his demand for a public hearing and to blast
baier. breaking tonight we are following two major stories the president s son defy as congressional subpoena to appear privately for a deposition about his business dealings. and leading off, the house has voted to formally initiate an impeachment investigation into president biden. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill with what exactly this means. good evening, chad. chad: mike, good evening. first the house wanting information from the son. then the house turning to an investigation of dad. the house just voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry for president biden. the vote 221-212. the house could have been on firmer legal ground enforcing its subpoena for hunter biden to appear for a deposition today had the impeachment inquiry already been in place. instead, hunter biden skipped out. all we re trying to do is get the needed people who have been blocked or refused to cooperate to come in and testify under oath before congress. chad: