you. i m alex witt in for chris jansing here in new york city. there has been a major development in the israel-hamas war. hamas says one of its senior leaders has been killed in an israeli strike inside lebanon. these are live pictures of the site of the attack in beirut. what it could mean for the war as israel s full cabinet considers a plan for gaza after the fighting is done. plus, the border crisis officially hits historic levels. roughly 10,000 people arriving every single day, simultaneously overwhelming processing centers on the border and packing city shelters 2,000 miles away. what will the white house do about it. and with new hampshire s first in the nation primary just three weeks away, an incredible 40% of voters there are undeclared. why that could lead to a result no one is anticipating. but we re going to begin with that major breaking news tied to the israel hamas war. a senior hamas official killed in an israeli air strike in beirut. it comes as mome
i think josh puts it well, that it is a possibility. my guess is that hezbollah will bluster a bit about this. launch a few extra cruise missiles, if you will, but personally i don t believe there will be an overwhelming sudden escalation in violence. two reasons, one, in the end, there is not much love lost between hezbollah and hamas. those two, one is shia hezbollah, the other suni hamas, they cooperate because essentially they re forced to by iran, the sponsor of both. and second point, hezbollah knows israel can respond militarily, overwhelmingly against them. so, i think josh is right to be concerned about this. and it is a very significant blow to hamas. but i don t think it will lead to a sudden spike. i ll close with this. that decision will be made not
buk system back across the border to russia and the whole investigation remains murky and the russian will bluster and this is their game since february 28th, the take over of crimia and it doesn t end. you say there is real danger of outright war with russia and uran. if that happens ukraine loses. yes, ukraine would lose, but the damage that would be caused by that war is extreme. it is really, really extreme. and even if ukraine loses the war, the russian federation would look at a counter insurgent on ukrainian territory for years and decades to come. it would be a catastrophic