plan to abduct nancy pelosi had fallen apart. closing arguments and that case are expected to wrap up tomorrow, we'll keep you updated on that. i want to thank you for joining us tonight. cnn news not with abby phillip starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the israeli military marches into gaza's main hospital. that's tonight on news night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm abby philip in new york. we are following breaking news on what the idf called a precise and targeted operation that puts al-shifa hospital now in his crosshairs. al-shifa is gaza cities largest medical facility. it's also what the israelis say is a base of operations for hamas terrorists. that's an assessment but also indirect earlier today by american intelligence. before tonight, that hospital already resembled heck on earth. with no power, no fuel, medicine, and no anastasia -- thousands of patients. doctors tell cnn that can hear armored vehicles but are unsure right now of soldiers have penetrated the hospital perimeter. we'll start first with cnn's jeremy diamond in sderot. jeremy, we've heard a lot from the idf over the past few hours. what do you understand is the objective right now of this dramatic offensive into al-shifa? >> abby, we have been watching for weeks now as the israeli military has been laying the groundwork to target al-shifa hospital. they have claimed four weeks that hamas operates a large command and control center below the hospitals grounds, and tonight, we're learning, the idf is carrying out what they're canceling a precise and targeted cooperation on at least one part of the al-shifa complex. [sound of artillery] you can hear explosions behind me, happening in the northern part of gaza, further away from al-shifa hospital, indicating a fighting still happening there. but what the idf is saying, they're curious this operation based on intelligence and operational necessity, they say their forces and include personnel with medical teams and with arabic language speakers as well, in order to try and avoid civilian harm. hamas, for its part tonight, rejecting once i get this accusation it is operating out of hospitals. and it also, interestingly, blames not only israel but also the united states for what instance is giving israel the green light to conduct this operation by endorsing it is calling a false narrative about its presence in hospitals. indeed, earlier today, the white house national security spokesperson john kirby saying that united states does believe that hamas operates and underground facilitate below al-shifa hospital and that it might be holding hostages there as well. in fact, that is something that and idf spokesperson tonight very strongly hinted at, saying that there may be hostages there, a potential hostage at this hospital. it's not clear whether this operation is designed to extract those hostages from that hospital, if indeed they are here. but he did say this is a very complex operation, made more clump x by the fact that we know that thousands of people are still at this hospital. including patients and staff. but also thousands of people who are displaced and sheltering on the hospital grounds. earlier today, about for telling cnn that tanks were spotted at the facility. gunfight could be heard in the yard. and clearly a very precarious situation for the people who are there. abby? >> absolutely, an incredible pandemic over the next few hours. sure, we'll stick close to you as this develops. thank you. i want to bring in alex -- a former pentagon counterterrorism official and a senior fellow at the atlanta council. alex, but to have you here. as jeremy let, out this is gonna be complex. but the israeli military is also saying it's gonna be precise. i want to take a look here at this al-shifa hospital compound. it is massive. how can you be precise and targeted and and environment of this? >> great question. it is not out of hospital complex and gaza. it predates morgan state of israel, it goes back to british army barracks before it was improved upon by the egyptians and israelis over the years. as you mention, it's massive. but there is intelligence that there are different potential command and control centers until the ground, as well as tunnels and complexes. all over the complex there. so their operations right now targeting a couple of different operations on the compound. >> as you spoke about those tunnels, we have looked at this map a lot over the last month or so. al-shifa is in this area up here. and this really does seem to be kind of the heart of the tunnel could work. it is so dense, right here. do you think that when they say there is an operational necessity here, you heard jeremy lay out some possibilities perhaps that there are hostages there, perhaps there is a command center there. what do you think is the most critical thing for the idf to take out at this point? >> if they're operating on active intelligence, i think you mentioned a couple of logical possibilities. if it's time sensitive, it's likely there's hostages potentially there -- the commence interim has been known and speculative for a very long time. the israelis have been in the area for a few days, so they've lost the element of surprise. hamas will note there in the area, this is officially going to happen. so it's a good possibility that hamas may have cleared out, used the tunnels to move to other locations. but what they'll still find, if that's the case, if the intelligence holds up, will be a command center which leans credence to the stipends hamas has been using the hospitals and civilians as human shields. and -- they went after the israelis and americans, saying they're responsible for what happened, as opposed to then have a command center until the hospital. >> i want to read your white house tape. it is pretty interesting. it says, we do not support struck me a hospital from the air and we do not want to see a firefight in a hospital or helpless people, sick people are simply trying to get medical care they deserve. let's take another look at this hospital compound. there is a lot of points here, where people are sheltering in this compound. and that is going to be a huge factor. can you do this while maintaining an effort to prevent civilian casualties? >> it's a great question, and it's in line with the white house statement. that's specifically what they didn't want to see an aerial attack on the hospital because, besides large explosives, this would have to be ground troops going in, likely special forces going into targeted locations, specifically to of what the situations are talking about. so you are correct. >> and before we go, a quick look at what's happening here. this part of gaza, here, i have the top. incredibly densely populated. a lot of hospital facilities, but also this is where all of the bombing has been happening, that vast majority of its. alex plitsas, great to have you here with us. thanks so much. and we are learning president biden and benjamin fdr who spoke at length about the hostages. it comes as we heard this today. >> -- >> yes i can, i've been talking with people every single day. i don't want to get into any detail. >> what's your message to the families? >> -- >> our israel and hamas close to a deal to release the hostages? is there anything you can at that? >> no. thank you. >> that was president biden they're sounding optimistic about a potential deal to frame or hostages and gossip. this is as family members of those being held captive demand the immediate release of their loved ones. and among those being held hostage, is -- an israeli who on october 6th, he and his wife left there were two-year-old at his in-laws to attend an outdoor music festival. that's when hamas stormed that location, taking him hostage and murdering his wife. i'm joined now by his brother, michael. michael, first of all, my incredible condolences to you for the loss of your sister in law. and also what you find your self doing here, which is pleading for the release of her brother. can you tell us about what happened to them? >> of course. he wanted to celebrate peace and love at the nova festival. he reached the festival on the morning of october 7th, and it was ten minutes before heck it started. and when they reached -- the missile attacks started, and they had to run away, and they managed to text my mother and tell her that they're hitting back. but fortunately, after a few minutes, they had to stop their car next to the road and hide in a bomb shelter. which was unfortunately, it became a death trap. from the shelter or managed to call my mother. he was terrified. my mother asked, him or, what's going on? how is everything? are you okay? his only response was, mom, you do not want to know. and then the line went off and that was the last thing we heard from him. >> i hear that saw and i've heard from so many families just like you, that we are in a waiting game, it seems, right now. we heard about president biden just said in that clip we played. when you hear that, what do you think? >> on the one hand, it makes me feel hopeful and know that everything will be okay. on the other hand, we heard it a few times before. so until i want see him at home, i won't believe it. >> we were also talking about the intensifying fighting in gaza. we were you believe your brother is being held. what do you want to see happen with that operation? are you are right at all that this intensify ting might put him in more danger? >> i guess it's only human to worry. and to think about it. i'm trying to focus on the positive side and hope that the army knows what it's doing and i know they want us to just -- so i'm trying to stay on a positive note and hope for the best. >> real quick, and launch into day, there was a massive, massive rally in support of israel. when you see that, as an israeli, how do you feel? >> i think it's important that the world will understand that it's not only israel against hamas, it's the world should be against hamas. because it's not about politics, it's about good versus bad. hamas is evil, there are committing crimes against humanity. and if we would deal with it it will happen again and again and again. and not just in israel. we need to tell them they can't do what they're doing and they need to release all the hostages. that's it. >> michael, thank you so much for joining us tonight and we wish you the very best in hope for the return of your brother and all the hostages. >> thank you so much. >> coming up next for us as life and death plays out before stays, on capitol hill today, something totally different. schoolyard behavior. a near brawl breaking out between a senator and a witness and a separate physical incident involving an alleged elbow. plus in the 2024 race, rivals on both sides of the aisle are pouncing on nikki haley tonight, over a promise she made about your activity on sococial media. we'l'll discuss.s. >> the first roll of find club is, don't talk about that club. and definitely don't hit someone in front of reporters. today, some lawmakers and congress decided simply to do things that would get most americans fired from their jobs. to the house, i. and a case of alleged workplace violence, the reported culprit is kevin mccarthy, former speaker of the house. he and republican tim burchett had a beef, to put it mildly. it started when burchett voted to take white mccarthy's gavel and it has only got morris from there. lingering until hitting a point where mccarthy literally hit burchett. npr correspondent claudia for salas was interviewed burchett in the hallway when this happened. >> sorry, kevin, didn't mean to elbow. >> what you elbowed me in the back, kevin? kevin? got any counts? jerk. >> they set, there and the reporter said, it right there. your pathetic, man. you are so pathetic. what a jerk. you need security, kevin. >> it all just makes you feel a capitol hill hallway now need some chaperones. that recess gone awry dynamic continued when manu raju caught up with perched on the capitol steps. >> he's a bully with $17 million and a security detail. now he's the kind of guy, that, when you're a kid good for iraq over the fence and run home and hide behind his mom or skirt. you don't expect the guy who was at one time three steps away from the white house to hit you with a sucker punch in the hallway. >> harris mccarthy's response, a denial. >> no i didn't up with him, i would put up with him. i would not hit him in a kidney. i guess a reporter was intermittent burchett or something -- he runs up to me, i don't know what he's talking about. i did not hit the guy. i did not kidney punch him. >> but just a few seconds later, mccarthy seemed to channel otis simpson, saying, if i did it. >> i'm not hitting someone. i hit someone, they would know i hit them. if i was punching, you would know. it if i was kidney punching him, hit the on the floor. >> frankly, this is really grade school stuff. but it doesn't and. they're over in the senate, oklahoma state what mark when mullin tried to reboot his career as a mixed martial arts roller by challenging a senate witness to a throw down. >> quit the tough guy act in these senate hearings. you know where to find me. any place, anytime, cowboy. this is a time, this is a place. if you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here. >> fine, perfect. >> even want to do it right now? >> stand your butt up then. >> you stand your butt up. >> sit down, sit down. you a united states senator, sit down, please. >> hold it! no, i'm sorry. you will have your time. >> can i respond? >> oh, no, you can't. this is a hearing. god knows the american people have enough contempt for congress. >> i don't like you. >> there may not be fighting in the war room, but everyone apparently wants to fight in congress. and you know it's been tight when you can consider the profane relatively tame marjorie taylor greene accusing republican colleague daryl officer of heaven no emoji. that seems downright blasé, when republicans say they want to make america great again, we don't usually think it's nostalgia for 1856 with altercations in the capital were normal. like when president brooks beat charles sumner unconscious with his campaign. so how do we get past all of this? that new speaker suggests everyone just take a little timeout. >> this will allow everybody to go home for a couple of days, for thanksgiving. everybody cool off. this place is a pressure cooker. so i think everybody can go home, we can come, back reset. >> i want to bring in cnn political commentator as the cubs and rolling stone commentator -- michaelson. god forbid republicans were anybody and congress could work for a few weeks raked, they get so rough up they want to punch each other in the face. what's going on? especially with that. this has been boiling on for weeks. but name-calling, the profanity, the elbow. when >> i put it at here is, in fact. and let me juxtapose this with something else that happened today in a courtroom in san francisco, where david depape talked about being radicalized watching far-right youtube videos. they led him to conspiracy theories and led him to go to nancy pelosi's house looking to attack her and said he ended up attacking paul pelosi. that testimony today was grisly, graphic, and harrowing. but the culture of vengeance and punishment did not come overnight. and came because trump assured it in. and listen, politicians before, trump's you said, we're not always nice. they're not always angels. in fact, there were times they were actual violence and the capitol. but trump came in and decided that vengeance and punishment was much more important than governing. republicans bought into that completely. and have decided that being identified but your enemies is much more important than by your friends. again, punishment much more important than governing. all of the stuff has been happening for years. to get us to a place for a senator feels like it's okay to challenge a witness to an actual fight. during a hearing. or a former speaker of the house thinks it's okay to elbow or assault someone that he disagrees with. that doesn't happen overnight. >> totally. some of it is just, like, performative. this is just about people getting attention, it seems. >> and yet this is the kind of attention they seem to want. that the surprising part, right? you would think this would be -- aren't those guys worried about how this is going to play at home? they were thrilled. >> it's a huge fundraising boon. >> it feels to me, like, armin okay? [laughter] >> are they? as the man at the table? >> definitely not. through the same to pay this saying, trump is hyper masculine, i was a toxic masculine. also, notice vengeance and retribution, -- he's surface event years or something? but the sting of a time of changing gender norms and kind of changing conceptions of gender, that there is this reactionary old school masculinity thing. who are i'm gonna beat you up. and i did a deep dive in the exchange between the teamsters leader and the senator, and there was this name-calling and i sort of with that have the real fight, which has about unions for his bosses. that would be something that senate might discuss. but instead, it's this playground version of masculinity. >> can i just talk, se, about this mccarthy situation? we have had temperatures on the social several times, he alluded to these disparaging comments mccarthy made about his religion and he said there, this is the type of person mccarthy is. he's the type of guy who had about you. i mean, maybe there's something to that. that the level of distrust there made it impossible for mccarthy to actually lead. but why did things gets a personal? >> and that's on both sides. i don't know who's telling the truth, but i trust the reporter who witnessed it. and witnesses element. why did things gets a personal? again, not overnight? right trump metcalf in personal. and all the balance -- factor for. crossed that a lot of people like marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz to come right into congress and make it personal again. marjorie taylor greene using really gross language that trump also used. to describe her perceived enemies and detractors. this has been normalized. this environment was conditioned, intentionally, overtime. again, this doesn't just manifest in congress. in one day, these four examples of just nasty behavior. that doesn't happen in a vacuum or overnight. >> we didn't even talk about the previous episodes of name-calling that you would have to play out, even on this show. crazy. everyone standby for us. nikki haley is now taking some heat in that 2024 race after she vowed to ban anonymous postings on social media. she called it a national security threat. we'll debate that, next. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >> tonight, nikki haley wants to get rid of your burner account. the republican presidential candidate once verified identities attached to social media accounts, and just go after the companies themselves and their algorithms. >> when i get into office, the first thing we have to do, social media accounts. social media companies have to throw america their algorithms. let us see water pushing. the second thing is, every person on social media should be verified by their name. that's, first of all, at national security threat. when you do, that all of a soft, and people have to stand by what they say. and it gets rid of the russian thoughts, the iranian box, and the chinese. bots >> that now