Leader of the free world flying into a war zone very soon and President Biden said to visit israel tomorrow and visit jordan upon that trip. This amid fears of expanding conflict with devastating consequences. Good morning, he can be. Dana has the day off. Im bill hemmer live in new york and we kick off a big two hours coming up. Submitty, good morning. Good morning, bill. Im sandra smith. Iran ramping up the rhetoric and hamas sponsor threatening preemptive action against israel unless it stops bombing the Hamas Terrorists responsible for killing more than 1400 israelis. Best of my recollections all that only fueling the panic. Israel getting ready for a Ground Invasion and keyboarder crossing with egypt not open and they need to get aid in. Sixer now Jacqui Heinrich is live at the white house. But first we need to get to trey yingst live in israel. Reporter good morning. Hamas and Islamic Jihad firing on Population Centers and remarkable given were 11 days into the conflict and i pose the question to the Israeli Military this morning during a briefing asking how many rockets they believe the factions Inside Gaza Ha left. They dont know but so far since last saturday when that massacre took place more than 6,500 rockets fired into the jewish state. Weve heard israeli fighter jets overhead and continue to target positions inside gaza. I want to show you video here, a lighter moment amid a very dark story. We were at a wedding earlier today and well have more on that story later but a couple that have known each other for seven years and met on that Military Base and they got married and were supposed to have a wedding in their hometown and couldnt. They told us love will overcome and afraid of whats to come in the future and understand itll be difficult battle but just one little moment of joy amid this really dark story and see the smiles on their faces as they danced and sang here in Southern Israel. I do want to bring our attention to the north. Guys, today theres been extensive incidents on the northern border with lebanon and militant group was firing into israeli territory. Not just with small arms but with antitank guided missiles. Three separate incidents there and israelis are responding with artillery and strikes already four people are reported dead in Southern Lebanon. Bill we want to assure the viewers of the area in lebanon and its so significant and theres skirmishes of the area and level o perhaps thought to now and more for now and okay, on the map here, this is gaza down here and in the southwest and this is the border with lebanon and hezbollah with an active presence backed by iran and theyve been there for years but the last significant conflict that israel had with zeldon blah and Southern Lebanon was 17 years ago. Were going to show you just how much has changed over that period of time. Ill advance the map one time and show you the border here. We talked yesterday and see slightly orangey pitch of color and thats 1. 2 miles into israel and entire area all those towns and villages and communities theyve been cleared out. All the israeli civilians that live there have been moved further south and the skirmishes that we take note of. This is how the game has changed in The Middle East today. We talk about the rocket power from gaza. That is true. They can reach tel aviv. They can Reach Jerusalem and hezbollah has upwards of 100,000 rockets and here in Southern Lebanon and the range and the port city evacuated a lot of westerners this past week and tel aviv and jerusalem and this is gaza and look at range of octobers here, tel aviv and jessicajerusalem easily within h of what hezbollah can reach and Correspondents Sderot that community of 30,000 hit on the morning of october 7. Could reach gaza and Deep Into Sinai now based on the ability for hezbollah and the north and that perhaps is giving the idf and Benjamin Netanyahu pause as to whether and when they go into gaza and with that, retired Major General dana baa Tarred Offering Cal fate with us and good morning. The Jerusalem Post and pause at two possibilities as to why the invasion of gaza has not happened. Heres how it reads. Why is the Ground Invasion been delayed since friday . One factor they write, has been a growing concern is hezbollah is waiting for the moment most idf Ground Forces are committed to gaza to open a full front with idf in the north. Theres also a deepening recognition the idf and at political level that the idf has not done anything like this in decades and that rushing in unprepared could be a large mistakes. Thats one possibility. Good morning. Once the idf does a Ground Invasion of gaza, theyre committed and not enough forces in the north so that is certainly a concern then the idea that idf has not done a major Ground Invasion in many, many years it a cause for pause. They want to make sure theyre adequately prepared that the reserves called up are ready and that they dont have what i would call a rush to failure. To attack and just to attack and they want to make sure their octoberives are in fact obtusers are in fact met. Theres concern about israeli hostages and concern about humanitarian issues as far as civilians and the gaza area. Theres reason whys theres a pause right now and the last one that you mentioned, tactical surprise. Now strategically hamas knows that the Israeli Defense force is going to attack at some point. But it needs to be at idfs choosing, their time and locations. So they want to at least achieve a tactical surprise. Sandra general, the president , President Biden will be making his way there starting today. Why is it important for the u. S. President to visit and get on the ground there in israel and the support . Its important to show americas firm Support Offices real and President Biden moves onto jordan and will talk to the Senior Leadership of jordan, egypt and Palestinian Authority about tablizing the region and the concern about Palestinian Refugees in the area. In addition to President Biden in the area and one item that hasnt been reported a whole lot and the fact that the commander is in israel and general eric is there and wherever he goes and the commander control goes with him and if something works to occur and sincom can respond very effectively. The Missionary Unit guiding the bottom end of the persian gulf thats moving up the red sea and well be situated off the Southern Coast of israel. When you consider the Strike Carrier Group and another one in the region within a matter of a week i could say, what would that suggest to you in terms of American Military strength . And the expression that this administration is trying to give that region now . It shows full support of americas support in the region and the support of what Secretary State Blinken i know and Secretary Of Defense austin that we also know and backing up what theyve said, which is not opening up to bad actors like iran, hezbollah, syria. Do not get involved. Do not get directly involved. Having two Carrier Strike groups in the Eastern Mediterraneanen is rare. With that kind of capability and that u. S. S baton coming up with Marine Amphibious units and other capabilities that Central Command has in the area. It brings options to the u. S. Leadership in case theres an incursion by adversaries. Sandra again, really appreciate you joining us this morning. Thank you so much, sir. Bill thank you. We want to go back to a moment here just the graphic we were talking about this sandra in Southern Lebanon with hezbollah and the last attack was summer of 2006 and back then hezbollah had what was called a ted a kans city chiefs too supra aural headphones rocket and no gps guy dangs, sow row. Hezbollah running out in yard or driveway and backyard and fire a rocket and hope it hits something in israel. They were largely unsuccessful because israel cleared out northern part of the country. Sandra theyre going to make a way at moment where the threat sin creasing. Bill President Biden, when he get there is, what will he see . What will the conversations be like with Benjamin Netanyahu at times has beens fromy and idf getting ready for brutal urban warfare in gaza and nicky haley warning about the n nikki hay on this threat for years and what israel could be facing next for the Growing Conflict. Sandra meanwhile, theres been warning about the hamas Terror Threat for years now as we well know. Well get her thoughts, nikki haley on that coming up. Mine while, one of the most daunting aspects of the war is hundreds of miles of tunnels where hamas operates and logistical nightmare that is presenting for israeli troops. Bill also more fallout from Ivy League Schools and some refusing to condemn hamas and thats upsetting both the students and alumni on that ongoing aspect of the story. People are scared to go to class. You have to sit next to classmate who is are posting antisemitic rhetoric. People are scared. The universities are not doing their part and theyre not from chrome to duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. Unlike chrome, the Duckduckgo Browser has privacy builtin. It comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesnâ– t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Sandra President Biden traveling to israel and jordan tomorrow and wartime trip lined Security Rickses of course and some also see potential political pearls and Jacqui Heinrich live at white house and more on what to expect from this visit. Hi, jacqui. Ironclad commitment to israels security as it begins to root out hamas and defend itself against future attacks and the president traveled to jordan and exert pressure on the egyptian president to allow civilian safe passage through the rafah crossing to help folks get out of gaza and out of harps way. Theyre exerting significant pressure on iran not to stoke any further action through its proxies for hezbollah. Crystal clear message for any actor and and take advantage of this crisis to attack israel, dont. Speaking of that end, hes deployed two Aircraft Carrier groups and other military groups. Reporter theyre meeting to show the war aims and strategy and how important it is to minimize civilian casualties and humanitarian aid in gaza and stressed to gaza and public sentiment change dramatically and casualties noting that pro palestinian protests in europe, new york, and College Campuses in the u. S. Have been taking place. Secretary of state Antony Blinking Working to create safe zones and aid reaching civilians and out of hamas hands and put some 2,000 troops ready to deploy orders for yesterday and not for combat and advising medical support and were told theyre not expected to play any role in the aid plan that is being develop d right now. U. S. Fishes are not offering any insight as to whether israel may begin its Ground Invasion while biden is in the region but stakes are very here. Theres no question that its a dynamic area, and in many way as combat zone. The president s well aware of that and well take all the appropriate Security Precautions to make sure he can conduct this trip safely and effectively and were working on that hard. Reporter youll recall when biden went to ukraine after russia invaded and u. S. Gave russia a heads up he was coming and apparently got some sort of nod they wouldnt do anything to endanger him and its unclear if any similar assurances came from hamas. Sandra Jacqui Heinrich reporting live from the white house. Thank you. Bill most up here in the refugee area in gaza city and the swigly lines and theyve claimed 300 miles of tunnels and the idf on behalf of israel calls into question and 100 feet for a tunnel and two years ago in 2021 the israelis found a tunnel that was 230 feet deep and they could be in excess of that. We simply do not know with that type of warfare would involve a lot of planning and bloodshed too. The border now between Southern Israel and gaza. This goes back to 2014, which was the last time Israeli Military was inside gaza in a significant way and what they found all these purple squares here, those are the Tunnel Entrances and they go under that fence and into israel and thats how they were able to capture israeli sol soldiers in the pasd back some 17 years ago trying to prevent the possibility of funnels here and this is gaza and this is israel, and Fence Aboveground and underground concrete and based on any record and Israeli Government never said how deep that concrete barrier goes and could hamas go under that in execute the attack on the seventh of october, and its speculated and they could have and its not been confirmed at all and israelis were hoping this concrete barriers prevented that and well know in time and hamas conducted the strike and theres all different accounts of it and whether or not they went under that fence is something we wait to hear. More with a great guest on how to do after hamas on the ground. Sandra israel and hamas and huge Foreign Policy test and President Biden and Foreign National council for the middle southeast former Defense Intelligence officer and officer in iraq and afghanistan vet. Sir, thank you very much for joining us and how will all this, this Growing Conflict there in The Middle East, how will this ultimately put President Biden to the test . Well, it certainly has demonstrated the tail yuri colins of our policy to approach our friends and to work against and confront our adversaries and iran most notably in russia and china note that had putin is meeting with xi in china and doesnt stand in our interest to outsource the negotiation in the Foreign Policy and both have converging goals that conflict with our own and russia would love to see us embroiled in another escalation with the oil prices and china would love to see someone other than the United States and staying in control with the region and exercising dominance over the Global Energy markets and reminder to work with our partners and allies and not outscours our diplomacies and adversaries. Sandra with our additional involvement in this middle east conflict, do we risk taking our eye off the ball when state queens cops to china and russia . There was a risk of diverting the resources with conflicts conning to arise and conflicts arise and in that time china in the region and we shouldnt ignore it and dependent upon external sources and oil and its critical for our military and its our conceding control of that and especially since it falls under control of our partners and allies and not traditionally and russia would like nothing involved on the conflict in The Middle East and managing it and real crisis and this ball in the region and once again to other theaters and neglecting this and we failed to manage it in the first place. Sandra very interesting analysis and President Biden in the new 60 minutes interview was asked very specifically and involved in multiple wars and heres his response. Are the wars in israel and ukraine more than the United States were the United States of america for gods sake. The most powerful history in the world and the history