Palestinian, arab, jew, muslim, christian, everyone. You cant give up what makes you who you are. If you give that up, then the terrorists win, and we can never let them win. President biden back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of the an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces that could begin any day now. Well go through all of that straight ahead. Plus, another vote on the house floor leads to yet another loss for jim jordan. Well look at where his support stands heading into a third ballot for speaker, which is set for later today. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin this morning with president joe bidens historic trip to israel to reaffirm americas support for its ally in the region amid that nations war with hamas. The president arrived back in the u. S. Overnight following a rowing day that included meetings with top israeli officials and emotional moments with the families of victims. In tel aviv biden said he plans to ask congress for a, quote, unprecedented support package for israels defense, and that ask will come later this week. Now, more details will likely be revealed tonight when the president delivers a prime time address about the wars in the middle east and ukraine. Speaking about the response to the terror attack, biden cautioned israelis not to be consumed by the rage they feel. Since this Terrorist Attack took place, wave seen it described as israels 9 11. But for a nation the size of israel, its like 15 9 11s. The scale may be different, but im sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in israel just like it did and felt in the United States. Shock, pain, rage, an all consuming rage. I understand and Many Americans understand you cant look at what has happened here to your mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons, daughters, children, even babies and not scream out for justice. Justice must be done. But i caution this while you feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. After 9 11 we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes. During his trip, biden also addressed the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza where more than a Million People are now believed to be displaced. Following a meeting with israeli president benjamin netanyahu, the president announced israel had agreed to start allowing humanitarian aid to enter gaza from egypt. In terms of the president s trip one mission was certainly accomplished giving words of support to israel, brokering that humanitarian deal in gaza also helpful. But seem tuesday be little chance that his presence there will quell the rising violence in the region after that Hospital Explosion in gaza, which u. S. Intelligence believes preliminary was destroyed by a rocket fired from within gaza, not israel. Protests throughout the region, the cancellation of a summit in jordan, and real concern about what happens next after israel does go into gaza and an invasion expected in the coming days. Meanwhile, the State Department has received requests from more than 350 american citizens in gaza who want to leave. Thats according to a u. S. Official familiar with the situation who spoke to nbc news. That comes as the southern route out of gaza through egypt remained closed yesterday while the United States continues talks to try to form a corridor for Safe Passage Out of that besieged territory. The closest u. S. State Department Officials to the rafah crossing in egypt are located more than 150 miles away, and so far theyve been restricted by egypts government from approaching the crossing due to security threats. The u. S. Also warning americans do not travel to lebanon after part of the Embassy Complex In Beirut was set on fire by protesters. Hundred of demonstrators clashed with Security Forces yesterday. A Group Holding palestinian flags took down a Security Wall near the u. S. Embassy. Police then started using tear gas and water canons to disperse the crowd, injuring several demonstrators. The protests were in rpoe to the afore mentioned Hospital Blast in gaza that killed hundreds of people. As mentioned there are conflicting claims of who is responsible in gaza with hamas saying israel did it, but President Biden stood by tel aviv saying a militant group called Islamic Jihad launched the deadly strike, probably inadvertently hit the hospital. The group denies responsibility. Joining us live from tel aviv is nbc News Senior National correspondent jay gray. Jay, good to see you. Tell us about those protell uses and the aftermath there of both President Bidens visit and also the conclusion by the u. S. That that hospital was likely not destroyed by israel. Reporter yeah, and jonathan, what a great job youve done of outlining all of that. I can tell you, though, that you can see from the thousands that have poured into the streets since that explosion at the hospital, that they put little credence into what the president has said, what the idf has said as to where that explosion came from. They believe israel is to blame for that, and that has stoked the protests here. And its really ratcheted up the concern the fighting could spread, the military action could spread in this region. The idf now acknowledging there have been and im quoting here, significant escalations in skirmishes Wit Hezbollah over the last several ds along the lebanon border. In fact, in just the last few moments weve learned antitank missiles were lnched into a kibbutz, and near the Security Fence at that border, so that is escalating on a daily basis, in some areas hourly. We know israel continues to move more troops, more equipment into that area, and thats become a real spot of concern as a potential second front in this war. And of course thats something that was on the agenda for the president during his trip yesterday, but those meetings as you talked about got canceled. That discussion was perhaps on phone calls on a flight back to washington but no facetoface meeting. And thats going to be a concern moving into the weekend when we expect more protests across the region. Senior National Correspondent for nbc news, jay gray, thank you. Stay safe. Well have more live reports from the middle east throughout the morning. Now, lets turn to National Security reporter for the Washington Post john hudson who joins us from amann. Jordan traveling with the secretary of state. Jordan, great to see you this morning. Lets take that piece of it. A little bit of caution to americas ally there, but the second part of that trip which was going to take place in amann canceled. It was a really dramatic moment here. He was monitoring the situation and trying to get his finger on the pulse of what was going on. While this process started emerging including outside of jordan where the Israeli Embassy was surrounded by protests as this started occurring thats when abas announced hes canceling on biden. A key part of bidens visit meeting the palestinian president just fell apart, and the real question is this going to imperil his entire arab itinry the second half of his trip . Of course it did. Secretary blinken made a phone call to abbas. During that phone call Secretary Blinken professed condolences for the deaths at the hospital. At that point the damage was done and half of the itinerary fell apart. As we heard in the previous segment the arab world isnt confused about what happened. They blame israel, even though thats not the view of the United States government, its not the view of israel, and biden spoke to this during his visit. But that is the view in the arab world. They point to previous where the idf changed its neighborative like the palestinian journalist said to have been killed originally by a palestinian shooter and then admittedly by an idf soldier. But that is where things left, and u. S. Officials would have liked it to be a joint meeting with both arabs and israelis over a day first in israel and jordan, but thats not how it panned out. John, talk to us about the fears from u. S. Officials as to what comes next. Were seeing the images of protests and violence and skirmishes throughout the region. There is an anticipation israel is going to go into gaza, it could be any time, in a matter of days. What do u. S. Officials think happens next once the violence there increases the. John, the most extraordinary thing that affected me during this trip is the extreme anxiety felt from u. S. Officials about how dangerous this moment is. We have two Aircraft Carrier groups in the mediterranean ready to engage. The feeling that hezbollah or iran could enter a second front and israel could quickly become overwhelmed and unable to defend itself, it really is sort of a Game Changing moment in the mindset of u. S. Officials where the last thing they wanted to do was to get the United States engaged in another Military Conflict in the middle east. But they are absolutely prepared to do that at this point. They feel like they cannot just let israel become overwhelmed if a second front opens. And thats where for me it was quite a surprising moment to realize just how close we are to another Conflict Opening for the United States in the middle east while were very engaged in ukraine and also have our eyes in taiwan. Its a very dangerous moment right now, and that came very clear from talking to u. S. Officials on this trip. An extraordinary fraught moment overseas. And here were seeing increased security in the United States as well in the wake of the declarations of range by hamas and hezbollah. National security for the National Post john hudson in iman for us. Still ahead well have much much more on the israelihamas war. First welltake a look at some of the other headlines. 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According to the ap the judge then asked the entire room to keep their voices down, quote, particularly if its meant to influence the testimony. Now trump has returned to the courtroom this week after attending the first days of the fraud trial against him earlier this month. He has called the Case A Witch Hunt and has repeatedly vilified the prosecution. Meanwhile, emails from 2020 that reportedly confirmed lawyers for former President Trump acknowledged that attempts to overturn the election were political, will be admissible in the Fulton CountyElection Interference rico case. Kenneth chesebro, the lawyer aligned with the former president and also a defendant in the case himself, had attempted to block the emails from being admitted as evidence, but that motion was denied yesterday. Chesebro reportedly argued in the messages that a legal challenge to President Bidens win would almost definitely fail in court but would be helpful in overturning the election anyway. 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Mackey, who was a supporter of the former president , of trump was convict of running a scam back then that fooled hundreds of thousands of Hillary Clinton supporters into believing they could vote by text message. Mackey was prosecuted under the Ku Klux Klan Act enacted during the reconstruction era in response to efforts by the hate group to prevent recently emancipated black people from voting. Still ahead well turn to sports. The Houston Astros slug their way to a win last night and are back in that series. Well have highlights from the alcs. Plus a wild finish in the wnba finals leads to that leagues first ever backtoback champions. Well get to all of that next. Champions. Well get to all of that next. all toooo youuuuu sean i wish for the amazing new iphone 15 pro jason sean do you mean this one the one with titanium . Its so light. Dont touch it. 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