Soil. We have seen the murder already happened, so, yes. Masks are calling about ways to increase security. In many parts of the country, Law Enforcement has responded by having more of a presence in front of religious institutions, especially synagogues. In order to help make the community feel safer. And i think thats important, in a time where there is a lot of frustration, confusion, and people are scared and shocked, still, about what has occurred. So, we have previously reported how dhs and the fbi are currently on high alert for possible attacks. They are looking for any possible threats. But we are seeing on the ground here, jasmine is something that we are seeing across the country. An increase in Police Presence outside of places of worship, particularly Jewish Centers and Muslim Centers as well. Yasmin . All right, marissa par for us. Marissa, appreciate it. A lot more coming up, folks. We are watching msnbc. Our second hour starts right now. Hi, everybody. Im yasmin vossoughian, through dystonias, welcome. If you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. After more than a week of delays, the first humanitarian aid trucks finally reach gaza. But unrelenting airstrikes continuing along with the looming prospect of a Ground Invasion, the area reeling from the aftermath of the hamas attack on israel, there is no safe hasten in gaza. There is nothing. There is nothing but bombs and bombs and bombs and blood and bodies. The latest in a live report, just moments away, until two americans are now released by hamas, more than 200 other hostages remain, being used as bargaining chips. Im going to speak to a brooklyn woman, whose cousin, her husband, and their two children are still being held. We are also following other several developing stories as well. The house not maybe in session today, but frantic Behind The Scenes efforts are taking place as we speak. New names being circulated, after jim jordan came latest republican to flame out in the efforts to find a new speaker. And a legal fallout from this weeks shocking legal developments. Two of Donald TrumpsGeorgia Codefendants now set to testify against him after taking pills, the latest on that is ahead as well. All right, want to start, though, with the latest in gaza. As israels impending Ground Invasion draws ever closer, its where else Defense Forces staying plans have been approved to quote, expand operational activities. Soldiers are currently standing by near the gaza strip, with residents of Northern Gaza receiving their final warning to move south. Nbcs Alison Barber is on the ground for us at the israel gaza border to talk more about this. Alison, good to talk to you. Do we have any indication here of when this Ground Invasion may infect begin, and will foreign nationals be able to craftons egypt us how promise, before that happens . They are both incredibly important questions, without specific answers, at least right now. We are Hearing Artillery in the distance. It sounds like its coming from the israeli side, headed towards the direction of gaza, a spokesperson for the Prime Ministers Office and a Press Conference a couple of hours ago and talked about what you just said, that they have prepared the next step, they have approval for the next steps and they said it will include a Ground Offensive into gaza. They have said the northern part of gaza really have told civilians to evacuate from, that that area is going to see the heaviest fighting, the most intense warfare, and they say israel says, about 700,000 palestinians have evacuated towards the south from that area but all throughout today, there have been missiles that have been launched from inside of Gaza Into Central and southern israel, and also, bombardments going into gaza, some in the south as well. Look, the rough across swing open this morning for humanitarian aid, 20 trucks carrying medicine, food, and water, were allowed inside of gaza, the State Department at put out another alert to u. S. Citizens inside of gaza, saying if you want to get to have, get as close as you can to the rafah crossing, because if it opens, it probably will not be open for a very long time, and that might be an opportunity to leave in the notice they sent to u. S. Citizens, they said it could open for foreign nationals to leave at 10 am this morning, and it did not happen. There has been, as far as, we know no instance of foreign nationals from inside of gaza, President Biden, in a statement, when he was talking about the humanitarian aid that went into the u. S. Hopes for that to be something that continues you also said that they are still working diplomatically with israel, the u. N. , and egypt to try and get u. S. Citizens outside of gaza. Yasmin, they have gotten so many alerts that people who are inside there, to move towards the Border Crossing, because maybe it will open and then, as people gather, it just keeps not opening. Its unclear whether or not they werent able to leave today because of some hold up on the Border Crossing, on the gaza side, or if it was some holdup on the egyptian side. But as far as we, now no american palestinians have been able to leave gaza so far. A u. S. Official, who has knowledge of some of the discussions going on around this, they have told nbc news the State Department has received 350 requests from people with american citizenship inside of gaza to leave, as well as 400 members of their familys. So, we are talking about close to 100 people stuck inside of gaza right now. With ties to the United States, wanting to get out. So far, there has been no avenue for them to leave. Yasmin . And in addition to the millions of civilians, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of civilians, innocent civilians, inside gaza as well. So, im curious, alison. As we talk about this rafah Border Crossing, right . My understanding is they only got about what, 3 of the population, when it comes to this humanitarian aid, right . They got water. They got food. Have you heard, i know you talked a little bit about, this but have you heard and the reporting as to if this border will be periodically open just for more humanitarian aid, as all of these people are gathering in the south, waiting for something to come from the north, this possible Ground Incursion will run out of this, if these supplies, fairly quickly, with nowhere to go . Yeah, i mean, the World Health Organization has described the grouping of trucks that went in with humanitarian aid as a drop in the ocean, in terms of what is actually needed. The hope from the u. N. And others is that this will be something that could happen routinely, when humanitarian aid is able to move in. But israel has also said that if they believe it got altman furred or hamas has gotten and humanitarian aid, they will no longer cooperate with this agreement. That is a red light of sorts for them. There is also this issue a fuel. That is something that is desperately needed inside of gaza right now. Hospitals are running on generators. They are running out of fuel, and its not something thats a spin part of this humanitarian aid agreement. And we spoke to people inside gaza, we knew they were talking at the steel, to get that isnt, food, and water, in their first thing was like, okay, thats great, but we really need fuel and how is it going to get to people who need it the most if once those trucks are inside and its handed over to the u. N. , to the red cross, the red crescent, how does it go further to get to the people who really need it . Israel has designated a city inside Southern Gaza, right near the water, about loss, e as a humanitarian city, but there is not a direct path from that city to the rafah Border Crossing that has been designated as a green zone or humanitarian corridor. So, i think theres still a lot of Unanswered Questions long term, about how this is going to continue without more humanitarian corridors established. Its one thing to have a city where you say thats where International Humanitarian aid can go, thats where people can get its, but getting it they are consistently, if there is not an agreement to not strike the area from the rafah crossing to that city, it seems like that its a difficult thing to sustain were guarantee long term, and we have seen, in recent days, even along the rafah crossing, as part of why egypt said it took so long for them to reopen it, there were israeli airstrikes in that area that severely damaged some of the roads nearby, and that was a reason why at different points, we thought the rafah crossing was going to open, egyptian officials said it couldnt because, i have to repair that first. So, israel has said they will focus their efforts on Northern Gaza, but the last couple of days, we have seen multiple israeli airstrikes into Southern Gaza still. Yasmin . All right, Alison Barber for us. Thank you, alison, appreciate it. We talked about this new Statement Released by the president of upon the delivery of this first batch of aid to gaza, vowels in they were just talking about. He also discussed discontinue effort to allow americans and other foreign nationals to leave gaza through egypt. Nbcs white house correspondent, allie raffa, is joining us now with more on this. What did the president , if you will, ali, have to say, and what is the administration doing to get more aid into gaza, to get that Border Crossing periodically reopens . , yeah absolutely, yasmin. We know it was only open for a few hours today. We dont know whether it will open tomorrow, and if it, does for how long . Then, the president in this new statement said they talked about the opening of that rafah Border Crossing over night. He says it was the result of quote, days of diplomatic engagement at the highest levels that engagement including that phone call that President Biden had with egyptian president elsisi on his way back to washington backed israel, where a disagreement was made to open the rafah Border Crossing for the state to go in. He also said that its national eight. And he says that the u. S. Is working its working to keep that processing opening. That said the u. S. Is working with egypt and israel to facilitate the ability of u. S. Citizens and their immediate Family Members to exit gaza safely and travel to their final destinations. You heard allison talk about the over thousand 350 americans west been in contact with the state apartment, requesting help to get their Family Members out. Thats out of the roughly 500 to 600 palestinians who are in their. As far as how the administration is working to get this done, they are keeping those details pretty close to the vest. There are not revealing what goes into the Behind The Scenes talks about this, because as you heard allison talk about, that Border Crossing on the gaza side is controlled by hamas and, of course, u. S. Officials, officials from this region concerned about the safety of these americans getting out there that rafah Border Crossing, if any of these factors, and if these different pieces of this giant puzzle go wrong, yasmin. Allie raffa for, us appreciate it. Coming back in just 60 seconds, israeli Defense Forces saying that more than 200 people are still being held captive by hamas. Right now. Six of them are Family Members of my next guest. How she and other relatives are desperately trying to get them freed or just receive any information on their wellbeing. Well be right back. Right back. And i saved hundreds. With the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. Oh. [dog barks] no its just a bunny only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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Despite hamas releasing to americans who are being held captive, israeli Defense Forces confirming nearly 200 others are still believed to be held captive. That is leaving families in israel here at home wondering if their loved ones will also be free. One of those is alanas eye chick. Alanna, whose six cousins, sharon, david, julie, emma, danielle and amelia, were all taken as hostages nearly two weeks ago. Alanna is joining us now to talk more about this. Alanna, thank you so much for joining us. Im so sorry for what you and your family have been going through these last couple of weeks. Thank you having me. Tell us what you know about the experiences of your cousins and how they were taken . So, we know that around 7 am israel time, saturday morning on the seventh, they heard, they got a red alert which force them to go to their safety room, which they put themselves in and remain there for several hours. Until they realized it was not the usual rockets from gaza. And they could hear hamas In The House Next Door hurting The House Next Door and the connecting rooms through the ahmaud the smoke was coming since my cousin was sending voice notes to her family. To her immediate family. Smoke came, in essentially, smoked them out of the ahmaud, as if theyre rodents. At that point, she sent a voice note to my aunt and my uncle saying were probably not gonna get out of this. We love you then we saw a video of them in the truck. So. So you knew that they had been taken. I knew that the idf has informed you and your family that they are alive. They are being held in gaza. You got confirmation of that, i believe on friday. Do you know how they knew that information . And you know if theyre being held as a unit . Anne we have no idea. We know that theyre there, we know the idf is in contact with my family in israel to check in with them, we have absolutely no other information about their conditions, whereabouts. If theyre alive or not. Are you worried about their safety . Especially knowing that israel is planning on invading gaza . Do you think it would help them be found sooner . Anne im worried about their safety right now. Before any potential incursion. Theyre in the hands of evil. Im terrified about their safety right now. Its only think about. Its hard not to think about it. Am i scared . Of course. How can i not be. Youve been sounding the alarm for brooklyn, probably hard to be so far away from your family, knowing that theyre missing, and theyre being held in gaza by hamas. Are you getting support here. What kind of support are you getting . Weve got a lot of support for my community, friends, family, people have been, it was hard for me to eat. People have been sending the food. Sending me gift cards. Friends have sent me care packages. A lot of support on instagram from, ive been sharing whats going on. Ive gotten some amazing warm messages, people keep checking in on me and telling me theyre thinking about me and my family every day. It definitely helps to get that kind of support right now. Its kind of necessary. I dont think i could ever have been prepared for this. Tell me a little bit, if you will, alana, about your cousin, sharon, david, the kids, im seeing these beautiful pictures of the girls here. As youve been speaking. Yeah, theres some of my closest Family Members. My mom is one of five. My oldest, her oldest sister, ricky, has three kids. Sharon and danielle are sisters. She is like my little sister. Both of them i really grew up with them. She was on the kibbutz with david and the little girls. The little girls are so beautiful. So happy. Such smiley, happy little girls. Danielle is like a big sister to me. She actually lived in our house here in new jersey where my parents lived in new jersey. When i was younger, for a little while. Shes like a big sister, very nurturing. She and i, we love yoga, we have so much in common. Her daughter amelias, shes also a single mother. She had amelia by herself. And she, amelia, is so clever. So smart. My cousins joke around, she needs to be eating every five minutes. Shes just a fiveyearold. Yeah, shes a normal little fiveyearold. The only to be eating every five minutes. Now they find themselves in this awful, desperate situation. The hope is, at least, theyre hopefully together. Alana zeitchik, the thank you very much