In terms of whats going on in gaza and in israel. I also want to talk to him about this whole deadlock in the congress and speakership. Lots to talk to the former chairman about. I think will be chairman again soon. Ranking member weeks in a minute. We will be watching. Take it away. Good to talk to, you as. Always the fabulous simone. Good evening, welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, a moment of uncertainty. Right now, the worlds eyes are on israel hamas for. As israel prepares for massive Ground Offensive in gaza. U. S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken told nbc this morning the administration is increasing its Military Presence in the region. To deter hezbollah and iran from expanding the conflict. Back in washington today, President Biden spoke by phone with several european leaders about developments in the region. Following an earlier call with the israeli Prime Minister. The white house is waiting on the 105 Billion DollarNational Security package, including 14 Billion Dollars in aid to israel. Waiting on it to pass congress. Progress is roadblock by the republican speaker fight. The gop now has nine candidates for the job. No clear consensus pick. A new and potentially historic week is ahead. We will get you ready for it on politicsnation tonight. We start with an update from israel. Nbc news correspondent hala gorani is in tel aviv. Helena, its midnight in israel. Two weeks into its conflict with hamas, nbc news is reporting a second convoy of trucks bringing aid to palestinians and it is positioned on the egyptian side of the border crossing. What is the latest from israel and gaza . Reverend, we know that 14 trucks have made it through. 14 today. 22 days ago. Still a trickle. The gaza strip needs many, many more trucks on any average day before the war. 3 to 400 would make the crossing. Each truck maybe has ten, 20, 30,000 bottles of water. We know that the millions of people who are stranded inside that strip of land need more in terms of food and medical supplies as well. As far as the planned incursion, we are hearing from the israeli president office. This is significant. The french president Emmanuel Macron and the dutch Prime Minister mark with a a due to visit tel aviv and meet with Benjamin Netanyahu in the coming days. Presumably, that means the incursion will not happen in the next 48 hours. It would be unlikely that the military would launch the offensive with visiting Heads Of State and in the meantime the israeli Prime Minister is visiting proof troops not in the south. Saying the country is ready for two fronts, ready to fight on two fronts. By that, of course, he means taking on potentially hezbollah. Which is allied with iran. Western nations, the United States are all trying to contain this conflict to this part of the middle east and not let it explode into a much wider regional we are seeing a war of words at this point. Some intensifying skirmishes in the northern part of israel near its border with lebanon. There are concerns into parts of the country right now as we all wait for this expected unanticipated incursion into the gaza strip, reverend. Thank you, nbcs alex gorani. Joining me now is congressman greg meeks. Democrat of new york. He is the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs committee. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Lets start with israels war against hamas. The u. S. Is increasing its Military Presence in the region. Sending more air defense systems. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken tells nbc this morning the administration is taking steps to deter iran and has bella from escalating this conflict. That, home the white house as requested 14 Billion Dollars in aid to israel as part of the 105 Billion DollarNational Security request to congress. That request is of course complicated by lack of a house speaker. We will get to that. First, as you, as the ranking democrat on House Foreign Affairs. How concerned are you that this conflict could spread way beyond the gaza now . Im worried, if there is one thing im most worried about, it is that. We as the president has indicated, as well as eisenhower into the area. It is utilized to deter hezbollah are iran from entering because that is a gamechanger. It makes me very nervous. And i have to be honest. We dont need it to be regionally wide other than engaging the events. I know Secretary Austin has also increase the number of in the area and has also given israel more of iron dome to knock missiles down if there are ones in the defensive missiles. I have to tell you, that would make me very nervous because it could draw others into the war in the middle east. It could really blow up. It could blow up. In the meantime, one of my concerns, you heard the report in tel aviv we are not seeing enough of supplies will get it through. Its way under the number of buses and things that are needed to come into the area. Just like you and i have talked and had a real humane concern about innocent People Killed when, this began in israel. We are concerned about the people in gaza being able to get what they need to survive. We have got to somehow, we have to make human life equal and something that we all cherish. And agree with you more, each human life is very important and sacred. Unfortunately, hamas is the enemy of both the palestinians and the israelis because they are using the palestinians as human shields. We need to make sure that the president and our state has worked 24 7 to try to get the rafah gate or be opened by egypt. Theyre so there can be supplies coming in. We need to make sure i know its difficult because the number of migrants they had cross into their boundaries. It would be difficult if there is something to be done. Jordan is there. As i, said egypt. So, the people, everyday citizens, not hamas, weve got to make sure they their lives are precious also. So theyre in a heavy passageway to safety and security. As israel continues to do to make sure hamas is gone. That is the key, hamas has to be gone so there can be they need to look forward down the road. I think we have to start doing that now. How we can finally get peace in the region. , review and i are both advocating strongly for a two state solution. We and the israelis, and they can live side by side. You can to do it with hamas who says they dont want peace. They want israel. They say israel does not have the right to exist. And when people say that, that makes it hard for peace. Almost impossible for peace, actually. While i have, you lets get back to congress here. And bbc news is reporting the house gop caucus now has its new list of nominees for speaker. Ahead of a possible caucus vote on tuesday. Nine republicans were run to 60 Kevin Mccarthy making their case for nomination at a gop candidate for tomorrow night. On your, side House Democrats have been unanimous in their support for minority leader Hakeem Jeffries across last week speakers votes everyone, democrats, voted for jeffries. Do you sense that there is anyone in this new crop of republican candidates that House Democrats can work with . . Rev, under the leadership of jeffries, we are ready, we have been with mccarthy. And then with mchenry. They said democrats are looking for a bipartisan way forward. And we have not talked about anything extreme. We talked about it, we said we can work with anyone. Theres three things we thought that would be important. One, make sure that the Budget Numbers that were agreed to by the republicans, we did the debt ceiling deal. Those numbers stay where they are. Not the 30 cut. Some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle said they support israel. They voted days before to cut israels budget by 30 . We want those numbers to stay they are. We have to make sure that we are able to pass the president s supplemental requests. That is funding for ukraine and funding for israel. Now, timmy, if you look at how the republicans are working, ive said this earlier. If you look at the number of the nine people, there its like nine different games. Each come from a different sector of the republican party. A different game after this one or that one. They are fighting on another. I dont know. Its hard for us to try to work ends it seems as though they have said they want nothing to do. They dont want to work with a bipartisan way forward. Most of the American People want to do it. They seem like theyre going to have to fight it out and have their own civil war among themselves. Hopefully, maybe they will do it by a secret ballot. That hopefully, they will do something, November 17th is close. We cannot afford to have a shutdown. We have to go, thats my concern i would get some popcorn and watch the make a fool of themselves but November 17th will close down spending of the government. 4 million workers militarily. We cant play with us. Representative gregory meeks, thank you for being with, us after the break, Relief Groups in israel and in gaza. Humanitarian crisis continues to worsen and both. Our next to gas will tell us what they need an order to help many of the innocent people caught in the middle of the israel and hamas fight. Fight hi. My name is kim and i am 41 years old. Ive been given the opportunity to work from home, so that means lots of video calls. I see myself more and i definitely see those deeper lines. Im still kim and i got botox® cosmetic. 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Joining us now is kathy reade, ceo of American Friends of them which is israels official ambulance service, blood services, and Disaster Rescue agencies. Let me ask you this, kathy, your organization relies on support from donors, including those from the United States to keep your general operations going. You dont take government support. What is the need on the ground by israel . Certainly for our organization, which is really a combination, if you think about, it the American Red Cross puts every ems service in the country, in the United States. You combine all of this together, it would be the equivalent of right now, weve lost ten emts, and we have had 14 ambulances put out of service. Of those ten emts, three were murdered while they were treating patients. What we need our replacement ambulances, supplies for treating patients for the blood bank, the building you see behind me is the worlds only underground and shielded blood bank. It opened last year and was founded by americans. We need blood banks, equipment for processing blood. We are waiting now to see what is going to happen next with hezbollah in the north. Youve already been evacuating cities and towns. We know that its a possibility that things will get much hotter before they get easier. Ambulances, blood banks, wound treating equipment, flak jackets, helmets, we have a whole list of things that people can visit our website and share that with them. We would be grateful for any support. Whats the biggest obstacle that your organization is facing right now . Its a great question. Its making sure that we can get 33,000 volunteers out, and our 1400 ambulances. Covering the entire country because remember, we are not just taking care of what is happening with the war, but we are also responsible for the every day emergencies, accidents, individuals terror attacks that have happened. We have to get everybody out into ambulances, and then also making sure that they are protected, they have the supplies they need. Since the war began, more than 14ple have been killed in israel. Mostly civilians were killed in hamass initial assault. And in gaza, more than 3700 palestinians have been killed, according to the Gaza Health Ministry run by hamas. Can you talk a little bit about the human toll that the conflict has taken so far. As far as the weve treated 3000 people. Many of them with horrendous injuries. That is on the human side of the victims. Think also about these 33,000 volunteers, and what they have faced when they are seeing these horrific, brutal, terrible attacks that have happened, and how they are trying to be processing that, and to deal with that, and then go on and get right back out into the field, continuing to try and save lives. The toll is across the board. Thank you very much, cathy reed for being with us. A convoy of 14 aid trucks bringing aid to palestinians crossed the border, the Rafah Border Into gaza strip from egypt today. This is on top of 22 trucks carrying food, water, and medical supplies arriving yesterday. First, those shipments since the conflict began. Joining us now, steve president of the palestinian challenge runs relief fund. Your organization is one of the main American Relief organizations working in gaza. They have not only been providing the humanitarian aid for the children in need, but also been on the frontlines during the current crisis. What is the humanitarian conditions on the ground in gaza . And now that more aide can start to arrive in gaza. How impactful would these be for the civilians who have lived there, and many of them suffering . Thank, you reverend sharpton. I do not know where to start when you want to ask me with the conditions are of humanitarian crisis in gaza . We can start with defected 1700 children have been killed in the past two weeks. According to estimates, theres another thousand people buried under the rubble, homes that have been bombed. They have collapsed. How many of those were children, considering nearly half the population of gaza. How many children . 1700 children have been killed over the past two weeks in the gaza strip. Of the 4600 that you mentioned have been killed in the last two weeks, 1700 of those are children. Those are best estimates. It is counting the people that are buried, and many of those are children. Some of those are children that might be alive. We are not going to be in the amount of time that it takes to evacuate them. The bombings will continue, and they havent stopped. The entire population has been affected. When we talk about the humanitarian conditions on the ground in gaza, we are not just talking about an injured people, which is an amazing number, really tragic and sad. In addition to, that electricity has been cut off completely. The water is shutting down, united nations, we mention today that by wednesday, fuel will be running out in gaza completely. The hospitals which run on fuel, because they are not connected or depend on the electrical grid there, they run by generators. All of our hospitals in gaza will run out. All of the children that have been injured over the past two weeks, who are now on ventilators, in the intensive care units. There are hundreds of kids that have severe injuries. They are not going to have the power to generate lifesaving support for them. They are going to die a slow and miserable death in hospitals because gas is running out. The border has been closed for over two weeks. In addition to that, there is feud insecurity, water is not safe, it is not just a complete absolute collapse of the society and gaza. Whats happened there, it cannot be properly understood. Lets keep in mind, this trauma of experiencing violence firsthand on t