try to make sure this never happens again. we've seen in recent days palestinian civilians continuing to bear the brunt of this action, and it's important that the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. >> that was secretary of state antony blinken yesterday ahead of his latest trip to the middle east. the visit comes as there's growing pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists who are hiding out in gaza. plus, the republican led house passes a funding bill for israel, but the legislation comes with a whole host of partisan spending cuts. we'll take a look at the chances whether this measure can actually pass in the senate. and also ahead, a recap of the testimony from donald trump's two eldest sons in his new york civil fraud trial. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, november 3rd. it's friday. we made it. i'm jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we'll begin this busy news morning with israel pushing forward with its ground invasion. israeli defense forces announced last night that they have encircled gaza city and are fighting face-to-face battles with hamas terrorists. this as air strikes continue to hammer the territory. israel has come under increasing international pressure to at least temporarily pause the fighting with hamas, but officials in tel aviv are rejecting those calls. prime minister benjamin netanyahu posted on social media yesterday that troops are making progress and that, quote, nothing will stop us. meanwhile, fighting along israel's northern border with lebanon is intensifying. hezbollah has claimed to attack 19 israeli military targets. while israel has not confirm that specific claim, military officials do say there have been a number of launches from lebanon and that israel is striking back, targeting terrorist infrastructure there. the exchange of fire comes as residents in lebanon are expected to hear from the leader of hezbollah today. this will be his first speech since the israel-hamas war began. it'll be closely watched and likely indicate the group's next moves raising fears the war may widen. now, according to the white house at least 79 americans have now crossed into egypt from gaza. the rafah crossing opened up for a second day following a deal that was broken in part by qatar. in total about 800 foreign nationals have been allowed to leave. thousands of people are still trying to get out including 400 american citizens who are on the list to leave gaza. but the biden administration stresses the situation is fluid as it is not clear how long the rafah crossing will remain open. meanwhile, more aid is flowing into the territory now. the palestinian red crescent says more than 100 trucks carrying food, medicine, and other supplies entered gaza through that rafah crossing yesterday. this is the largest amount of aid to reach the territory in a single day since the war began. aid groups have been calling for 100 trucks a day to meet the region's needs. now, as we just played sound secretary of state antony blinken is in the middle east, and in fact he's in israel this morning where he's expected to push for a pause in the fighting to allow for the safe release of hostages and the delivery of more of that humanitarian aid. blinken was greeted by israeli officials when he landed in tel aviv overnight. he will meet israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu first, then israel's war cabinet and finally the israeli president. the white house says blinken will urge the israeli government to agree to a series of brief pauses of its military operations in gaza. now, before he left for israel, blinken stressed the need to increase aid entering the gaza strip. >> we've been able to establish over the last couple of weeks efforts to get trucks moving. we've had about 50 to 60 trucks a day going in, we need that and want that to increase and i expect you'll see that in the coming days. at the same time we've been making sure to ensure our nationals and foreign nationals can get out. and over the last two days you've seen americans and their families continue to come out of gaza and we expect that to continue over the coming days. >> after he visits israel, the secretary of state will head to aman jordan to discuss the conflict with senior jordanian official. he released a statement saying he will tell secretary blinken that israel needs to end its war in gaza immediately, claiming the israeli government is committing war crimes, and he warned of a possible regional war that could threaten world peace. joining us now middle east correspondent for the economist greg calstrom. greg, good to see you again. there's two different parts here. first, let's talk about that, the tensions elsewhere in the region. we just heard that language from the jor dadian foreign minister and also all going to be watching what the leader of hezbollah says in lebanon. give us your analysis of what a tender box is at the moment. >> that speech is what everyone will be watching this afternoon. the sense i've heard from both israeli officials and from lebanese contacts as well is that the people on both sides are not expecting this to be a declaration of war. there'll be some tough rhetoric directed at israel obviously and trying to setout red lines as israel moves ahead in gaza, but what we've seen over the past month is there's been tit for tat bombardment and that fighting has stretched a bit further than it did in previous weeks, but it's still contained to that border area, and the signal from both sides is that they so far don't want this to become a broader war. there was some talk in the israeli war cabinet in the early weeks of the fighting, that there were some people pushing for a sort of preemptive strike in lebanon, but that talk has died down over the past couple of weeks, and it was never supported by prime minister netanyahu. >> so now let's talk about the israeli portion of the secretary of state blinken's trip particularly this idea of a pause. now, we heard president biden himself this week suggest that he would support that, the u.s. yesterday sent more and more direct signals to tel aviv that's what they want, a series of pauses, brief but pauses, but the israeli government seem tuesday be rejecting it. what's the latest you've heard? >> they are rejecting it. i was in israel last week and speaking with senior military officials there, they acknowledge there has to be some sort of humanitarian effort. ayou have to get that aid where it's meant to go. there's been ongoing bombardment in the south which is meant to be a safe zone. there's hundreds of thousands of palestinians in northern gaza which the northern army has told people to evacuate. the israeli army has dissected gaza and cut off the north from the south. there is direction for israel they might have to allow more aid and that might require humanitarian pauses which the israelis are talking about hours, not days, but perhaps a few hours at a time the fighting would stop. there's still a lot of details to negotiate when those might happen and what that might look. >> there'll also be recent conversations about what comes next in gaza after the war, but that moment could still be weeks or months away. joining us from dubai, we're grateful if your voice this morning and i'm certain we'll speak to you again soon. a few other headlines before we turn to break, 13 democratic senators are callingor a short-term cessation of hostilities in gaza. the group of senators identify three reasons for their push including the delivery of aid, focusing on hostages, a an opportunity for broader peace discussions. the senators say t while the united states supports israel's right to defend itself, israel must also conduct its operations in a way that minimizes harm to civilians and allows for aid to reach those who are suffering. it comes as president biden as just mentioned this week also called for a humanitarian pause in hostilities to allow aid in and hostages out of gaza. the white house says israeli prime minister netanyahu is opposed to a broad cease-fire but appears receptive to humanitarian pauses, but as you just heard from gregg calstrom there there's some doubt they'll let that go for at least that long. now house speaker johnson has called through with his plan with the full house voting to pass the measure. but there's a catch. the stand alone bill provides $14.3 billion of aid to israel while also slashing that same amount in irs funding. yesterday's vote was 226 to 196. democrats opposing the bill pointed to a congressional budget office report that the overall measure would actually add billions to the deficit. but 12 democrats did vote in favor of the bill including congressman jared moskowitz of florida. >> i believe israel needs to see people on both sides supporting them in their time of need. for me again this was my background and experience not that other members don't have that, i would vote yes. they've got 12, i mean that's not reay many. >> at the same time just two republicans broke rank and voted against the bill. they were lawmakers tom massy of kentucky and margery taylor greene of georgia. the bid now heads to the senate and essentially dead on arrival. that's because senate majority leader chuck schumer said the upper chamber will not even take up the legislation. initially president biden vowed to veto the bill if it somehow reached his desk. so it will be some time before the u.s. can send that aid to israel. still ahead here on "way too early" we'll go through the verdict in a high profile fraud trial for a man who's one of the most prominent figures in crypto currencies. plus, the latest on the fbi raid at the home of the chief fund-raiser for new york city mayor eric adams. those stories and a check on weather and sports when we come right back. e right back i got this 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