hospital in gaza right now, day three of searching for hamas and evidence of what the idf says is its secret headquarters. the new video from the hospitals that they just released, and the new message from a doctor trapped inside that hospital right now. plus, a win for former president trump's legal team, at least for now. why a judge just said the gag order in his civil fraud trial goes too far and what trump posted online in just a matter of hours. also, the ethics committee chairman just dropping that resolution to expel congressman george santos. after all those new and shocking details in the committee's report, will his republican colleagues let santos finish his term? so a lot to get to on this friday, but let's begin at the main hospital in gaza where for the first time israeli soldiers are releasing footage of what they claim is a hamas tunnel shaft inside the al-shifa medical complex. nbc news has not been able to independently verify the claims by the idf, and so far, the military has not provided definitive evidence that hamas command centers exist beneath the hospital. it is a claim that israeli and american officials have made repeatedly as justification for the raids, which, again, are now in day three. the idf says in their search, soldiers have recovered the bodies of two hostages in at least one building near the complex, a 65-year-old woman. the other of a 19-year-old idf soldier. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu says there are strong indications hamas used the hospital at some point to hold hostages, but acknowleding if they were there, they were taken out. as desperation mounts for the loved ones of those still missing, a promise from secretary of state antony blinken. >> we're working this intensively, and we have been for weeks. i remain hopeful, but the less said the better. >> also developing, israel is now warning civilians in several towns in southern gaza to flee raising fears that its war against hamas could spread to areas it previously said were safe. one man is telling reuters they say the south is safe. what safety? this is the picture in front of you. what safety in the south? nbc's erin mclaughlin is in tel aviv for us, nbc's gabe gutierrez in the white house, and steph twitty, msnbc military analyst. erin, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: chris, today we managed to reach the director of the burns unit inside the al-shifa hospital complex given the near total communications blackout covering the gaza strip now due to the fuel shortage, we were able to reach him very briefly. it was a short conversation before the line got cut off, and he confirmed that the israeli military continues to search the al-shifa complex. he said that today they seemed to be focused on the basement of the surgical unit. he confirmed the israeli military assertion that during this raid not a single shot has been fired, and he said that the israeli military provided the doctors hundreds of patients, as well as the people sheltering insides hospital with food and water last night. still, he painted this desperate humanitarian situation. he says that he still is trapped inside of the surgical building. he said that israeli snipers continue to surround the hospital, not letting anyone out. he says they're low on fuel. they have new oxygen, no electricity, and he said that as a result, patients are dying. he said in the last week or so, 43 of the 63 patients in the icu died, he said due to lack of medical supplies as well as a lack of oxygen. take a listen. >> they are just dying sort of in front of us. no one has done anything, no one has heard anything. no o has arranged anyone in any way to evacuation. this situation is really horrible now. the whole world is watching. >> reporter: and you can hear him there pleading with the international community to facilitate the evacuation of the hospital. he's pointing to the fact that the israeli military has allowed some journalists to visit the complex. he said if that's the case, why are they not allowing people out. i was talking to a spokesperson for the world health organization, and they said that they are working on roadblocks n terms of facilitating a potential evacuation. they said they need to be able to open up a safe corridor for the evacuation of some critically ill patients, but they also said that they need fuel for the palestinian red crescent ambulances that are required to facilitate that evacuation. chris. >> erin, thank you. >> gabe, it has been days now since reports of a potential deal to release the hostages, where does that stand? >> hey there, chris, what we just heard a short time ago from the spokesperson, at this point there is no deal, and as we've been hearing now for quite some time, any deal to release hostages would need to have a massive amount of hostages in order for there to be any sort of cease fire. now, the operative word in the biden administration has been hopeful. we heard that from president biden earlier this week during his news conference in california where he said he was mildly hopeful that the administration -- that the israelis and hamas and qatar would come to some sort of deal. i also just heard from a senior administration official speaking about how the amount of hostages being discussed, it was a pool between 50 and 100 hostages. that's the pool of hostages that is being discussed as any sort of potential deal. but again, no news and no movement on any such deal so far. i will tell you, chris, i just heard on the record from the national security council the other issue being discussed right now is the issue of fuel, which was mentioned earlier. in a statement from the national security council spokesperson just now saying we are glad israel agreed to fuel deliveries to gaza at our strong request, and we expect these deliveries will continue on a regular basis and in larger quantities. so there you have it, the biden administration trying to ensure that fuel does get into gaza in larger quantities that they've seen so far, and the biden administration, the president himself saying that earlier that the hospital must be protected. certainly a lot of moving parts right now as the negotiations continue intensively for those hostages to be released, chris. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >> so general, you've got israel doing these two very serious things on two separate tracks, going through al-shifa hospital, pain staking attention to detail, and prime minister netanyahu saying they're closer to a deal to release the hostages than they were before they intensified the military campaign. so do you think the military strategy is working? and even if it is, as a humanitarian crisis gets worse and worse, does the clock still tick down for israel, which is already under attack as a result from the international community? >> yeah, chris, good to be with you again. yes, i do think the military strategy is working. the israelis are able to go in a methodical way to clear the strip. what i don't think is working very well is the information campaign, number one, and number two the protection of the civilians, the non-combatants that they're there in the strip. and so anytime you're dealing with urban warfare, you have two things that are always working against you that you have to really focus on, and that is that information campaign. we know that the israelis went into the hospital, but what are they doing to really show in detail that going into the hospital is just a foul and to continue to show that, hey, we did not do any war crimes here and be able to show not just the people of israel but the international community. and then on the humanitarian front, obviously there's a lot of suffering going on and i think the israelis can help more there. >> i want to look again at that video that appears to show -- fierce be a tunnel under al-shifa hospital, but they still have not shown any direct evidence of a hamas command and control center, and the president of the united states has said what israel has said. they believe it was there. they have intelligence to show it was there. do you think there would have to be unequivocal evidence of a hamas headquarters underneath al-shifa for those statements to be made, particularly like president biden, and if it does exist, why aren't we seeing it? >> well, the reason why you're not seeing it is when you find a tunnel such as this one, it takes a while to clear that tunnel. remember, extensive tunnels throughout the gaza strip, and you have to get robotics in to ensure that it's not booby trapped or ieds in there, and so you just can't put soldiers down there, you put them in harm's way. the other thing that you can do is bring in bulldozers and start digging, but you got to be careful there because the bulldozer may hit explosives there, and so i do think over time, the israelis will find some type of command and control center. i also will tell you they already have enough information with the ak-47s, the rpgs, the rocket-propelled grenade launchers and the hand grenades. that's enough evidence right there when you look at international law to justify going into the hospital. >> i also want to ask you about what we showed the idf leaflets that were dropped urging some residents in southern gaza to evacuate. the south for weeks has been where israeli military has encouraged civilians to flee to, so now what? >> yeah, so this is a case based on intelligence, is what i've been able to gather. the israelis believe that hamas integrated into the population and started migrating to the south as well. this is what a typical insurgency will do, blend into the population, and now the israelis know they have to go after, if they intend to destroy hamas, the cells that have migrated down south. that's what i think this is all about. >> lieutenant general steph twitty, it's always an honor to have you on the program, thank you so much. and still ahead, how donald trump's fiery rhetoric about his legal troubles is now being tested in two big cases. we're back in 60 seconds. we're s my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. 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(vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's your verizon. a win for donald trump as multiple courts grapple with the key question of where the line is on what a presidential candidate can say, both about the legal cases against him and the people involved in them. this latest move is from a new york appeals court, temporarily blocking the gag order on trump and his $250 million civil fraud trial, citing constitutional free speech.ut restricting his now, almost immediately, trump took advantage of the ruling posting an attack on truth social, judge engoron's aide calling her a political biassed and out of control trump hating clerk. the posts continued to come in rapid fire throughout the night and into today taking aim at the judge, attorney general letitia james and others. a gag order is also in question in trump's federal election interference case. that's the one in washington. prosecutors say trump's attacks on special counsel jack smith's family underscore why restrictions are necessary. that question will now go before an appeals court on monday. joining me to talk about all of it is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and university of michigan law professor. lisa rubin has been reporting on the civil fraud trial day in and day out, both are msnbc legal analysts. we have to go now, though, to the apec summit, that is where the president of the united states is with mexico's president. they have just sat down. let's listen. >> mexico and the united states stand together and work together as we've been doing. we see it in our security cooperation, we're working side by side to combat arms trafficking, to combat -- tackle organized crime, and to address the opioid epidemic and including fentanyl, which when we talked privately i want to tell you about my great conversation with xi jinping on that issue. and our economic cooperation, we're growing our economies from the bottom up and the middle out, so not just the wealthy benefit, but all our citizens benefit from our economic growth, and we see it in our work in strengthening supply chains including through america's partnership for economic prosperity and we've been cooperating there as well. we've seen our cooperation address historic levels of migration, and i want to thank you, mr. president, and your team. i really mean it, for the cooperation, your leadership taking on this challenge. i know it's not easy. together we're taking a balanced approach that lies at the heart of the los angeles declaration on migration and protection, and we and 19 other nations have signed onto that agreement. that includes enforcing our borders, increasing reparations and opening an historic number of legal pathways for migrants. i want to thank you again, all of the things that are of consequence to us, i couldn't have a better partner than you. thank you. >> translator: we are highly satisfied of joining you here in san francisco and have the opportunity to meet president biden and you. the relation between our countries is excellent. our people are friends. this is a respectful and cooperative relationship for development. in recent years, basically due to this great relationship we have with our neighboring and brother country, we are commercial partners. we are the main trade partners in the world, which is outstanding. at the same time, there are around 40 million mexicans working and living with decency in the united states, which strengthens our bonds and, of course, progress needs to be made, further progress needs to be made to address the migratory phenomenon. we're working on that jointly in coordination, and we wish to thank president biden because he is the first president in recent times in opening legal pathways for migration. in the past, there were no possibilities for people who needed to come to the united states. there were no legal possibilities open, and it is president biden who opened up this possibility upon a request placed by central america and the caribbean countries. they file the petition and after an assessment is made they are allowed to enter the united states, which means that they no longer have to cross our country with all the suffering and risks such an endeavor poses. it's a humane way to address the migratory phenomenon. and i would also like to express and to state that he is the first president in the united states in recent times who has not -- it is true, and we need to continue to support one another so migration is an option and not enforced. we wish to assist the people in their countries of origin when they are forced to migrate, we are fully satisfied in holding this meeting, and as regards to drug control, mexico's undertaking is to continue to support so we do not allow the introduction of chemical components and chemical precursors to fentanyl because we're fully aware of the damage it poses to the united states youth. this is a matter of humanism, it's an act of solidarity. we are sincerely committed to continue to assist at our fullest capacity to prevent drug trafficking, namely the entrance of fentanyl and other chemical precursors. i'm pretty certain that we will continue to evolve our good relationship, and i would like to also take this opportunity to greet our paisanos, the mexican migrants who are living, making a life and working in the united states. around 40 million people have made the united states their second home, their second country, and i would also like to inform those who may not be aware of this, that in recent years, there are many american citizens who are moving to mexico to stay there, to live in mexico. so welcome, because we are brotherly countries. thank you, this is what i wanted to say was that we have a great relationship and you have an extraordinary president in the united states, a man with convictions, a good man. >> so the reporters at the apec summit are giving it the good try, but it doesn't look as though either president, president biden or president lopez obrador of mexico are going to take the bait as people walk in front of the camera, the pool camera there. let me bring in nbc's monica alba, white house correspondent. look, i mean, it wasn't even clear that the president of mexico was going to show up. he didn't last year. there was some question whether he might this year. they weren't happy about -- mexico wasn't happy about the fact that cuba wasn't invited among other countries, but you just heard him, he called president biden a good man and seemed to take a shot at president trump over the wall. what's your takeaway from what you just heard from the two men, monica? >> reporter: exactly, chris. you wouldn't know about some of those previous tensions based solely on that interaction there, which was, by all accounts a more friendly, warm embrace between the two leaders, president biden himself saying he couldn't think of a better partner for this relationship, and it was very clear from president lopez obrador who at times has had a differing stance when it comes to things like counter narcotics and fentanyl, but said he is working closely to address this with the united states. we know, of course, that the mexican president also met with chinese president xi jinping as a part of this apec conference, and then of course that was the main topic of conversation, which president biden referred to there saying that he wanted to tell his mexican counterpart specifically about some of those steps they're taking to address that on the end of things this china, before in terms of the supply chain a lot of those drugs get to mexico and are smuggled into the united states. i think it is also notable there that the mexican president did make those comments when it comes to migration, specifically about not building walls and also praising president biden, he said, for some of the steps that the united states has taken recently on trying to create more legal pathways to migration. that is something certainly that as the u.s. and the biden administration have had to navigate this political pressure point has been key because they really need mexico's cooperation in order to help with certain migrants who are turned away at the u.s./mexico boarder and then have to figure out where they are returning to or where they go from there. so that is another huge agenda item for these two men to discuss. it is likely one of their last meetings since there will be elections in mexico next year, though, they probably will meet again at some point. but among the last of the tenure, chris. >> monica alba, thank you so much for that update. now, let us go back to what we were discussing before we saw the presidents, and that is the reporting about two big legal developments on gag orders connected to former president trump's legal cases. msnbc's legal analyst barbara mcquade and lisa rubin stuck around. they're still with me. so what happens next, lisa, in the civil fraud trial in new york and the gag order there? >> so the gag order there or the gag orders really, plural, one against trump, one against his legal team, and they're a little bit different in their scope. right now they're both on pause. on november 27th, that's when a three-judge panel at the appeals court level will hear arguments, the briefs are all due before then, and i want to point out something, chris, to