right now as israel intensifies its assault on southern casa, president biden and his administration are focused on easing the deadly impact of the war, applying pressure on the idf to protect civilians as it carries out its operation. the white house has enlisted congress to help in that regard, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would include israel aid and humanitarian assistance. while also addressing ukraine, and the crisis at the border. house republicans seem focused on other matters, the new speaker, mike johnson, says he thinks he has the votes to launch an impeachment inquiry into joe biden as early as this week. and on the gop campaign trail, the presidential hopefuls once again scheming to blow up obamacare, pitching half baked plans to replace a program american families have relied upon for well over a decade. the two parties are telling us exactly what they care about at this very moment. american voters will show what matters to them in 2024. we have a big show tonight, we start with congressman, terri sewell of alabama, congresswoman, thank you for joining us. let's start with the aid package, i want to go to some of the issues with that. the aid package because with the cease-fire over, hostilities on the rise, republicans seem to be digging in their heels. this past week, democrats tried to agree upon including some broadly popular border security badgers in the bill only to have the other side push for more extreme policies. where do things stand right now, congresswoman? >> you know the house republicans put forward a bill that was insufficient to say the least. it was in arrival when i got to the senate, it did not deal with what's going on in ukraine, it didn't deal with humanitarian assistance. where we stand as we're waiting on the senate to send us a bell that is more encompassing of what president biden has acts -- security package. which is to provide humanitarian aid, assistance in addition to aid to israel, and aid to ukraine. >> ron desantis was on meet the press this morning, the florida governor has been bold about criticizing trump with the weeks counting down to the iowa caucus. i was a little surprised to hear him attacking the former president over who would do a better job blowing up obamacare. take a listen. >> we're gonna have a plan, i think it's gonna supersede obamacare. >> congresswoman, what can republicans let this one go, obamacare, why can't they let this go? >> especially since they don't have a plan, rev, obamacare has been very successful i believe in this great country in which we live that quality, affordable health care should be a right and not a privilege for the view. and frankly, so to the american people. i believe that it didn't succeed when trump tried to overthrow th affordable care act and it won't succeed now. >> i want to ask you about something very important to you and me. friday marked the 68th anniversary of the day rosa parks took her faithful bus ride in montgomery, alabama, and sparked a movement when she refused to yield her seat to a white man. you have proposed a bill to honor rosa parks with a federal holiday on december 1st. can you talk to us about why this is so important? >> you know, rev, friday was the 68th anniversary of rosa parks arrest. and her peaceful resistance, it really sparked not only the busboy cop of the civil rights movement, and i dare say the human rights movement that's been global. i believe that she deserves her rightful place in american history. and that is to also be honored with a federal holiday. there have not been a federal holiday that's been named after a woman at all. we have 11 federal holidays, half of them are named by man, none for women, i think it would be the fitting -- especially on the 60th anniversary that we honor rosa parks without rosa parks day, a federal holiday. i'm excited about it, leave the congressional black caucus held a police conference in which we talked about why this was important and how this is becoming a priority for the c d c. >> since we have some time left, i want to go on to the topic of bad ideas that republicans can't let go. speaker johnson could move ahead with an inquiry against joe biden this week despite the fact that republicans were woefully unprepared during the last attempt under speaker mccarthy. democrats control the senate when impeachment articles would be dead on arrival. is this republican leadership serious about governance, or are they just playing games, congresswoman? >> they're playing games, rev, the fact of the matter is the witch hunt for biden and his family since he was sworn in. they found nothing. and what is really shameful is the fact that we have so much that we need to do in congress. we spent ten weeks, three and a half of which try to chew the speaker, that was all the republicans, it was an embarrassment. we have a farmdale that needs to be passed, a national defense bill to be passed, we need a budget passed. so, there are so many priorities that i think the american people would want us to be working on in congress. the fact that we are even entertaining the notion of overthrowing, rejecting the affordable care act as well as trying to impeach the president when they have not been able to go behind any evidence of impropriety is beyond me. we need to get back to the matter at hand, the american people, doing the peoples job and work in government and not be looking for a witch hunt, political witch hunt which would be red meat to their base. it's really unfortunate that we are at this moment in time and it's really, really distracting. >> all right, thank you for being with us congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. now to gaza, where the cease-fire between israel and hamas has lasted for seven days before fighting resumed on friday. israel says over 100 hostages are still held by hamas, one of them is torrey hein, who is taken hostage from a kibbutz near the border with gaza. his cousin will join us in a moment to tell us about the latest efforts to bring him home. but first, let's do a check on the latest information from today's events in israel hamas war. and the seeds david noriega is in tel aviv. david, it's past midnight over there after another day of fighting, what else can you tell us? >> reporter: hamas authorities in the gaza strip say that in the last 24 hours israeli airstrikes have killed more than 300 people. they say they are only the ones that able to identify, there are many more trapped in the rubble. they say most of them are women and children. the idf says it doesn't target civilians, that it's only targeting hamas militants and infrastructure, it says it has destroyed around 500 hamas tunnel shafts into the beginning of the war. it blames any civilian casualties on hamas, hiding among the civilian population and either way this renewed airstrike is happening largely in the southern half of the gaza strip. it's significant because a large number of people were displaced from the north into the south, where they are now subject to this renewed campaign in the war. this is compounding a catastrophic humanitarian situation where people are living in crowded conditions, without clean water, food, or shelter. the head of the world health organization said today that some of the organizations personnel visited a hospital in southern gaza yesterday and they saw a scene of hospital operating at more than three times capacity with people being treated on the floor. we are seeing increased pressure from the united states on israeli authorities to pursue this military campaign with more surgical targeting, avoiding civilian casualties, and we're seeing pressure from the united states on israel to not continue evacuating people, not of adequate outside the gaza strip. yesterday after meeting with the egyptian president, kamala harris said that the united states would, quote, under no circumstances permit the forced relocation of palestinians from gaza. back to you, reverend. >> thank you, david noriega in tel aviv. still with us is udi goren, his cousin is one of the 137 hostages held by hamas in gaza for the past eight weeks. we spoke with you a few weeks ago, if or any of the house -- it's slippery weather this latest information that you have about the health and whereabouts of your cousin? >> sadly, i have nothing new to tell you about my cousin, nothing has changed, not even since the last time we spoke, nothing has changed since day one. which is one of the most concerning and disappointing things about the deal that just took place last week. and a part of the deal was that the red cross should have visited the hostages, this was part of the deal and another part that hamas did not withhold. as you can imagine, this is extremely frightening, concerning to the families that not only did we not get our loved ones back, we have no clue how they are doing. there are people that we know are in need, medical care, there are people that have chronic illnesses, if there are elderly, dependent on medicines, we have no clue how they are doing. >> now where do you stand on the issue of the cease-fire, now that it's over and fighting has resumed, how concerned are you for the safety of your cousin and the rest of the hostages? >> i'm extremely concerned. from what we heard, from the people who have come back, is that some of them were held above ground, they hear airstrikes, they fear for their lives. keep in mind, we have children there still, we ill have children there that are hearing the airstrikes all around them. we do know, i can say this with great confidence, that the military is trying to avoid bombing anywhere near the hostages. the problem is they just don't know where everyone is. and aside from, that we know that they're at the heads of hamas. they can do whatever they want to them at any given moment. they need to flee, they take them with them, if they can't take them with them are they gonna execute? who knows what these people are gonna do. >> udi, we're told that summer with hamas, and some are with other groups, and that many of us have said that what we're concerned about is all of the hostages and civilians being killed on both sides, both in israel and in gaza. who have nothing to do with what's going on with netanyahu or hamas. let me ask you this, what is your message to americans, you follow this war, what should they know that may not be, not in your opinion being covered enough in the news. is there anything else that the united states can do to resolve the situation, what do you want to say to americans? i want to say to everybody, not just to americans, that you should be speaking to both sides. it's true that israel is now bombing hamas, but we're still going after the hostages. we still need to get the hostages back. one thing. so all the cries that are calling out to israel to stop the bombing, which i can completely understand, as we spoke last time, you know, the images coming out of gaza are just mind-blowing. they're heartbreaking. i cannot even imagine what civilians and gaza are going through. >> yeah. >> but at the same time, hamas is still firing rockets. hamas is still holding out of hostages. so the calmest beat both sides. find a way to resolve this. and aside from that, i want to ask, and this is definitely -- i wish blinken or biden would hear this, and i want to ask them, do you have an answer from our government as what is the endgame? where is this going? are all these casualties gonna be in vain? or the day after, am i gonna see my cousin back? and either gazans gonna have a better life than they had on october 6th? because otherwise, if all of this was in vain, and i won't see my cousin ever again, and all these gazans, we're talking over 50,000 people, if they have all died in vain, and you that have so much power in this region, have not put your foot down and demanded answers, and demanded to see a resolution that takes into account my cousin's life and the gazans well-being, then you have not done your job. the red cross hasn't done their job. and all the other regional powers have not done what they should've done. >> you know, maybe it's the clergymen and me, but i'm concerned about asking the human question. what did you and your family go through each evening when they announced the list of those hostages that were being released the next day by hamas? and you realized her cousin was not one of those coming home? i mean, what was it like? what is the human experience? because i think too many of the public don't understand. you're talking about real human beings that are living in horror from day today. what was that like, udi? >> think you for this question. for humanizing the story. you know, for us, specifically, because this was a deal about getting out the most vulnerable people that were held. we knew that it was only women and children. and to be frank, first of all, i was very excited to see the people that i see almost every day, the families of these women and children, getting their lives back. not getting their loved ones back, getting their lives back. so honestly, i was happy for them. aside from that, it was made very clear for us that a deal that brings all the hostages back at once is not on the table. in that case, you know, by way of elimination, that means that if i can't get my cousin back with everybody else, then every step is bumping him up in line. so this was very exciting for me. to think that there is a possibility that this deal could've actually been prolonged and, you know, then maybe another deal was being able to have with the men and the soldiers and everybody has to be back. >> all right, udi gorden, think you for being with us again. >> thank you very much. >> up next, find out what r n b superstar and i have in common with former speaker newt gingrich. the answer is in this week's rise up. but first, my colleague richard lui with today's other top news story. richard. >> rev, a very good evening to you. -- shot down at least two drones today. the pentagon says they were being operated by an iran -backed yemeni rebel group. the john seemed to be targeting commissionable vessels, civilian, not the u.s. ship specifically. attacks in the red sea has been increasing during the israel-hamas war. a palestinian american college student shot last weekend in burlington, vermont, is paralyzed from the chest down, and may never walk again. this is new information from his mother. he's one of three palestinian americans who was injured in this attack. the alleged shooter pled guilty to three counts of attempted murder. the victims families are calling for a hate crime investigation. and los angeles law enforcement says shell casings and a bmw cited at crime scenes help lead them to a suspect in the killings of three homeless men. that suspect, 33-year-old jarred joseph powell, coincidentally, was already in police custody there for allegedly robbing and killing another county employee earlier in the week. more politicsnation with reverend al sharpton after the break. break. please be a phone, please be a phone. is it a phone? 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>> rev, it makes absolutely no sense. trump just says stuff like that. he doesn't know what he's talking about. he do