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It is sunday, october 15th. Im alex witt. And im ali velshi. We are continuing to keep a close eye on the Israel Gaza Border after israel issued fresh warnings over the past 24 hours that suggest that it is preparing to launch the next phase of the war. According to three senior israeli officials we spoke with, israels Ground Invasion will begin soon, and Tens Of Thousands of soldiers have been ordered to capture gaza city with the ultimate goal of destroying hamas, the group that governs gaza and was responsible for last weeks attack. Overnight, nbc news crews captured tanks moving on the isr...

Have a distaste and they don't like the flag, they don't like the fourth of july celebration, their embarrassed by anybody who wants to stand up and wrap themselves in the flag and they put themselves in a terrible position. but i think that's when your focus is on pandering and just winning as opposed to having a principal and stating that principle in the ground, when your rudder list, this is what happens. you start meandering wherever the news of the day goes and next thing you know you're left with appeasing a very small percentage of americans and you're leaving 80% of the country behind...

Have a distaste and they don't like the flag, they don't like the fourth of july celebration, their embarrassed by anybody who wants to stand up and wrap themselves in the flag and they put themselves in a terrible position. but i think that's when your focus is on pandering and just winning as opposed to having a principal and stating that principle in the ground, when your rudder list, this is what happens. you start meandering wherever the news of the day goes and next thing you know you're left with appeasing a very small percentage of americans and you're leaving 80% of the country behind...

What does that phrase mean to you? i was a little puzzled by that. >> that's exactly what it meant to me. i think it was basically having other conversations with other officials at doj. i think there was frustration that the southern district were doing thing beyond doj's control. and i think part of this was about appeasing a deeply frustrated and often mercurial president who was, as jeffrey also said, very animated by this probe in the southern district, which, remember, is the one that is threatening to go into his business, into his company, it's now into the inaugural question. they are...

Of asking whitaker to change the leadership of that probe. whitaker, whether out of morality or practicality or for whatever reason, didn't apparently -- >> i was just going to say, it's not exactly clear what he did. but here's the quote, he does tell associates that prosecutors in new york needed, quote, adult supervision. it's not exactly legalese. what does that mean? >> you know, i'm not entirely sure what it means. i think he was trying to mollify the president and say, well, we need to stay on top of things without actually telling him that he was changing leadership. is that right, mag...