Is doubling down on its assessment that israel was not responsible for the deadly explosion at a gaza hospital. Our Defense Department says its highly unlikely that it was israelis. Loo im not suggesting hamas deliberately did it, either. The president is urging israelis to avoid the mistakes after 9 11 that the u. S. Made that led to 20 years of war. Im sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in israel like it felt in the United States. Shock, pain, rage. I caution this, while you feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. After 9 11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington where a lot of news is breaking. House republicans are punting after two weeks of failed attempts to find a permanent replacement for ousted speaker Kevin Mccarthy. The new propoal is to give temporary speaker Patrick Mchenry the power until january to move legislation to the floor
scott mclean, our thoughts go out to renaud s family. so many colleagues who just thought he was an excellent journalist. a tremendous journalist. lost today. scott mclean, thank you very much. joining me now, legendary chess grandmaster and fierce putin critic, garry kasparov. chairman off renewed democracy initiative. garry, saying putin needs conflict to survive. you tweeted. i find it infuriating to hear our reasonable and deescalatory the west is being as if it s proud of. something to be proud of. it fails. putin doesn t s want de-escalation, but no nerve to match his escalation with strength as it required. so what s the answer to all of this, garry? i mean, you know, i suppose it might be fairly predictable to some that putin is escalating these attacks. the russians are escalating these attacks, firing strikes