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little less crowded. why mike pence suspended his campaign. and authorities are working to find the cause of matthew perry's death as the world says farewell to the beloved actor and friend. >> and we had our best interests at heart. could i be more sorry? [ laughter ] beloved for a reason. good morning to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i'm kasie hunt. it's monday, october 30th, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. 11:00 in gaza where israel's incursion has entered a second phase. we have a new video from the israeli defense forces expanding operations, the i...

Are not part of ukraine's strategic reserve, but that could easily change. overall, the ukrainian military is still feeling its way. if, hypothetically, its uncommitted reserve brigades are in this area, they are able to swing either south or east, depending on where progress is greater. to sum up — the types of unit committed and the direction of the attacks leave no doubt that the ground phase of ukraine's counter—offensive began earlier this week, and that some key brigades have already been committed. progress so far has been modest, but this could take weeks to unfold. and now i am jo...

Right now there are about three or four, just about 30 seconds to a minute ago. that area has seen a heavy amount of fire over the past two days since the ground offensive began to the north there and then to the east of gaza. and we just heard some, what sounded like cannon fire or artillery fire. and we've seen that for the last few days an even last night we had some air strikes in the area here. so it got pretty loud. we're expecting more to happen. first let me go over some numbers here quickly from the overnight hours and we'll come back if we see anything significant. since midnight, is...

Working to determine if any americans were on board. stay with abc news all morning long, as we cover the plane crash investigation. and later this half hour, what we can learn from past incidents like this one and safety in the skies. the other major story we're following this morning, the crisis in the middle east. israel now says that one of its soldiers has died in the ground operation against hamas. thousands of israeli tanks have rolled into gaza. on a mission to destroy hamas rocket firing operations. and to take out tunnels used by militants. here's abc's hamish macdonald. >> reporte...

Warning that the ground phase is about to begin. the troops are poised. we saw a number of tanks with engines on and guns sighted in. this is a country in war mode, that's in part to send a message, right now inside egypt there are negotiations going on between the egyptians, some arab leaders and also hamas and islam jihad that control the gaza strip about a possible cease-fire and israel saying 24 to 48 hours to bring it to the table or go on the ground and became you succumb and finally stop firing the rockets. back to you in new york. >> dave: are you seeing the ground troops on the border...