Hit hundreds of targets in gaza and launched new raids on the ground. In all the idf says 320 sites were targeted. Now, the hamascontrolled Ministry Of Health in gaza says more than 400 people were killed. Here we are showing you pictures of some of the aftermath of those strikes. We also have an important update from the idf saying that they now believe 222 people were kidnapped by Hamas Terrorists in the october 7th attack. That new total is up, you will remember frrom 203 as more information came in and more detail was coming out. This morning the family of the first two hostages released, two americans, spoke out for the first time. We dont have the privilege to be happy or to celebrate. We dont have the privilege to mourn. We cannot put it aside. We cannot rest. This is getting judith and natalie back was not the end, its the beginning. All right. Again, some 222 hostages, as many as 222, this would be their 17th day in captivity. To give you a sense of what kate was talking about
consequences of that would have been catastrophic. what was challenging is that there were some extreme maga republicans in the congress who made the political calculation that if we default, it will crash the economy. we always talk about the extremists, the whackos, the freaks who say the most offensive things that carry around guns in photos, threatening other members who pose with their children. all these extremists that we pay so much attention to, they ended up legislatively getting crushed. what does that say? well, hopefully it is a blueprint for the future. but, of course, it took leadership to bring that about. because we were in a hostage-taking situation. there were extreme maga republicans who basically said, you know what, we can use the threat of default to try to extract painful deep cuts that
clinton, 30 years ago. he also served in the obama white house, same with steve ricchetti, who began as white house service 30 years ago in the clinton white house, where he was involved in every legislative action on the clinton agenda. steve ricchetti also served in the obama biden administration was now deputy white house chief of staff in the biden harris administration. president and his negotiating team are serious people. and hakeem jeffries is right. they did an incredibly good drop. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden. and avoiding a catastrophic default. i am thankful of the leadership of president joe biden in finding a way to an agreement that will avoid a hostage taking situation for the balance of the 118th congress. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe
they did an incredibly good job. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden. in avoiding a catastrophic default, i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden and finding our way to an agreement that will avoid a hostage taking situation for the balance of the 118 congress. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden and house democrats, who protected social security, protected medicare, protected medicaid, protected veterans benefits, protected education, protected public safety, and protected the american people from the draconian 22% across the board cuts that house republicans were trying to visit on every day americans. and as a result of that effort, that leadership of president
default, i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden and finding our way to an agreement that will avoid a hostage taking situation for the balance of the 118 congress. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden and house democrats, who protected social security, protected medicare, protected medicaid, protected veterans benefits, protected education, protected public safety, and protected the american people from the draconian 22% across the board cuts that house republicans were trying to visit on every day americans. and as a result of that effort, that leadership of president joe biden, we re going to be able to get through this hostage taking situation and ensure that we can continue to build an economy that works for every day americans. coming up after the break, the breaking defending trump