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refugee camp claiming dozens of lives, and new information this morning on israel's strategy moving forward as the carnage in the middle east continues. >> wide-reaching effects. jewish and palestinian americans are watching the conflict in the middle east unfold from afar with many struggling to come to terms with it. how they are dealing with rising global tensions. a close new look at the hawaiian wildfires nearly three months after they devastated the island of maui. what newly-released body cam is revealing. we break down the latest major nfl trades. from defensive juggernauts to a quarterback moving from the desert to the tundra. and welcome to mombie land. it is wednesday, november 1st. "early today" starts right now. thanks for being with us.

i'm frances rivera. >> i'm jessica layton. this morning, israel's military pushes deeper into gaza as the human toll of the israel-hamas war is really coming into focus. crews are sifting through what's left of the biggest refugee camp this morning, hoping to find any sign of life after israeli airstrikes leveled it. richard engel begins our coverage this morning. >> reporter: israel devastated part after refugee camp on the edge of gaza city. carrying out what it called a large-scale strike in one of the most densely-populated areas in the world. a nearby hamas-run hospital said dozens were killed and hundreds injured. nbc news cannot independently confirm those figures. the camp is full of apartment buildings, and people can be seen carrying away wounded and dead and digging through rubble. israel said it was targeting one of the leaders of hamas' october 7 massacre of 1400 israelis and

that its strike collapse add subterranean structure. israel blamed hamas for the civilian deaths, saying hamas uses civilians as human shields. [speaking in a global language] perhaps the only thing not in dispute in this war is that civilians in gaza are suffering and that the hospitals needed to care for the growing number of injured are barely functioning. >> this has been a massacre that's been unfolding. and now we're getting to the final chapter of this massacre where even the wounded will not be spared. the world needs to intervene now. >> reporter: unicef calling gaza a graveyard for thousands of children. israel has rejected a cease-fire, saying it would be a surrender to hamas. everything we're seeing here in southern israel indicates that this ground offensive is still ramping up with more and more troops heading into gaza. israel says it struck 300 hamas targets and that it's hunting hamas commanders.

it claims this strike killed an architect of the strike on is isra israelis in two kibbutzes. one hostage is back with her family, a private rescued by troops. and while natali raanan is also back home in the chicago area. she was freed 11 days ago. >> and our thanks to richard for that report. an israeli government research ministry is promotion permanently expelling all civilians from gaza as a solution to the hamas conflict. a new document reveals that the plan, quote, will yield positive long-term strategic outcomes for israel and is an executable option. an israeli foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed the authenticity of the paper to nbc news but dismissed it as one of many initial thinking documents as they're calling it.

adding that a post-hamas future for gaza has not been discussed by the war cabinet. the paper was first reported by "local call". it is a grim echo of 1948 when 750,000 palestinians fled or were expelled during israel's founding. on sunday, president biden did say he was committed to ensuring that palestinians in gaza are not displaced to egypt or any other nation. meanwhile, the white house is warning that president biden would veto an aid package for israel that was introduced by the new republican house speaker mike johnson. the bill would provide more than $14 billion for israel and slashes that amount of funding from the irs. the white house says this bill fails to meet the urgency of the moment, because it doesn't include humanitarian aid or funding for other national security priorities. the president is calling for a $106 billion package that includes support for ukraine and our southern border as well. now to police in maui who

are sharing a new look at the race to save lives when wildfires tore across the island. officials releasing 16 minutes of intense body camera footage of officers rushing to get to lahaina residents. and a warning, some of the footage is difficult to watch. here's miguel almaguer. >> jesus [ bleep ] you gotta go! >> reporter: the heart-pounding video captures the scramble to escape the flames and race to save lives. >> come out, come out, come out. >> reporter: as wildfires tore through lahaina, maui police rescued 15 people trapped inside a coffee shop on famed front street as the inferno closed in. >> everybody out! >> reporter: the harrowing scene unfolding august 8. this, our first perspective from police who selected the 16 minutes of video from 20 hours of footage. >> to say that my police department did not do their due diligence to save lives is

false. >> reporter: first facing flames at 6:00 in the morning. police scrambled to break open locked gates on dirt roads to create escape routes and rushed to evacuate residents. >> this is [ bleep ] important! we're trying to [ bleep ] get everybody out. >> reporter: as the blaze erupted through the night, one officer loads a burn victim into his car, realizing he's badly in need of help. >> let's take you straight to the hospital. >> reporter: with 99 believed dead and 2,000 structures destroyed these 16 minutes of hell are for many a lifetime of pain. filipino veterans who fought alongside american troops may soon see benefits that are long overdue. during world war ii, about a quarter after million filipino service men were recruited to help fight japan when japan

invaded the philippines. they were made promises, but they were rescinded. barack obama made steps to providing benefits to these veterans and their families but many did not have the documents to make the claim. we are learning more about the heavily-armed man who was found dead at a colorado amusement park. the body of the man what is fouwas found in a women's bathroom. his brother didn't talk to anyone and that he stayed up playing video games. he may have been depressed after losing his job about a year ago. officials found a note by medina's body that said "i am not a killer." grand canyon university is

hit with a hefty $37 million fine this morning. the for-profit christian school misrepresented the costs of its ph.d. programs. the majority of doctoral students ended up paying $10,00$101 $10,000 to $12,000 more than they expected. it is the country's largest for-profit college by enrollment with more than 100,000 students, moist most of them online. a student of cornell university is charged with making threats against jewish students, saying he wanted to shoot, stab and sexually assault jewish people. the thrcharge carries a maximum

penalty of prison and fine. well, to the forecast now, and it looks like we are opening november the same way we closed october, much of the country under a frost warning right now. nbc meteorologist angie lassman with the first forecast of the new month, angie, good morning. >> hard to believe we're in november, ladies. you're exactly right. we dohave chilly temperatures, frigid air coming from canada and it made a big difference in your halloween plans. notice how many people are dealing with those early morning temperatures at or below freezing. we're talking 170 million people, basically nearly coast-to-coast. just the extreme portions of the east coast, the south and west coast not seeing those conditions. but otherwise, you are going to need the layers this morning. we've also got the 80 million people included this those frost and freeze alerts that you mentioned. and temperatures sitting right now, 20s for some spots, with

wichita feeling like the 20s, st. louis and chicago, and even teens for sioux falls. it's going to stay that way at least into the afternoon hours. we'll see a little improvement into the 40s or 50s in some of these spots. places like knoxville ended up 50 degrees. these temperatures about 15 degrees below normal for this time of year. and we keep that going h showers this showers in new york and syracuse. topping out at 42 degrees in chicago today. >> thank you, angie. up next, our gabe gutierrez sits down with those on the other side of the globe fr tomhe israel-hamas war that remain deeply affected by the conflict. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?!

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leading the news. in minnesota, tensions are high as both jewish and palestinian americans are closely watching the israel-hamas war play out. gabe gutierrez sat down with some residents as they share their views on what's happened so far and what's likely still to come. >> reporter: more than 6,000 miles from israel, the war hits home. >> so my initial response was fear and sadness and anger. >> repter: a seat at the table. both jewish. >> living the nightmare. >> palestinian, we are semitic people. >> reporter: and palestinian. jeff burr steen's grandfather first opened their restaurant in the 1930s. he was horrified when he first learned of hamas' terrorist attack on october 7. were you surprised? >> no. >> reporter: why not?

>> because testify that been tel they've been saying for years that they want to destroy not only israel but jews, and people who speak that way, you have to believe what they tell you. >> reporter: we listened in as they talked about their agony over the war. >> my extended family is being threatened here on a daily basis. and it's terrifying and infuriating. >> it's not hom, home, like hom that's thousands of miles away. it's right here. >> reporter: as for the humanitarian concerns in gaza. >> i'm getting very emotional, because i really wish there was a way to be able to still feed people and have it not also feed the enemy who came in and slaughtered thousands of our own people. >> reporter: the cafe opened decades ago. they lived in the occupied west bank. when you see the images coming

out of gaza of all those casualties what goes through your head? >> you know know, it is horrify. >> reporter: we listened as commerce customers spoke from a different perspective. >> until there's an end to israeli occupation and aggression there will be no peace. >> reporter: they're furious at the u.s. government for not support ago supporting a cease-fire. >> i am hon lestly not voting democrat again. >> reporter: but for them it's a long history of being dehumanized. >> this idea that we have to constantly earn empathy is ridiculous. we're auditioning for sympathy. >> reporter: two tables, two very different viewpoints a world apart. gabe gutierrez, nbc news,

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