israel expands its war into southern gaza. once designated a safe zone. we've got a live report on the latest move pushing surviving

palestinians toward egypt's crowd border a large crowd taunting a jewish restaurant owner. the latest incident raising security concerns with hanukkah days away. new clues in the mysterious illness impacting dogs across the country. what owners should be looking out for. spotify looking at more layoffs. why they say the third layoff of the year was needed. if you're still hunting for the perfect christmas tree, you're going to need to act fast the scrooge that is triggering a supply shortage. it's december 5th. early today starts right now good morning to you. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. the war in gaza is growing more ferocious, as israeli forcesi fs move moo the i move into the southern part of the strip.

these mai images in from overnight let's go live to claude yoi lavanga. what do we know at this hour in. >> reporter: perhaps the best description came from martin griffith, the head of the humanitarian office of the united nations yesterday, he wrote on his x account, and i'll read it. every time we think things cannot get even more apocalyptic in gaza, well, had a theywell, o now that israel has pushed its offensive to the south, palestinians don't have anywhere to go. as you may remember at the tart of the war and the ground offensive, the israeli military told the civilians to move south of gaza while they were bombing

and attacking the north of the enclave. now they are telling them that once the offensive has expanded, they have to movefrom neighborhood to neighborhood before they attack it. now the united nations several other countries have asked israel to do more to prevent civilian deaths. with almost the whole of the ga gazan population now displaced, many of them crowding up to the south, which is now being attacked, it is highly-densely populated, it could lead to the apocalyptic scenes that martin griffith was warning about on the war front yesterday, on monday, israel says that three more israeli soldiers died in what it called fierce fighting with hamas militants in gaza that brings the total number of israeli soldiers who lost their

lives since the tart start of te ground offensive to o 7. t78 and the number killed in gaza is 16,000 that does f does not include the 7500 proposed dead under the rubble the white house warned that the u.s. will run out of resources to help ukraine if congress does not act by the end of the year. brie, good morning lawmakers say the holdout for this funding isn't about ukraine or israel but about our own southern border. >> reporter: yes, that's right so the negotiations seem to be at a stand still because of a debate over immigration. republicans have threatened to filibuster the package unless there are serious policy changes at the border. one democratic aide told nbc

news that republicans are insisting on extreme policies that would, quote, end asylum as we know it senate majority leader chuck schumer says democrats a areal mare willing to make concessions but are not being met halfway. >> it reduces court backlogs, stopping fentanyl, which is exactly what our republican colleagues say they want but instead of meeting us in the middle, republicans have tripled down on extremist policies that seem dictated by donald trump and steven miller. >> reporter: and senator schumer also announced that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will address senators in a call this afternoon schumer says he wants his colleagues to hear directly from zelenskyy what's at stake in this vote, even if the senate can move forward and reach a deal, it's still unclear if it can pass the house the new republican house speaker, mike johnson, is under

pressure to reject any proposal that does not have aggressive border policies. in a statement, johnson says any national security package must begin with our own border. he called on senate democrats in the white house to negotiate reasonably the nasenate is slated to hold a vote on an aid package tomorrow if they can reach an agreement a restaurant in philadelphia is doing blockbuster business in solidarity, after a r a pro-olyn pro pro-palestinian protest seemed to single the owner out. >> reporter: at goldie falafel shop, a protest. 400 to 500 protesters gathered they accused the restaurant,

co-owned by an israeli chef of supporting genocide in gaza. pennsylvania's governor said it echoed 1930s germany >> the purposeful gathering of a mob outside of a restaurant simply because it is owned by a jewish person, well, that's s anti-semitism. >> reporter: he has several restaurants in the area. he was born in israel but grew up in pittsburgh so far, the award-winning chef hasn't commented publicly. a boycott was called for of goldies and other restaurants. the group did not respond to nbc news' request for comment. >> if you're protesting policies, it's one thing but it's another thing if you're chanting things like, we charge but genocide >> reporter: for some, lining up

for falafel was a counter protest. >> people can have a lot of opinions about what's going on with the war if gaza i think it's a lot of things it's tragic, it's complicated. what it isn't is an excuse to treat people badly >> reporter: the protest was part of a larger demonstration there was some vandalism, but police say no arrests. >> our thanks to stephanie for that report. the unitunited states has hm new milestone. five people were killed in k deputies call a murder-suicide it's the highest number of mass killings in a year since at least 2006 in the latest shooting, the number of victims rose to 197, which another record a philadelphia man is in custody, accused of tabbing a macy's security guard to death and injuring another

police say the suspect tried to steal merchandise but was topped by the guards and left investigators say he later returned and stabbed the guards and took off s soon after, officers arrested him at a metro station thousands of students are walking out of their classrooms as part of a rolling strike. the unions will participate in day-long walkouts. workers are demanding higher pay and see this move as a high-profile escalation in contract negotiations. tragedy in paradise. a boston woman killed in a shark attack while in the bahamas. police say she was paddleboarding less than a mile from her resort when she was attacked by the y the sport. fi shark if you were planning on catching waves in california, there is a warning in place from the national weather service there's an increased risk of sneaker waves and rip currents

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