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matt bradley reports from tel aviv. >> reporter: tonight, the world warning israel as it prepares its ground incursion into rafah, a city on gaza's southern edge that now houses more than half of the enclave's population many of them have already been displaced several times over "where do we go with four people," this woman said "we don't know whether to leave or stay." the israeli government considering a linchpin for decades if israel's military succeeds according to press. and joe biden told benjamin netanyahu in a call this morning that the rafah incursion shouldn't go ahead without a credible and exec cutable plan for ensuring the safety and support for the more than one million people sheltering there. netanyahu telling abc news a plan is in the works. >> the areas that we've cleared north of rafa are plenty of areas there. but we are working out a detailed plan to do so. >> reporter: and a senior biden administration official said tonight a new deal to release israeli hostages in gaza could come as early as this week, justin trudeau as the cia chief heads to cairo for more tal

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nbc's matt bradley joins us now from tel aviv.rican was shot dead in one of those attacks last month. so what would the president's executive order do, and what's the reaction where you are? >> reporter: well, the president's order would essentially punish those who were found guilty of this and already four names have been laid out. so this is essentially going to say that they would have visa problems trying to enter the united states, and the other would be sanctions. this is the kind of sanctions you see on other foreign actors, like we have seen with russian leaders, accused of crimes by the united states, or participation in crimes. this is the kind of thing that should be kind of dissuading for those people who would take action against palestinians. as you mentioned, we have already been seeing that. what we have been hearing here in israel already is reaction from right wing ministers, including the finance minister. he's one of the most far right ministers in a very far right cabinet, perhaps the most far right in the hi

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we now go to matt bradley in tel aviv, israel. that, i want to ask you what you make of the pentagon's assessment, the information they have released, that which erin was just talking about, what i was discussing with dan de luce. what is your take on it? >> yeah, it sounds as though we are about to see a tour of the middle east. there are two really strong currents flowing through this region, both of which involve the u.s. to a great degree. one of them is hostage negotiations to free the more than 100 people still in the gaza strip. six of them, by the way, are americans. the other are those american reprisal attacks against iranian-backed groups in iraq and syria. just last night, in yemen, though according to the u.s. government those are not related. jake sullivan, the national security adviser, and if our audience will bear with me, i will show a little bit more of what he said to our various shows today. he spoke directly to the connection between those two trends now flowing through the middle east. here is what he said.

let's go first to nbc's matt bradley joining us from tel aviv. matt, welcome. what is the situation like in rafah right now, how do you see it? >> well, there is a lot of fear and a lot of starvation, a lot of homelessness. people living in tents. we are talking about 1.4 million palestinians living on the edge of the gaza strip. right where gaza meets egypt sinai peninsula. they are about to be pushed, or many of them see here they are about to be pushed, from the gaza strip into the sinai desert. this is why when you talk to palestinians that they keep on bringing up this one word. the nakba, that means catastrophe. the happen of a back in 1948. that is the average for when the israeli state was created in palestinians feel, and this history is still debated, palestinians feel as though they were forced from their homes. that is exactly what they think is happening right now. these rallies, as you mentioned, benjamin netanyahu has said that he wants his military to explore or draw of a plan for a evacuation of civilians from rafah. most of those people, the v

matt bradley, at the end of his report, touched on that. you have the wall street journal reporting that ben- gvir's approach is gaining popularity. once a fringe idea before october 7th, a small majority of jewish israelis, now fully or somewhat support the establishment of jewish settlements inside gaza according to a poll conducted by tel aviv university last month. while you have these forces kind of pushing up against hamas, and trying to drive a different narrative, you now have some weakness within israel proper. the israelis are looking at the situation very differently, just as we see americans looking at this very differently. how is the administration, the pentagon, looking to sort of control for that? and not lose the ground that has already been gained as these strikes continue, and at the same time, maybe we can resolve within israel and the united states, among the people? >> you've heard the president speak to this more eloquently than i will. we don't support the settlements within gaza. we want to see gaza come under a dem

nbc's matt bradley is joining us from tel aviv with more now.this counterproposal? >> reporter: we haven't had an official reaction from the israelis. i spoke with an israeli official who is attached to the prime minister's office this morning and was told that this is a nonstarter, this counteroffer from hamas. the ideas in it are too much, basically they're asking for a much longer window of a pause in the fighting, 135 days as opposed to the six weeks that were originally offered by that deal that was hashed out in paris, by the cia chief, along with his counterparts from israel and egypt and the prime minister of qatar. there was also a lot of discussion about withdrawing the israeli military from the gaza strip. as far as the israelis are concerned, they said that's not going to work. and this official i was speaking to said the proposal by hamas might not even make it to the war cabinet. that would be the first stage of discussing and eventually passing it and putting it before the public. so, for them, they are so pessimistic about the st

let's go to matt bradley joining us from tel aviv. all the situations like in rafah right now. >> reporter: from what i understand, by speaking of people in rafah, entertains and gossip were actually interviewing them today, the situation is desperate. people have been displaced not once but twice, three times, four times from elsewhere in the gaza strip. there are about 1.4 million people thought to be in rafah right now. that's more than half of the population of gaza, or nearly half the population of gaza. all of them moved to gaza because they were told by the israelis that this was safe. now they're being told by the israelis of the israeli army's about to trains or guns on rafah. they have been bombarding rafah, the city on the border between the gaza strip and egypt, for the past two weeks. we understand thousands of people have been killed. more bombardments just hours ago this evening. and our colleagues at sky news spoke with some people in rafah just now and here is what they said. >> he was hit, but i don't think he was a

we start with matt bradley and courtney kube. courtney, let's talk about what we are expecting. you are there with the fifth fleet in the region. we are told not to expect shock and awe. this is not the attack against baghdad. what do you expect? what assets are involved? where might they hit in this planned response? >> reporter: think about the previous times that there have been attacks against bases with americans in iraq and syria, or there have been attacks against commercial shipping or targeting u.s. navy ships. the u.s. has responded in very specific ways. we have seen air strikes from manned aircraft. we have seen firing off of u.s. navy ships, surface and submarines, usually tomahawk missiles. generally, they go after targets that are proportional to what was attacked in the first place. let's say that they are attacked with a drone. they go after a warehouse where drones are stored. something like that. it's a missile like the one you talked about in the intro, they will go after a missile launcher. why this will -- is expected to look different is because of the sev

ranks as nbc's matt bradley joining us from tel aviv, israel. matt, how are the actors in the region responding to the airstrikes? what's the tenor of things on the way right now? >> well, the tenor is one of protest and one that is kind of predictable. we've been hearing from the iraqis, that was last night saying that this was a violation of iraqi national sovereignty. we heard from the syrians today saying that this was a strategic, or excuse me, from the iranians saying this was a strategic stake by the americans. hamas said that this was fueling conflict in the middle east. you know, one of the big things we've been hearing is the -- between america and iraq because this is a country that's sort of straddles between the u.s., which is essentially an ally, it was the united states that put the current iraqi government in power when they invaded back in 2003, but they also share a lot of power with iran. there are iranian-backed parties in the iraqi parliament and empower. so, this is a situation we're seeing a country that's divided and that

>> matt bradley, thank you so much. >>> let's bring in nbc news now anchor and senior washington correspondentlie jackson to dig into this special counsel report. it's not lost on me, a major sticking point for voters today, in 2024, is biden's age, and his fitness for office. so i imagine the details of this report, about biden's age, could be a big blow for his reelection campaign, right? >> listen, in conversations with folks around this over the course of the last 24 hours, in the words of one democratic member of congress, who said to me, this validates to the eyes of some, pre-conceived notions, pre-conceived concerns people already have, and you've heard this today, i think, that because this gets directly at the heart of what voters already say is the biggest concern about president biden, his age, his fitness for office, that is what has the potential to make this so damaging. we're not fortune tellers, we don't know what's going to happen six months from now and whether or not voters will still be thinking about this moment, but you can bet that republicans will be trying to remind t

joining us now from tel aviv, matt bradley. currently stand? >> reporter: yeah, we just heard from hamas, the head of the political bureau who lives in doha, qatar. he just released a statement saying that they had studied the proposal, and this has been something they've been talking about for the last couple of days, what is hamas going to say? he came out with this statement, where he kind of said that any negotiations need to be on the basis of the same demands that he already had before. the complete withdrawal of the israeli military from the gaza strip. they want to see a cease-fire, reconstruction. they want to see the lifting of the siege, and this siege has been there since 2006, so nearly two decades imposed by israel and egypt. so these are kind of maximalist demands, since hamas took those hundreds of hostages in that terrorist attack october 7. so even though we heard last night from the ministry of foreign affairs, saying it looked like hamas might be coming on board with this, this same man said it looked like i

joining me now from tel aviv, israel, is nbc's matt bradley. welcome. as you're well aware, secretary of state, antony blinken, returning to the region today for several high-level meetings. where do you cease-fire and hostage release negotiations stand right now? >> the that's a great question, alex. we could be hearing an answer from hamas in just the next couple of hours, or we might not. according to the wall street journal, there are divisions within hamas that make it complicated for them to give a unified answer to what was hashed out last week and paris, bible burns. the cia chief, his counterparts in israel, egypt, and the prime minister of qatar, but there are also complications on this and not. the caveat here, the most white ring cabinet in history still hasn't decided on the terms. there's supposed to meet tonight, it sounds like an anticipation, and they might be hearing from hamas, or they might not. we've also heard from jake sullivan. he's a national security adviser. you just heard from him a moment ago. he was speaking directly about

joining us now, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley.f the united states to go out and say the bombing has been over the top. he has said in a private donor meeting in new york a few months back that it was indiscriminate. how is israel reacting today? >> yeah, i mean, this is the first time he said it publicly, and in addition to that comment you just mentioned, we have been hearing this percolating behind the scenes. we have been hearing more and more reporting that biden is falling out with netanyahu, and there's been some, you know, kind of dissent on that side. the israelis are saying they don't feel, especially very very far right wing israelis, they don't necessarily feel like biden is on their side. we haven't heard a lot of reaction from the israelis. you can bet they are definitely paying attention to what they're hearing because this is the first time we have heard biden admonish the israelis publicly, and it's a crucial moment. it is right when we're starting to see the israelis turning their guns from khan younis, a city in

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley joins us from tef tel aviv.'s start with that, the executive order and why does president biden feel the need to do this right now? >> reporter: it's as though we're seeing four people that have been named. it imposes sanctions on them. we haven't gotten the details on what sanctions those are. it looks like it could block them or complicate the process. there's been a massive increase in violence against palestinians in the west bank by the settlers. and we've seen the settlers donning uniforms without numbers or ranks. they've been deputized by the idf, by the israeli police in the west bank. that gives them carte blanche to do whatever they want against the mrins. we've seen time and time again, despite what we heard from the israeli government, that a lot of the settlers aren't punished, in cases where they're seen murdering palestinians. we heard some, specifically the finance minister. he's come out and said, in the past several hours, this is an anti-semitic move by the u.s. and that this was -- the idea

let's go right to nbc's matt bradley in tel aviv. what do you know about this?yahu said about this, if anything? where are we getting this information? >> this is coming from my colleagues in washington. they were hearing this. with regards to a 45 minute phone call the benjamin netanyahu had with president joe biden just today, about two thirds of the 45 minute phone call was, apparently, all about this hostage negotiation deal. we don't really have details quite yet, but it sounds as though this source, who was speaking to my colleagues in washington, was saying that it would resemble the one back in november. if you remember that deal, it led to a one-week pause. it was violated, both sides accused the other of violating the pausing the fighting, but it did release over 100 hostages. that was the longest pause we have seen. this deal, according to the source in washington, who are speaking not to me but to my colleagues, they said this is going to be more difficult. there are more moving parts. both sides are going to be much more in transit. we have been clo

>> that was nbc's matt bradley in tel aviv, thank you., joe biden is behind donald trump in the polls. should we be worried that biden and democrats aren't able to capitalize on what appears to be -- his opponent? or is donald trump not as weak as we thought? i'm charles coleman junior, that's coming up after a short break, on velshi. stay tuned. eak, on velshi. stay tuned. i'm turning the big seven-o and getting back on the apps. ha ha ha. variants are out there... and i have mouths to feed. big show coming up, so we got ours and that blue bandage? never goes out of style. i prioritize my health... also, the line was short. didn't get a covid-19 shot in the fall? there's still time. book online or go to your local pharmacy. growing up, my parents wanted me to become book online or go to a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution. in the face of trump, i strengthened hate crime laws and lowered the co

matt bradley starting us off in israel, that, thank you so much. let's switch gears back to the politics here. our reporters are fanned out across south carolina, as we await these primary results from the democratic primary. msnbc correspondent jermaine lee is in north charleston for us, campaign's earned dean is in south charleston, and campaign embed, -- is live for us a watch party and columbus. good to have you all with us. we'll get the results altogether. it will try to parse them as start getting them, but i'll start with you, tremaine. you have been having conversations with voters. what are you hearing, and what are they telling you about the first official primary for the democratic party and one to as joe biden's name officially on the ballot? >> i tell you what, ayman, now that the polls have closed soon, we should be slicing out what the primary election results would mean. it's almost a foregone conclusion that joe biden will win, but the conversation as really been about the dueling narratives. here pulling suggests is that there is

bradley, your corresponded accurately uh uh put it, the court did issue provisional orders for israel, all of which amounts to a suspicion that those conditions for genocide uh could be met. now this is not genocide from legal point of view, because you need to prove intent, and intent is very difficult thing to prove, i'm i'm pretty satisfied that there is absolutely no uh um no intent on israel side, however um if you look at the humanitarian aids and the medical aid that uh is stipulated in the ruling, you see that even though it's not mentioned uh specifically jose, the court is essentially saying there should be a c fire. now tie this, tie this now uh to the possibility of a hostage deal that is being..." discussed, deliberated or negotiated, mediated by qatar and indirectly by the us, and that also includes a uh an extended sease fire. so take those two together, um, we're looking at the possibility of a cease fire in and of itself, the decision was less than what israel feared, but it's a major, major uh, slap on the race. yeah, and ambassador, you signed letter. with 40 other

for a genocide for some form of genocide um exist, the court did not do that. on the other hand, as matt bradley corresponded accurately put it, the court did issue provisional for israel, all of which amounts to a suspicion that those conditions for genocide could be met. now, this is not genocide from legal point of view, because you need to prove intent, and intent is very difficult thing to prove, and i'm i'm pretty satisfied that there is absolutely no intent on israel's side. however, if you look at the humanitarian aids and the medical aid that is stipulated in the ruling, you see that, even though it's not mentioned uh specifically jose, the court is essentially saying there should be a c fire. now tie this, tie this now uh to the... possibility of a hostage deal that is being discussed, deliberated or negotiated, mediated by qatar and indirectly by the us, and that also includes a uh an extended sease fire. so take those two together, um, we're looking at the possibility of a cease fire in and of itself, the decision was less than what israel feared, but it's a major... major uh

bradley, your correspondent accurately put it, the court did issue provisional orders for israel, all of which amounts to a suspicion that those conditions for genocide uh could be met. now, this is not genocide from legal point of view, because you need to prove intent, and intent is very difficult thing to prove, and i'm i'm pretty satisfied that there's absolutely no... no intent on israel's side, however, if you look at the humanitarian aids and the medical aid that is stipulated in the ruling, you see that, even though it's not mentioned specifically jose, the court is essentially saying there should be a c fire. now tie this, tie this now to the possibility of a hostage deal that is being discussed, deliberated or... negotiated, mediated by qatar and indirectly by the us, and that also includes a an extended sease fire. so take those two together, um, we're looking at the possibility of sease fire. in and of itself, the decision was less than what israel feared, but it's a major, major - slap on the race. yeah, and ambassador, you signed letter along with 40 other former israeli

bradley, your correspondent accurately put it, the court did issue provisional orders for israel, all of which amounts to a suspicion that those conditions for genocide uh could be met. now, this is not genocide from legal point of view, because you need to prove intent, and intent is very difficult thing to prove, and i'm i'm pretty satisfied that there's absolutely... no uh um no intent on israel's side, however um, if you look at the humanitarian aids and the medical aid that is stipulated in the ruling, you see that even though it's not mentioned specifically jose, the court is essentially saying there should be a c fire. now tie this, tie this now to the possibility of a hostage deal that is being discussed, deliberated. negotiated, mediated by qatar and indirectly by the us, and that also includes a uh, an extended cease fire. so take those two together, um, we're looking at the possibility of sease fire. in and of itself, the decision was less than what israel feared, but it's a major, major uh, slap on the race. yeah, and ambassador, you signed letter along with 40 other forme

bradley corresponded accurately put it, the court did issue provisional orders for israel, all of which amounts to a suspicion that those conditions for genocide uh could be met now. "this is not genocide from legal point of view, because you need to prove intent, and intent is very difficult thing to prove, and i'm i'm pretty satisfied that there is absolutely no intent on israel's side, however, um, if you look at the humanitarian aids and the medical aid that is stipulated in the ruling, you see that even though it's not mentioned uh specifically jose, the court is essentially saying there should be a c fire, now..." tie this, tie this now uh to the possibility of a hostage deal that is being discussed, deliberated or negotiated, mediated by qatar and indirectly by the us, and that also includes a uh an extended cease fire, so take those two together, um, we're looking at the possibility of a cease fire in and of itself, the decision was uh less than what israel feared, but it's a major major uh slap on the race. yeah, and ambassador, you signed letter along with 40 other former isra

bradley corresponded accurately put it, the court did issue provisional orders for israel, all of which amounts to a suspicion that those conditions for genocide could be met. now this is not genocide from legal point of view, because "you need to prove intent, and intent is very difficult thing to prove, and i'm i'm pretty satisfied that there's absolutely no uh, no intent on israel's side, however, um, if you look at the humanitarian aids and the medical aid that is stipulated in the ruling, you see that even though it's not mentioned uh specifically jose, the court is essentially saying there should be a c fire, now tie this, tie this now..." uh to the possibility of a hostage deal that is being discussed, deliberated or negotiated, mediated by qatar and indirectly by the us, and that also includes a an extended cease fire, so take those two together, um, we're looking at the possibility of a cease fire in and of itself, the decision was less than what israel feared, but it's a major major uh slap on the rist. yeah, and ambassador, you signed letter along with 40 other former israeli

>> okay, matt bradley in tel aviv. thank you so much for that report. let's go now to nbc's aaron gilchrist joining us from the white house. welcome to you, what are we hearing from the administration today -- there in the middle east? >> more strikes, that's what we're hearing from the administration, alex. you just saw -- jake sullivan the national security adviser did today with kristen welker on meet the press. he made the rounds this morning talking about the strike that we saw on friday night and the fact that there will be more strikes that are directly connected to last weekend strike in jordan that resulted in the deaths of three american soldiers. the president, the secretary of defense, other leaders in the administration made clear that that was a bridge too far. that the strike there killing those americans was one that was going to warrant a more robust response from the administration them what perhaps we had seen in the red sea. we know, again math reference the fact that the release to other points in january where coalition forces stru

nbc's matt bradley joins us now. acknowledged that this incident might complicate the cease fire talks. tell us about what happened. >> complicated cease fire talks that were already devilishly complicated and a lot of people say unlikely to succeed. now they're more unlikely. we're hearing starkly different accounts of what happened. that's been a typical feature of this war since october. palestinian authorities as you mentioned, they called the killing a massacre. they accused israeli tanks of having opened fire on civilians as they waited for this much needed aid. the israeli military said that palestinians had crowded the aid trucks and were looting the aid and that palestinians were killed from pushing, tramping and being run over by those trucks after those aid trucks tried to escape the crowd. i think you're seeing some of those images taken from above. the israeli statement made no mention of machine gunfire, but they pointed to a separate incident that happened a little bit later only a short ways away. the

joining me now, nbc's matt bradley from tel aviv. do things stand right now, both on a cease fire and hostage deal? >> reporter: yeah, well it sounds like those two are very much connected, chris, and what we have been hearing just in the past couple of hours, we heard from hamas's head of the political bureau, who's based out of qatar in do ha. he released a statement saying they had considered the proposal hashed out in paris by cia director bill burns and his counter parts from israel and egypt, and actually the prime minister of qatar. they presented that to hamas a couple of days ago. we had been hearing there were glimmers of hope, particularly from the spokesperson of the ministry of affairs. it looked as though hamas was starting to agree to this, and the israelis agreed to this somewhat in principle. we heard from hania himself, he said they wouldn't be considering the release of hostages until they got maximalist assurance, the same asks he had from the beginning, which is, and i'm reading here, a complete end to the aggres

>> matt bradley reporting live in tel aviv tonight, thank you.e ayatollah democracy and iranian challenge. and there are a national security reporter at politico. her latest pieces on how u.s. intelligence officials estimate tehran does not have full control of the proxy groups that has been firing on the u.s.. a contributing writer and columnist for the new yorker. he's been in the middle east for decades -- how ten middle east conflicts are covered and converging into one big war. they all join me now. robin, let me just start with you, and set the context here, because i know this is sort of an important part of this contests. we talk about iranian proxy groups, iranian influence throughout the region. and you spent time with these groups and with americans in these groups, the aftermath of the iraq e war, right? iraq and iran are mortal enemies. they're fighting one of the bloodiest wars of the last 50 years. of course, the u.s. comes in, we get rid of saddam hussein, regime change, this creates a power vacuum. and the shia majority in iraq r

nbc news correspondent matt bradley joins us from tel aviv.winning journalist david rohde is also with us. he is msnbc editor for national security. matt, to you first, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, we are hearing that the israelis, initially they said, they were not responsible for the attacks. and this is something that we heard at the initial stages of this fighting. it was not clear exactly who is firing, mistakes made offer of these attacks. but what we are beginning to hear, we're expecting to probably hear, it's shabbat right now. probably most of the leaders are gonna be huddling with their families. but they're also going to be talking to other leaders, talking about the implication. you know, this is a war that goes beyond just iraq and syria, stephanie. this is something that involves the entire so-called axis of resistance, all of these iranian proxy groups throughout the region, and it's going to involve hamas and the gaza strip, hezbollah in lebanon, each of these groups are gonna have implications for what is goi

and nbc's matt bradley joins me now from tel aviv. matt, what is the reaction? has there been any? i know it's late there, 1:16 in the morning, to the american strikes. >> reporter: not only is it late, but it's also shabbat. we've heard from some of them saying these were not israeli targets. so, we know this was not an israeli operation. this was an in the early hours, when we didn't know exactly what was going on. now we know these are american targets. but to the admiral's point, you know, we've already been seeing the israelis, even though there has been this threat of this conflict widening and widening even further, we've been seeing them striking targets in the heart of some of these places that could be called iranian backed. we saw the assassination -- and this is not confirmed by the israelis. they neither confirm nor deny -- of a senior hamas official in the neighborhood in beirut. that was a very inflammatory move and one that didn't bring hezbollah, another iranian-backed group, like some of these groups we're seeing targeted in syria and iraq. it didn't bring them to

. >> joining us now from tel aviv, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley, good to have you. through what we're waiting for and what expectations we have about the u.s. response. >> reporter: we've heard from lloyd austin, and it sound as though the u.s. is going to be balancing different things, it's a delicate process. they have to show their response is going to be distinct from the other responses they have made in retaliation to repeated attacks by militia groups in iraq and ya, at the same time, iran and the proxies escalate and retaliate in kind without setting off some sort of massive region wide war, and katy, this is the closest this entire region has come to a single unified war ever since the 1970s. it is really a very precarious moment. what we have been hearing so far throughout these attacks is that this is going to be not just one discreet attack but it could be weeks of retaliation, like a series, like a season of retaliation. there are going to be military strikes and cyber operations. there could be multiple targets in multiple companies, and it could invol

. >> my colleague, nbc's matt bradley said that if israeli gauges in a ground offensive, egypt mightgtime peace agreement with israel. how long, 1979 long. we're talking almost half a century. jimmy carter was president. what are your thoughts on that? how frightening is that? >> it's very concerning. and it ought to be very concerning, if you are an israeli. they have had decades of reasonable diplomatic relations with egypt, and by the way, jordan will probably not be far behind, and you probably start to blow up the relatively new relationships that have been created, for example, between israel and some of the gulf arab states. and oh by the way, you can simply table the idea of the saudis recognizing israel. they signaled today that an attack on rafah would simply freeze that process. last thought, alex, it would also bring to a complete halt any negotiations for the hostages. so, for a host of reasons, all the humanitarian things we discussed, the geopolitical, and the fate of these hostages, i would counsel my israeli friends, hit the pause button here. >> i do have to ask you

>> matt bradley, thank you for those updates. we appreciate you. that does it for us today, see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place, for special coverage alongside my friends andrea mitchell and jose diaz-balart as we bring you the supreme court's oral arguments over former president trump's colorado ballot case. we'll have it live in full here on msnbc. for now, i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. >>> good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. right now high drama on capitol hill, the bipartisan border bill hangs in the balance. republicans say it is dead. we'll tell you what senate majority leader chuck schumer is expected to do next. >>> a stunning surprise in the house. as republicans fail to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >>> on the campaign trail, presidential hopeful nikki haley vows to press on despite a stinging loss in nevada. more voters choosing not to pick a candidate than back her. >>> plus, a supreme court

nbc news correspondent matt bradley joins us from tel aviv.list david rohde is also with us. he is msnbc editor for national security. that, to you first, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, we are hearing that the israelis, initially they said, they were not responsible for the attacks. and this is something that we heard at the initial stages of this fighting. it was not clear exactly who is firing, who made the offer of these attacks. but what we are beginning to hear, we're expecting to probably hear, it's shabbat right now. probably most of the leaders are gonna be huddling with their families. but they're also going to be talking to other leaders, talking about the implication. you know, this is a war that goes beyond just iraq and syria, stephanie. this is something that involves the entire so-called axis of resistance, all of these iranian proxy groups throughout the region, and it's going to involve hamas and the gaza strip, hezbollah in lebanon, each of these groups are gonna have implications for what is going on here in i

matt bradley has a report.ore about the call between prime minister netanyahu and joe biden. we'll be right back. ack. >>> rich people are given $7,000 subsidies. i didn't need this. i had a very nice life. nice saturday afternoon. i could tell you, if i weren't doing this, where i would have been, i would have been in a very nice location. danger from within is far greater, in my opinion, than the danger on the outside of our country. that's danger. but this is serious danger. the fascists, the communists, the serious socialists. i hear that they like obama better. they should like obama better. you know why? he didn't ask for anything. we were like the stupid country of the world, and we're not going to be the stupid country of the world any longer. we're not going to be. it got bad under this guy. so he now wants to send them $50 billion, $60 billion. i know all about the marbles. i can tell you every marble. these beautiful columns, incredible how they could have done it years ago without the powerful tract

matt bradley is in tel aviv with more on that. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we don't know when israel's ground offensive in rafah will begin. it could be any moment now. prime minister netanyahu has ordered the army to draft a plan for a civilian evacuation of rafah which is between the gaza strip and egypt. most of the 1.4 million people thought to be in rafah have been displaced. some several times over. they really don't have anywhere else to go. that is why the united nations and other aid agencies that any owe kurgs could lead to disaster. this is all over rare disagreement with israel. biden said the offensive in gaza strip which killed 20,000 people, according to the ministry of health, is over the top. we have heard about disagreements with netanyahu and biden for the past several months. we will watch over the next several weeks to see if the comments really represent a real rupture between american and israeli policy. guys. >> matt, thank you for that. >>> this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a deadly plane crash on the f

bradley who's been covering the israel-hamas war, facing questions this morning, monica, about what'spening in the middle east because of some overnight developments. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, ana, and i was able to put that question to him about whether he still hopes for a temporary cease fire by monday based on those comments he made earlier in the week indicating it was a possibility. and you saw there he said hope springs eternal, and he's been talking to some of the key players in the region, but he did indicate that likely it won't happen by monday, maybe a little bit later, he said, but he's still hopeful that that could coalesce for there to be a temporary pause in the fighting so that some of the remaining hostages can get out in certain waves. as we know, they've been talking about that and having very intense negotiations on that for weeks and months. notably, he was asked about that story this morning of israel opening fire on gazans who were trying to get some aid surrounding some trucks and obviously there are reports now that dozens have been killed, mor

joining us now from tel aviv, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley.l, it sounds like we haven't heard any official reaction yet from israel but i spoke with somebody who was close to the prime minister's office, actually hired by the prime minister's office, and this person was telling me about conversations that this person was having with higher ups and said that this is almost a nonstarter as far as israel is concerned because the time limit is so long, we're talking about 135 days, the deal that was hashed out in paris about a week and a half ago that was going to be seeing maybe something like a six-week-long pause or maybe a two-month-long pause, this would be four and a half months long and it would require all of the idf troops and all reconnaissance planes to remove themselves from the gaza strip. that's a nonstarter for israel. in fact, this person that i was speaking to said they might not even submit this proposal to the war cabinet, which is the first step that any proposal for any negotiation would take, then the war cabinet would put it

thank you so much. >> matt bradley, thank you very much. is lemire still here? >> i am. >> there he is. john, go back to what we were talking about a minute ago, the relationship between bibi netanyahu and the pressure that president biden may be putting on him privately. as i said, we see it out in media reports, as well, that the white house is sort of keen for the world to know that he is breaking with netanyahu at certain points during this war. >> let's look here. there is a difference between the two men knowing each other for a long time, which they have, and being friends for a long time, which they are not. there's been sources of tension between biden and netanyahu for decades, dating back to president biden's time in the senate and, as barack obama's vice president. let's recall, it was a few months ago before the war, where president biden was sharply critical of bibi's plans to reshape israel. he called it undemocratic. there's a lot of tension there and, of course, only increased with netanyahu's stubborn refusal to support th

matt bradley, thank you very much. that's going to do it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, everyone. it is 4:00 here in washington, d.c. we are keeping a close eye on the middle east. the region bracing for a response from the united states to an attack on a base in jordan that killed three service members. if there is any news, we will be sure to bring it to you right away. >>> we turn now in developments of the case of the ex-president. his trial on charges of plotting a coup against the government has been postponed. and we have suspected that trump arguing in the courts that he is immune from prosecution means that it's all but impossible to start a trial on march 4th, just over a month from now. but that news could clear the way for another one of trump's criminal cases. the ex-president could be in the courtroom in manhattan just eight weeks from now. the manhattan d.a. charging him with 34 felony counts for trying to cover up a sex scandal this the weeks before the 2016 election. that trial is currently scheduled

. ♪ ♪ nbc news correspondent matt ♪ ♪ bradley joins us from tel aviv. ♪ ♪ pulitzer prize-winning ♪ ♪bc editor for ♪ ♪ national security. ♪ ♪ matt, to you first, what are ♪ ♪ you seeing there? ♪ ♪ >> reporter: well, we are ♪ ♪ hearing that the israelis, ♪ ♪ initially they said, they were ♪ ♪ not responsible for the ♪ ♪ attacks. ♪ ♪ and this is something that we ♪ ♪ heard at the initial stages of ♪ ♪ this fighting. ♪ ♪ it was not clear exactly who ♪ ♪ is firing, mistakes made offer ♪ ♪ of these attacks. ♪ ♪ but what we are beginning to ♪ ♪ hear, we're expecting to ♪ ♪ probably hear, it's shabbat ♪ ♪ right now. ♪ ♪ probably most of the leaders ♪ ♪ are gonna be huddling with ♪ ♪ their families. ♪ ♪ but they're also going to be ♪ ♪ talking to other leaders, ♪ ♪ talking about the implication. ♪ ♪ you know, this is a war that ♪ ♪ goes beyond just iraq and syria ♪ ♪, stephanie. ♪ ♪ this is something that ♪ ♪ involves the entire so- called ♪ ♪ axis of resistance, all of ♪ ♪ these iranian proxy groups ♪ ♪ throughout the region, and ♪ ♪ it's going to involve hamas and ♪ ♪ the gaza strip, hezbol

former acting attorney general matt whitaker, matt great to have you on the show.errance bradley said in a text message that they absolutely started their relationship before nathan wade was appointed the special prosecutor, now he's like i don't know, i don't recall a hundred times. what do you make of all that? >> well, a lot of it isn't going to matter. you know, this judge is having to weigh not only the evidence to support this disqualification, but also he's having to weigh the evidence. and, you know, to me, if i'm sitting on that bench as the judge, i'm saying, you know, you sent text messages when you weren't under the bright lights that said very specifically when this relationship started. and then obviously when he's under oath now he can't seem to remember. i think this judge is not going to have a hard time determining the truth of what was going on when this relationship started >> trace: doesn't seem like it, matt, but if this thing, you know, fani willis and fay than wade are not taken off this case, i mean, you talk about the two tiers of justice