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14 confirmed dead amidst the attacks in israel. we're live from washington with the latest from president biden on the american response >> the horrors of war. as the death toll continues to climb in the middle east, richard engel is there to take us inside the aftermath. who will speak for the congress as matters both at home and abroad continue to pile up, lawmakers hope to elect a new speaker of the house find out what will be on the agenda after today's vote. for international companies, it's no longer business as usual. arabile joins us from london on how some of the world's most prominent companies are dealing with the fallout from the israel-hamas war and self-love on top beyonce's backup dancers are striking out on their own as they look to spread the power of dance across country it's wednesday october 11. "early today" starts right now

>> good morning, good to be back with you, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. a nation shocked after towns and village were overrun and civilians slaughtered. one of the kibbutz villages is very near to the gaza border we take you inside the set of a horrifying massacre. some of the images are disturbing >> reporter: israeli troops are still trying to secure the country. four days after the worst terror attack in israel's history and moved into the village on the border with gaza hamas massacred dozens of israeli civilians here the area is not yet secure this is the first time journalists have been allowed in israeli troops are still

clears clearing this kibbutz. they fear there could be fighters still hidden inside these buildings. it's a slow and dangerous mission, as the soldiers go through every room, double and triple checking. all the residents are gone either evacuated, killed or kidnapped. there are still bodies everywhere the israelis in body bags. hamas gunmen left rotting where they fell, next to the flags they brought to declare victory. and these were the homes that the hamas militants were going through. you can see all the doors and windows are broken in. it was like each one suffered a home invasion and kidnapping as the troops kept searching, they discovered the remains of an elderly woman they wrapped her in a plastic tarp, adding one more to the

death toll this sergeant is a civil engineer, now on an open-ended combat mission what is it like for you to see this >> actually, i live ten minutes from here. by mistake i didn't do the weekend here >> reporter: what do you think needs to happen now? >> need to, i don't know change this reality. we live like this for years. >> reporter: this is only one israeli community where hamas went on a killing spree. we saw new images from a nearby village of beeri where more than a hundred men, women and children were executed hamas says they trained for a year for this. they streamed through holes in the border fence and flew over it and hamas isn't finished yet they launched hundreds of

rockets into israel. we took cover in a shelter this is happening in israel every single day israel's iron dome defense system intercepted nearly all of the rockets. but a few did get through. israel has declared war on hamas, and these may only be the first days of it >> our thanks to richard for that report. president biden delivered his first remarks about the war making it clear that the u.s. will continue to stand with israel, comparing the attacks to the worst rampages by isis al alice barr joins us from washington the president shared more information about the american victims of this war. >> reporter: that's right. sadly, phillip, president biden confirmed at least 14 americans are now among the dead, killed in israel. and for the first time, president biden confirmed that americans are among the victims

being held hostage by hamas militants. a national security official has said 20 americans are unaccounted for. the president did not give an exact number but said getting them to safety is a top priority >> there's still some families desperately waiting to hear the fate of their loved ones, not knowing if they're alive or dead or hostages. infants in their mothers' arms, grandparents in wheelchairs, holocaust survivors abducted i've direct might team to share thence and deploy additional experts from across united states government to advise israeli counter parts on hostage recovery efforts because, as president i have no higher priority than the safety of americans held hostage around the world. >> reporter: before that speech, families of americans believed to have been taken hostage held a press conference in tel aviv

they called on the u.s. to take a more active role in their recovery some of the families said they felt left in the dark with little information coming from officials. the state department did not respond to request for comment antony blinken is expected to depart for israel today a spokesperson said blinken will engage with his counterparts directly about the situation on the ground and the state department is talking to airlines about sitting up flights to get out americans who want to leave. >> alice, thank you. the u.s. government is looking into weathehether irelpe hamas conduct the attacks. secretary of state blinken has said there is no evidence yet that iran played a part. but tehran has long been a benefactor of hamas, funneling around $100 million a year to the extremist group, according to a 2020 state department report

the conflict in the middle east has sparked a new urgency in the race to select the next speaker of the house any potential aid packages, and even a bipartisan resolution affirming u.s. support for israel are unable to pass while that office is empty the speakership remains vacant over a week after kevin mccarthy was ousted by fellow lawmakers they are set to vote on who to nominate today a forum was held where declared contenders took questions from their colleagues >> speaker scalise, on number one we will express support for israel we're putting a strong coalition together we're going to get this done tomorrow and the house will get back to work >> while jordan has the support of former president trump t's

ntrump, it's not clear whether either has the advantage of their caucus. arkansas governor huckabee sande sanders is under scrutiny for a $19,000 lectern made in june records show the note that reads to be reimbursed were not included on the original invoice. lawmakers are raising questions over the timeline of the reimbursement with the panel set to vote this week on an audit for the purchase a spokesperson for sanders' office said it was a manufactured controversy and that it was made with the governor's private funds the coast guard has recovered more wreckage from the titan submersible that was on its way to explore the titanic the cost guard was able to

recover more debris as well as what they believe are human remains. the evidence will be analyzed to try to learn more about what led to the catastrophic implosion that claimed all five lives on board. >> reporte hurricane lydia hit the mexican coast. and here it will be another rainy fall day for millions of americans. angie lassman is here with us with our early morning forecast. >> we definitely need the umbrella across parts of the south today and potentially into tomorrow can you see already raining across parts of the gulf coast into southern texas and the florida panhandle and points south of that. these are the areas we're going to seat bese the best chance of. maybe an inch or two, even up to

three inches are possible, focussed mainly toward portions of florida, the west coast, places like tampa could see a good amount of rain in the next 48 hours or so as we look to the west, we have a coast-to-coast storm that we're going to track maybe some snow to the rockies it will workity its way to the east and there could be the potential for severe storms as it works across the plains. and tis the season snow already on the map. we will see that for higher elevations of the rockies. as we get into friday, that starts to work into portions of the midwest. we see heavy rain in the great lakes and eventually into portions of the northeast, leaving us for an unseled weekentt8 degrees for

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a lot of these entities are saying the same thing, that they will monitor the situation and determine the future of operation post october, the end of october, at the very least, to get first clear assessment. a number of cruise lines have rerouted their sales ihg, which operates intercontinental there are people in those hotels so a lot more security, but still open chevron, the world's number two oil producer as well has instructor, has been instructed by israel's ministry of oil to shut down the tamar national oil field. you've got j.p. morgan chase, morgan stanley as well as goldman sachs asked by more than 200 employees are asking its more than 200 employees to actually stay at home. work from home bank of america's tel aviv office will remain closed. fedex, u.p.s., all of them not delivery nvidia had plan addned an ai sut

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but sometimes you work on something and you are like, i can't believe you didn't tell me this >> reporter: on the tour, sessions begin with a classroom portion, then a tans workshop, led by the twins how do you help kids with mental health through movement? >> we speak to those kids, we let them share issues that they have personally that they never tell to anybody to our ear and we express their feelings. >> reporter: through a dance >> wherever the body goes. >> reporter: music, conversation, and dance can universally heal >> our thanks fothatr , more nen

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