the president says israel has a duty to defend itself. >> nation's defense chief underscoring america's support

for israel, as tanks amass at the gaza border. the world bracing for a full ground offensive >> back home, a possible end in sight to the congressional chaos. republicans narrowly nominate steve scalise for speaker, but there's still a major hurdle before he can lift the gavel >> massive auto workers strike firing on all cylinders. why thousands more walked off the job. one small step for a pair of rocket motors. one giant leap into history. two key pieces of the space shuttle endeavor rocket toward their new home a lesson in endurance. the teacher racing toward the goal of 50 marathons in 50 states "early today" starts right now the war between israel and hamas has entered day six.

the death toll has reached at least 1200 as the israeli air force besieges the enclave with airstrikes flattening entire areas. let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest out of gaza? >> reporter: good morning, frances. overnight, israel continued to pound gaza with airstrikes even though the israeli military say they're only targeting hamas militants, while in such a densely-populated enclave, civilians are also bound to pay the price. the gaza health ministry said the death toll among palestinians has risen to 1200 because the airstrikes and 5600 at least were injured. well, now, in the mean time, living conditions inside gaza are made more difficult by the blockade by israel the united nations has called on israel to allow at least water, food and fuel inside gaza and said that at least 338,000

people have now been displaced the other problem is that those people don't know where to go and how to get out of gaza egyp egypt is talking about that. and in the meantime, inside israel, on the israeli side, the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on wednesday said that every hamas member is a dead man now it's not clear how israel plans to accomplish that goal, while the airstrikes continue, steel steele because anger continues to mount inside israel, some think the only solution is to just graze gaza completely to the ground. msnbc anchor ali velshi spoke to a former israeli officer

>> i need gaza flat. i don't want any soldier, israeli soldier will come into gaza i want to make it flat from the sky above the size of the bomb is the only thing that matters now >> reporter: another sign of how israel is on edge, to see what's happening on the north of the country with the border of lebanon. israel was on full alert because the army said there was a report of an infiltration into israeli airspace but later retracted it saying that was an air, a mistake a false alarm. frances, phillip >> the anticipation and fear building on what comes next. claudio, thank you as war rages on in the middle east, the european union says x, the platform formerly used as twitter is being used to spread hamas video

the commission er said he told they could be in violation of rules. the eu can fine x if it finds that the law has been broken the hamas terrorist attack on israelis and their escalating war is reverberating around the world. as stephanie gosk reports, many americans are on edge amid heated rhetoric and spreading misinfma >> reporter: at times this week, the hostility between pro-israeli and pro-palestinian groups has spilled out on the streets. the israeli-palestinian conflict has always fueled intense debate but after hamas' indiscriminate killing of so many people, the tension in the u.s. feels heightened college campuses are a flash point. in the hours after the attack, student groups at harvard released a letter saying they hold the israeli regime entirely

responsible for all unfolding violence former harvard president larry summers called their message morally unconscionable >> the university, hike many other universities, moved very slowly to condemn hamas terror >> reporter: under pressure by summers and others, the university's president condemned hamas, saying the letter did not speak for the school since then, multiple groups have withdrawn their signatures from the letter >> terror is beyond the pal. l. there is only one legitimate position with respect to terror. >> reporter: is it possible to be both horrified by the attacks and also critical of the israeli government >> of course >> reporter: a position we heard at a rally >> i wanted to come here and give support and a voice to people without a voice >> reporter: columbia grad

student suleiman is palestinian. >> i do not support hamas. i support the palestinian right to exist i don't support the slaughtering of innocent people on either side >> reporter: at rutgers, these students are concerned anti-set in semitism will be fueled. despite promising that a new speaker of the house would be elected by wednesday, lawmakers left the capitol without filling the office that has sat vacant for over a week now. while an eventual floor vote is yet to be scheduled, house republicans apparently have their man n a closed-door meeting wednesday, the party nominated steve scalise for the speakership over ohio's jim jordan hallie jackson has a deep dive on the louisiana conservative

who could become one of the most powerful people in washington. >> reporter: the path to this moment nearly two decades in the making for steve scalise, who won a special election in 2008 to represent a district in louisiana, which includes part of new orleans scalise, entering office right around the same time as now-former speaker kevin mccarthy and jim jordan. a tricky time for the gop, considering a democratic landslide had just ushered in the obama era. scalise earning a committee seat, and by 2014 with republicans powering back, scalise won a leadership position as house majority whip, so infuriating jordan that he helped form the ultra conservative house freedom caucus that same year, call force scalise to resign after a political bloegger spoke that he spoke at a gathering that he said he regrets.

in june 2017, an attacker opened fire at a congressional baseball practice scalise badly hurt but ultimately returning to work in a moment that captured the country's attention. >> for all the noise and all the fury, we are one family. >> reporter: scalise solidly conservative, rejecting obamacare, a climate change skeptic and supporter of gun rights he's pledging to be a survivor once more after announcing he's battling blood cancer. >> our thanks to hallie jackson for that report. striking auto workers are sending a bigger message this morning. nearly 9,000 union members walked off the job at a major ford plant in kentucky the uaw said ford refused to make further movement in bargaining they're pushing for raises and better benefits. ford called it grossly irresponsible. the uaw represent more than

145,000 workers nationwide about 25,000 have walked off their jobs at strikes gradually expand a political outsider has entered the race for president. >> the founder of the show "the young turks" has announced he's running for president. he doesn't believe president biden can win reelection, citing his poor polling on economic issues the turkish-born candidate is naturalized and he said he could make the case that the constitution would allow him to become president a hunter almost got unwanted company at his deer stand. he was about 20 feet in aithe a when he saw the black bear trying to climb the tree he was shaking as he tried to scare the bear away. >> hey, get away

>> he went ton sayon to say this the scare yst thing to happen in the woods but probably the coolest, too >> yeah, he lived to tell about it and video taped it. we have rain, snow, and if we're lucky, maybe a little sunshine on the map. angie is tracking that for us. >> depends where result. sunshine in the northeast, but plenty of rain to talk about across parts of the southeast and the central plains we'll get to the plains in a moment but here's the situation this morning. plenty of rain working across the southeast. we'll deal with it for the morning hours and slowly and shurlg surely see it taper off. folks in florida are still going to see the potential for stronger storms. we'll have trailing moisture and lift in the atmosphere to fire those up 11 million people at risk for severe weather does include parts of the

plains, omaha, you're involved snow in the rockies, mainly higher elevations. it moves into the midwest and great lakes as we get into tomorrow could see flooding with this, as we have high rainfall rates expected and there you go there's sae across parts of arizona. phoenix hits 89 with a chilly 51 degrees in sioux falls this afternoon. and that's a look at the forecast, guys, back over to you. >> angie, thank you. "early today" is back in a minute with space history in motion >> and the big plan for the big engines for the space shuttle endeavor dry burnt-on stains.

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affiliate is sharing that with us >> reporter: 28 years in the classroom, teaching chemistry, has taught ms. gina a thing or two about grit >> teaching can be an endurance, endurance sport as well. you got to stick, you have to have a plan. >> reporter: she takes those skills outside of the classroom every time she runs a marathon she started running marathons after a student at one of her past schools died on the athletic field. >> it inspired me to think about what things he probably had as goals in his life and wasn't able to meet those so i thought about what was something i always have wanted to but have maybe been, not confident enough to try. and for some reason running a marathon came to my head, and that's how it started. >> reporter: what started with one marathon >> this is the very first marathon medal i got from humboldt, california >> reporter: turned into a goal to run 50 marathons. one in each state.

>> it's crazy. first of all, i never thought i'd visit every state in the country. so that's been incredible. every one of them's kind of had a different feeling at the end but it's always a good feeling >> reporter: she's ran on the boston marathon, placed second overall at a marathon in maui and got this sparkling medal at a marathon in hilllittle rock. but she will cross the finish line at the baltimore marathon on saturday. >> i literally get chills thinking about it. it's been such a journey when i cross the finish line, it's going to and little bit of relief, i think that i actually head it. and i think it's going to be an incredible celebration >> reporter: a celebration of a c goal compete by a woman with a whole lot of grit inside and outside of the classroom >> our thanks to brianna ross for bringing us that story one

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right now, overwhelming unrest. israel's war against hamas intensifies. we're live with the overnight