to spare civilians, but air strikes are ramping up on the gaza strip as israel targets hamas operatives, but also causes scores of civilian deaths. and we will tell you about the israel-american mother and

daughter who were freed by hamas, a rare glimmer of hope for the more than 200 hostages still stuck in gaza. kevin mccarthy calls it embarrassing, the failure of house republicans to agree on a successor for the ousted speaker. we will have the latest from washington, d.c. it was supposed to force big corporations around the world to pay their fair share, but the global 15% minimum tax is proving hard to implement. cnbc's arabile gumede joins us to tell us why. and we will tell you about the dallas school bus driver who is being hailed a hero after saving a boy from choking. it's monday, october 23rd. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. western leaders have issued a joint statement urging israel to adhere to international humanitarian law in its war in gaza the leaders of canada, france, germany, italy, the uk and the u.s. stress that civilians need to be protected since hamas's

attack on israel two weeks ago more than 4,500 people have been killed in gaza, most civilians by israeli air strikes. >> for the latest on this conflict let's go to claudio lavanga. good morning is this statement likely to influence israeli policy at all? >> reporter: phillip, frances, good morning the statement was carefully drafted by the leaders of those countries to show that they still support israel and its right to defend itself and to retaliate against hamas but at the same time now they are calling for israel to respect international humanitarian law especially when it comes to protection of civilians. now, this is different than a statement that the same leaders issued two weeks ago right after hamas's attack in which they offered the steadfast and united support to israel, they condemned hamas, but they didn't mention the need to protect civilians on both sides, of course well, now the statement doesn't seem to have -- what's changed

since then why is it different? since then as you mentioned there has been 4,000 people killed -- more than 4,000 people killed in the gaza strip, mostly by israeli air strikes, including hundreds of children, as you mentioned now the statement came out last night and it doesn't seem to have had any immediate effect to be honest because overnight gaza continued to -- israel continued to pound gaza with air strikes, but what seems to be working at least diplomatically when it comes to delaying the ground assault is the visit by heads of states to israel as it happened with president biden last week this week we are learning that the leaders of france and the netherlands are expected to visit israel so the ground assault supposing they will wait until they leave the country to start, if it ever happens, of course well, now in the meantime in a statement we will also welcome the release of two first

hostages and calls for the release of all the other hostages the two israeli-american hostages, natalie and judith raanan have now reunited with their families, but it's most likely that they were also questioned at length by security services in israel to at least try to get some information that perhaps may be useful to locate the other remaining hostages still in gaza. phillip, frances. >> the recess of those hostages, some good news in recent days. claudio lavanga, thank you very much. the two hostages released friday are 59-year-old artist judith raanan and her 17-year-old daughter natalie who just graduated from high school. the two live in a suburb of chicago but hold dual israeli and american citizenship they were in israel for the jewish holidays and natalie's grandmother's 85th birthday on october 7th. they were kidnapped by hamas from the kibbutz

qatar acted as an intermediary between the u.s. and hamas more than 200 hostages still remain and little is known about their condition. let's turn to capitol hill where the search continues for a house speaker. republicans are back to square one again after their latest nominee jim jordan of ohio tried and failed to get the votes needed to win the gavel. nbc's brie jackson joins us from washington, d.c. brie, good morning have we seen a front runner emerge here for the job now that jim jordan is definitely out >> reporter: good morning. not only is there no clear front runner but republicans now have nine new candidates to consider. nine house republicans officially launched a bid for the speakership by the deadline of noon yesterday. the candidates include jack bergman who is a retired marine lieutenant, byron donald of florida who has been a trump supporter, a big supporter of

former president trump and majority whip tom emmer of minnesota. he has the endorsement of former speaker kevin mccarthy >> this is embarrassing for the republican party, it's embarrassing for the nation, and we need to look at one another and solve the problem. >> if emmer cannot get the votes, would you rule out running for speaker again to get your old job back? >> look, i don't need the title. i'm going to help in any way i can. >> the house has been without a speaker since mccarthy was voted out of the job on october 3rd. this new crop of candidates has stepped forward after steve kornacki and then jim jordan were unable to get 217 votes to win the gavel. tonight the nine new candidates will make their case to their party in a closed-door forum on tuesday morning republicans will hold another vote to choose the new nominee.

whoever that ends up being they will face the uphill battle of trying to win 217 votes needed in the full house. >> 217 an allusive number these days in the house. thank you. detroit police are searching for the suspect in the murder of samantha woll, a jewish synagogue board president. authorities say woll was found early saturday repeatedly stabbed and killed her death comes as federal authorities are concerned about attacks fueled by the israel-hamas war investigators have not announced a motive but so far they have not found evidence suggesting the crime was motivated by anti-semitism. friends and family said their good-byes to the beloved community member on sunday. there is a manhunt under way in nashville after two police officers were shot the suspect is john drake jr., he is the estranged son of the nashville police chief the two officers were shot when they were looking into reports of a stolen vehicle. they say they struggled with the suspect who pulled out a handgun and shot them. both are expected to be okay

the police chief says he's only had minimal contact with his son who resorted to years of criminal activity. he also says his son needs to be found and held accountable. a chinese coast guard ship rammed a philippine coast guard ship in contested waters sunday. a military supply boat was also damaged. the vessels managed to maneuver away quickly preventing an escalation there were no injuries but the incident has raised new fears of armed conflict in the south china sea. china is claiming ownership over several islands close to the philippines. the american ambassador to manila condemned china over the incident. the new mexico site where the first atomic bomb was detonated saw potentially record turnout this weekend thanks to the blockbuster film "oppenheimer." >> are we say theres a chance when we push that button we destroy the world? >> the chances are near zero

into near zero >> what do you want? >> zero would be nice. >> the trinity site is only open twice a year, in april and again in october it's closed the remainder of the time due to its proximity to the impact zone for missiles from the white sands missile range. we are starting off the week with freeze alerts in the ohio valley, but a taste of summer in the middle of the country. let's check in with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking the temperature trands good morning. >> good morning. tale of two seasons today, you need to layer up in the ohio valley, portions of the great lakes, interior northeast and along the appalachians temperatures in the 20s, 30s, 40s. 28 million americans impacted by freeze and gross alerts. hot pink is the freeze warnings, frost advisories in lighter pink indianapolis, asheville, charlottesville seeing frost advisories this morning. current temperatures just above freezing in detroit, 36 degrees, 37 in pittsburgh, 36 degrees in columbus, lots of 40s, too 40 in indianapolis, 45 in

chicago. but.then as we move into the middle of the country later on this afternoon feeling summerlike, temperatures anywhere from 10 up to 25 degrees above what is typical for this time of year. lots of 80s on the map into close to 90 degrees in wichita, 21 degrees above average there, 14 degrees above average in memphis at 84 degrees. we will be warm, too, tomorrow, looking at temperatures once again into the 70s, into the 80s, that's going to come with some rain in portions of the great lakes, the ohio valley looking at st. louis, 80 degrees tomorrow, 16 degre aboveesplain, too, that's left over from tropical storm norma all right. guys, that's your monday forecast >> michelle, thank you. coming up after the break, utah might put age restrictions on social media. >> and we will have a live

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a telephone number and putting the last four digits of a social security number, facial analysis and estimating someone's age based on when they made their account. >> you can't have age verification and privacy. >> reporter: technology expert sara kimmel says this new rule will impact more than minors, it will impact adults without kids. >> they're going to need to also verify their age, send a government-issued id to facebook or instagram they're going to be upset. >> reporter: she says many age verification technologies are flawed. >> i've heard so many parents say that their child can unlock their iphone with their face. >> reporter: and sneaky children will find a way around the new rules. >> they're still going to be sneaky, they're going to install a vpn, pretend that their device is outside of utah. >> reporter: they are not trying to get information about identity, they only want to say if they're 18. >> it is about empowering the parents and their relationship with their kids and not allowing

tech to get in the way. >> reporter: she says they will leave it up to social media companies to decide how they will verify their users' ages. kimmel says she predicts an unwanted outcome from the rule. >> facebook and instagram will block utah's access to the platforms. a global effort to shut down tax havens is facing major challenges arabile gumede joins us to break down a watchdog report that is out today. good morning >> yeah, good morning, guys. so this is a really interesting one, right, if you know bermuda, if you know the cayman islands you will know them as low to no tax havens this law then or this report would have been brought out by the oecd, the organization for economic corporation and development, saying that hopefully they would get corporations, the likes of apple, even then the likes of nike who then have their corporations listed or rather have their headquarters

supposedly in areas with low to no tax being put on them and hopefully ensure that they still pay a tax rate of 15%. this was set to be a global information put forward but unfortunately it has loopholes it was meant to raise taxes globally by 15%, those loopholes means it will only raise them by 5% or so overall this is meant to raise taxes globally by $270 billion u.s. dollars, that's going to change to around $136 billion us dollars. instead they have decided to extend t it will only happen in 2026 as opposed to being imposed in 2025, guys. >> arabile gumede for us this morning, thank you still to come here on "early today," what we got, taylor swift still leading the box office. and howard university just got a big donation from a legendary bad boy. jake from st, i really need to know. uh, go spicy or go home, right? what? no.

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this, watching 7-year-old preston do the things he loves most that remind gee vanna just how lucky she is to still have him here after a school bus ride last month nearly became his last. >> it was divine timing. >> reporter: on the morning of september 29th video shows the moment when preston swallows a quarter and begins to choke. the first grader stumbles his way forward. >> i walked up to the bus driver holding my neck because i couldn't breathe, i couldn't talk i was just trying to tell her that i just choked on a quarter. and it hurts very bad. >> reporter: moments later raquel baker jumps into action jumping off the bus, the bus driver asks a parent to call 911 as she performs the heimlich

maneuver, freeing the quarter within seconds. >> she was there to save him that day. >> reporter: it turns out baker was just filling in on preston's route that day, putting her in the right place at exactly the right time >> she told me yesterday, she said, all i wanted to do was save your child's life that's the only thing that was running through my mind is that i have to save him i have to help him. >> reporter: bell and preston have since had the chance to reconnect with baker in-person, thanking her for a heroic effort this family will never forget. >> she is a part of her family, she is a part of us. >> a big reason they are still all together she is every bit a hero. that's incredible. out of all the coins it had to be the biggest one. >> the precious cargo on a regular day on the job more so in this case. a look for what's still ahead on the "today" show. >> this morning on the third hour of "today" sheinelle gets

an exclusive first look at the philadelphia eagles new holiday album and talk to jason kelce about who he hopes might be on the next one. plus the real life place that is inspire our favorite spooky movies like ghost busters and the shining, and a live performance from gospel singer kirk franklin, that's all coming up this morning on the third hour of "today." philadelphia eagles, they're playing pretty well, now they can focus on other things i guess. as we see there, we will have to watch on the "today" show coming up. thanks for watching "early today. i'm frances rivera. and i'm>> p

israel ramps up airstrikes against hamas, raising fears of a broader war as the humanitarian aid finally crosses the border, the region remains on alert for an invasion we will have the latest from israel capitol hill chaos

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