tonight biden is set to speak from the oval office about the conflicts in the middle east and ukraine. the site of the pulse club massacre is being sold to the city of orlando. the city plans to use the space to honor the 49 people murdered at the gay club in 2016. orlando's mayor, buddy dyer says, quote, the 49 angels deserve a permanent memorial. and the las vegas aces go back-to-back. they defeated the new york liberty in the wnba finals last night, becoming the first wnba team to repeat as champions in 21 years. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, october 19th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." president biden wraps up his war zone trip with a show of solidarity to israel.

promises of humanitarian help for gazans and the government's evidence about the cause of the hospital blast. will the third time be the charm? jim jordan loses a second vote for house speaker. what happens next. it is it! unforgettable finish! >> and vegas sports bet pays off. the aces beat the new york liberty in game four of the wnba finals. the historic and thrilling victory. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president biden straight back from his trip to a war zone ready to deliver a primetime address to the nations tonight. -- the nation tonight. the president touching down just after midnight after his short and productive visit to israel, reaffirming america's support to the jewish state following the hamas attack. israel has agreed to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered from egypt to the gaza strip.

the deal coming one day after the hospital explosion and outrage over who is to blame. ian lee is joining us in tel aviv with the latest developments. clearly despite the fact that the jordan trip was canceled, ian, this was a productive journey. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. that's right. but you know, it's been nearly two weeks since that horrific attack by hamas, and the death toll continues to rise. now surpassing all other conflicts between israel and gaza. while there doesn't seem to be an end to the fighting, the main effort now is getting humanitarian aid to palestinians stuck in the coastal strip. president joe biden returned to washington overnight after his war zone visit to israel. >> i come to israel with a single message -- you're not alone. you are not alone. >> reporter: while there, the president said his priority is the release of nearly 200 hostages being held by hamas, and he pushed to get humanitarian aid to gaza.

>> if you have an opportunity to alleviate the pain, you should do it, period. and if you don't, you're going to lose credibility worldwide. >> reporter: israel's prime minister announced the country will no longer prevent aid from entering into gaza through egypt. president biden's visit here yesterday came as tensions mount over a deadly hospital explosion in gaza for which both sides blamed each other. the president and u.s. officials are backing israel's explanation that the blast, which killed hundreds, was caused by a misfired rocket launched by palestinian militants. but the incident sparked outrage with fresh protests in the middle east and around the world, including in the u.s. [ chants ] hundreds gathered on capitol hill yesterday to demand a cease-fire with police estimating as many as 300 arrests. federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies are now warning that fighting between israel and hamas has led to increased threats against jewish and muslim communities. israel's aerial bombardment of

gaza continues with troops amassed and standing by for an anticipated ground invasion. the number of people killed on both sides of the fighting is now closing in on 5,000 including 31 americans. the white house says 13 americans are missing in gaza, while the u.s. state department is advising the hundreds of americans trapped in gaza to make their way to the border with egypt. anne-marie? >> all right, ian lee in tel aviv, thank you so much. all the families of the hostages can do now is worry and wait for word of their loved ones. one person believed to be held by hamas is described as an all-american kid who went to israel to find his roots. jim axelrod has his incredible story. >> reporter: on long island, new york, omar neutra's family and fence are in anguish. orna and ronan neutra got a call from the israeli consulate

ten days ago asking to meet right away. >> they walked in and said that he's been taken captive. it's insane that you feel relief to think that your son is not dead. >> reporter: they tell you your son has been taken hostage, and you're relieved. >> yes. >> it's unreal. just unreal. >> reporter: for now they're holding tight to positive thoughts about omer. his brother daniel -- >> he's a natural born leader. an amazing role model. he's strong, he's funny. >> reporter: a grandson of holocaust survivors, omer put off attending binghamton university to study in israel. eventually joining the idf, the israel defense forces. >> omer's an american-born kid that wanted to help his grandparents' homeland and defend it. >> reporter: did you raise the idea of risks? >> of course. >> of course. >> yeah. >> of course. >> he was crying over this. this was not an easy decision to be made. >> reporter: omer was a tank

commander near gaza when news of the attack broke. >> immediately i texted him, what's going on? nothing. we called him, nothing. >> reporter: what can you tell us about what you know happened? >> we know that the army did an investigation. from what they've shared and the videos that we're shown, their conclusion is that him and his team have been taken. >> we are a mission. >> reporter: a mission focused on action. this is not a time for tears. >> tears come at night, and i've been showering so much because i cry in the shower. and i just let it out. and then i come out and i'm -- i have to refocus again. >> reporter: making sure that focus is on getting omar and the others back. >> they've done nothing wrong. let them go home. it's not that hard. we are all humans. >> reporter: and refusing to surrender their hope.

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. cbs news will bring you president biden's address to the nation tonight on the israel-hamas war and russia's war in ukraine in a special report. it's expected to start at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the house again failed to elect a speaker. judiciary chairman jim jordan came up short yesterday in a second round of voting. the ohio congressman lost more republican support than he did the day before. 22 colleagues voted against him compared to 20 on tuesday. he's vowing to stay in the race. >> i already proven i can get from the most conservative members of the conference to the more moderate members of the conference. so -- whole cross section of the conference, it's important that we get the last few. >> a bipartisan group of lawmakers is considering a plan to give interim speaker patrick mchenry more power until a new speaker is elected. and 18 years after natalee

holloway vanished on a school trip to aruba her suspected killer finally comes clean, confessing in open court to the murder. joran van der sloot admitted to chilling details how he killed the teen and dumped her body into the sea. janet shamlian has emotional reaction from holloway's mother. >> reporter: joran van der sloot confessed to the crime he's long been suspected of -- killing natalee holloway on an aruba beach after she refused to have sex with him. >> it's better than closure because our never-ending nightmare had to end, and we are so grateful that we can say that today. >> reporter: the dutch national's admission was part of a plea deal. after trying to extort $250,000 from beth holloway to reveal what happened to her daughter. in a recorded interview with investigators, with beth holloway watching from another room, van der sloot described how afternoon natalee kneed him in the groin he smashed her head with a cinderblock and dragged

the high school senior into the water. what was it like to hear and see that in real time, to hear him discuss what he did to your daughter? >> it's shocking. it's almost as if it just blisters your soul when you hear it. >> reporter: in a heart-wrenching victim statement, holloway told van der sloot, "you terminated her potential when you bludgeoned her," calling her pain indescribable with grief that lives deep in my soul. >> she was killed just by standing her ground. >> reporter: you didn't know that. >> no, i hadn't -- i didn't know nothing. >> reporter: authorities say van der sloot's account passed a polygraph test. the judge imposed the maximum 20 years, but he'll serve it at the same time he's serving a sentence for the murder of another young woman in peru. there were dozens of family members and natalee's friends in the courtroom. many breaking down when beth holloway addressed the court saying, "i will live my life with the beautiful memories of who natalee was and what she could have become."

janet shamlian, cbs news, birmingham, alabama. four co-defendants in the federal bribery case against senator bob menendez pleaded not guilty to revised charges. menendez, his wife, and a business associate are accused of conspiring to use the senator as a foreign agent for the egypt government. menendez will enter a plea next week. he and his wife earlier pled not guilty to charges of taking bribes of cash, gold b coming up, remembering "rocky" actor burt young. we look at the career of the hollywood tough guy. and back-to-back titles. the las vegas aces pull off an amazing finish for an history win. this is the "cbs morning news." amazing finish for an history one. this is the "cbs morning news." h o. this is the "cbs morning ne. this is the "cbs morning new. this is the "cbs morning newi. this is the "cbs morning nen. this is the "cbs morning

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consecutive year. the team defeated the new york liberty 70-69 in game four last night. the aces are now the first team to repeat as champions since the los angeles sparks did so in the 2001-2002 season. aces forward a'ja wilson was named mvp. georgia police released footage of a deadly officer shooting, and there are new allegations about a suspected serial killer. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the new york post" reports on new details that could link the suspected gilgo beach killer to the unsolved deaths of two prostitutes. that's after a new witness came forward. earlier this year, rex heuermann was charged with murdering three sex workers on new york's long island. he's also the prime suspect in a fourth murder. police say they're interviewing new witnesses who allegedly had unsettling encounters with rex heuermann that could link him to the unsolved deaths.

"the atlanta journal constitution" says georgia officials released georgia officials released videos from a deadly i-95 traffic stop. >> hands behind your back! >> reporter: one of the videos shows a violent struggle on monday between a sheriff's between sheriff's deputy leonard cur. he was pulled over for allegedly going more than 100 miles per hour. during the struggle, the deputy shot and killed cure. he spent more than 16 years in prison on a robbery conviction that was later overturned. the deputy has been placed on leave pending an investigation. and the "orlando sentinel" says the city has a deal to buy the pulse nightclub where dozens were killed in a mass shooting. orlando's mayor says the city plans to purchase the site for $2 million and build a memorial to the victims. the gunman opened fire at the gay nightclub killing 49 people. at the time it was the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. city council must still approve

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meanwhile, google is shrinking its work force. reports say the company cut dozens of jobs in its news division. this week senators asked google, x, and tiktok for information on efforts to stop misinformation related to the israel-hamas conflict. a spokesperson for google says the layoffs will not impact that work. and how would you like to get your hands on this very limited edition domino's pizza delivery car from 1985? it's going up for auction next month. the company only made ten of these. it's a tricked out trident a2 car originally with a pizza warming oven in the back. in 2019 one sold for about $44,000. that's your cbs "money watch" report for this thursday morning. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. up next, john stamos opens up. the "full house" actor reveals trauma his new memoir. "full ho new trauma his memoir. ew trauma. w trauma his memoir. trauma his memoir. trauma his memoir. nmemoir. ememo. . .

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thank you for joining us this morning. it's thursday, october 19th. >> let's get started. >> you are not alone. you are not alone. >> president biden set to address the nation after his historic visit to israel. just as humanitarian aid begins to stream into the war zone. yeah, i said oh my gosh. this is going to be a challenge. >> san francisco gearing up to host its big e international event in decades. see the massive effort to keep the world leaders safe at the a peck summit.

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