good morning, it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, i'm jose diaz-balart, this is a second hour of the special coverage of the israel-hamas war. right now it is 6:00 p.m. in the gaza strip. the humanitarian crisis there is only growing more urgent by the hour. >> israel says 600,000 people have now followed israeli orders to evacuate the northern part of gaza. many of them now congregating at the rafah crossing, that's on the egyptian border in the

south. but right now that crossing appears to be closed in both directions for people and humanitarian aid. also happening, the israeli security cabinet will hold a meeting with prime minister netanyahu, and in just a few hours from now, as the world braces for what is believed to be an upcoming israeli invasion of gaza. plus, secretary of state antony blinken is back in tel aviv today to meet with israeli leaders just as we learned that families of 199 hostages have been notified their loved ones were abducted. in just a few minutes we'll speak with a family of 85-year-old yafa adar and her grandson, taken during saturday's horrific terrorist attack. the desperate pleas from that family and dozens of others to get their loved ones back safely. ♪♪ and we begin this hour with the very latest on what's

happening on the ground in the middle east. for that we turn to nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel who joins us from the israel-gaza border. richard, it's just at sunset, and continuing attacks on gaza are under way. israel's bound to expand its assault by air, sea and land. what could that potentially look like? >> reporter: well, even though the air strikes are continuing, and right now there are drones overhead, there have been air strikes continuing into gaza city all day, there does seem to be a bit of a pause, even though it doesn't look like it, even though it doesn't sound like it, the attack by land hasn't happened yet. we're not seeing the same kind of urgency in the statements from the israeli officials, we're not seeing israeli troops moving into that final position.

instead, what we're seeing are more strikes, according to people inside gaza. the strikes are becoming slightly more targeted. they are still targeting apartment buildings. they are still targeting roads. still targeting almost anything. but according to people that i've been speaking to, the strikes seem to be focusing now on a single apartment in a building, or a particular building and not touching the other buildings, on the first days of this campaign the israelis were carrying out much more what looked like carpet bombing, knocking down rows of buildings one after another. so, something is under way. the reason why they haven't gone in is obviously a military secret that the israelis are keeping to themselves. but we are in a diplomatic phase. there are evacuations that took place today of israelis from haifa and israeli americans from

haifa, attempts to get palestinian americans and other palestinians who have foreign passports out of the gaza strip. those efforts, so far, have not been successful in gaza, and we were speaking a short time ago with people inside -- inside the gaza strip waiting at that rafah border, and they're incredibly frustrated. they're frustrated that they're stuck there. they're watching israeli americans get taken off in a cruise ship and they say what about us? why are we still inside? obviously, the logistics are very different pulling a cruise ship up into a sovereign country and leaving from a port that is normally used for large ships is very different than trying to coordinate getting people out of a war zone that is under attack with four-way diplomacy between the united states, egypt, hamas, and israel. so, they're not exactly comparable situations, but the people in gaza waiting at that -- at that crossing point

feel that they are being ignored, feel that they are getting -- that the israelis are getting preferential treatment. >> and, of course, we know that there are other foreign nationals also waiting to try to escape gaza, including up to potentially 600 americans. we've heard from the secretary of state, and the state department in the last 24 hours, where it seemed like there have been multiple efforts and a big push and an expectation that that border crossing between gaza and egypt would be opened. it was supposed to happen this weekend, it didn't. last night it was going to happen. this morning we were told. it hasn't. do we know why not? what is going on there? >> reporter: so, it's just starting to rain here, so hopefully our lights and cameras will hold up. but that border crossing, i've crossed it myself. i've been down there quite a few times over the years, this is not an e-gate. it doesn't work well under

normal circumstances. it is incredibly slow. you have to have all of your paperwork. and now you have to -- you have to balance all the competing interests. the egyptians want that border crossing open so that they can let people in, but also so that they can move supplies in because moving supplies in to gaza takes some pressure off of egypt, which is being criticized right now, all over the world, but in egypt, and in the arab world in particular because they look like they're not helping the palestinian people. so they want to send aid in. hamas is busy fighting, so whatever coordination they had on their side is either not reliable or not there. the israelis want to keep that area sealed off and the americans are putting pressure to get the people out and to get it out right away and the united nations is operating because the united nations has responsibility for large sections of the palestinian population inside gaza. so, i think it's most likely a logistical problem at this

stage, that is not a satisfying answer, of course, for the people who are waiting, who have been called time and time again to cross that border, and who are waiting there, and anxious to leave, and frustrated, and standing in the heat with very little supplies. some water has been pumped in. they got some into rafah and the surrounding areas last night and they are trying to conserve it out of concern that they don't know when more water supplies could come in. >> well, thank you so much for that reporting, and helping us understand the challenges that are part of this situation. we really appreciate it. richard engel, and with us now to continue our conversation from israel is avi mayer, the editor in chief of the jerusalem posts. you were just visiting one of the communities hardest hit by the october 7th attacks, i understand. what did you see? >> reporter: i'm actually here on a roadside stop, i spent the

day at kibbutz be'eri one of the civilian communities targeted in the massacre just last weekend and the sights that are extremely harrowing. this is an environment that's generally were idyllic, very quiet, lots of greenery and lawns. there are homes that have been completely shattered, that are -- have been blackened by hamas terrorists who set them on fire in order to murder the families inside. we saw one home in which the terrorists barricaded themselves. and so the idf had to come in and demolish the structure and when they pulled the rubble apart they found the bodies of eight small children who had been tied to one another and shot. they also found the bodies of a couple who were embracing when they died. it was an extremely difficult thing. i've never seen anything like this before. i think what will stick with me is actually just the smell, the smell of death was everywhere.

i'd never encountered that before and i don't think it will ever leave me. >> it never does leave you at all, avi, it's one of those things that just you will forever, forever remember. and it's important to never forget. avi, i'm just wondering, and there's been so much talk of gaza being sealed, that nothing can get in, and nothing can get out. we saw raf sanchez's report on the thousands of ak-47s, claymore mines, rpgs that hamas fighters had when they went in to perpetrate that massacre a week ago. and now we're seeing that iran's foreign ministry, talking today that hamas has potentially the possibility to release the 199 hostages if israel stops its air strikes on the gaza strip, even though hamas has not ck a knowledged making such an offer.

is iran now the hostage negotiator par excellence? >> reporter: we know that iran has had a role in this all along. "the wall street journal" reported just the other day that hezbollah officials confirmed that not only was iran a part of planning this massacre, but it actually gave it a green light just a few weeks before. iran is a patriot of hamas's just as it is a patron of hezbollah. they couldn't do anything they do without it. they certainly couldn't have the military capabilities they have without iran. the notion of iran playing a constructive role here is pretty preposterous. iran plays a pernicious role in this region and around the world. the notion they can somehow play a positive role is absolutely ridiculous. >> we don't know based on that reporting from "the wall street journal" we have not confirmed that and the u.s. has not confirmed direct involvement by iran with hamas attack, but if we could just stick with the

hostage situation for a minute, avi, there are now nearly 200 families in anguish. they've been told their loved ones are being held by hamas. today the number was 199 families have been notified. that number is up from 155 just yesterday, and i think a lot of us are wondering, why are those numbers jumping? and what does this mean for the expected ground invasion that the hostage component of this? >> reporter: it's a great question. you know, the situation in israel is one of tremendous chaos. there are so many people whose fates are currently unknown, and as additional bodies are found the numbers shift. and so there are quite a few people whose bodies may be lying in a field somewhere and just have not yet been found or they may, in fact, be in gaza, being held hostage by hamas. we just don't know. that's why the numbers keep shifting. that's why they're constantly being updated and they probably

will be for several days, perhaps even several weeks to come. as for the role that that plays in the possibility of a ground assault, it's obviously extremely complex. we expect that hamas will use these hostages as human shields, just as they used their own civilians as human shields in order to protect their leader, protect their military installation. that's something that the israeli and american leaders are keenly aware of, and they're still coordinating on very closely. we of course hope the hos tangs can be brought back safely but it will be a very difficult task indeed. >> avi mayer, thanks for being with us this morning, really appreciate it. >> thank you. up next, it's the video seen around the world, an 85-year-old israeli woman looking defiant as she was kidnapped by hamas ten days ago. we'll talk to her granddaughter whose cousin was also taken. plus, we will go live to the white house for an update on what prompted president biden to reschedule today's trip to colorado. we're back in just 60 seconds

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for comfortable relief. welcome back, just this morning the israeli government says it's now identified and been in contact with the families of now being held inside gaza, and among the missing is 85-year-old yafah adar. >> a video obtained by reuters shows adar being driven into gaza after hamas gunmen invaded israeli villages, she's in a golf cart looking on defiantly while bystanders cheer, her family says they recognized her instantly and her relatives say it's important that people see this video. also, among the nearly 200 people abducted, yafah's eldest grandson, tamir. joining us now is adva adar, the granddaughter of yafah and tamir's cousin. thank you for being with us this

morning, how are you and your family doing today? >> we're hanging on, really trying to do the best that we can to bring them back home, to talk to whoever is willing to listen and to hear these horrible things that happened to us and to our country, hoping that the international pressure will somehow help us bring them back home. >> i'm wondering, adva, because the israeli government says it's been in touch with families of 199 hostages, is your family one of them? what have you heard, if anything, from the israeli government and what do you know about where your family members are, and the condition they may be in? >> yes, they got in touch with us. we got a formal notification that they are kidnapped, but we have no information. we don't know where they are. we do know they are somewhere in gaza.

the only information we have comes from the video that shows my grandmother kidnapped, of her with four terrorists around her in the golf cart, and then we found some picture with her and some terrorists in a car. but that's all the information we've got, and we are very, very worried for her health condition, my grandmother is ill, and she's taking medication on daily basis, and we don't know if she's survived so far. and we don't know how long can she continue surviving without the medications? we're very, very worried for her condition, and every day that this going, that is passing, we're getting more worried for her. >> yeah, she's 85 years old. adva, tell us a little bit more about her, what spirit she shows

in that brief video there. tell us about her, and also about your cousin tamir. >> my grandmother is a very special person, she was one of the people that helped build this country. she raised all of us here, believing that we have the right, you know, to live in this country and that we should live in peace with our neighbors. she had no thought that these neighbors will kidnap her from her bed and, you know, a lot of people are asking about this video and are asking about the look in her eyes there because it seems like she's smiling. and it's hard for people to understand why, and they asked if she has alzheimer's or dementia. and my grandmother is sharp-minded. she gets the situation, but, you

know, she's looking in the eyes and she's saying you can kidnap me but you won't humiliate me, and you won't see me hurt. she sits there and looks in their eyes and, you know, hoping they will see she's a person, and that that's the kind of person my grandmother was, and she had a lot of best friends, and her look gives us a lot of strength. and i know that a lot of people are affected by it, and it gives optimism to a lot of people. and that's really her. >> that's profound, and what a strong woman, you're right, and so courageous. >> yeah. >> and just the message she sends through her body language and that sense of resolve that she has and her composure. is there anything, adva, that you think the government or anyone could be doing more to help you, your family, and this

situation? >> i want to believe that, yes, the authorities are doing their best in order to bring them back home. i do think that all the international pressure that can pressure somehow the arab countries to make hamas bring them back home, we need all the pressure that the world could give. and it comes from the people all around, and it comes from the leaderships in the -- all around the world. so i ask whoever see my grandmother face and whoever see -- hears her story, please help us, please help us pressure hamas to bring them all back home. there's no reason for an 85 years old woman to be kidnapped in gaza, and every day, every hour that is passing is an hour we don't know if she survives. so, please, pressure whoever it's her back home. >> yeah, and adva, never, never

lose hope. you know, in those moments of her silence on that video, it couldn't be any louder, her extraordinary statements, and you just repeated them. you will never humiliate me, you can't take away my pride. she said that so loud in her silence. thank you. adva, never, ever lose hope. >> thank you, we need to bring her back home. >> yeah. >> thank you, adva, for being with us, we'll be right back with special coverage of the israel-hamas war.

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22 past the hour this morning, new developments in how washington is responding to the israel hamas war, earlier today the white house announced that president biden has postponed last minute his scheduled trip to colorado, and instead will stay in washington. to monitor the latest developments out of israel, and right now secretary of state antony blinken is in israel where he is meeting with officials, earlier today on msnbc white house national security council spokesman john kirby said this about the ongoing negotiations to help those fleeing. >> the humanitarian situation in gaza is getting worse by the day, if not by the hour. there are thousands and thousands of people, now, that

have left the north part of gaza, and are trying to get down south to that rafah gate. we want to make sure they can get out. >> joining us now is nbc's mona gallego. are there any plans for the president to go to israel? he's been invited to go. >> reporter: the invitation was extended by benjamin netanyahu and the white house is taking it under consideration, having all of the necessary conversations you can imagine would accompany a request like this, any kind of presidential travel, even when the president is going somewhere domestically or internationally for a summit requires so much security planning, so many logistical considerations so imagine adding to that the potential for any kind of a trip into an active war zone, and then you can really kind of contemplate what they might be talking about here. so, the white house saying only that we know the invite has been extended, but nothing about any kind of timing or whether it would even be feasible at this

time. jose, we know, of course that the president in other situations has gone to very dangerous locations, of course he vitd poland a month after russia invaded ukraine in 2022 and we saw him make that secretive trip into ukraine, into kyiv via train. but again, those are things that require so much logistical and security planning that simply we are not talking about that at this time here at the white house, but the fact that he did postpone this trip to colorado signals just how seriously these conversations are happening about the entire conflict and war, and that the president wanted to be able to continue to be meeting with national security teams here, and continue to have calls behind the scenes so that he could focus on that, instead of this pre-planned event, jose and ana. >> thank you, ana. turning to the latest on capitol hill, we're learning the house is planning to hold a

floor vote at noon eastern tomorrow to elect the next speaker of the house. 13 days after speaker kevin mccarthy was ousted. now, congressman jim jordan appears to be the gop nominee. he won the internal election on friday, but it's still unclear if he has enough votes to actually win the speakership. joining us now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. how likely is tomorrow's vote, and is jim jordan any closer to becoming speaker? >> well, ana, i think the vote is likely in part because jordan has a different set of tactics at his disposal than did steve scalise, the last person to be the republican nominee for speaker, but who failed to actually take it to the floor. jordan has been working behind the scenes to sway holdouts, maybe more than a dozen as early as friday evening. and working on republicans to put pressure on holdouts and a floor vote to smoke out the remaining votes opposed to jim jordan would be part of that pressure strategy but already

today he's flipped at least one influential never jordan voice, that's mike rogers, the chairman of the house armed services committee who had been pretty vocal late last week he couldn't support jordan, that he wouldn't support jordan, this morning tweeting they had spoken over the weekend and thathe, in fact, will supportheire brand conservative lawmaker from ohio. ings appear to be moving in the right direction for jordan, i think the challenge for him team, and frankly for ours, is figuring out exactly who the pockets are left who represented by those 50-plus votes on a secret ballot who remain opposed to jordan now, and would be willing to make that opposition public if and when this vote happens tomorrow. >> in the meantime, no business can get done in the house until they have that person selected as the new speaker. garrett haake, thank you very much for that reporting. up next, a chilling firsthand look inside the deadly attack at a packed music festival in israel. >> we'll see the video, and hear from survivors as it happened.

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his meetings in israel after arriving there, after he's been doing shuttle diplomacy throughout the middle east for days now. we have a new chilling inside look into that massacre at the supernova music festival in israel where at least 260 people were murdered on october 7th when hamas launched its surprise attack. >> nbc news has pieced together a timeline of the deadly assault, compiling testimony from survivors, satellite imagery of the aftermath and video from the event. let's take a look at nbc news' new digital democracy. we want to warn you you may find some of this content disturbing.

>> just felt it was the best night, we were prepared with an apartment, and our equipment, and everything was there. it was magical, you know, i've been to festivals in israel. this was a big one. there was a lot of beautiful people, great vibes. we're going to rave. >> we started dancing, and everything was perfect, and i was happy. surrounded by people i love. >> it was like sunrise, everyone was just, you know, jumping, having fun. >> i started seeing things in the sky, and not understanding

what's happening around. >> at about 6:30 a.m. on saturday, october 7th hamas rockets begin to rain down on israel. the supernova music festival, just three miles from the gaza border is well under way. festival goers stopped to look at the sky. some take pictures, unaware of the horror to come. >> the rockets started, and after 45 minutes we're realizing that the terrorists, it's 200 meters from us. >> by 7:00 a.m. dozens of hamas terrorists breached the festival site. within moments, panic erupts. >> you'll hear the bullets, and saw left and right, and you see people go down. and you just want to survive. well, after a few minutes we understand that you have

terrorists in another place, in another place, and everywhere. >> i think that was the moment when i understand that maybe it's the end, and maybe -- maybe we're going to die here. >> it felt like in my next step they were going to shoot me. >> there was just one main road, route 232 out of the festival grounds. some festival goers start to escape by car. this dash cam video from 7:40 a.m. captures a driver taking repeated fire from hamas terrorists while trying to escape. >> and there was a traffic jam because the route outside, there was one road outside, it was

blocked, both sides. >> as cars begin to pile up, some drive east into the desert. >> we were around like 300, 400 cars in one column, and we're hearing the bullets, you have to understand the whole time there's bombs, bullets, you know, people are in chaos. there was panic. it was rising. and then we just see around a thousand people just run, you know, in chaos. and we decide, you know, to ditch the car and just run for our lives. >> reone away from another place to other place, every time shooting us, no matter where you're going, shooting us, and we don't -- we don't know from where, we don't know where to run. >> the moment we started to run it felt like we're done. plain and simple. i think the feelings of all of us were like, we can't believe this. it was from party to this, after like one hour. we were like, where is the army?

where is the police? what -- you know -- is going on here? >> go pro video shot by hamas captures attackers pausing outside a festival bathrooms. this stall appears to be red, and occupied, indicating someone is inside. shots are fired into the stalls, one by one. some festival goers hide in the bushes and trees. including noah kalash and her boyfriend. >> this unidentified man or

woman take cover in a bush about half a mile northeast of the festival along route 232. about a mile south from them, another group seeks refuge in a bomb shelter. dash cam footage from 7:55 a.m. shows hamas terrorists outside that bunker. it was about an hour into the attack. inside the shelter is 23-year-old hirsh poland. >> i turned my phone on, i believe at 8:23 in the morning, and when i turned it on there were two texts in a row from hirsh at 8:11. the first one said i love you. and immediately at 8:11 also it said i'm sorry. and so i knew immediately wherever he was it was a terrible situation. they were all civilians at a music festival, and they were fish in a barrel, sitting in

this bomb shelter. >> one of the terrorists throws what appears to be a grenade into the bomb shelter. shortly after a man runs out of the bunker before being shot. the grenade then appears to detonate. >> we've spoken to eyewitnesses, we know that hersh's arm from elbow down was severed, was blown off, and that he tied a tourniquet around with his shirt and hamas came in after the gunfire settled down and said, anyone who can walk, stand up and walk out, and he got up and he walked out with five other people. then the police told us one thing they knew is that the last known signal, cell signal from his phone was on the border with gaza. >> by 10:00 a.m. festival security guard tessler on the left and his best friend get separated trying to help people get to safety. >> we're separated because we

saw terrorists very close to us, and after this i being alone. when i survive his mother called me and asked me if i know what happened to bar, and he told me that he kidnapped him. then i saw the video. it was like my brother. and the thing that i'm here and he's there, it's killing me from the inside. >> bar and hersh are likely among the more than 150 hostages israel says are in gaza. on social media hamas celebrates the capture of noah argomani, seen here being taken away on a motorcycle, in arabic posting our guys are done their duty, her boyfriend avi gnatan was also taken. satellite imagery shows smoke from fires after the attack begins, enhanced images show

fires burning, including near the roads by the festival. five days after the attack, nbc news correspondent raf sanchez visits the grounds to witness the aftermath. >> this is our first time inside the supernova festival since that attack in the early hours of saturday morning. this was the place of music, a place of dancing and a place of joy. now there's a deathly silence here. this is one of the artistic tents at the festival. you can see people here were painting, they were expressing themselves, and this is just one of these many scenes we've seen all across southern israel, a place that is frozen in time. over here is one of the parked cars. there are the makings of everything you'd need for a fun weekend at a music festival. it looks like this person has paint, there's chocolate in there. there's kleenex, there's extra water. this was what was the main bar

at the festival and you can see everywhere there are just half drunk bottles of johnny walker whisky, of vodka, people were having a good time here when this murderous wave swept in. >> it's a miracle. i could have stayed for another cigarette and get, you know, shot in the head. that's how it was. >> dhal and his friends walked through the desert for four hours before being brought to safety. noah kalash and her boyfriend hid in the bushes for eight hours until they were rescued. >> eight hours, i'm completely silent. not able to -- to speak. or to breathe, or to do anything. >> but from where we've been, you know, saturday at 5:00 in the morning until now, it's just

like a nightmare. just a nightmare. our thanks to anna shekster and the whole nbc news digital team for putting that together. jose, we've talked a lot about what happened at that music festival and we've seen glimpses of some of that video, we've heard from some individual family members and some of the survivors about their personal stories, but seeing it all weaved together in such a comprehensive way, i think, really does offer deepening understanding of how everything unfolded. >> absolutely. ana, that it went on for five

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justice department has now opened a federal hate crime investigation after a 6-year-old boy was stabbed to death, and his mother was critically injured in what police say was an anti-muslim hate crime. joining us now and nbc's shaq brewster, outside the courthouse where this case is happening. what more have you learned about what happened? >> reporter: hi there, ana, police are calling this a senseless and cowardly act of violence. when you listen the details which are extremely disturbing you get an understanding why they're saying that. police responded to a report of a stabbing around 11:30 mm saturday evening or saturday night. they say when they got to the house they saw a mother and her 6-year-old boy in a bedroom with multiple stab wounds. ana, that 6-year-old boy wadea al fayeoume stabbed 26 times, transported to the hospital with a 12 inch blade or knife still in his abdomen.

he lathe died at the hospital. that mother is still in the hospital, her family says, in critical condition fighting for her life. when you listen to what police are saying, they're saying this was a clear act of anti-muslim hate, if i'm quoting them directly, when they say both victims were targeted due to them being muslim and they connected the action to the ongoing violence and war in the middle east. we know the suspect was arrested. he is going to be appearing in court later today. he's facing multiple charges, including hate crime, including first degree murder, and when we heard from the family yesterday as they attended a press conference, i want you to listen to a little bit of what they said but bottom line is they want accountability for this crime. >> to bring accountability for his life taken too soon. he's saying, basically, that the memory of his son will live with

them, but for them to feel that this life was meaningful to the community, to society, to this country. accountability, justice has to meet you. >> reporter: that was a spokesperson, speaking on behalf of the father, we know that 6-year-old wadea will be laid to rest later today around 1:30 p.m., that's the same time we expect to see this suspect in court. ana? >> that poor sweet boy. shaq brewster, thank you. and overnight here in florida, an emotional return to u.s. soil for 270 americans evacuating israel. they flew on a charter plane from tel aviv to tampa, and are now sharing their experiences, escaping the war. nbc's dasha burns joins us from tampa. dasha, you spoke exclusively with florida governor ron desantis who organize it had trip. how does that carried out? >> reporter: well, look, jose, most major airlines cancelled

flights going in and out of israel after the hamas attacks, and a lot of americans were stranded, didn't have a way to get out of the country. the desantis administration launched an evacuation operation, and last night we were able to speak with folks who finally made it home, and we heard their stories. today, more than 270 americans evacuated from israel are back in the united states, arriving in tampa overnight on the first flight to return to the u.s. in an operation organized by florida governor ron desantis. >> it's very emotional to be here, to be away from all 91 of the weathers were children. >> these kids are having to dodge rockets. these kids are having terrorists come after them. it's not the way this world should be. >> reporter: this family spent the week in a bomb shelter with their toddler. can you describe the level of fear right now, the level of fear you had while you were in

israel and the level of fear in your community? >> on a physical sense, we are thankful we are here. we are very blessed we had a governor that got us here. god took care of everything. on an emotional level, it's overwhelming to be in that situation where you have a fear of your life. >> reporter: for many, the homecoming is joyful, but the heartache isn't over. this woman was in tel aviv when the war began. >> so much. it's just so much heartbreak. to leave everything so suddenly and everything you love. i haven't gotten to say good-bye to a single person. i'm worried. my friends are out there serving. my cousin is on the front lines in gaza. >> reporter: jose, this is all part of an executive order allowing the state to carry out these evacuations. more flights are expected throughout the week bringing these americans home to this state. >> dasha burns in tampa, thank you very much.

up next, messages of peace and hope here at home as the fighting rages in gaza and israel. >> we are seeing vigils held across this country calling for an end to the violence. we will talk with a rabbi about what he is telling his community. you are watching special coverage of the israel-hamas war, only on msnbc. on msnbc

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>> last night was a very, very moving service. this has been one of the most difficult weeks. the most difficult week for the jewish world since the holocaust. over 1,400 men, women, children, babies, holocaust survivors were killed. over close to 200 people are held captive now in gaza. the way they were butchered by the hamas was a shock. no one believed a holocaust moment would happen again in our lifetime. people in my synagogue who have relatives held captive in gaza. the community is distraught. the community wanted to get together to give strength to each other, to tell israel that we're going to pray for you and stand with israel to finish -- to start and finish the job of eradicating the hamas and the terrorism in that part of the world. because you stop hamas there, we with stop terrorism in our country. we were there to pray and give

support to the families that are right now struggling. the message really is, don't go into the world now like they did with hate and murder. we in america can bring light and goodness and kindness to the world. >> how do you, rabbi, find hope? how do you find light in so much darkness? these are such dark days. i think you really defined it so well. we had the granddaughter of an extraordinary lady, 85 years old, taken from her home. 83 years old. she has health problems. there she was in the golf caty l not humiliate me. how do we find hope and light in dark days? >> the key is, we know people in the world, their focus is evil and destruction. we have to have a segment that

deals with them to wipe them out, to get rid of them. then all of us not on the front line, our job is -- they are causing destruction and death. we have to be more focused and bring light and goodness and kindness and work harder to bring love and unity to the world. we have to stay united. that's all over the world and many countries all over the world came out. that's our focus. carnage that cause us to want to do the same thing. it has to allow us to work harder to bring light, goodness and kindness to the world. >> rabbi, i was seeing this little boy killed here in illinois because he was -- he is a muslim. this person stabbed him to death. his mother is in critical condition. how do you explain so much hate? >> unfortunately, there are people in the world that feed and want that hate to go to cause a lot of suffering and

anti-semitism, anti any religion they may have. they need people to cause pain and suffering in the world. we have to work harder. most of the world are good people. to make sure that the world knows -- >> do you think most of the world is good people? >> i think most of the world is good people. unfortunately, a lot of people are being indoctrinated. israel, we need to stand with them to make sure to get rid of that. >> rabbi, thank you for being with us. thank you for sharing that. appreciate it. thank you for the privilege of your time as well. >> thank you for spending part of your morning with us. andrea mitchell will pick up our special coverage of the israel-hamas war right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," our special coverage continuing. secretary blinken in israel, conveying strong concerns f