back to you. >> trace: steve harrigan live in northern israel. steve thank you.he white house appears to be pushing for a humanitarian pause long enough for foreign nationals to get out and for i had to get in but many believe a pause is simply another term for a ceasefire t senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with more on this. kevin good evening. >> reporter: good evening trace. critics argue the bows is performing a bit of verbal jew jut situate when it comes to what they mean by the word pause. because, by any reasonable standard, sacred i cans, it sounds an awful lot like ceasefire and yet here we are. on the one hand the president says there should be a quote, pause, in the fighting in gaza to get the hostages out. but the nsc, that's the national security council, says he's not talking about a ceasefire. >> right now is not the time for a general ceasefire. it is, however, the time to consider pausess in the fighting the. >> so pauses do not help hamas? >> a temporary pause that's localized that would allow us to get aid in and to get o

neil: steve harrigan, be friend -- steve, be safe, and used to so many war zones. and another development out of the blue, turkey is recalling its ambassador to israel for consultation. we don't know what that is about, but of course, he has been very critical of israel and this disproportional and crazy war. and former israeli ambassador to the united kingdom, ambassador, thank you for taking the time. >> my pleasure. neil: let me ask you about this move on the turkey to recall your ambassador to israel. and their ambassador. what's going on here, do you know? >> turkey unfortunately refuses to call hamas terrorists and we ask, we'd ask anyone, what do you call people who shoot babies in their carts? what do you call people who behead, what do you call people who enter civilian houses and machine gun the people that they find. what do you call people to murder parents in front of their children and children in front of their parents. what do you call people who burn people alive. what do you call people who herd concert goers into a ravine and shoot them? >> even

jon: all right steve harrigan on israel border with lebanon in the north steve, thank you. u.s.tral command records 31 drone strike attempts against u.s. military facilities in the middle east. that number jumping just as the uss eisenhower arrives in the red sea. mark meredith is live at the pentagon with more on that. mark. reporter: jon, good evening to you. u.s. officials remain on high alert for possible additional attacks on u.s. or coalition forces who are serving in the middle east. since mid-october, just a few weeks ago since then we've seen more than 30 of these attacks carried out on service members serving in syria and iraq. so far, no u.s. service members have been killed in these attacks. but the sheer amount and brazenness of the attack is worrisome for pentagon officials so far militia carrying out attacks is show nothing sign of letting up and administration is eager to avoid broadening this conflict but is also willing to do what's necessary to protect americans across the middle east. >> the attacks, the threats coming from militia aligned with iran are total

steve harrigan reporting. with that, we bring in aaron cohen, a special operations veteran from israel and specializes in counter terrorism training for law enforcement. it's good to see you today. thanks for being here. >> good to see you. >> martha: let's talk a little bit about this -- about nazrallah's response here. he framed it out. he said it's possible that hezbollah will open a second front in the north of israel. he stopped short of saying that they were going to go there now. what is your take on that? >> well, it's important to understand that israel's actively engaged in combat operations against hezbollah in the north. israel's dealing with five fronts right now. hezbollah in the north, hamas in gaza, the houthis that have already declared war on israel, whether it's overt or covert, have filed several rocketeds in israel which were taken down by f-35s. we have terrorist factions in iraq and a public relations war, which the colonel elaborated on. my thoughts are this. i agree with the colonel. h

mike: steve harrigan live in northern israel. thank you very much. >> back here to the u.s.en administration is under pressure over its handling of the israeli war rallying demonstrators marching here in washington, d.c. yesterday and being there protest outside of the white house. alexandria is live with the very latest. all has been quiet for the president this weekend some 100 miles away from the white house. the pro- palestinian learned one arrest was made. the administration dismissing calls for a cease-fire. senator bernie sanders weighed in on that today. >> i do not know how you can have a cease-fire like hamas which is dedicated to turmoil and chaos. >> secretary of state antony blinken kept fire off. spokesperson max miller said reaffirming the united states commitment to the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance. the resumption of the essential services in gaza making sure palestinians have not been forcibly displaced. they have been advocating for humanitarian pause in gaza. israel feels apposite only benefit. indicating progress has been made. >> mr. pr

steve harrigan is in northern israel. we begin in tel aviv where alex hogan is live with the latest on the fight in gaza. alex? >> reporter: high trace. the last day israeli fighter jets have struck about 450 hamas targets. ground forces are expected to move in on gaza city in the coming days. experts say it's the subterranean underground tunnels that will be the idf's most impressive challenge at. we talked with one expert says he is roughly 300 miles of tunnels mostly insulated by concrete. they are made up of multiple arteries. there is levels and even small rooms. some feature medal doors so they can seal off the corridors in case of an attack. even if the idf does clear and secure some land, there is still the real threat that hamas could ambush it really forces from behind. as far as the hostages who are likely in those tunnels, the conditions are becoming more and more dire. >> the claustrophobia, the lack of air, the low level of oxygen, the complete lack of sense of time. is it daytime, nighttime? i wouldn't be s

the attacks that steve harrigan reporting that go far in.is your assessment of what hezbollah is doing right now? >>> good afternoon. thanks for having me. what hezbollah is doing is constantly, slowly systematically aggravating the situation using different parts of the weapons in its arsenal in order to broughten the scope of the pressure on israel in order to endanger more israeli civilians and what we're seeing is a very dangerous game of brinks manship from hezbollah, one that could embroil the entire region in to war, a war that we are not seeking. if it will be forced upon us, we'll respond and defend ourselves just like gaza and then some. >> martha: what is your assessment one month in and we see these records of gaza city encircled and divided in half at this point? what can you tell us about that how successful has it been to move everything south? >> fighting continues at the high intensity. we are proceeding according to plan in gaza. our forces have encircled gaza and effectively cut the gaza strip in to two, at least above the

jon: all right steve harrigan live near the israel lebanon border, steve, thank you.sident biden is spending weekend in delaware as his administration scrambling to stop the war from expanding. alexandria huff live in the beach, delaware, alex. reporter: hi jon we do know that today president biden received as briefing from national security advisor jake sullivan also from antony blinken right now is wrapping up a day spent in jordan and the focus of this most recent trip to the middle east is trying to find any way they can to try to ease civilian suffering and avoid that escalation of tensions that you were talking about. also, defend the american, administration position that humanitarian pause in gaza to allow for aid to get in is not the same as a cease-fire. >> now united states believes that all of these efforts -- would be facilitated by humanitarian pauses. we believe pauses can be a critical mechanism for protecting civilians, for getting aid in, for getting foreign nationals out. while stiling enabling israel to achieve octave to defeat hamas. >> u.s. allie

we have coverage with steve harrigan on israel/lebanon border, trey yingst in southern is reliant mikenuel in washington. we start with you for the latest on the pro-palestinian march. >> reporter: good afternoon. the crowd to build steadily, people coming from all over, some pro-palestinian, others antiwar, the bottom line is they are calling on president biden to defund support to israel and calling for end to military action in the middle east region. you can see freedom plaza is inside of the capit0l building. the streets have been closed off. all kinds of signage and us aid to israel, lest gaza live, stop harming israel, cease-fire now, also caskets with palestinian flags out here. people have come out for a variety of reasons, some telling us they are supporting the palestinian people, they want a free palestine, they feel this is 75 years of struggle for the palestinian people and they are out here expressing support and calling for action in trying to send a message to president biden. this rally expected to go much of the afternoon ending up near the white house later this aft

steve harrigan is there waiting at the carter center in atlanta with more. od morning. >> good morning, bill. that's right. the motorcade is on the move heading to the carter center here. rosalynn carter died last week at age 96 diagnosed with dementia in the spring and married to jimmy carter for 77 years. former president carter said rosalynn was any equal partner in everything i accomplished. she changed the role of the first lady in the united states. she attended cabinet meetings, a close advisor to president carter and an active campaigner as well. a key issue for her, life long was mental health issues. she fought hard for better care for those needing mental healthcare and remove the sting ma. farmly remembered by family and friends in plains, georgia, population 573. >> we've changed. we don't have this amazing lady that is our friend, number one, to be able to have a private conversation with, for her to ask questions about our children and grandchildren, for us to talk about theirs. to talk about their health. plains has lost a tremendous lady. >>

first we go live to northern israel with steve harrigan. > martha, really a barrage of attacks so far over the past several hours from hezbollah positions inside lebanon hitting at least 16 different places in northern israel. the town of simona being hit by rockets. it's not clear the number of casualties yet. you get a sense there's an uptick in violence with hezbollah's leader expected to speak too many. many people wondering if he will call for hezbollah to play for a more active role. biden officials say they do not expect a major escalation by hezbollah. >> we're concerned about continued attacks on israeli forces there in the north as are the israelis. i don't believe we've seen any indication yet that hezbollah is ready to go in full force. we'll see what he has to say. >> certainly one worrying note, the "wall street journal" reporting that russia's wagner group is in talks with hezbollah to supply an anti aircraft defense system to hezbollah in lebanon. that system would be able to shoot down jets with missiles. martha, back to you

rocket alarms sounding in lebanon border town sprayed steve harrigan is live in northern israel withrtainly high tension tonight there is an infiltration alert by israel that is a warning for northern communities that hezbollah fighters might be trying to infiltrate across the border into israel a barrage of rockets coming from hezbollah fighters hitting several towns in the north including what was hit by six rockets of our residents there told to stay in their bomb shelters for the time being one israelite civilian reported killed this as the defense minister earlier today alerted people forces in the north north remain on high alert. books have no interest in a war on the northern border we are prepared for every possible mission of the israel air force is preserving his capabilities to defend the north against hezbollah. >> certainly another worrisome sign the back and forth fighting across the border that hezbollah fighters have fired rockets these are short range rockets that go about 3 miles carry a very heavy payload up to about 1000 pounds of explosives. extremely destructiv

trace, back to you. >> >> trace: steve harrigan with us live in israel. bring in the author of total empire retired brigadier general ra anthony and former u.s. army reserve captain and intelligence officer. thank you both for coming on here. general to you first, i want to put this up this is the wall street journal editorial board from today, how hamas defines the ceasefire going to write hamas promises more massacres in arabic while asking for humanitarian reprieve in english. it knows from experience that some westerners are gullible enough to fall for it. and we know they're falling for it, general, because we see it every single day. >> yeah, that's right. with these harvard students and college campuses all over, there's a real sickness in the minds of some of these people that are supporting hamas terrorists that brutally slaughtered the israelis and when they crossed the border on october 7th. so israel is moving very deliberately with three divisions in gaza, and they have a good plan and i continue to believe that they're being very methodical

steve harrigan in atlanta. thank you. extended the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich until january the 30th. he was arrested, you will remember, on espionage charges back in march. he has denied the allegations. today's hearing took place behind closed doors because russian authorities claim details of the criminal case against the american journalist are classified. well, this may sound familiar. a recent surge in respiratory illnesses in china. it's got the world health organization concerned. but just how concerned should you be? correspondent matt finn has the latest on that tonight from london. >> the world health organization made what's considered an unusual move, publicly requesting china provide clinical data about an alarming spike of respiratory illnesses in china, primarily among children. the w.h.o. says china provided that data, which it claims shows the outbreak appears to be an overlap of common viruses like the flu and rsv. the health agency says it's not conclusive, writing the

steve harrigan joins us now live on the ground in northern israel with the very latest from there.ex arthel, tensions really running high and part two twin incident that happened just a short time ago. if a vehicle inside lebanon was attacked by israeli forces. different versions as to what exactly happened. it has below lawmaker from lebanon set inside the vehicle is a grandmother and three small children all killed by the israeli attack. israelis gave a very different version they say they attacked a suspected transport vehicle for terrorists they are investigating what happens. whichever side is accurate what is clear at this point is this attack is spurred on heavier back-and-forth fighting across the border. barrages of rockets landing in northern israel towns taking multiple impacts residents told to get down in their bomb shelters during this attack and also warnings about possible infiltration across the border by hezbollah fighters a single incident really sparking an uptick in the violence across the border. arthel back to you. arthel: steve thank you for bringing us the

more on the carter family's legacy9 and the lasting impact of the carter center, let's bring in steve harriganfrom the carter center in atlanta. steve. >> reporter: jon, tremendous impact here for decades from the carter center. of course, rosalynn carter passing away today at age a 96 in plains, georgia, that's where she was born, admitted to hospice two days ago and diagnosed with dementia this spring. here's dr. jill biden on her bassing. >> -- passing. >> the follower first lady, rosalynn carter, has just passed, and she was well known for her effortss on mental health and and care giving and women's rights, so so i hope that during the holidays you'll consider saying -- include the carter family in or your prayers. >> reporter: rosalynn carter came from modest means. her father was a bus driver, her mother was a dress maker. she was an excellent student in high school and attended college here in georgia. she married jimmy carter in 1946. the two were married for # 7 years -- 77 years and raised 4 children. she was not a conventional first lady. she had an office in the east wing, a full-

steve harrigan has more in israel with that. >> people hanging on every word.oncerned, declaring the forces to open up a major second front in the north, that did not happen. they were tying up key israeli units here, the same time the u.s. secretary of state was pushing for another humanitarian pause here. >> we need to do more to protect the palestinians. we have been clear that as israel conducts this campaign, how it does so matters and it matters because it is the right and lawful thing to do. >> many thousands have left, getting hit by rockets every day, most of the fighting is contained to a 2-mile area, pretty much around the border, and israeli forces remain on extremely high alert. >> thank you so much, steve. >> we will get back to you a little bit later. in the meantime, taking you back to cincinnati where there has been a mass shooting, reports of six victims including possibly five children, joining a press conference already in progress. >> people are angry. what message do you have for people that say they feel neglected. >> i'm angry as well th

drones outside of allah assad air bass in iraq live to israel where chf national correspondent steve harriganding by. steve? >> laura, the numbers are just stunning when we start to prepare for this report that number was at 245. already up to 27 now. the most recent attack in iraq at al-asad air base this was two armed drones. that's where u.s. forces are based al-asad in the desert out there. no casualties from the latest attack. the number 2 7 a. tacks occurred just in the past two weeks. and they occurred against u.s. forces, both in iraq and in syria. the attacks are carried out by armed drones and by rockets as well. and they are carried out by armed groups aligned with iran. and as that happens there, here in northern israel, we're seeing a steady stream of attacks so far hezbollah using shorter range missiles, keeping the attacks to the border area. perhaps out of fear if they break out their larger, more powerful missile, they can sink deep into israel, they could face a massive retaliation from israel. laura, back to you. >> laura: steve, thanks so much for that and tens of thousand

chief national correspondent steve harrigan is in northern israel with the latest, steve. >> alicia,t's been three weeks, really, of steady cross-border fighting between hezbollah, about two miles behind me in lebanon and countering hezbollah strikes here. thousands of israelis civilians across the north have left their homes to try to get away from the near daily shelling and many of those who remain say they do so in a climate of fear. >> they always ask questions, whether hamas is going to our home or we are going to evacuate it again in another city. it's not good for everybody. >> much of the fighting has taken place within just a couple of miles of the border, at least 60 hezbollah fighters have been killed by israeli strikes over the three weeks. so far, hezbollah has constrained itself, mainly using the shorter range rockets in the fight, but its leader nasrallah said yesterday all options are on the table and depends how israel reacts in gaza and all he remain on high alert. back to you. >> steve one follow-up question. the secretary of state is in amman, jordan meeting with

steve harrigan from atlanta. steve?otorcade here on a beautiful fall afternoon because of all the vips here, the president was here, the vice president, two former presidents and all five living presidents and former first ladies. you have dr. jill biden, melania trump, michelle bidenomics and the question is whether jimmy carter would attend. he's 99 years old. he's been in hospice. he did make the trip up from plains, georgia. he didn't speak inside the church. family members gave the tributes to rosalynn carter. >> mother was the glue that held our family together through the ups and downs, thicks and thins of our family's politics. i will always love my mother. i will cherish how she and dad raised their children. >> at the same time, she was raising four children, she's widely seen as having reshaped the role of the first lady. jimmy carter said she was an equal partner all that he ach achieved. the two were married for 77 years and her funeral is tomorrow. back to you. >> neil: thanks for that, steve. i want to go

steve harrigan is there with the latest. steve?de arrived here at the carter center 1 1/2 hours ago. several thousand people expected to come tonight to pay their respects. rosalynn carter died last week at the age of 96. the former president said rosalynn was my equal partner in everything i accomplished. she helped change the role of the first lady. she attended cabinet meetings and a close adviser. she wanted better mental healthcare for americans. those that knew her well stressed her humility. >> she was a woman who had deep inner strength. so i think many people were fooled by her gracious southern demeanor. i think she was one of the m most -- in her own way, ambitious for taking advantage of the opportunities that she had to help others. >> there will be a memorial tomorrow at emory university. both the president and haven't expected to attend. charles, back to you. >> thanks, steve. back to israel in the emotional seens over the past few days of families reuniting following a series of hostage releases. we're talking to a

steve harrigan there. what's happening?ryone is talking about this like it will be a fight, a slugfest, boxing match. really man-to-man, 9:00 p.m. tonight in georgia, atlanta suburb 20 miles to the north. divided city in a divided state. it will be the governor of florida versus the governor of california. sean hannity moderating, 90 minutes, no live audience. it will be a big picture debate about issues, how to govern the u.s., red state versus blue state. one unusual feature about this debate that's governor newsom. he is not a candidate. he is a surrogate for president biden perhaps positioning himself for an eventual run for president. as for governor desantis, many say he might be doing it to try to get a bump in the polls. >> he needs a spark going into iowa and new hampshire and believes if he can go toe-to-toe with one of the leading democrats in the country and a proper proponent about left leaning. >> governor newsom will attack florida's abortion law and try to make the claim desantis wants to put women in prison

let's go to steve harrigan where hezbollah has all of that strong firepower and from which the leaderollah is making these inflammatory remarks. steve? >> hezbollah fighters are two miles away and firing daily. there's a lot of fear here about what nazrallah might say today. would he try to launch a second all-out front against israel using hezbollah's powerful long range guided missiles. that is not the case so far. instead, he said the operation against israel, the attack was a palestinian operation. he also said that hezbollah is doing its part to help. mainly by tying up israeli forces here in the north. >> the operations forced the enemy to maintain forces on the northern border, particularly some elite forces that they wanted to move from the west bank to gaza. >> the talk from hezbollah has been tough and remains tough. the actions still remain limited. much of the fighting is cross border skirmishes. two miles back and forth on the border, about 60 hezbollah fighters killed so far in the fighting. but for people that live in places like shimona, that's little consolation. rock

let's go live to northern israel where chief international correspondent steve harrigan is standing byme in imai route has been a scene of angry protest issued a steady drum beat telling americans to leave lebanon immediately those warings getting more emphatic 80,000 americans in lebanon and to leave while flights are still running. here in northern israel already rockets come in from hezbollah in lebanon pretty much on daily basis sometimes by the dozen hitting border town pps tens of thousands of israelis left their homes many of them have been traumatized by the experience. >> grab whatever they can, and they just go away because there was a threat that because we are near the border hezbollah will come like they did in gaza and come into our houses. >> the back and forth fighting here has largely been confined to the border area roughly about two miles on each side. hezbollah firing its shorter range missiles they've lost about 60 hezbollah fighters over the past three weeks. we heard from the leader hannen nasrallah yesterday saying all options still on the table for hezbollah th

. >> trace: time for final thoughts now with kevin corke, matt finn, steve harrigan and jeff paul.st, kevin, ohio voters in favor of issue one this evening. it seems like you might have these types of abortion measures in a lot of states going forward. >> no question about that. this will continue to be the democrats' litmus test. can they use this issue especially with suburban women to outpoint republicans across the country. ohio, a big win for them tonight, trace. >> trace: it is a big win for them in other states as well. matt finn, the department of defense warning tonight. what are your concerns about what might or might not happen tomorrow? >> the internal memo is warning about a potential day of action all over the united states. tonight, trace, the state department has the worldwide travel caution advisory for any u.s. citizen traveling anywhere around the world. it is unsettling times. >> trace: it is scary. what effects of the war have those who live where you are reporting from been dealing with on a regular basis, steve? >> trace, our shift here usually ends at 7:00 i