abby, we are living that lesson right now.re people don't come out and say what they knew about donald trump, this will happen again. make no mistake, it does have a difference. in 2020, when the largest group of administration officials in american history turned on a president who appointed them, donald trump, it did have an impact in getting independence, more uncertain how they were going to vote. concerned conservatives that did want to support donald trump, the air cover they needed to defect. we are going to have a close affection -- election 2024. if don trump is on the ballot, the american people want to avoid a second term and the autocrat, it is going to require people to step forward. i think the lesson here is that it is never too late to do the right thing. i would welcome anyone, even those who are standing by donald trump's side right now, to actually go speak their minds publicly and say the things they say to all of us privately. it's time for them to own up to the truth and come out and say what john kelly h

abby >> absolutely. i mean, it is so critical for this white house to keep the lines of communication with the arab world open. and tonight, that has at least been postponed. mj lee, thank you. i want to bring it now palestinian journalist and foreign policy analyst -- as well as journalist and author carl bernstein, who's covered israel's since 1992. but i want to start with -- this is a really tricky situation. but one we should all be prepared for. it's going to happen again. we don't know what happened, and we may not know for sometime. but in the meantime, if there is evidence as the israelis say that this was an error in terrorist rocket hidden for israel that landed in this hospital parking lot, does that even matter at this point given how it seems like the narrative had already been set? >> i think it matters. i think they should release the information as soon as possible. but what matters is what happened, that cancellation of that meetings with king abdullah of jordan, with -- of a chip. thes

cnn prime time with abby philip. starts right now. >> these days it seems like the epicenter of american secrets isn't the cia, the pentagon or even the white house. it's mar-a-lago, where donald trump apparently likes to keep and tell those secrets. good evening, i am abby philip, and tonight, abc and the new york times both reporting that, after lady leaving the white house, trump told a club member at mar-a-lago sensitive information about u.s. nuclear submarines. that number is not only a for national, but he's also an australian billionaire who allegedly spread that information to more than a dozen foreign officials. among the allegations that trump shared the number of nuclear warheads, those submarines carried. and how close they can get to russian submarines without being detected. now, trump is, of course, already under investigation for his handling of government secrets, and for keeping classified documents at mar-a-lago. and they certainly fits into that pattern. but in the early stages of his presidency,

abbi, you don't believe _ sensible at this stage.on't believe it _ sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it tells _ sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it tells us - sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it tells us much - sensible at this stage. abbi, you i don't believe it tells us much about independence but some independence voters must have lent their vote to labour for this result to voters must have lent their vote to labourfor this result to happen. obviously that could have happened but we _ obviously that could have happened but we don't know to what extent fatties _ but we don't know to what extent fatties. seeing the turnout argument is weak_ fatties. seeing the turnout argument is weak as_ fatties. seeing the turnout argument is weak as well, the last by—election was held at the same time _ by—election was held at the same time as_ by—election was held at the same time as holyrood so there was probably— time as holyrood so there was probably a little voter fatigue, a lot were — probably a

abby, we are living that lesson right now. if more people don't come out and say what they knew about donald trump, this will happen again. make no mistake, it does have a difference. in 2020, when the largest group of administration officials in american history turned on a president who appointed them, donald trump, it did have an impact in getting independence, more uncertain how they were going to vote. concerned conservatives that did want to support donald trump, the air cover they needed to defect. we are going to have a close affection -- election 2024. if don trump is on the ballot, the american people want to avoid a second term and the autocrat, it is going to require people to step forward. i think the lesson here is that it is never too late to do the right thing. i would welcome anyone, even those who are standing by donald trump's side right now, to actually go speak their minds publicly and say the things they say to all of us privately. it's time for them to own up to the truth and come out and say what john k

i'm abby phillip here in washington. today scenes of terror, heartbreak and utter desperation as israel officially declares war on the terror group hamas. just moments ago cnn has learned that three americans have been killed in fighting according to the u.s. government in a memo. the biden administration is also looking into american deaths and those among the missing, some possibly killed by hamas fighters. we are getting in some gruesome, horrible news. what i'm about to show you is graphic. a rescue group said 260 bodies were found at a western festival site near gaza. the survivors describing hamas fighters storming that festival yesterday morning attacking civilians with rifles, rpgs, kidnapping and killing those that they came across. this is one of the atrocities committed by hamas over the last two days against israel. in response, israel has ramped up attacks on gaza. the area controlled by hamas, this was the scene there just a few hours ago as israeli forces carried out a round of air strikes. it's hard to kn

and good, evening i'm abby phillips. it has been an extraordinarily bad day for republicans and their leader. in perhaps the biggest development in the serial indictments against donald trump, mark meadows has reportedly been given immunity to testify in the federal election interference case. that, according to abc news. and on top of, this just hours before, a another of his codefendants in the georgia case pleaded guilty. that now makes for. in a civil case against his empire, his former fixer directly implicated him for fraud. trump, and michael cohen, came face to face in the courtroom, for the first time in five years today. but even as trump faced some of its most significant legal setbacks, he appeared bent to influence his -- over on capitol hill. just hours after republicans chose their third candidate for the speakership, his candidacy ended abruptly, with a truth social post. >> we need to get our act together, as we say in the, army to get our head all of our. here >> we would like to see congress standup, a

>> hey abby, it's eli and.t was very hard to see a video that we didn't want and our parents and our sisters to watch it it's -- made us very it's varying very sad. but also i want to be optimistic, because we saw that he is okay, that he is fine that he is complete -- and and i when we also saw much worse cases and much worse video. and so, it is somewhat of a good thing you, know. >> what are you hearing from the idf, when it comes to and when it comes to what to do to rescue your brother? >> we cannot be sure, but we have to believe that the idf is doing everything to secure our sisters, and our brothers, and bring them back. we don't have any other choice it, when want to think otherwise. the idf is also in straight contact with us, two days ago, some officers came to our house. and, they confirmed what we already knew, that my brother is kidnapped, and being taken in the gaza strip. and so, we are in very close connection to the arm right now -- . >> i wonder, as someone who lives in israel now, and has be

but it is a very fast moving situation, abby. hour we will be at 72 hours since this terror attack began. it began 6:30 a.m. saturday morning across multiple fronts, air, sea, land, as we all know by now. we are still very much in a situation, particularly along the gaza border, where israeli forces are still engaged, according to an idea of spokes person i've talked to just in the last hour, still in engaged with hamas gunman, who they believe have sort of been left behind, either intentionally or weren't able to make their way back into gaza after the initial terror attack, after the initial incursions. so they are still, they say, engaging. they are also still multiple attempts, according to the idf, of gunman from hamas attempting to get through breaches in the border. israeli authorities are moving to patch up and have been continually moving to patch up and bolster the areas that were breached. as you know, there were multiple fronts breached across the border. but there are still some areas of concern. so it's still a very

that's tonight, on news night. ♪ ♪ ♪ and good evening, i'm abby philip.nations calls the middle east right now on of this, as the u.s. racist keep this war from snowballing into an even deeper geopolitical crisis. and in major developments tonight, president biden says he will visit israel on wednesday in a high stakes trip as the pentagon orders at least 2000 marines and sailors to prepare for deployment to the region. >> on wednesday, president biden will visit israel. he's coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. >> now, this visit comes as israel is preparing for a likely ground invasion against hamas, which began the conflict with the devastating attack on israeli civilians. there are now more concerns, however, including hezbollah, the islamist militant group also deemed a terrorist organization by the u.s.. it's far more deadly and powerful men hamas, potentially. they're attempting to infiltrate from lebanon, in the north. meanwhile in syria, israel has struck hamas friendly targets there. and iran, which bac

i am abby phillip.onight, the fallout intensifies after the historic ouster of kevin mccarthy as house speaker. there is a race underway to replace him. but even more intense is the blame game. some republicans are pointing the finger at matt gaetz. others point to mccarthy and the deal that he himself cut to neuter his own power back in january. but increasingly, we are hearing more of this. that democrats are the ones to blame for not saving mccarthy. the republican congressional committee said democrats on the bipartisan problem solvers caucus have the spine of a boiled noodle of spaghetti. mccarthy himself echoed that. >> i think today was a political decision by the democrats. i think the things they have done in the past her to the institution. you can't do the job if -- eight people, 96% of your entire conference, but eight people can partner with the other side. how do you govern? >> it is a really good question. but it is one that i think kevin mccarthy should have been asking himself back in j

"cnn newsnight" with abby "cnn newsnight" with abby phillip starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> i'm abby phillip, and this is "news knnight." i want to begin by taking a moment to show you some of the horror of the war that has transpired in israel. often, in terror and in war, it's the children who are caught in the cross hairs. their innocence taken away in just a moment. and in this conflict, it is no different. when hamas launched their brutal and deadly assault on the israeli people, it's clear that they spared no one, the elderly, teenagers, toddlers, and babies. not even the smallest, most defenseless victims were spared. i want to warn you that what i'm about to show you is horrific. it is graphic. but it's the harsh, brutal reality of what happened. the israeli prime minister releasing this picture of a baby, an infant, no longer alive, covered in blood, tiny legs still in a diaper. other pictures show others burned beyond recognition. now, it's a reminder that hamas, when they infiltrated those neighborhoods, homes, they did it to torture, to kidnap

i'm abby phillip in washington.e begin with reports of live explosions heard in central israel near tel aviv as hamas is claiming to target the airport. and tonight the atrocities of hamas are being revealed. the images that we're about to show you are graphic and disturbing. this here is the aftermath of the attacks on a music festival site in western israel. a rescue organization says that at least 260 bodies were found at that site. the survivors of that massacre describing fighters storming the festival yesterday morning, attacking civilians with rifles, rpgs, killing or kidnapping anyone that they came across. the death toll now in israel is more than 600 people. we learned tonight that at least three americans are among that number and at this moment, we do not know of the fate of dozens of people who have been taken hostage by hamas and other terrorist groups. the israel forces are stepping up their attacks tonight. the area controlled by hamas. this was the scene there just a few hours ago. explosions lighti

i'm abby phillip.s tanks, troops, and firepower line up at the border, israel's impending ground invasion of gaza looks to be on hold after hamas freed two american hostages, a mother and daughter from chicago. here's her father speaking just moments ago. >> i've been waiting for this moment for a long time, two weeks. i've not been sleeping for two weeks. tonight i'm going to speak good. i spoke with my daughter earlier today. she sounds very good. she looks very good. she was very happy. and she's waiting to come home. i'm going to hug her and kiss her, and it's going to be the best day of my life. >> the white house says the u.s. was involved in negotiating their release. while israel credits military pressure on hamas. the women are currently in an israeli military base where they spoke to president biden. now, the urgent questions tonight are, is the united states asking israel to wait to invade until more hostages are freed? and will hamas even agree to give up what they perceive to be leverage i

joining me now, abby owen, an american living in israel, one of those who spoke with the secretary oftate anthony blinken, five of her family members. you see them on the screen right now, ranging in age from young to older. they were kidnapped. abby, thank you for joining us again, i appreciate you taking up the time in this very difficult moment. you have family hostages who are likely in gaza. what is your reaction to the evacuation warning that we are hearing about tonight? >> scary, i think that we have been hoping for a diplomatic solution, perhaps a civilian corridor to get hostages out before something like this happens. i can tell you from the meeting yesterday, we felt deeply supported by the secretary of state. i think you probably saw his press conference. he spoke from his heart about the fact that this is professional and personal for him, and let us as people who are dual citizens know that this is a true priority for the united states. i really hope that him being in the region will help ameliorate whatever is about to happen. >> abby, we saw part of that press confere

i'm abby phillip.e what is the former president and current republican front-runner just said about immigrants. >> we know they're terrorists. nobody has ever seen anything like we're witnessing right now. it is a very sad thing for our country. it's poisoning the blood of our country. it's so bad. and people are coming in with disease, people are coming in with every possible thing that you could have. >> we don't know what really inspired trump to use that language or what was even in his head, but this episode comes as trump's rhetoric, just generally, has become noticeably and objectively more violent in recent weeks. after one of his indictments, he warned, quote, "if you go after me, i'm coming after you." trump accused the outgoing chairman of the joint chief of staffs, mark milley, of treason. and he suggested he deserved to be executed. in his retirement speech, millie indirectly responded. >> we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator, we don't take an oath to an individual. we take an oath

if i think about it too deeply, i won't be able to talk about it. >> juju: abby's american., now describing how hundreds of hamas terrorists stormed across the border.ot woy were taken hostage from her home. among at least 150 israelis reportedly kidnapped by hamas. one of them her 80-year-old cousin carmela. three others under 17. >> as israelis, we have lived through war, we know what it means to take rockets and go to bomb shelters. we don't know what it means for terrorists to enter the country, to kill people, to rape, to slaughter, to bring them back as hostages. it is inhumane. >> reporter: her 12-year-old cousin, erez calderon, seen here being taken by hamas militants, his whereabouts still unknown. >> he is like all 12-year-olds. he is riding bikes, and he's playing video games, and he has friends, and he has a country who want to see him safely returned along with his sibling and cousin and grandmother and father. >> reporter: as the conflict enters its fifth day, the violence is spreading across israel's border with gaza. in a speech earlier today, president biden

words matter. >> it's sad, honestly. >> abby, thank you. i can't wait to watch you tonight, the launch of your show, we appreciate it. "cnn news night" with abby nil lip, tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. we will be there. >>> "saturday night live" made its long awaited return this weekend so did host and former cast member pete davidson. davidson lost his father in the 9/11 attack and used his opening monologue to address victims of the ongoing war in israel. >> this week we saw the horrible images and stories from israel and gaza. and i know what you're thinking, who better to comment on it than pete davidson. well, in a lot of ways i am a good person to talk about it because when i was seven years old my dad was killed in a terrorist attack. so i know something about what that's like. i saw so many terrible pictures this week of children suffering, israeli children and palestinian children, and it took me back to a really horrible, horrible place. you know, no one in this world deserves to suffer like that, you know, especially not kids. i

that is the next step here abby. >> absolutely. i want to tell those watching we are waiting a news conference right now. in the massacre that occurred in maine the suspect has been found that authorities about to brief us. we have been given a warning, for this to begin. in the meantime i want to go to john miller for a moment. your sources told you that the suspect had been found dead can you give us an indication about the timing here? something that just occurred or were they not sure whether they had found their guy? >> we understand this happen somewhere in the area of 8:00. the burning question abby is is this something where he apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound and did that happen today? or is this a place where he went that was out-of-the-way enough that he had been there for some time. that is one of the questions we are anxious to learn the answer to. it tells us whether he has been hiding. or whether this happened in a more rapid succession. he does the shootings at the two locations he drives to the end of our ro

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that's tonight on news night. ♪ ♪ ♪ and good evening, i'm abby philip.ostages are now free tonight after being released by hamas. both are israeli citizens. two women, 79 and 85 years old, are now at a hospital in tel aviv after being handed over at the rafah crossing. you will hear from one of their daughters in a moment. but first, cnn is reporting that the u.s. has been pressing israel to delay its invasion of gaza to allow for the release of even more hostages. and there are some signs that israel is getting impatient. airstrikes have grown, troops have been massed at the border for a week now, and verbal warnings of an impending assault from the, quote, air, round, and cer multiplying as these days go by. and israel, which denied being asked by the u.s. for a delay says it is not considering any kind of cease-fire. and there are more signs of the biden administration has concerns. u.s. intelligence shows that iranian-backed militias already to ramp up their attacks against u.s. forces in the middle east. on official telling cnn that red lights are f

joining me now, abby phillip and laura coates. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everyone, i am abby phillip alongsidelleagues laura coates and kaitlan collins. this is a special edition of "cnn primetime" for an unprecedented moment in the history of the united states. the headline tonight -- the american government is broken. the tyranny of a minority is now paralyzing this countries institutions. depending on where you might stand politically, it could be for better or worse, in your view, but right now, here is where we are -- there is currently no speaker of the house and, after narrowly avoiding a shutdown, the government is set to run out of money in less than 45 days. and houses now leaving for a week. now, all of this is because, for the very first time ever, republicans have successfully out today six setting setting speaker. and full of hard-liners complain that kevin mccarthy did not do enough to curb spending, even though the party did not seem too concerned about that during the trump era, when the nation's debt skyrocketed. the tensions played out in private in these angry meetings, and

abby? >> thanks, laura. let's pick up where you left off there.ng us at the table, john avlon, senior political analyst, still with us, jamal simmons, andrew yang, coleman young, and john, what happens to republicans? what happens to republicans next? >> not a return to a highly productive governing, as the previous guest said. there will be a weke of jockeying and trying to figure out who can carry the mantle. trump will pick his candidates. it will be a big week of finger pointing and horse racing. steve scalise is probably in poll position because he is widely respected and has moral authority. and he is also the most qualified and least divisive. at the end of the day, the problem is structural. we saw history today. the first speaker taken out of office because of the scandal that he kept government open, and had the temerity to do it with democratic votes. that is a firing offense in washington. add to this the legacy of john boehner leaving the speakership because he could not corral the far right, paul ryan doing effectively the same thing

joining us now is abby back with us. when we do the interviews we obviously hope you'll come back with great news and that's not the case with at least two of the five and i'm so sorry. so sorry about the loss of your cousin carmella and her granddaughter noya. it's a, it's a stupid question, but how are you doing? how's the rest of the family doing? you're hearing this awful news and also are worried about the others. >> you know, we celebrated carmella's 80th birthday on tuesday. we got together as a family to have each other and to bring each other strength, and we blessed letter believing that she heard us thinking that she was alive. you know, the last messages they sent to one another, they were saying good-bye to each other. her daughters saying good-bye. feared they wouldn't make it and carmella said to them, don't say good-bye. stay strong. we are going to survive this. this messages created hope for us she was alive and well, and for us now, i can't imagine that the nightmare got worse, but it did. we not only

i want to make our children, michaeland hannah and abby and _ our children, michaeland hannah and abbyn sacrifices and we know that. there are not a lot of perks to he _ that. there are not a lot of perks to he a _ that. there are not a lot of perks to be a member of congress's kids so i to be a member of congress's kids so i want _ to be a member of congress's kids so i want to— to be a member of congress's kids so i want to think all of your families as well— i want to think all of your families as well for— i want to think all of your families as well for what they've had to endure — as well for what they've had to endure last few weeks. we have been here a _ endure last few weeks. we have been here a while. applause i want to think my faithful mother, jeannie _ i want to think my faithful mother, jeannie johnson who bore me at the a-e jeannie johnson who bore me at the age of— jeannie johnson who bore me at the age of i7 _ jeannie johnson who bore me at the age of 17 and my brothers, chris and joss and _ age of17 and my brothers, chris and joss and my— age of 17 and my brothers, ch

abby? >> erin burnett, powerful, devastating reporting. thank you very much. we'll be back in just a moment. the u.s. house tonight is still without a speaker, and today, some quotes that describe the circus that unfolded. >> this will be like the biggest circle -- in the history of -- >> entertainment, it is entertainment. you know, now it has turned into which [bleep] is it going to be? >> jim jordan, losing his second chance at the speakership, and this time the margin of republicans who voted against him is actually growing wider. so what happens now? a provocative question tonight, what -- someone like liz cheney for the house? senior political analyst john avlon is here for tonight's op-ed. >> abraham lincoln said, a house divided itself cannot stand house republicans are now showing their wisdom about work. after empowering a radical, right they just can't help together a government coalition. the problem predates kevin mccarthy since 2010 every gop speaker has been pushed out for -- as they couldn't -- anarchist and steve scalise dropped out after less

so we'll and with that. >> abby, thank you so much. and speaking of what could be tomorrow, it is actually already tomorrow. in israel. but the summit is actually not bringing more answers on the fifth day of a brutal war. and i don't know about you, but every time i see the death toll rise, my mind, it immediately goes to the hostages. i wonder, where are they? how many are they? where might that be? is there any way to get them out safely? and as you've heard, some of his hostages are also americans. so the question then turns to this country, what will president biden do about it? well, what can he do about it? what should he do about it? and right now, it feels like we're at home, all we can do, maybe, is bear witness. and i don't know, but something about that feels truly, really difficult. normally with heard that the government is talking about bringing an american home, through the normal, opiate difficult, channels of diplomacy. those channels that we would normally see, they aren't obvious here, if they even exist at all with

but it really george abby was the guy that you got you to go into space. and he had this about him but also there was mystery. you know because he -- never told you where you stood that was the criticism i heard that he was a very -- opaque person. [laughter] >> seem like every time a woman was on -- you thought they were going to beer asked they weren't sure if the call was to tell him they were out. [laughter] >> right.ig yeah or if they were in trouble or something. you know, no one quite knew what call from george abby meant until you actually heard the word you know -- we would like assign you to, you know, so and so flight. but yeah. no, george, you know, when i spoke to george he really didn't he thought it was interesting thatle people thought it was ths big mystery because for him it was -- there really wasn't any kind of special sauce to it. he really tried to match people with the best qualifications to the requirements of the flight. and so for stf seven what sally flew on was involved with the robot eggem arm and at the time she was really con

. >> abby? >> thanks laura let's pick up where you left off, joining us now is john avlon, cnn senior political. and still with us coleman young, andrew lang. >> john what happens to republicans what happens to republicans next? >> not a return to highly productive governing. as the previous guest said. there is a week of jockeying, trying to figure out who can carry the mantle, and trump will pick his candidates. it'll be a big week of finger-pointing, and horse racing. i think steve police isn't poll pollution cassis got widely respected. he has authority. he is the most qualify are the most potential folks in the least devices. but the end of the day the problem instruction. we saw history today, first week or taken out of office. because of the standing that he kept government open, and had temerity to do it democratic votes. that's a firing offense in washington. you add this the legacy of john boehner, leaving the speakership cause he couldn't corral the far-right. paul ryan doing effectiv

>> it's not good news for him abby and here's why.ot only in your allocation which is a fancy way of saying the things are gonna tell the judge you did wrong when you plead guilty. here are the facts here is what we agreed upon here's what we're meeting to, it's all under the allocution. talks about a coconspirators somebody she's working with specifically who also happens to be a sitting member of congress. his lawyer i understand was in the courtroom over hearing all of this and did not object in any way which singles to you that his knees maybe shaking a little bit. if she has direct knowledge of his behavior as alleged, and she may very well end up being a witness against him. there is not currently a cooperation we are being told, but the fact that she has insider knowledge and can testify specifically with actual firsthand eyewitness accounts, that could be very damaging for a defendant but the process keyshawn still has to make their case. >> yeah, this is going to be one to watch. it's incredible to see a sitting congressman f

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abby, i can't imagine the week you are facing.m grateful you are with us so so early in the morning. if you gotten any updates and your family members? >> no, it's 6:30 in the morning here and you try to catch a little sleep and see if you wake up and see if there are updates but so far nothing unfortunately. >> how did you find out that they were abducted? >> we have a family whatsapp group where we can communicate and there were messages starting after the first sirens on saturday that hamas had infiltrated the border. my family lives on a kibbutz very close to the center of gaza they said hamas was their, that they were in the bomb shelters. they could hear gunfire, and we lost contact with them in the middle of the day saturday. and from them we understood that the army took over the kibbutz at a certain point, that tickets had been burned to the ground and many people have been slaughtered. but we couldn't find certain members of the family until sunday when we saw a video that hamas uploaded of my cousins 12-year-old son in

abbie joins me here in tel aviv. and abbie, thank you for being here. i feel like we've adopted you, to give us updates. >> thank you. >> have you heard anything about the three family members that are still missing? have you told they're kidnapped? >> they're confirmed kidnapped. two of the hostages that released, one of them was from near oz and was able to confirm that ofer was alive. we have confirmation that eris and sahar are alive. we don't believe the chirp are with the father, but the hope gives us motivation to fight. >> four hostages that four have been released. so i guess the question i have is the fact that four have been released and one has been rescued. >> right. >> and the one that was rescued was a soldier. >> right. >> and you would think those would be the first ones that would be murdered. >> absolutely, yes. >> does that give you hope? i mean, obviously, we expect the absolute worst from hamas. we saw that on october 7th. you lost two of your beloved relatives to hamas. does that give you any hope for three that are still -- >> ab

i'm abby phillip. this is "newsnight." >> i'm actually terrified. i'm trying not to show it. don't even know if i'm going to live through the next minute. >> translator: new year's no water for us to drink, no water for us to wash ourselves with so that we can pray. they bombed our schools. many people have been killed. it's not fair for children like us. why is this happening to us?" >> hamas, which launched the horrific attacks that began this conflict, is telling civilians to ignore the evacuation warnings and stay put. the u.n. says tonight that it is warning israel that this deadline will have devastating and deadly consequences. when president biden was asked what he's worried about in a potential ground war with one word he responded, "death." in the meantime, israeli troops have now entered gaza. they're carrying out targeted raids in the race to save what could be over 100 hostages. >> i say we're going to do everything in our power to find them. everything in our power. and i'm not going to go into the detail of that. but we're working like hell on it. because i thi

abby, thanks for coming on.prayers go out for your family that did not survive this. for the three others that remain missing, abbey, does the release of the two american missing hostages today -- that's a picture of the grandmother and granddaughter who did not survive. does it give you hope that the rest of your family will be found and brought out alive? >> thank you for having me. yes, i think it is the first sliver of lightness that we felt to know that two people are free of this horror. we have been advocating on behalf of our own family and on behalf of american citizens, on behalf of women and children and elderly. all of the hostages. so to see this release is encouraging. we're beyond grateful to the administration and to the world that president biden is helping us do. we just encourage the u.s. government and the israeli government to continue pressing. this is showing results. >> trace: yeah, you have been very clear, abby, that you want hamas eradicated. would you support delaying the ground invas

now one decides for abby, once you're not even everyone decides about everything. but those who the guard concerned about some matters, they agree on what should be done in every particular today's at 1st and fourthly, we stand for the data stable security and safety world based on being pressed. so fabri, one large country is small town three's separate powers and so on. international efforts should be reading and all of the block thinking of the colonial legacy and cold war legacy for decades. we have been saying about being there is ability of security about that issue. security of one country can not be insured at the expense of someone else in harmony in this area is possible. we should forget about our pride about our arrogance and, or was we should not look at the others as some 2nd rate people. it's some kind of savages just pretty with me was last year people ex wife and we stand for the fairness for the, for justice, for every went through that split taishan period. you know, this is in the past and all the countries, all the nations, they understand thei

. >> abby, the odds of a speaker being picked in five minutes? just to put the math out there. 210 vote for mccarthy, that's a unified conference. then eight intransigence doesn't begin to describe it. >> i've said before, this is up to mccarthy. he has to be the one to decide. does he step to the side and let the process move forward or does he not? the thing about mccarthy is, he has been incredibly stubborn. that's been kind of the frame that he's led in in the house all the way through this process, from his 15-vote speakership race to now. so we'll see what he ends up doing. if he moves aside, yeah, you could see a much quicker process. but i also think the other thing that melanie talked about, and that kelly armstrong told wolf earlier, what happens to matt gaets? there are a lot of moderate republicans who are sick of this. they're going to need some concessions too. what does that look like? will they demand that matt gaetz or others are punished for pulling a move like this that many of them are worried could jeopardize their seats, jeo

. >>> joining us now is abby owens, an american who has been living in israel for last eight years. she has family members who were kidnapped by hamas. they include her 8-year-old cousin, carmela, and her son-in-law and carmela's grandchildren, sahara and annoya. i'm so sorry to hear about what has happened to your family. what could you tell us about what happened and how they got kidnapped? >> thank you so much for having me on. like most israelis, we woke up saturday to sirens. and we thought it was, you know, the regular kind of war but we quickly began talking to all of our family members, we have family all over the country and carmela and her family live in near kibbutz, and that they were in the kibbutz and they were in their homes and hearing gunfire and scared for their lives. >> what do you want the world to know about these missing relatives, these abducted innocent civilians? >> that this was an awful surprise attack on a holy day in israel. that this is not connected to the political part of this conflict. this is humanitarian. these are people's grandparents and child

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>> well, abby, first you have to know that there are 900 u.s. military personnel at the base that was attempted to be struck and was struck by these rhiiran proxies. there is great intelligence. we've been watching the proxies with various means, various intelligence means. that's the way the u.s. military works. so when secretary austin who fought in this area before, in fact, he was my boss in iraq, he says that, hey, we know they're hiding their hand, we know they're hueding their hand. there is intelligence behind them giving orders to iranian proxies and the mobilization fronts saying strike the americans. and because there have been so many strikes in the last few days, these are not the typical random strikes by the parra military troops. this is a planned attempt at untim dating the u.s. and what the secretary is saying is we're not going to allow you to do that. and we know that iran is trying to expand this conflict to take the attention away from what israel is going in gaza. >> general, grateful to you have here on all of that. thank

abby, as i was saying earlier, this is an area that we were at yesterday with the chief. we actually saw him. we had a little interaction, he and i, because he was throwing us out of the area. that's what he's talking about here. he told us to leave because we were in this area they were searching where they found this suspect dead today. and as you can hear from him, there is this sense of relief, not only here in lewiston where this happened, but also in lisbon because the people living there have been stuck in their homes for the past two days. supermarkets closed, banks, pharmacies, they can't go to their doctors. it's been a very difficult two days. >>> we have breaking news from iran where state media is reporting that the teen who was allegedly assaulted by the country's morality police has died. she fell into a coma after activists say she was assaulted at a metro station for not wearing a headscarf. the report says the 16-year-old died today after being declared brain dead earlier in the week. the alleged assault happened just weeks after iran passed legislation

i'm abby philip. this is news night. >> we just had several rockets that we just saw being fired from gaza. the iron dome is intercepting overhead. we are less than 10 kilometers, six or seven miles from the gaza border. this happened really right above our heads. and behind us what is happening here, too, is you have these armored personnel carriers that are in a formation. again, this is -- these are the scenes we have been seeing all across these communities in southern -- in israel across from gaza border, is preparations. preparations. this massive mobilization that is happening of troops, 300,000 troops that are all starting to mobilize here. >> tragically, the death toll is rising tonight. the attacks by hamas killing more than 1,200 people in israel. thousands more are hurt. in the wake of these strikes, following the massacre. palestinian officials say more than 1,100 with have been killed in gaza. among those killed in israel, 22 american citizens and 17 more are still missing. the president

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but that is why, abby, we have got to have vigorous conversation. it is why i have checked into the rnc a couple of weeks ago stopping vivek ramaswamy and i from having a discussion on another network for 45 minutes to be able to talk about these issues and talk about donald trump and what he's been as a candidate. that's why for viewers care about it, keep me on the debate stage. go to chris christie.com, donate $1, you keep me on the job bag stage because one donald trump shows up, the last person he wants to think there is me. >> we'll see if he shows up in these debates. governor christie, thank you for joining us tonight. >> abby, thank you and good luck. >> thank you very much for watching news night. laura coates live starts right now. he laura. >> hey, good to see you. >> looking good there. >> you noticed, thank you, you look at yourself. so informative. we'll see right back here tomorrow. a high stakes presidential trip, a hostage video, and the tragic effects of the war being felt right here at home. that is tonight on laura coates live.

what i told abby last night is true this morning. we don't have enough information. >> and i want you to give an opportunity on what hamas is claiming that 13 hostages have been killed by what they claim are israeli airstrikes. the idf could not comment on that. i want to give the white house an opportunity if it knows anything? >> i can't confirm those reports. i have seen the statements. >> you know, john, from yesterday afternoon to messages i just received from, you know, loved ones moments ago, some people are very scared in cities across america about what they could face today. i know you have said there are no credible threats. i wonder if you could speak to those people who are watching who heard that day of anger comment from the former hamas lead earp. w er /* leader. as people make decisions about their day? >> president biden and this administration is staying vigilant and we were already days ago thinking about this exact potential and working with close -- closely with state and local authorities, connecting them with

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joining me now is abby.me you, i can only imagine the agony you are experiencing right now. it's gotta be extraordinary, difficult, to try to relive. can you share that with us about what happened to your family? >> thank you for having me. that was actually my cousin son that you showed in the video. they live in -- we are a big family. that is the nearest cars to the border. when hamas infiltrated the southern border they went directly there. they looted and burned the kibbutz. we got text messages from our family that they could hear them in the house. they were in their bomb shelters. they could hear gunfire. they could hear their neighbors being killed. the last messages that we've got more to say goodbye. that they loved each other. for them, this was a holocaust. there is no nir oz anymore. many of the people who live there were either killed or abducted. the people who survive this are survivors in the way that we talk about holocaust survivors. they survived unimaginable trump. >> when you're gettin