. ♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett.mna: on the newshour tonight, israel conducts raids in gaza to search for hostages and orders more than a million people to evacuate ahead of a larger potential ground incursion. >> the united nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences. geoff: house republicans nominate a new candidate for speaker but the road to the gavel is still uncertain. and a colorado police officer is convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the police killing of an unarmed black man while another officer is acquitted. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including jim and nancy, and kathy and paul anderson. >> this is sam, how can i help you? >> this is a pocket dial. >> i thought i would let you know that with consumer cellular you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is kind of our thing. have a nice day. >> it was li

geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna nawaz is away. on the "newshour" tonight, israeli airstrikes leave craters where apartments once stood at a gaza refugee camp. while in washington, congress considers whether to send more aid to israel and ukraine. the u.s. supreme court takes on questions of free speech and social media in cases involving public officials blocking followers. and, west virginia university cuts jobs and academic subjects in the face of budget shortfalls. could this become a nationwide trend? >> the lack of transparency and sheer amount of cuts is decimating the trust that faculty has here and this is not just affecting those small majors. it's affecting everybody. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson, and camilla and george smith. >> pediatric surgeon. volunteer. topiary artist. a raymondjames financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life well planned

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the "newshour" tonight, israel pounds gaza with air strikes and orders a "complete siege" of the palestinian enclave in retaliation for the unprecedented terror attacks by hamas. amna: u.s. support for israel is complicated by turmoil in the house of representatives where pressure grows on republians to elect a new speaker. geoff: and maui takes stock of the heritage lost in the devastating wildfires as communities reopen and indigenous hawaiians face an >> we see sort of disaster after disaster, whether it's fire or flooding or intense drought in the west, that these are going to continue to be issues with indigenous communities. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour including leonard and norma. >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i am legally blind, and yes, i am responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and underst

geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett in washington.t has been a horrendous and seismic week in the middleast. a surprise terror attack, a ferocious response, and yet more dead amid intractable decades of conflict. we areoing to spend the next hour looking at the past, present and potential future of israel, gaza, and the wider middle east. amna nawaz is in tel aviv for us tonight. amna? amna: geoff, one week after those brutal hamas attacks, there is a sense of shock, grief, and uncertainty here in israel. just an hour south, in gaza, there's desperation amid cuts to power and fuel. and a sense of fear under a night sky lit only by relentless israeli airstrikes. so far, at least 1300 israelis and 1800 palestinians have been killed in the past week. one week alone. we've been speaking with israelis and palestinians in tel aviv, jerusalem, the west bank and gaza in recent days, trying to understand the human impact of this latest war. it seems like he loves being around the family. just one week ago, the entire family gathered on friday

geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna nawaz is on assignment. on the "newshour" tonight, kevin mccarthy is ousted as speaker of the house days after he defied far-right republicans and secured a deal to avoid a federal government shutdown. laphonza butler is sworn in to replace the late democratic senator from california, dianne feinstein. what to know about the history making appointment. and, former secretary of state hillary clinton weighs in on the state of american politics and the growing gop calls to halt aid for ukraine. >> i don't understand any american siding with putin, but we've seen it, and we've heard it and we have to fight against it. >> major the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist, a raymond james financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life well planned. fostering an informed and engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individu

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geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the "newshour" tonight, israeli forces push deeper into gaza as airstrikes threaten hospitals where tens of thousands of palestinian civilians shelter alongside the wounded. amna: the war between hamas and israel leads to more displays of anti-semitism. from a mob at a russian airport to threats on college campuses in the u.s. geoff: and, patients and families search for answers amid a prolonged nationwide shortage of adhd medicine. >> these are low-cost drugs. and so when a drug company has a shortage, it doesn't really hurt their bottom line. and so, there's not a tremendous amount of incentive to fix the problem. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour, including leonard and norma. ♪ >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i'm legally blind, and yes, i am responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and understand it

♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz.n "the newshour" tonight -- over a million people are displaced and hospitals face a critical lack of supplies as gaza prepares for an israeli invasion aimed at destroying hamas. geoff: house republican infighting stymies efforts to elect a speaker and keeps congressional business at a standstill. amna: and the murder of a six year old muslim boy in illinois leaves arab and muslim communities on edge, in the wake of the war in the middle east. >> we've seen a week of horrific anti-muslim, anti-palestinian rhetoric and it has culminated in the loss of this young boy's life. ♪ >> major funding for "the pbs newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of "the newshour," including -- leonard and norma klorfine, and koo and patricia yuan. >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i am legally blind and yes, i am responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and understand it quic

geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on "the newshour" tonight, the future of former president trump's business empire is in question as he appears in court for a civil fraud trial in new york. geoff: house speaker kevin mccarthy faces a revolt from far-right republicans after making a deal to avoid a government shutdown. amna: the united nations security council votes to send armed forces to haiti to combat the violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital city. geoff: and, the supreme court begins a new term with major cases on the docket and growing concern over court ethics. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. >> the william and flora hewitt foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and institutions to promote a better world. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contrib

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geoff: thanks for your time.mna: donald trump waited on the speaker battle today but he did not endorse a mccarthy successor. mr. trump: we will do whatever is best for the country and for the republican party. amna: he was speaking to reporters at the courthouse where the civil trial accusing him of fraud is underway. that trial has become a vehicle for the former president and frontrunner for the gop nomination to amplify violent rhetoric against his perceived enemies from judges to legal clerks and the attorney general. white house correspondent laura barron-lopez has been following the developments and joins me now. good to see you. the judge opposed a gag order on mr. trump yesterday. why? laura: the judge imposed this gag order very quickly on trump, saying he cannot make comments about court staff and this came hours after former president trump attacked that judge's principal law clerk on social media. trump baselessly accused the law clerk of having a relationship with majority leader chuck schumer and a

geoff: u.s.e assessment said this was on the low-end of 100-300 people and not the 500 initially claimed by the gazan health ministry but still a staggering figure. we begin our coverage. reporter: another morning marked by death and distraction in gaza city. this building used to be home to two doctors and their families. these doctors once ran an eye clinic but now it is buried under piles of rubble. their uncle -- >> there is no one to film here. my family has been wiped from the registry. >> this house is completely full of children, old people and all of them are civilians. they are working as doctors. there is no reason to target them. reporter: not far away another home in ruins. paramedics looking for survivors when he learned his own family had been bombed elsewhere. the target was one of his others , a top hamas leader but among the dead were many of his family members. >> there were about 15 people, all women and children in the house. only two of my siblings survived but the rest are

geoff: there is this other option. bipartisan support that's growing in congress to empower house speaker pro tempore patrick mchenry, to basically give him more powers to function as speaker until a permanent speaker can be chosen. is that something that you and enough republicans would support? rep. gimenez: i think that the only way that that can pass or that i would support it is if the speaker designee right now, jim jordan, would support it. and i'm calling him to support it. so if he puts forward some legislation that gives more power to patrick mchenry, i think it would be a republican, it would be the republicans who'd rally around it and vote that in. if we don't get a speaker in the next day or two, i would hope that our speaker designee would do that for the good of the country. we need to move on with our republican agenda. it's been stopped. it was stopped by eight republicans and 208 democrats. and the speaker designee needs to get behind it. i think there may be some resistance if the speaker designee d

geoff: mr.mp also said last night that the lebanese militant group hezbollah, backed by iran has been very smart. the white house spokesperson called that comment unhinged and sickening. federal prosecutors leveled a new charge today against senator bob menendez. the revised indictment alleges the democrat conspired to act as a foreign agent of egypt while chairing the senate foreign relations committee. melendez and his wife -- menendez and his wife have denied the charges. the labor department's latest look at inflation is out and it is a mixed picture. consumer races climbed 0.4 percent in september from a month earlier, driven in part by housing costs. but that hike was less than the increase of 0.6% in august from july. the core inflation rate, not counting food or fuel, raised 1.4% from a year ago. that is the smallest increase in two years. the social security administration has announced that based on the inflation numbers, benefits will increase by 3.2% next year. that is much less than

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the newshour tonight. >> were going to make sure hostile actors in the region know that israel is stronger than ever. amna: chaos in the house, room writ -- republicans again fail to agree on a permanent speaker and reject an effort to empower an interim caretaker. geoff: and amid a nationwide , push for police reform, native people who are targeted by law enforcement in disproportionate numbers demand that their voices also be heard. >> native people are the most adversely affected, discriminated against and abused by the minneapolis police department. yet there hasn't been one listening session here in this community. ♪ announcer: major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> consumer cellular, how can i help you? >> this is a pocket doll. well, somebody's pocket. with consumer cellular you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is kind of our thing. have a nice day. ♪ >> the kendeda fund committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work throu

♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz.n the "newshour" tonight, president biden reinforces united states support during a visit to israel in the wake of a deadly hospital attack that has further inflamed the raging war. geoff: an american woman with five family members held in gaza speaks out about their kidnapping and the ongoing conflict. >> we want civilians out of this. we want there to be a diplomatic resolution to the hostage crisis before a ground incursion or continued bombing. amna: and another failed attempt to elect a house speaker forces republicans to consider unconventional options to break the legislative standstill. >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by -- ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> the walton family foundation, looking for solutions to protect water during climate change so people and nature can thrive together. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. more information at macfound.org. and with the ongoing support of t

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on "the newshour" tonight. scores of civilians are killed and injured in a strike on a hospital in gaza as the war between israel and hamas worsens. amna: house republicans fail to choose a leader again in a first round of voting, leaving the house without a speaker and congressional business at a standstill. geoff: and. students and universities put more emphasis on college acceptance essays in the wake of the supreme court's affirmative action decision. >> the supreme court made a ruling, and that doesn't change my identity. it doesn't change what i'm interested in and what my like what i've achieved. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist. raymond james financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life, well-planned. >> actually, you don't need vision

geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz in tel aviv. on the newshour tonight. hospitals in gaza are overwhelmed with scores of injured as israel vows not to allow in aid until hamas releases its hostages. we hear from civilians caught in the crossfire. geoff: republican infighting in washington complicates the process of electing a new house speaker. what frontrunner steve scalise is doing to try to win more support. and judy woodruff visits college campuses that are increasingly becoming the focus of debates over free speech. >> it's important to hear all of these views because when you're out in the real world, i think you hear people discussing things that are not for the good of society, and you have to learn how to react. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist. a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life well planned. >> the kendeda fund. committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the "newshour" tonight, israel ramps up its aerial assault in gaza, where civilians continue to be caught in the crossfire and little aid is making it to those desperately -- making it to those who desperately need it. amna: in a whirlwind day on capitol hill, republican lawmakers consider numerous candidates for speaker of the house but once again fail to come to a consensus. geoff: and colleges rethink their admissions, including giving preference to legacy students, in the wake of a supreme court decision. >> one of the reasons people choose to go to a highly selective school is because of the network it makes available to you. all the more reason not to let families hoard the wealth. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> consumer cellular, this is sam. how may i help you? >> this is a pocket dial. well

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. nearly two weeks ago, hamas terrorists attacked israel with deadly surprise raids. israel has responded with unrelenting airstrikes in gaza. since then, the violence has escalated and the death toll has mounted, with more than 5000 killed on both sides. amna: president biden has just returned from a trip to israel. he was also scheduled to meet in jordan with its leader, king abdullah, as well as with the leaders of the palestinian authority and egypt. but after an explosion at a hospital in gaza and conflicting reports of who was to blame, palestinian officials pointing to the israelis. u.s. and israeli officials saying intelligence shows the rocket came from gaza. that jordan summit was scuttled. tonight, the president is -- geoff: tonight, the president is expected to speak about the u.s. response to this war, and to the other war that has been a global focus for nearly two years -- the war in ukraine. but first, to president biden speaking from the oval office. pres. biden: good e

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett.. on the "newshour" tonight, mass shootings kill at least 18 people and a massive manhunt rattles lewiston, maine. amna: israeli forces conduct a raid into gaza in preparation for a ground invasion as the u.n. strains to shelter more than 600,000 displaced palestinians. geoff: and childcare remains a significant barrier to millions of people needing to appear in court over low-level offenses. >> people assume folks are missing court because they're trying to evade justice or evade prosecution. but oftentimes there's things that are happening in people's lives that are preventing them from showing up to court. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist, a raymondjames financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life well planned. -- tailors advice to help you live your life. life well planned. >> the kendeda fund. more at kendedafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york , supporting innovations in educa

geoff bennett is on assignment. on the “newshour” tonight, a russian strike kills dozens of civilians in ukraine, while in the u.s. the fight for the house speaker's gavel puts military aid for ukraine at risk. the secretary of the army discusses a major overhaul to boost recruitment after falling far short of its goal. and despite a low overall unemployment rate in the united states, people with disabilities still struggle to find work and are sometimes paid below minimum wage. >> the issue around increasing wages for people with disabilities is really just a human rights issue. ♪ >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by. >> consumer cellular, this is sam. how may i help you? this is pocket dial. well, somebody's pocket, thought i'd let you know that with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that's kind of our thing. have a nice day. >> the kendeda fund, committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and id

i'm geoff bennett. on the newshour tonight, hamas releases two american hostages. a glimmer of hope at a time when many others remain captive. and when palestinians in the u.s. are fearing for their families under israeli bombardment in gaza. >> i try my best to think that the worst is not going to happen , although that's probably wishful thinking at this point. >> republicans pull their support for congressman jim jordan to be the nominee for house speaker, leaving the chamber once again with no clear path forward. and david and jonathan give their takes on the president's address to the nation and his call for billions more in aid to israel and ukraine. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by. the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including jim and nancy and kathy and paul anderson. >> consumer cellular, how may i help you? with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. have a nice day. >> this is what i love doin

geoff: there are u.s.eaders who have said the future of this country looks fairly bleak if china finds a way to develop ai technology faster than we do. how do we on the one hand continue to innovate, but on the other hand, implement solutions that don't struggle the innovation we are trying to unleash? maria: ironically, china, which is far from democratic, has put guardrails in place. geoff: really? maria: yes, on their large linkage models. while america says that, remember these companies are driven by profit. surveillance capitalism was the first contact with ai, large language models will have the ability to mimic you. it mimics humanity. when that happens, it doesn't tell you it lies. it looks for patterns. it doesn't necessarily find meaning. that's what we've lost. if you look at the two ways ai has touched us, the first time, it exploited our fear, anger and hate. this second time with large language models, chatgpt, bard, all the different ones rolling out, it looks set to weaponize our loneline

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett.shour" tonight, israel pounds gaza with air strikes and orders a "complete siege" of the palestinian enclave in retaliation for the unprecedented terror attacks by hamas. amna: u.s. support for israel is complicated by turmoil in the house of representatives where pressure grows on republians to elect a new speaker. geoff: and maui takes stock of the heritage lost in the devastating wildfires as un

. ♪ ♪ ♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz.ewshour" tonight -- over a million people are displaced and hospitals face a critical lack of supplies as gaza prepares for an israeli invasion aimed at destroying hamas. geoff: house republican infighting stymies efforts to

. ♪ ♪ ♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz.r" tonight, president biden reinforces united states support during a visit to israel in the wake of a deadly hospital attack that has further inflamed the raging war. geoff: an american woman with

geoff: on the news hour tonight is really airstrikes hammer gaza including back uh in areas as the deatholl rises and hamas continues to hold hostages. amna: republicans again failed

. >> geoff, good to see you, my friend one of the oppositions of the u.s.vestment bank says the earnings outlook at the moment is divorced from the reality posed by waning consumer demand and corporate pricing power. would you echo that? >> it depends. in terms of direction of travel? absolutely the consumer is feeling the pain one thing about the u.s., per se, the impact on household debt by service ratios compared to other areas with the fixed rate mortgage area when nominal growth is moving the service ability to withstand in the u.s if i look at asset allocation, where do i want to be? if i look at my treasury book, maybe the trade will force my equity allocation higher than where it needs to be globe globally, it is a different situation. >> geoff, let me say if the problem is not the household consumer, then is it elsewhere in corporate america i note the russell 2000 is down 8% and transports down by a similar margin >> i wish the corporate bond market would agree with you. what we are seeing is not just in the u.s., but corporate debt is the weakest

geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz.ewshour" tonight, the future of former president trump's business empire is in question as he appears in court for a civil fraud trial in new york. geoff: house speaker kevin

geoff: and i'm geoff bennett.wshour tonight. >> were going to make sure hostile actors in the region know that israel is stronger than ever.

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