democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york, that does it for me.e next weekend from 10 am to noon. you are going to catch somebody here next week, and i'm actually going to plan a vacation. but please watch the show, don't forget, velshi is available as this, check out later for free wherever you get your podcasts. stay right where you are, inside with jen psaki begins right now. ns right now. >> israel steps up preparations for a ground offensive in gaza. to trump allies have plead eels in georgia. and republicans keep trying to keep failing to pick a speaker. it has been an absolutely head spinning week of news, and former white house chief of staff is standing by with reaction to all of it. plus, as the first day trucks funding into gaza, president biden's new special envoy to the middle east, david satterfield, joins

you know gregory meeks. the folks out there -- the foreign affairs committee. i was sitting next to him at a dinner on friday. i know he has plenty to discuss. >> oh, yes. uss. as ranking member, he is right in the middle of what's going on and can give us an up to date snapshot of where we are in terms of what's going on in gaza and in israel. i also want to talk to him about this whole deadlock in the congress and speakership. lots to talk to the former chairman about. i think will be chairman again soon. ranking member weeks in a minute. >> we will be watching. take it away. >> good to talk to, you as. always the fabulous simone. good evening, welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead, a moment of uncertainty. right now, the world's eyes are on israel hamas for. as israel prepares for massive ground offensive in gaza. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken told nbc this morning the administration is increasing its military presence in the region. to deter hezbollah and iran from expanding the conflict. back in washington today, president biden spoke by phon

for foreign affairs of the house of representatives , republican mile mccaul and democrat gregory meeksis resolution unreservedly calls for continued aid to israel, and also affirms unwavering support. the united states of america, israel and at least 200 house lawmakers have already signed on representatives, and directly, both democrats and republicans state that this should be the first step after the approval of the speaker, but in fact, they cannot do this until the speaker is approved, but noted that both the nominee from and the nominee from the republicans . i suggest listening to their statements, both yesterday and today, right now. what people have always really liked about my approach is that i've always been a unifier, i've been a person who has built coalitions throughout my career, and we've had big wins. people want us to get back on track, we need a working congress, tomorrow, wednesday, we need to get congress back to work, we need to vote out speaker scalise on the first day, after that our first issue should be to pass a resolution that express our strong support for

joining me now, democratic congressman gregory meeks.he house foreign affairs committee. i have got to ask you, heartbroken, saying she has to lie to her daughter, we are on our way to help you. can you imagine what has transpired and unfolded in israel? >> i can't imagine. it is horrific. when you think of kids dancing, almost 300 of them murdered. mass murder. they were just having a good time. young kids. this is horrific. i just can't imagine the pain that those parents are suffering. the people of israel right now. >> that was an israeli mother we were listening to, i know just hours ago he who did get some confirmation of american casualties. are there any numbers, specific numbers on the u.s. citizens that are killed or missing? >> the numbers are increasing as we go ahead. i believe that right now there were more than 2000 americans -- excuse me, israeli, is that were wounded. in the neighborhood of plus 700 israelis dead. that was the number that i had. it was a few hours ago. we anticipate the numbers going up. >> when we talk

thank you so much, new york congressman gregory meeks. we'll leave it there for today.tact in the days ahead. >>> up next on "ana cabrera reports," inside the chaos at a gaza hospital as the humanitarian crisis there intensifies. how's the chicken? the prawns are delicious. oh, i have a shellfish allergy. one prawn. very good. did i say chicken wrong? tired of people not listening to what you want? it's truffle season! ah that's okay... never enough truffles. how much are they? it's a lot. oh okay - i'm good, that - it's like a priceless piece of art. enjoy. or when they sell you what they want? yeah. the more we understand you, the better we can help you. that's what u.s. bank is for. huge relief. yeah... ♪ what you're about to see is difficult to watch. >> reporter: if the walls of gaza's al shifa hospital could talk, they would tell a story of perpetual hell. of children crying out in agony, bloodied, fighting for their lives after israeli air strikes. >> 40% of all of the wounded are children. this is a 9-year-old boy with a huge blast defect in his back. >> reporte

i'm joined by new york democratic congressman gregory meeks.is the top democrat on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman meeks, thanks so much for joining us. is the american government able to respond if, say, israel asks for further financial aid, given the fact that there is no speaker of the house? >> thank you for having me, jake. we're talking about that now. i had conversations earlier with leader jeffries. i talked to mike mccall on the other side, now the chair of the house foreign affairs committee. we know we've got to do something in a bipartisan way. and so there's dialogue and conversation taking place. i would hope that this would speed up, but some of my colleagues on the -- you know, in the republican party, they are at civil war -- so we can address these concerns. this is the danger of having the kinds of discrepancies we're having, whether it's now, of course -- the vicious and horrific attack in israel and the funding for ukraine. so i hope that dialogue and conversation happens quite quickly. we need it to happe

. >> [indiscernible] >> the honorable gregory meeks, united states representative from new york. >> [ble] >> individuals have their own determinations to send a clear message that the house of representatives stand by our ally israel. >> [indiscernible] >> united states senator from idaho. >> [indiscernible] >> eventually. it's great to be here. >> [indiscernible] >> united states senator from the commonwealth of virginia. >> ms. naomi biden, and mr. peter neil. >> the honorable javier becerra, secretary of health and human services, and dr. carolina reyes. >> the honorable josh green, governor of hawaii, and mrs. jamie green. >> mr. oren framer. >> the honorable jeffrey bl yche. >> the honorable julie sue, acting secretary of labor. >> the honorable pete buttigieg, secretary of transportation, and mr. jackson buttigieg. >> ms. kate pearson, and ms. monica coleman. >> mr. frederick schneider. >> mr. kevin miller. >> ms. cindy wilson and mr. keith bennett. >> ms. laura strayer. >> the honorable john kerry. >> [indiscernible] >> absolutely. thank you. >> [indiscernible] >> the secretary

please stay safe. >>> joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, ranking member of the foreign affairseaction to israel stepping up its ground operation? when i asked him if this is the ground invasion, he said he thought so. what do you think? >> well, it may be the beginning. i think what they are going after is hamas infrastructure. and you know the infrastructure is included in various munitions underground, and so they are going to destroy the tunnels and the infrastructure that they have underground. i have been in some of those tunnels previously and know how dangerous they are. and i think this is going directly at hamas and infrastructure to get them out of -- get them out of the -- the gaza strip. >> yesterday, the washington post reported and it's in the hard copy of the washington post this morning that the biden administration behind the scenes has been urging israeli officials not to do a full on ground invasion, but in had to go in phases -- not phases, but to do more strategic pinpointed operations within gaza. so far, it doesn't seem like the israeli government is heed

you know gregory meeks. the folks out there -- the foreign affairs committee.dinner on friday. i know he has plenty to discuss. >> oh, yes. uss. as ranking member, he is right in the middle of what's going on and can give us an up to date

joining me now is new york congressman gregory meeks.e is the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman meeks, thank you for joining us. >> did he with, the reverend. now, i want to start with your reaction to the conflict unfolding in israel. we are now in the second day of -- what presidents the prime minister benjamin yahoo once will be a long war after a surprise attack from hamas on yesterday. you and i happen to be at the weekly saturday rally in harlem. it was in the early hours. you and i and others announced attacking innocent people. what your thoughts on what's happening right now? >> well, rev, it's clearly devastating. you have hamas with a surprise attack. we will find out why. you don't have the intelligence that we should. israel didn't have the intelligence. innocent men, women, children being killed and held hostage. several of pieces of territory were taken over. there are battles that are continuing to go on as we just reported in israel. it is going to go on for a while. this is a devastating

congressman, gregory meeks, was the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee.he will join me next. he's going to give us a view from congress. he's going to tell us where all of this could go from here. don't you go away. you are watching symone on msnbc. one on msnbc. get 50% off any footlong when you join subway mvp rewards. so many all star options. it's just for subway mvps right? you catch on quick herbert. join now and get 50% off any footlong. my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. >> the ripple effect of the hamas attack on israel is being felt around the globe. that is certainly the case right here in washington d.c.. we know that president biden and secretary of state, antony blinken, have been monitoring the situation from the white house. we know the vice president has been briefed, also, cia director, william burns, he canceled a speech he was going

pleased this morning to be joined by the house of foreign -- house foreign affairs, ranking member gregory meeksnd the vice ranking member of foreign affairs, cathy manning. our caucus is committed to the safety, security and prosperity of the state of israel. this week, we hope our republican colleagues will put an end to the self inflicted chaos so that we can begin to govern on behalf of the american people, which includes congressional action to support israel in their time of need. leader hakeem jeffries has offered an enlightened vision for a bipartisan governing coalition to pull the house back from the brink. we can pass meaningful legislation that meets the needs of the american people by lowering costs, creating jobs and building safer communities while fulfilling our responsibilities and helping our allies abroad and meeting the needs of our national security. that's what leaders do and that's exactly why the house democratic caucus unanimously voted to nominate hakeem jeffries for speaker of the house yesterday. now i'd like to introduce vice chair ted lieu. >> thank you, chairman. i

today i spoke with one of the leading democrats in the house of representatives, gregory meeks. he noted that he supports the current negotiations within the party, they hope that it will be possible to come to some kind of bipartisan solution. i also now suggest listening to his comments, as well as those of the republicans, who both supported and opposed this decision. i have just been informed that jim jordan will not be running for the vote for speaker, as far as i know, there are some proposals in the works right now, so the tamocrat republicans are going to their caucuses right now, so i 'll wait and see what those talks bring us, but as far as i know, mr. jordan has finally said that he's not will call a vote for the post of speaker. i think patrick mchenry will do a great job with those duties, i know i'm going to be... competing offers, but in my opinion, if we're really going to select someone on an interim basis, that person should have all the power and authority to carry out those responsibilities, it will also give us as republicans a chance to defuse the escalatin

thank you, congressman gregory meeks. >>> so did donald trump share nuclear secrets with a man who made billions off of shipping and cardboard. this a report from abc. months after leaving white house, trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive discussion about submarines with his mar-a-lago club and a billion. that billionaire is anthony pratt as we have learned from the federal prosecutors and he is listed in documents case against donald trump. and according to pratt's accounting of what happened here, in 2021 in mar-a-lago, he told donald trump that australia should start buying their submarines from the united states, and that is when trump leaned in and told him two critical facts, the supposed number of nuclear warheads that the subs carry and how close they can get to russian submarines without being detected. in emails and other communications he relayed it to six journalist and 10 employees and other australians and three australian ministers. joining me now is former deputy assistant general tom dupre and former deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe. thank you for bei

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. >>> and then we will talk to congressman gregory meeks.nd meanwhile, congress is trying to decide who they think could be the next speaker of the house. we will break down who could have a path to victory. >>> we begin this very busy hour with breaking news out of georgia where just this morning a former trump attorney, jenna ellis, plead guilty in the state's election interference case. ellis is the fourth codefendant to accept a deal instead of going to trial. >> if i knew then what i know now, i would have declined to represent donald trump in these post election challenges. i look back on the full experience with deep remorse. i have taken responsibility already with the bar -- >> this is a big deal. how big of a deal is this for the broader picture? >> good morning, josÉ. this is significant because, as you said, she's not only the fourth codefendant to plead guilty in the election interference case, but she's the third member of the legal team, an insider and somebody that can speak to the conversations about what exactly the scheme

i'm joined now by democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york. the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, congressman, it is good to have. you can restart there an intelligence. >> i mean, the tensions have been bubbling in that area in israel between the palestinians and the israelis now for a few years, going back to what happened in the -- or the israelis reading it. there have been skirmishes in the west bank, this has been bubbling. how did the u.s. not see this coming? >> look, number one, clearly there is a huge failure of intelligence. and generally, the united states and israel works closely together with reference to that. i think we will have more dialogue and conversations in the gaps of the intelligence failure, particularly in classified sessions, i had a small briefing this morning. i know that there is going to be a classified session that i should be a part of, and no hope congress will be having this back on tuesday. but the focus right now has to be on those hostages. the focus has to be regaining the land that was ta

that is gregory meeks representing queens, new york in the united states congress. what you have seen about the gaza strip has been from these past few weeks of war, you are going to want to stay around for the next segment. ali velshi traveled to gaza in 2019 just to see what life was like there. we will bring you video and voices from that trip earlier in the show. i am charles coleman junior sitting in for ali this weekend. we will be right back. we will be rig bhtack. we will be rig bhtack. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze driftin' on... ♪ [coughing] ♪ ...by, you know how i feel. ♪ if you're tired of staring down your copd,... ♪ it's a new dawn, ♪ ♪ it's a new day... ♪ ...stop settling. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good. ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy makes breathing easier for a full 24 hours, improves lung function, and helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden br

democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york, that does it for me. you can catch me back here next weekend from 10 am to noon. you are going to catch somebody here next week, and i'm actually going to plan a vacation. but please watch the show, don't forget, velshi is available as this, check out later for free wherever you get your podcasts. stay right where you are, inside with jen psaki begins right now. ns right now. >> israel steps up preparations for a ground offensive in gaza. to trump allies have plead eels in georgia. and republicans keep trying to keep failing to pick a speaker. it has been an absolutely head spinning week of news, and former white house chief of staff is standing by with reaction to all of it. plus, as the first day trucks funding into gaza, president biden's new special envoy to the middle east, david satterfield, joins me for his very first interview since taking the job. also today, the domino start falling as those trump allies plead guilty and agreed to testify against their codefendants. the law firm of -- our back t

congressman gregory meeks, one of the best dressed man on the hill and one of the favorite alphas thate that i know. still to come on velshi, donald trump is going to come to new york tonight in order to, this week, attendee civil foreign trial that is being held against him and his organization starting tomorrow. this case is in addition to the four criminal cases against him. but, it uniquely hits at a pillar of his public persona as a businessman. and it just might tell us how tough the teflon don truly is or isn't. plus, an important psa for tens of millions of americans. that all student loan payments have restarted today. what you need to know about this reset, and how to handle it. coming up next, on velshi, on msnbc. stay tuned. stay tuned. subway's now slicing their deli meats fresh. that's why they're proferred ,by this pro who won the superbowl twice. and this pro with the perfect slice. and if we profer it, we know america will too. what about spaniards? and i guess spain. since my citi custom cash® card automatically adjusts to earn me more cash back in my top eligible cat

council on the -- thank you for your time, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, gregory meeks, confirming today that the biden administration is pushing for a humanitarian pause. take a listen. >> i want to make sure that we try to protect and save as many innocent lives as possible. i think that's what the biden administration is doing, why they called for a humanitarian pause. not a cease-fire, a humanitarian pause. because folks are not talking about hamas is still firing rockets into israel. so, they won't agreed to a cease-fire. >> ambassador, talk to me about the distinction between a cease-fire and a humanitarian pause and your thoughts more generally on the role that a pause could play in this crisis. >> well, a pause is really an agreement that all sides stop shooting for a very limited period of time, or in particular areas to allow a flow into a particular area. as opposed to cease-fire, which really is a decision to end the fighting before moving on to negotiations. or to have negotiations during that time. so, one is very limited in time, the other is a larger com

congressman gregory meeks, who's the ranking member on the foreign affairs me. and former alabama senator doug jones. then, an appearance by ali velshi himself. who made sure to set us up for the special episode of the velshi book club before he went on vacation. he spoke with two bestselling offers about a new effort to bring the fight for freedom to lead directly into the backyards of the most notorious book banners in america. you're watching velshi, and it starts right now. >> good morning, it's sunday october 29th. i'm charles coleman junior, filling in for ali velshi, and we have got a lot to talk about. at least on vacation, and he'll be back next weekend. but today, we begin with a split screen moment for donald trump. now, the legal landscape is growing more and more dangerous for trump by the day. but somehow, his grip on the republican party was reaffirmed once again this week, with the election of a key ally to the speaker of the house. and in fulton county, four of trump's codefendants have now taken plea deals and agreed to cooperate with prosecuto

texas republican michael mccaul and new york democrat gregory meeks introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning hamas and ensuring that israel knows that congress has its back at least 400 lawmakers have signed on to this resolution. they say that they are ready to do more. >> to make sure that israel has the weapon systems, the artillery and ev

the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccauling, and the ranking member, gregory meeks. they've both spoken in very clear terms. we certainly need to resolve the present impasse and i believe, neil, we're making -- we've made mt. last day extremely important progress toward that. it remains somewhat uncertain, but i think you'll see that jim jordan who is now the nominee of the republican conference is working to secure the remaining votes necessary to achieve, essentially, unanimity among the conference and by, i believe by tuesday we'll see that he is, indeed, the person who can accomplish that objective. neil: all right. of course, he's tried it before and bowed out when it didn't look like that was happening. steve scalise came in, he looked like the guy, bowed out when he saw that wasn't happening. it's already prompted interest from other members kicking the idea around. your colleague, austin scott from georgia, do you see others? if it's not jim jordan, are others going to emerge? >> there's a lot of talent in the republican conference. we are in a, i think, a t

texas republican michael mccaul and new york democrat gregory meeks introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning hamas and ensuring that israel knows that congress has its back at least 400 lawmakers have signed on to this resolution. they say that they are ready to do more. >> to make sure that israel has the weapon systems, the artillery and everything that they need so that israel can defend or we have the back of the israeli people. we have their back today. we'll have it tomorrow. we'll have it every day. >> president biden says the first round of military aid is now on its way. this includes ammunition and interceptors. he says he will ask congress to approve more funding. have more on this story throughout the hour here on kron 4. and that will go to the east bay where police in concord and the highway patrol shut down parts of highway 2.42, this morning. it caused a backup that lasted for hours. kron 4 s charles clifford has the latest. >> here in concord on wednesday, parts of willow pass road and the northbound lanes of highway 2.42, or closed down for several hours as the c

congressman mccaul has been calling for and i think gregory meeks as well a resolution on israel that could be passed by unanimous consent without the presence a speaker. what could congress do in the hours ahead. >> i think a unanimous consent resolution should. speaking what we are doing right now is good. if we elect a speaker in a few days we'll be able to proceed by providing supplemental aid that israel will need. we might go for a temporary speaker and allow us to do critical business. >> sandra: thank you very much for joining us, both of you on this ongoing situation. what do you want to see happen next here? >> well, i think we really have to call out this genocide, united nations yesterday and security council couldn't even issue a statement, which i find appauling. this is a genocide happening right now, this is the logical consequence of unbride ended anti-semitism, i have been working on it all 43 years for my time in congress. this is now where it all leads, massive slaughter, simply because a jewish person happens to be a jewish person. we need to unite, brad and i are

host: that was representative gregory meeks yesterday. we are taking your calls starting with nancy in tallahassee, florida. the grant -- democrat. caller: good morning. i wanted to say something about all of the violence in the cities that fox news is always talking about. here we are like children, fighting in wars in the same way. i know it is a stretch but -- i was wondering if you would let me read this thing by dwight eisenhower. it is just a paragraph. every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. it is not about spending money alone, it is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of the scientists, the hopes of its children. this is not a way of life at all in any true sense. under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from the clouds of irony. host: all right, nancy. jason in montgomery, alabama. independent. caller: good morning. first off, regarding the speaker's race, the way

. >> house foreign affairs committee ranking member gregory meeks on his fear that the attacks by hamasr and destabilize the middle east. let's bring in congressman madeline dean from pennsylvania who serves on the house committee of foreign affairs. do you share ranking member meeks' concerns about further destabilization in the region? >> absolutely. thank you for having me on, alicia. thank you for this comprehensive coverage of what is just despicable brutality. i've been in touch and on the phone with ranking member meeks. we had a briefing yesterday. i had another briefing yesterday. i look forward to more briefings this week. and of course getting back to work, the work of congress this week. we have to call this what it is. despicable brutality. hamas has rained down despicable brutality on the people of israel, with no discrimination for elderly, for children, for families, seeming glee for slaughtering people, young people at a peace festival, music peace festival. more than 260 bodies found there. we must call this what it is. horrific terrorism, despicable brutality. and ame