one lesson our enemies will take away from the matle of mogadishu -- battle of mogadishu, never challenge americans. our troops in mogadishu fought with unparalleled bravery and skill. they brought back their dead and wounded. they accomplished their mission. they made their country proud. on behalf of a grateful nation, i want to thank the men and women who served and sacrificed so much 30 years ago. god bless them. god bless their families. may god continue to bless america with warriors just like them. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as the world now knows, over the weekend congress passed a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown. i want to commend speaker mccarthy and the members of the house on both sides of the aisle from finding a path forward to keep the government open for the next 45 days while the two chambers advanced full-year appropriations bills. the failure to advance those bills was in fact the reason why we came up against the end of the fiscal year deadline and had to resort to a shor

and also for us, the molly adjust to the west of mogadishu. and for this eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in job or goes from 23 to just 10 degrees. authentic the looking like you're watching out. just bear with me. so robin a reminder of all top stories as well as subject to the goal is to strip to the heaviest bombardment since the stalls of the will on october, the 7th overwhelmed hospitals are the breaking point. the united nations, the civil odor, has collapsed thousands of people to be marching in london to show solidarity with palestine. they won't western countries to stop calming israel into cuba. the president let a protest calling for an end to israel's will on gauze. now these ran, the army has demolished the home of a proven to must lead to any occupied westbank him and come to pull from john is a refugee come to the right in jail. his own refuge account took place around 2 am in the morning. these rallies came in to the camp. they took over the perimeter about 200 soldiers they use and

and also for some molly adjusts to the west of mogadishu. and for the eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in job or goes from 23 to just 10 degrees off funded the the you're watching out. is there a mind if i told stories of this out? israel is continued, it's in ground of tanks and guns that have the noise is, will enter as it's 20 to day. israel says it's troops is still on the ground in golf at off to whitening that offensive. residential areas across the strip have been bones, communication networks, and guns that had been completely 7. some service has now been israel's prime minister has won the war and gone so be difficult and long benjamin netanyahu send the conflict house into a new stage b, u, and it's actually general, has visited the hall to discuss what he called in unprecedented escalation in gaza . so when he gets had us met with the guitar, a prime minister on foreign minister shaking had been the 9 also need to discuss options for the escalation. for han hack is the deputy spokesman

the question is, ok, when you fly into mogadishu, who is going to meet you at the airport? how are you going to get from the airport to the base? when you're going from the u.s. facility to the denaab facility, how do you get there? what is the security situation? we have to walk through all of our movements, and we have to walk through who we are with. now, i am lucky because i am almost always was some sort of u.s. military contingent, and usually that is to cure the enough -- and that to be adequate that we are secure in those places. but we do have specific security review. we also do a budget. something like niger, you just blow through the budget. you know, their extra days -- t here extra days. at one point we have 12 flights booked to get us out, and they would all get canceled. so it is not an easy process. you have to pitch the story, get them interested, and you have to make sure you get your security plan approved and you have to get your budget approved. i am fortunate. i work for nbc news. i know we have resources. but it does not mean that they always want to

kalron: al shabaab was controlling the ports of kismayo, marca, and big parts of mogadishu, includingaccess to the port through its agents. evidence from kenya suggests the local and regional poachers used that access. we'd seen evidence from ports in marca and kismayo of ivory, large stocks of it, and had collected evidence from individuals that testified to having profited from that trade with al shabaab agents. knights: al shabaab did control various ports in somalia where the ivory is being shipped out of, and they would basically charge a tax for anything being shipped out. narrator: al shabaab levies a 2% to 7% tax on ivory that passes through areas they control, making about $250,000 a year from ivory. insurgent groups and armed forces units are not the only poachers. local villagers, who know the terrain, are also involved, and they are increasingly recruited by well-financed, organized criminal groups. roberts: when you kill an elephant and you sell that ivory tusk in the bush, it's only going to be maybe $25 or $100. there might be a 500% markup by the time it gets to the co

private yuri mogadishu free during an operation overnight.ional family reunion proved that despite the risks, prime minister benjamin netanyahu's intimate the ground incursion is working. >> the ground action actually creates the possibility, not the certainty but the possibility of getting our hostages out because hamas will not do it unless they're under pressure. >> reporter: he earlier condemned as cruel psychological propaganda hamas video released today apparently showing three israeli women being held captive, one scene furiously criticizing the government. officials say likely under duress. today also brought tragic news about 23-year-old shani louk, the german israeli, one of many young people kidnapped at a music concert, later scene paraded from the back of the hamas pickup truck. investigators identified a piece of her skull matching her dna. the fate of the rest of more than 230 hostages remains in the balance as israeli troops advance. video on social media showed an israeli tank in gaza city blocking the territory's main north-

and also for some molly adjusts to the west of mogadishu. and for the eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in job or goes from $23.00 to just 10 degrees off funded the you're watching out, just a reminder, a top stories this now israel's prime minister has worn the gauze that will be difficult loan benjamin netanyahu said the conflict has entered a new stage and israel says its troops all still on the ground in cons. i also widening that charge communication, communication networks across guns. i had been completely 7th, some service has now been restored. now since the war began on october, the 7th, israel is bombing campaign across the goals. the strip has killed 7703 palestinians bounce according to the health industry. it says a 112 palestinians have been killed in the occupied westbank in the last 3 weeks to palestinian prisoners have died in is riley custody. israel says that was due to natural causes, and these writing government says move in 1400 is right. these were killed and how much does a

and also for us, the molly adjusts to the west of mogadishu. and for the eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in joe berg goes from 23 to just 10 degrees on monday. the you what you notice here, a reminder of our top story is this alex, as well as subject to the causes trip to the heaviest bone bob. and since this kind of the one on the type of the 7th overwhelmed hospitals, our breaking points in the united nations is civil order has collapsed. thousands of people are marching in london to show solidarity with palestine. they want western countries to stop and is room to kill the president. the price is cooling for an inter israel's, for on guns. israel has surface communication networks across the territory and residential areas in the north and seem to have been pumped and evolved for soc the spokeswoman for the palestine ridge. crisen society spoke to us earlier. she told us hamilton too many, and people and guys are in a, was on, and unable to call an ambulance. so for over 18 hours, up to now, we a

and also for us, the molly adjusts to the west of mogadishu, and for the eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in joe berg goes from 23 to just 10 degrees. authentic. the in watching out. is there a reminder for our top story is this out. israel's administer has wound the war and gone, so it will be difficult. i'm alone. and you've been mentioned young who said that conflicts incentive in stage. israel says its troops is still on the ground and goes off to one name that attacks communication networks across cause a had been completely savage, but some services. now from the store, the inspector general has visited dough hall to discuss what he called an unprecedented escalation in gaza. attending gutierrez, match with category prime minister and foreign minister. shake mohammed been the last 9 autonomy to discuss options for the escalation. but on hopkins, the deputy spokesman for the you in factory general, he says enter new guitar is, is working to help mediation efforts to release captives in gaza. the secretary general wanted to have the con

decline a third of a percent bank of america goldman sachs reporting earnings tomorrow followed by mogadishuetflix tesla wednesday, capital markets maininging director gerard cassidy here great to see you. thank you for being here. your take on bank, we heard from jpmorgan citi friday better-than-expected but focused on loan losss reserves are banks forced out if more money aside for potential losses what are you expecting this week. >> ti maria for having me on the program. we expect similar numbers to what we saw friday, and the numbers pretty good for the banks, regarding the loan loss reserves to your question, as you might recall there was a change in accounting for the banks in january of 2020. now, expected to put what they call gold los into reserves when you think about third quarter economic growth, you know, growth of the real gdp hasn't been announced but there are o projections could be as high as 4 1/2% the actual build up of he reserves in, a hard landing next year banks have to build more reserves if we have a soft landing reserves are in place the banks ease off doing that.

book was completed before this war broke out, you wrote that a ground invasion by the idf could be mogadishu on steroids? >> yeah, i recognize this may be necessary. the desire for vengeance is absolutely understandable. keep in mind that in per capita terms, the loss of 1,300 israelis in a barbaric act is the equivalent of 40,000 for us compared to the 3,000 that we lost in 9/11. this has touched everyone. they are all called up. but nagain the recognition is increasing about how challenging this would be. i think this is a military mission that can be accomplished but it's not going be quick. it's not going to be in the least bit clean or antiseptic. >> this is going to be hugely damaging. the question that has to be asked, then what? during the fight to baghdad, there was a moment we took the first large iraqi city tfrmt good news and bad news, good news is we own a city of about 400,000 people, she a islam. what's the bad news? we own the city. what to do with it? if you destroy hamas and again we all want to see hamas -- hamas is the islamic state. this not a idealogical movement. these

people have described it as baghdad or fallujah, some people have said mogadishu.hose who have exemptions for religious purposes have served in the army. there's not it is really i spoke to all week who didn't believe lots of his really soldiers would die in this effort. what is it that their objective would be? >> i think their objective has been very clear, militarily. in the political sense, there are differences. but militarily, it's move into gaza and remove hamas's military capabilities. the tunnels, the rockets, the fighters, and in order to do that you need to have clear terrain. so actually the military mission seems very clear to me. . come >> colin, after seeing the horrific images and the world waking up to a shocking new reality of what was happening there in the middle east last saturday, you still have the actions going forward. should israel take into account all the potential blow back from its bombing of an entire enclave, with over 2 million residents? >> well, that speaks to what john was just referencing, which is the political aspect. and we c

, and i talked to somebody who said that the ground invasion of gaza would be akin to baghdad or mogadishu warfare. so, tensions are running high. -- in gaza that they probably got three or four days of fuel. when they went out of diesel fuel, they can't run their electrical power station. so, all electricity goes out. water, food, everything is brought into gaza so there is that. there is that problem that the people are dealing with. and there is no particular in light at the end of the tunnel at the moment. benjamin netanyahu came out, made a speech, did warn gazans to get out of the bases, they're gonna bomb. it's not really a reality for most gazans. 2. 2 people live in one of the densest places on earth. so it's not looking hopeful tonight. lawrence, there's a lot of tension. i have spoken to people here who say they haven't felt this fear since 1973. and israelis take pride in the fact that they are constantly under threat, and they are fine. life goes on. even in a place like this in tel aviv, it's normally bustling, you know, it's five in the morning now, but at eight, nine, ten a

in iraq, and i think david petraeus, the former american general has said that this might be like mogadishu even a competent, affective one like the israeli military to go into an urban hostile zone like this where there are tunnels, when you can't make a distinction between civilians and fighters, where in fact you never know how to impose any kind of order even after you do take out the targets. and they think that this could be very, very long lasting war. that may be them trying to set expectations, but they are trying to make the point, the israelis are, that this is not just the flare-ups that we have seen over the years where hezbollah or hamas or somebody else take some shots, the israelis retaliate, and then everybody moves on after a few days or weeks. this is something that they're looking at as a existential kind of situation where deterrence has been lost as far as they are concerned and they feel the need to return that and destroy hamas no matter what it takes. >> talk about the significance of this trip, how big of a deal was, it and one measure by the way might be the way t

land invasion will be bloody, brutal, especially for israeli forces, david patraeus likened it to mogadishun steroids. and what the end game is. general, you led the surge in iraq back in 2007. any lessons from that that could be applied to the battle to come on the ground here? >> there are, john. certainly what we learned about urban operations is how challenging they can be and in fact, i can't imagine more difficult set of contextual circumstances than the israeli defense forces will face if they go into gaza. dense population, enemy does not wear uniform, will fight in the population, likely use 200 plus hostages as human shields, suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices high rises, it's more difficult than anyone has confronted in a very, very long time. that said, i believe the israeli defense forces can accomplish the mission of destroying hamas, but there will be considerable casualties for israeli, civilians, and considerable damage and destruction to civilian infrastructure. it's inevitable in this kind of very tough urban fighting, that there will be that kind of destructio

the question is, ok, when you fly into mogadishu, who is going to meet you at the airport? how are you going to get from the airport to the base? when you're going from the u.s. facility to the denaab facility, how do you get there? what is the security situation? we have to walk through all of our movements, and we have to walk through who we are with. now, i am lucky because i am almost always was some sort of u.s. military contingent, and usually that is to cure the enough -- and that to be adequate that we are secure in those places. but we do have specific security review. we also do a budget. something like niger, you just blow through the budget. you know, their extra days -- t here extra days. at one point we have 12 flights booked to get us out, and they would all get canceled. so it is not an easy process. you have to pitch the story, get them interested, and you have to make sure you get your security plan approved and you have to get your budget approved. i am fortunate. i work for nbc news. i know we have resources. but it does not mean that they always want to

and also for some molly adjusts to the west of mogadishu. and for the eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in joe bird goes from 23 to just 10 degrees on sunday. the book and back let's give you some of the days of the top stories, not least, 35 people being killed and 50 injured up to several calls, crushed in northern egypt. it happened in by the governor about a 132 kilometers from the capital. quite right. a 16 year old or i need to go who sell into a cable or off to an incident on to her owns metro. my system has died cctv from october. the 1st show me to get enrolled into the train. a few moments later her body is pulled from the coach. the teenage it was the class brain that about a week ago, human rights activists, a gods confronted her for adult, wearing a headscarf, a new those ortiz like she fainted and hit her head. those to jabari has moved into her on the official news agencies in iran have announced that's 16 year old army to get our vans is officially dead. the 16 year old was put on l

and also for us, the molly adjusts to the west of mogadishu. and for the eastern side of south africa, it is quite active. and then cooler air filters in joe bird goes from 23 to just 10 degrees off. but that the book about displaced palestinians of though taken supplies from you and food supply center and southern goals. schultz choose leave 2300000 at risk of starvation. palestinians in the law left the facilities with feedback. some boxes say they feel more abandoned by the international community. we have no flour, no aid, no water, not even toilets or houses were destroyed. no one cares about us. we appeal to the people of the world. all international powers are against us. we needed a and we wouldn't have done this if we weren't in need to the to the is the communications director of overall the you an agency, full palestinian refugees. she told us over how difficult it was to operate. a humanitarian responds up to friday's bombing campaign brought down. communications came to further complicates with saw already a very complex humanitari

so with the exception of grenada, panama and mogadishu every american war since world war two has been fought somewhere, the asian landmass. and that's probably an accident. ground fighting accounted for 90% of american war deaths since world war two at the very time when nuclear weapons, air power, power technology was supposed to make ground fighting obsolete, actually, opposite happened. and of course, most of those deaths were suffered by army soldiers. so i don't propose to walk you through the army's whole 45 experiences tonight for that course, i got to read the book. that's what i always i mean, i still recommend that, you know, and you really can't get the flavor of unless you actually buy it and listen to it. it read it many, many times, know take it to heart. i mean, that's obviously the best way to do this, but i certainly can't you a few highlights by looking at a few key personalities a few of the battles so of course we have to begin with this who really needs very little introduction for me? general douglas macarthur, you may notice he's a five star general in this and

and this idea that we don't want back to be another mogadishu in which u.s. troops get trapped inside of a city and then insert come and attack, and there killed bodies, dragged the streets and that sort of things. there's a lot of concern about sending tanks into into a city and tanks great on a desert road. they're impenetrable, but they are a liability when you're trying to turn in a major metropolis. so and i would say that the jungle is a completely different and varied important consideration that people in the jungle are just a description of some of the engagements that he talks about people were as close as from you to me and didn't know they were there because it's everything sort of hidden. and this a great advantage to the guerrilla warfare tactics that were being used at the time because could you could be very to somebody else. they wouldn't even know it. so that's why intelligence was really important is to sort of find out where people were. but it was a it's a completely different and i remember we were talking about this, but my father was s

i spoke here three weeks ago to mark the 30th anniversary of the battle of mogadishu. while reagan delivered a crushing and decisive blow against a regime that threatened america's interests, bill clinton used insufficient forces for an ill-defined expansive mission at a nation where our interests weren't at stake. he cut and ran after the first sign of resistance emboldening our enemies, including bin laden. no two interventions were more different in rationale, execution or result, and they offer important lessons for today. the most profound is that weak interventions with vague and self-righteous missions usually fail. strong military action with well-defined missions focused on america's interests usually succeed. we must never confuse the united states army for the salvation army. our military is not a charitable organization and it's not a tool of mankind. it is the most fundamental interest of our national power and ours alone. and it should be used to pursue american interests and american interests alone. it's not the military's responsibility to right every