it normal and comfortable for you, well, not you, i mean, but the television company for the public broadcasterbe in this company? we in this company show an example of how to work according to standards, and marathon monitoring shows that only in the slot of public there is a balance of all the political forces that are in the parliament, well, except for the opzh, the opzh does not show publicly. all the other channels, there is a different situation from month to month, but they show mostly two political forces, and that's not normal, and that's not normal. i will say once again that, as we are in principle, you do not let me answer, i apologize , you asked me several questions, and you do not let me answer, i will hear the answer, so, well, you told me whether it is comfortable for the public to be there, i would love to close this marathon, but once again i say that i am a marathon i think i will close it only after the end of martial law, and we are doing everything possible to work there for the standard, and the monitoring proves it, besides, in addition to the first channel, the public

this program was made possible by the corporation or public broadcasting and by contributions by viewersike you. thank you. john: in gaza tonight, residents say they are experiencing the most intense bombardments. increased ground rates. a communications blackout coming from official statements on both sides. the gaza health ministry says 7700 palestinians have died, though we do not know how many are hamas fighters. benjamin netanyahu warned the fighting would be long and difficult. >> on saturday, smoke rising from airstrikes. the idf reported video it said were tanks. officials called it a new phase of the war but did not define it as a grounded asian. >> the border remained heavily fortified. >> they confirmed they attacked from the air, land and sea. this morning, the operation is ongoing. >> in a video, the idf issued a warning. >> for your immediate safety, we urge residents of gaza to relocate south. >> airstrikes have cut off internet and phone signals and arabic is the main language for most living in gaza. >> people can't call each other and tell each other what going on. show

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions made by viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. tension is building across gaza as the israeli there is late word that 29 americans are among the dead and 15 unaccounted for. i will report is from a special correspondent. >> israeli soldiers at the border. benjamin netanyahu visited some soldiers asking if they are ready for what comes next. >> residents of gaza have the same western as they scramble desperately to get out of harm's way. israel warned them to evacuate before 4:00 p.m. local time this afternoon. even as they tried to flee, israeli airstrikes hit gaza city. they also hit a southern city. >> he did not send any warnings. >> residents said the blockade means water and other essentials are gone. >> water and power were cut off. now common children are transported. there is no water. no electricity, no bread. >> on israel's nortrn border with lebanon defense forces deployed additional troops. >> back in israel, families are continuing a desperateearch or whether they are a

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by viewers like you. >> good evening. tonight, prospects of an israeli ground nation are rising. israeli abstracts continue to hate gaza as well as the west bank, lebanon and syria where the bombings put airports out of commission. and, the death toll climbs. nearly 4700 palestinians and 1400 israelis have been killed in a conflict so far. sentiments about the war spilled over into the streets from paris, where thousands marched in a show of support for palestinians, to berlin where large crowds support israel. for more, we are in tel aviv with this report. morning, this piece. >> the youth were around and thankfully the neighborhood outside was empty. there was a whistle, then a strike. >> two airports in syria were numerous proxies operate. israel says it struck several targets. a second convoy carried humanitarian supplies but could not carry any badly needed fuel. they also warned hospitals stretched to the limit would no longer be able to operate. hamas said the pace will not change the medical response

who were held in a southern town have reportedly been rescued — that's according to israel's public broadcasterthree israeli soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded. and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state antony blinken has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. this comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault — that's according to an israel defense forces spokesman. the latest developments come as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his security cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. netanyahu has said israel is at war after a surprise and unprecedented raid by palestinian militants on israel territory early saturday morning. —— on israel territory early saturday morning. israel's gove

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. good evening. the day after kevin mccarthy narrowly averted a government shutdown by engineering passage of a short-term spending bill, leading mccarthy critic says he will try to move him from the speakership. late last night, the senate overwhelmingly approved the 45 day spending bill, sending it to present -- to president biden. matt gaetz of florida appeared on cnn's state of the union. >> i think we need to rip off the band-aid and move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. >> mccarthy says he is confident he will survive. congress now has 45 days to pass a spending bill. today also marks the end of two pandemic usa finance. federal funding for childcare program stocks and after a three-year moratorium, student loan repayments resume. dar hamlin returned to the regular season action today for the first time since a near-death experience earlier this year. he was on the kickoff return unit. his heart stopped while making a ro

these are just some absurd thoughts, besides , i would not take public television in poland into account, because its broadcastingrried out by journalists, it is directly subordinated to the government. and no one in poland perceives employees of public television as journalists, so i understand that from the point of view of ukraine, as you thought about a bagpipe. this is not as a supporter of the opposition, but as a person who knows, you can compare it with the situation of the usa, trump and joe biden. these are not just politicians, the views of which differ, one of them is in the middle of democracy, and the other is fighting liberal democracy, and the same in poland, i really hope that the movement of poland, following the example of hungary, will be stopped, the slogan of kaczynski, morawieci and duda - this is budapest in warsaw, and we know that in hungary there are no independent media, cultural institutions, even universities subordinate to the government, yet i... it sounds very sad, because poland is an example for us, and we know the slogan that there is no free poland without a free ukraine, but

israel's public broadcaster is reporting that after 18 hours, hostages being held in a dining room in kibbutz be�*eri have been released. israel has also confirmed that the commander of the nahal brigade, coloneljonathan steinberg, was killed in fighting on saturday. meanwhile, major airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. they include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates, and ryanair, among others. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. we're hearing that the israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip — which you can see there on your screens — to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for launching attacks against hamas targets. witnesses told the bbc that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in un schools. this comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault. we can get some reaction from washington. secretary of state antony blinken spoke with several of his european counter

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. lisa: good evening. i'm lisa desjardins. john yang is away. there are grains of relief tonight for a few of the millions who are trapped inside the gaza strip. the first truckloads of supplies were allowed into gaza from egypt today, a small but significant aid delivery after two weeks of war. this as israel's military is vowing to increase its airstrikes against the hamas-led territory. the death toll continues to mount. more than 1400 israelis and nearly 4400 palestinians killed since the start of the conflict. and, the possibility of an israeli ground invasion into gaza still looms large. special correspondent leila molana-allen has our report tonight. leila: at the rafah border crossing, a rare celebratory moment, as the gates opened for the first time since the start of the war. 20 trucks full of humanitarian aid including food, water and medicine, entered gaza. >> this isn't something new for us, and we have experience with the distribu

. ♪ >> this program was de possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ john: good evening. i'm john yang. as the israeli military presence in gaza grows, so too, it appears, is the desperation among the residents of the besieged palestinian enclave. the israeli defense force said it sent more ground troops into gaza and that in the previous 24 hours, it struck more than 450 militant targets, including hamas command centers and platforms for launching anti-tank missiles. meanwhile, internet and phone service has come back for much of gaza after israeli strikes had knocked it out on friday. once again tonight, leila molana-allen is in israel for us. reporter: in southern gaza, as desperation grows, what little aid is getting through is at risk of theft. at this united nations warehouse in khan younis, it was every man and child for themselves. the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees called it a sign of a breakdown in civil order, after three weeks under siege. at this nearby refugee camp, families are livi

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. tonight, months of escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians have erupted into a firestorm. in an unprecedented surprise attack, the militant hamas rulers of gaza sent dozens of fighters into israel by land, sea and air. gun battles raged for hours in communities across southern israel. and officials on both sides say israeli soldiers and civilians are now captives in gaza. israel responded with airstrikes on gaza cities, flattening hamas offices and residential buildings. at this hour, at least 200 israelis are reported dead and 1100 wounded. palestinian officials say at least 198 palestinians are dead and 1600 wounded, most from fighting in israel. tonight, special correspondent nurit ben is in tel aviv, and we should warn you that some of the images in her report are disturbing. [sirens] nurit: terror and carnage on israel's streets as rockets from hamas filled the sky. >> at around six cloc

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting at a by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. on capitol hill, lawmakers are taking eleventh-hour efforts to avoid a government shutdown at midnight tonight right down to the wire. this afternoon, the house overwhelmingly passed a 45-day temporary spending bill after house speaker kevin mccarthy -- unable to overcome disreements in his own party -- turned to house democrats for help. in the end, more democrats voted for the bill than republicans. the measure includes the $16 billion in disaster relief money that president biden wants but not the aid for ukraine that many house republicans don't want. but that's only half of what's needed to avoid a shutdown. the senate has to approve the bill too, and that could come as soon as tonight. after the house vote, mccarthy acknowledged that hardline republicans could try to remove him from the speakership because he reached out to democrats for help. >> when are you guys going to get over that it's alright

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. tonight, israel is a nation at war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to destroy the ability of hamas and islamic jihad to govern and carry out militant attacks, an effort he warns will be long and difficult. the death toll continues to climb. at this hour, there are more than 700 israelis dead. on the palestinian side, more than 400 are reported dead. and each side reports more than 2000 wounded. late today, defense secretary lloyd austin ordered the aircraft carrier uss gerald ford to the eastern mediterranean as a show of force in support of israel. [explosion] the skyline of gaza shrouded in smoke as israeli strikes pummel residential regions. they targeted tunnels long suspected to be smuggling weapons. >> if you look behind me, this is the islamic investment bank. the israeli claim this bank belongs to hamas. the israeli air force attacked this bank 10 minutes ago. this is a famous street in

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions by viewersike you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. hamas has freed two more hostages, israeli officials say 220 people with more than 30 nationalities are believed to be held captive. meanwhile, the bombardment of gaza continues. the health ministry says more than five, -- 5 million -- 5000 palestinians have been killed. we have a room or. a warning, some images are disturbing. >> kidnapped from their homes. held captive. two of the oldest hostages taken by hamas are finally free. hamas said it release them from humanitarian reasons but husbands remained in captivity. the release follows mediation attempts. this comes as preparation for a ground invasion rolls on. and, israeli airstrikes continue to pound gaza. the palestinian prime minister warned against an offensive. >> what we hear about a ground invasion means the continuation of new crimes, displacement and killing. >> at a meeting of european meetings, the european union foreign policy chief said there was a consensus for a paus

he called it terrorism as well and the public broadcaster, as you said, has now said there's the suspected attacker has been neutralized. we also know from the prosecutor's office yesterday there was a video that the prosecutor's office referenced circulating on social media where the person identifying himself as the assailant pledged his support to isis and mentioned specifically the nationality of these two victims. that is why there was such high alert for people still in that soccer stadium. it actually took more than an hour. they were told to stay there. fans were told to stay there until authorities were confident that they were able to safely get them out of the stadium, safely take them out and make sure they could get home because, of course, we were talking about a suspect on the loose all night and now just this morning, some measure of good news. just quickly, the prime minister said last night in the press conference the suspect was of tunisian origin staying in the country illegally, the neighborhood where the arrest was made. the neighborhood was in the spotlight in 2016 a

that's according to israel's public broadcaster. three israeli soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded. on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state antony blinken has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. and we've seen renewed israeli's aistrikes overnight, as we head towards dawn in the region. israel has responded to hamas�* attack with devastating airstrikes — including in the last few hours. have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. explosions boom. israel was clearly caught off—guard by the attacks from hamas, and there will be much analysis in the weeks and months ahead about why no one saw it coming. michael singh is former senior directorfor middle east affairs at the national security council, and he joined me earlier. to what extent do y

that's according to israel's public broadcaster. three israeli soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded. and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. the conflict is also impacting air travel. the federal aviation administration is urging us airlines and pilots to use caution when flying in israeli airspace. the us air regulator's warning follows an earlier alert issued by the israeli government — and applies to planes flying at any altitude or flight path through israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. this comes as israeli troops are still, quote, "going house to house" to clear communities after the saturday assault. that's according to an israel defense forces spokesman. israel forces have struck several targets in gaza in re

in the latest developments, israel's public broadcaster has reported that, after 18 hours, hostages beingeld in a dining room in a kibbutz have been released. israel has also confirmed that the commander of the nahal brigade, coloneljonathan steinberg, was killed in fighting on saturday. meanwhile, majorairlines have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. they include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates and ryanair, among others. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. we're hearing that the israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for launching attacks against hamas targets. witnesses told the bbc dozens of families have started leaving their homes and they were sheltering in unschools. -- un were sheltering in unschools. —— un schools. this all comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared on saturday that israel is, quote, at war, and is promising revenge. this comes after a surprise and unprecedented attack by palestinian

that's according to israel's public broadcaster. three israeli soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded. and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. and we've seen renewed israeli's airstrikes overnight, as we head towards dawn in the region. israel has responded to hamas�* attack with devastating air strikes — including in the last few hours. have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. explosions. the latest developments come as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his security cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. netanyahu has said israel is, quote, �*at war�* after the hamas raid early saturday morning. israel's gov

israel's public broadcaster is reporting that after 18 hours, hostages being held in a dining room in kibbutz be�*eri have been released. israel has also confirmed that the commander of the nahal brigade, coloneljonathan steinberg, was killed in fighting on saturday. meanwhile, major airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. they include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates, and ryanair, among others. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. the israeli army has asked residents of several different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes. move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for launching attacks against hamas targets. witnesses told the bbc that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in un schools. this comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault. we are hearing there is still fighting ongoing in southern israel at this hour. let's get some reaction now from washington. us secretary of state antony blinken spoke with several o

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions from like you. thank you. >> welcome. two american hostages held by hamas following the terror attacks of october 7 are free tonight. they were released this evening after mediation with the government of qatar. it is good to see you. telus based on your reporting, how did this happen? >> the red cross received them and transfer them into israel. leading to that extraordinary photo you just saw. officials i talked to today said they are unwilling to discuss exactly what led to their release or even what happens to them in captivity. that is because there is still intense diplomacy for the other 200 hostages who have 30 nationalities between them. hamas promised they would continue to release other foreign hostages as and when security circumstances permit. hamas said it will kill hostages unless israel stopped its bombing campaign in gaza. secretary of state blinken was asked specifically today whether israel should pause airstrikes in gaza to release the hostages. >> it is very simple. ho

that's according to israel's public broadcaster.

a ton is real correspondent for german public broadcaster id. she has been reporting from the city of oscar law near garza and gave us this update. or are we spend the whole day in ashland, which is about 10 kilometers north of the gaza strip? the city was totally deserted. people were mostly staying at home. there is an 80 kilometer perimeter around the border of gaza, where people are asked to stay close to shelter. our schools are closed and there is a limit of the amount of people who can gather and people who are still very afraid because the militants were still on the ground. and we could also hear the air raids by the is rarely miller tree because here is really fighter to, it's going towards guys and we could hear designations. and we've just, there is a big number of civilian casualties as well in the gaza strip now. and we could also see how um armored vehicles were move towards the gaza border. this doesn't necessarily mean that there will be an invasion, something that's often being talked about. but there is already an intense resp

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstation from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. israeli ground forces are making larger incursions into gaza and officials are again warning of a wider invasion. >> israel's punishing air campaign on gaza is not letting up. on negotiations over the fates of more than 200 hostages held by hamas have faltered. >> nearly three weeks after the october 7 a hamas terror attacks, an israeli official announced that quebec begins tonight. >> just behind me is the northeastern corner of the gaza strip. -- payback begins tonight. >> just behind me is the northeastern corner of the gaza strip. >> and advisor said hamas would feel israel's wrath tonight. this after punishing airstrikes since the attacks. earlier, israel's elite's naval unit pounded gaza from the water. ground forces conducted a preliminary raid but it remained unclear if this was the full invasion forecast for days. a telecommunications company said the bombardment has cut off phone and internet service. an air

in the latest developments, israel's public broadcaster has reported that, after 18 hours, hostages being aviv. they include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates and ryanair, among others. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. we're hearing that the israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip

♪ and friends of the newshour -- ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingcontributions to your pbs news station from people like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "newshour ." the israeli military has told more than one million because a residence to leave their homes in advance of her their airstrikes and an expected ground operation in retaliation for last saturday's terror attacks from hamas. reporter: barrages of rockets are still flying into israel from gaza. the prime minister said this evening that israel is striking hamas with unprecedented might and that this is really campaign was only the beginning. the death toll continues to climb mostly now in gaza with more than 3100 people killed on both sides in seven days of fighting. reporter: in the northern gaza strip the beginning of a mass exodus. the streets are filled with confusion after israel's military gave residents 24 hours to leave and relocate south. homeless and hopeless. house and have nowhere to go. >> the israeli army kicked us out of our homes. we could not find food or water or any

. ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. the bombardment of gaza continues tonight as israel's defense minister told his forces to prepare for a ground invasion. amna: since the october a seven hamas terror attacks in israel the death toll continues to mount. more than 5000 people dead and reportedly more than 3800 palestinian's and more than 1400 israelis. geoff: and the fallout continues from tuesday's blast at a hospital in northern gaza. u.s. sources say it came from a misfired gazan rocket. with attacks on u.s. troops in syria. geoff: u.s. intelligence 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 unc

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourlike you. thank you. ♪ >> this is pbs newshour west from our studios in washington and the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. ♪ >> you are watching pbs. wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. the xfinity 10g network. made for streaming. jeffrey: mass murder in israel and anger in washington. six days after the deadliest pogromoms since the holocaust, israel is on the attack and gaza citizens are in danger. >>

this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasting and contributions to your pbsm viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the new england chapter of the academy of television arts and sciences. israeli ground forces are making -- welcome to the newshour. officials are warning of a wider invasion in gaza. >> israel's punishing air campaign on gaza is not letting up, while negotiations over the face of more than 200 hostages have apparently faltered. we start our coverage tonight from just outside gaza. reporter: nearly three weeks of the terror attacks, and officials announced payback begins tonight. >> just behind me is the northeastern corner of the gaza strip, with some of the heaviest airstrikes we have seen. we are hearing constant ongoing artillery fire, soldiers driving by. they say they are expanding ground operations in gaza. >> the prime minister said hamas would feel israel's wrath tonight. earlier, israel's unit pounded gaza from the water. ground forces conducted a preliminary raid. but it remained unclear if this was the full invasion forecast for

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these are just some absurd thoughts, besides , i would not take public television in poland into account, because its broadcastingcarried out by journalists, it is directly subordinated to the government. and no one in poland perceives employees of public television as journalists. that this is such a great politician, you can also think that more or less tusk, a moravian, is a politician, may differ slightly, but are actually on the same level. not the same level, i'm really saying, it's not as a supporter of the opposition, but as someone who knows, you can compare it to the us situation, donald trump and joe biden, they're not just politicians who have different views, one of them is inside a democracy and the other fights liberal democracy. and the same for poland. i really hope that the movement of poland, following the example of hungary, will be stopped. the slogan of kaczyński, morawieci and duda is budapest in warsaw. and we know that there are no independents in hungary anymore media, institutions, culture, even universities subordinate to the government , some judges are independent, but not all, and i

great and balance between how the public television, the, how non public television channels broadcast is right for each other. the to us just 2 cushions. they also still watch the video and offer your tv is not about credibility anymore. it's about what the government is politically finding important. the current government to get to warsaw is led by you gotta swap pitch in skis, law and justice market known in poland as it's up against and all positions coalition of murder and a former prime minister turned tv p target. donald's to see when peace took power in 2015, it quickly eradicated the independence of t. v p firing. oh, it's journalists, making them re apply for their jobs, and hiring back only party lawyer. many privately owned news outlets that had been independent vend, got bought by companies associated with peas and changed their editorial tune accordingly. the european union raised its concerns about press freedom and then in 2019, it's off peace. go after the justice, dismissing judges. it disapprove. 4 months ago the european court of justice ruled those traditional cha

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. fierce fighting between israelis and palestinians continues tonight as air strikes and artillery pound gaza after saturday's hamas invasion of southern israel. the death toll has continued to mount. more than 1000 israelis and 900 palestinians have been killed in four days of attacks and counter strikes. among the dead are 14 americans killed by hamas. other americans are now confirmed held hostage by the terrorists in gaza. again from israel, layla manon allen starts our coverage. >> love ones mingling with the scream of sirens and the boom of rockets. families on both sides of the gaza border barely have time to bury and mourn the dead after they face the threat of more violence and death. a 29-year-old policewoman was one of eight people in the community who were buried. five of them police officers. one hamas militants stormed the police station on saturday, she was shot by a sniper as she tried to seek shelt

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. two american hostages held for nearly two weeks by hamas following the terror attacks are free tonight. judith and her daughter natalie were released tonight after mediation by the government of qatar. tell us based on your reporting, how did this happen? >> the international committee of the red cross received them from hamas and transferred them into israel, gave them to israeli authorities, leading to that extraordinary photo you just saw. american, israeli and qatari officials say they are unwilling to discuss exactly what led to their release or even what happened to them in captivity. that is because there is still intense diplomacy of the other 200 hostages who have 30 nationalities between them. hamas promised today that they would continue to release other foreign hostages as and when security circumstances permit. hamas has threatened that it will kill the hostages unless israel stops its bombing campaig

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. president biden tonight addressed the nation, saying that two major wars between israel and hamas in ukraine defending its land from russia are vital to american national security. the president linked the two as essential fights for democracy at a moment of global of people. amna: president biden warned americans that a force in ukraine and the middle east are allowed to continue, it could spread to other parts of the world. and that the united states can and must support its allies in a fight for democracy. pres. biden: nearly 20 months of war, tragedy, and brutality inflicted on the people of ukraine. it is sick. hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share things in common. they both want to completely annihilate neighboring democracy. those who believe in a better life because of us and are desperate not to be forgotten by us, and are waiting for us. time is of the essence. just as in worl

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." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to yourtion by viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to "the newshour." the strength of the jobs market stunned again today with a report surpassing most expectations. employers added 336,000 jobs in september, while unemployment remained at 3.8 percent and we learned that nearly 120,000 more jobs were created in july and august than originally reported. paul solman reports on a job market that continues to defy economic headwinds. paul: this morning, a jobs report that blew expectations out of the water. economist julia coronado. >> this was a blockbuster report. we were on a slowing hiring trend through the last few months, and we just saw not only a great month of job creation in september, but upward revisions to july and august. paul: where is most of the growth coming from? julia: one of the encouraging things about this report is that it's pretty broad based. so the last couple of months there was a very large hiring dominance by health care. now we're seeing manufacturing pick ba

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. it is the sixth day of war as israel retaliates against terrorist attacks from hamas. with the coastal region under its ordinary bombardment and the seas tightening. amna: here on the ground, nearly 3000 people have already died in less than a week of brutal violence. and israel, more than 1200 people have been killed. that includes 27 americans. the u.s. government says it will begin operating charter flights tomorrow to evacuate any of the more than 100,000 americans currently here. so far, 1500 palestinians have been killed. that includes 45 members of the same extended family, all killed in an airstrike on their gaza home tonight, according to officials. we begin tonight in gaza with our colleague leila molana-allen reporting. leila: in the heavily bombarded gaza strip, a frantic attempt by survivors. they search for signs of life with their bare hands. this is the densely populated refugee camp, hit by on

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to "the newshour." we are following two major stories tonight. deadly bombardments continue in gaza, and there are signs today that israel's expected ground invasion may be delayed. we will delve into the war's developments in the program. >> first, in the u.s., a breakthrough. the house of representatives has a new speaker after 22 days of leaderless, gridlocked chaos following the ouster of former speaker kevin mccarthy. mike johnson won all 220 republican votes cast today, 20 more than the three prior nominees managed on the floor or behind closed doors. after emerging from the leadership vacuum, speaker johnson said congress must win back americans' faith. >> their faith is at an all-time low and one of the reasons they have lost it is because congress over the years has not delivered to the american people well enough. we are in the majority right now. we've gone through a little bit of struggle and character building, and yo

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to "the newshour." it's a horrific night in gaza, where an airstrike hit a hospital, killing hundreds. who hit the hospital is in dispute. amna: palestinians and others said it was an israeli bombing. the israel defense forces say it was an errant missile fired by the militant group islamic jihad in gaza. geoff: the fallout has been swift. condemnations have poured in from turkey, jordan, many gulf countries and beyond. and a scheduled meeting with leaders in jordan has been canceled. president biden still left this afternoon for a visit to israel tomorrow. amna: from israel, leila molana-allen again begins our coverage. >> in the dark of the night, chaos. packed with thousands of wounded gazans seeking refuge, their sanctuary engulfed in flames. gaza's health ministry said there were hundreds killed. [indiscernible] >> the doctor was in the hospital at the time of the massacre. we spoke to him by phone. [indiscernible] >>

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. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." we are entering the fourth week of war between israel and hamas in gaza, as israel's air campaign continues and the death toll mounts. geoff: israel is now fighting hamas on the ground in gaza, its troops moving methodically in the northern end of the strip. while in the south, more than a million gazans await aid. leila molana-allen again begins our coverage. leila: for the fourth day straight, tanks and armored vehicles rolled into gaza, as part of israel's growing ground offensive. at his first press conference since the october 7 terror attacks, prime minister benjamin netanyahu reiterated that israel will not consider a ceasefire. >> calls for a ceasefire are calls for israel to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. leila: and israel's longest serving premier said he will not resign, despite growing anger at his government among israelis. >> the only thing i intend to

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. a fifth day of heavy fighting between israel and hamas today, as the death tolls soar. more than 1200 israelis and palestinians are now dead, with 1100 many still missing. there are 22 americans confirmed killed in saturday's terror attacks across israel. and hamas holds an unknown number of hostages in gaza. >> here in israel, the fear of a wider war seemed very real earlier after reports of drones and incursions from lebanon. those turned out to be false alarms. meantime, in gaza, the last power station has run out of fuel. there will soon be no electricity, along with no water or sanitation, and food is starting to become scarce. our colleague leila molana-allen again begins our coverage. >> block by block, gaza is being blasted into dust, as israel's punishing bombardment continues for the fourth day straight with residents breaking up to a landscape of horror. the streets of this densely populated coastal encla

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour, a third day of brutal fighting between israelis and palestinians centered on gaza today, and it continues tonight. amna: israel has hammered the region with air strikes and artillery, in retribution for saturday's bloody terror attack by hamas. geoff: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the offensive has only begun, and that the ferocity of israel's reprisals on hamas will, quote, "reverberate with them for generations." an israeli ground invasion of gaza is widely expected to begin in the coming hours and days. amna: already there are staggering death tolls, over 900 israelis dead, and thousands more wounded, while in gaza, nearly 700 palestinians have been killed. among the dead so far, according to president biden, are 11 americans. special correspondent leila molana-allen is on the ground in israel and begins our coverage. leila: towering plumes of smoke rose over the gaza city skyline. as th