and retired brigadier general steve anderson. we begin with you, because i think it's so important to tap into your experience as a navy seal and your contact with special forces. there are as many as 200 hostages at the mercy, the mercy of hamas today. so how would special forces even find the -- alone rescue them? is it even possible? >> well, first of all, laura, let me say thank you for having me on. it was heartbreaking to hear your last segment with the brother of one of those exact hostages. i think the situation is extremely difficult. not just in israel in the middle east, but around the world, my sister is a physician in arizona. and she told me the stories of two doctors other hospital arguing about this. so i think these are very, very challenging times. and what you are talking about from a special operations perspective, hostage rescue and counterterrorism are two of the most difficult message that we undertake in the special operations community. and while on the u.s. side we have had two decades of practice, of st

army brigadier general steve anderson. thank you for joining us.e've seen forces amassing in large numbers near the border and it's been going on since shortly after the hamas terror attack. an idf spokesperson told me they plan to bring home the hostages being held in gaza. what will it take to accomplish that goal? >> thank you, wolf, for having me. i think what they need is time. they need to take their time, they need to show some restraint because it's going to be a very difficult fight. you remember the days in iraq and places like that, the israelis attacking straight into gaza city would be a terrible mistake. getting bogged down in the city is exactly what the iranians would be hoping for, to see them bogged down in such a war. we all support their goal, to destroy hamas, and to rescue the hostages, but they've got to do it in a way that doesn't escalate the war. and i think by going directly into gaza city, they will do exactly that. >> as you know, israeli officials say that their goal is to completely eliminate hamas and its infrastruct

serotonin is at the magic wall we have got retired brigadier general steve anderson to help make senselot of it. general all eyes are on gaza. and you have long been stressing that israel needs to take their time in the expected military ground operation. but there's a lot of concern this could really spiral. so how easily could this become a wider conflict? >> very easily laura. and here's why. and if you look at the numbers that are involved here, look at israel over here, 10 million people essentially in this area here surrounded by a lot of neighbors, that would really like to see them go. let me put a number up here for you laura. 30 to 1. that is how the israelis are outnumbered in this region by muslim countries that surround them. and in particular, i'd like to point out a couple. of course most of the activities are iranian. the iranians are sponsoring malicious all over the region. all of them are assigned to do anything that they can to take israel down. they've got militias in iraq. they're backing the syrians. the lebanese, hezbollah. and of course, down here in yemen. and

. >> let's bring in general steve anderson. thank you for being with us. there are just so many unanswered questions here. and obviously they raises spec ter of the hostages potentially being moved or scattered about. what do you think is the most likely location for these people? do you think some have been moved to egypt, what is the starting point? >> thank to you asking me to join you. i'd say i don't think that they -- no doubt the hostages are being moved. but the problem is the lack of human intelligence on the ground in gaza. that is the reason the attack occurred in the first place, there was too much focus on signal and electronic intelligence and not enough human intelligence. what they need to do, they need to continue the blockade, crank down on the blockade and then wait for human intelligence to emerge. i mean, things will start happening when these people can't get their medicines and can't get food and water. you will see human intelligence allow us to find out where these hostages are and give us the best chance to locate them, find them

army brigadier general steve anderson and former director of communications for u.s.ational intelligence sean turner. good morning to you. general, starting with you, what is happening now? what is the idf doing and what does practically increasing operational readiness for the next stages of the war mean? >> thank you, victor. that means they are getting ready to execute their war fight and a war plan. they are preparing, they are gathering food and ammunition, all the logistics, water, et cetera. they are probably getting, hopefully, lots of rest. that's what soldiers need before they do this. they are gathering intelligence and trying to -- probably going to do some probing patrols to find out where the weakest spots are and no doubt they are going to continue to apply pressure. and we saw the reports about the shortages of water and fuel. that's exactly what a blockade is intended to do. because what that's going to do is going to yield, hopefully, intelligence. we want the palestinian people to be complaining to hamas and saying, hey, you got us into this. now ge

army brigadier general, steve anderson. general, good to see you. first off, what might the first stage of a ground offensive look like? could it be on big, targeted attacks and hit gaza from multiple fronts? >> thank you, amarah and victor, absolutely they want to hit on multiple fronts. right now, of course they've secured the border that goes throughout the entire perimeter of gaza. of course, the egyptians have down here, and they're massing at the border, preparing for an offensive operation. i believe that the smart move is to cut the country in half, by taking the gaza power plant and isolating hamas up here in the north in gaza city. and then they can continue to provide incredible pressure. remember, the iranians are fighting a proxy war through hamas. and they would like nothing better for israel to get bogged down in gaza city. and this would be an incredibly tough fight. look at some of these areas here. you can see, this is kind of a before and after shot of what the israelis have been able to do from afar. they need to continue to prov

army brigadier general steve anderson and former director of communications for u.s. national intelligence sean turner. welcome you to both. general, start with you. if you can touch on how risky such a ground operation will be for the idf, for the civilians, and also for those hostages because, clearly, hamas has been fully expected such a response from israel. >> thank you, victor and amara. yes, this is very risky. going to be a very, very difficult commmission to accomp with all those people there in an urban environment. we think about our experiences in places like fallujah and ramadi in iraq. this would be fallujah on steroids trying to get from there. so i'm urging the israelis to exercise restraint. are they are being very successful right now in applying pressure to the palestinians. you know, we saw from scott's report there is a lot -- shortages of water and fuel and electricity and whatnot. they are making the palestinians feel the pain. and this is exactly what they want. what the iranians want is they want israel to go running in there to, you know, to

. >>> joining me now is retired big deer general steve anderson. appreciate you being with us. do you expect israel to announce when its ground forces have begun to enter into gaza. in the past they generally have once it's already begun. what do you think that that will look like? >> thank you, anderson, for having me. i would certainly expect them to announce it. i don't think it will be a big secret. i mean, we have so much media on the border right now, but, you know, i would urge them to exercise restraint here. there's a lot of saber-rattling, a lot of people -- i understand the motivation of revenge, a horrendous attack against the israeli people by hamas, but they need to exercise restraint. i do not believe that they need to go rushing into the urban environment. i quite frankly think that iran would like nothing better than to see israel bogged down in an urban fight in a place like gaza city. anderson, you no doubt remember fallujah and ramadi in iraq and how difficult it was in that kind of environment. i submit to you that gaza city is going to be like fallujah on

steve scalise for the job. we want to go live to tel aviv, israel. anderson? >> the rockets continued to be fired near israel and the death toll is coming into greater view. the tale of horror and atrocity is coming into view the israeli prime's office has confirmed that israeli soldiers discovered decapitated babies. we heard about that yesterday. that was cited as one of the worst attacks. hamas denies it attacked children but the unprecedented slaughter of hundreds of israeli civilians has led to a severe response and we know children are been killed in many locations here in israel by hamas. air strikes have pounded targets in gaza for days. hospitals are running out of fuels to power generators as the territory remains under a blockade. among those dead in gaza, at least 11 u.n. workers. right now there are behind-the-scenes talks under way, one, to try and free and locate dozens of hostages held by hamas, including americans, we don't know how many americans, and to allow somehow civilians and u.s. citizens to leave gaza through egypt ahead of a potentia

fox's trey yingst, steve harrigan, mike tobin, greg palkot, c america n's -- ncc's anderson cooper, erinnocent, in the middle of the night they're doing their shows, getting hostage release interviews, and i think it's important to put that on. and i think that the world does need to see through the press the disgusting atrocities -- just read peggy noonan's column today in the "wall street journal," op-ed page, it's no holds barred. she describes the most horrifying details because the world needs to see this. instead of listening to hamas saying, oh, look at us, we're freedom fighters. howard: there's absolutely no question that from many, many muse organizations, a although it's been difficult to get into gaza and a number of foreign journalists have been killed, but that they have exhibited incredible bravery and reporting, so i'm glad you pointed that out. many media reports say president biden has repeatedly urged bibi netanyahu to delay or limit the ground invasion. not sure if this is it, but to allow more time for hostage negotiations and because u.s. officials didn't think the

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>> it's all about -- i think if it was valid, steve scalise would win overwhelmingly, or anybody but jim jordan. what you're going to start seeing, anderson, is on the emails, on the fundraising, on other cable news networks, jim is going to be now the new litmus test of are you a true conservative or not. steve scalise won't be. it will be jim jordan. there will be a small acquiesce ens to jim jordan from everybody. if he becomes speaker, it will be interesting how a shut it all down kind of guy governs a country. >> thank you. much more now on the bitterness the speaker fight brought to the surface. lauren fox has that. >> good morning. >> reporter: in one of his first moves, which sources say was directed by mccarthy, temporary speaker patrick mchenry ordered representative steny hoyer and former speaker nancy pelosi remove frd their offices at the capitol so mccarthy could move in. pelosi writing in a statement, quote, office space doesn't matter to me, but it seems to be important to them. a source close to pelosi says the move was retaliation for democrats siding against mccarthy in the speaker's vote. >> rather than being petty and

anderson, thank you. >>> just ahead, more breaking news. growing uncertainty right now over the house speakership as congressman steve scalise wins the republican nomination and the job still faces holdouts in his own party. republican congressman mike mccall is standing by. we'll get his reaction after the break. >>> we're following multiple breaking stories. in the middle east, the war with hamas. here in the united states tracking new chaos in the house of representatives. congressman steve scalise winning the republican nod for speaker even as multiple members of his own party now still say they'll refuse to back him when a vote comes up on the house floor leaving him short of the majority. let's get an update right now from cnn's melanie zanona. how many republicans signal they'll oppose skong man scalise? >> reporter: at this point he is well shortnd of the number of votes needed. this is despite the fact he has support from jim jordan who was his chief rival in the speaker's race. over the last three hours steve scalise has been meeting individually with members, trying to win over holdouts. he won over congresswoman anna falina luna. sh

anderson, thank you very much. >>> and to the other breaking news, house republicans are scrambling again in search for speaker after steve scalise dropped out of the race last night. >> if you look at where the conference is, there is still work to be done. our conference still has to come together and is not there. people still have their own agendas. and i was clear, we have to have people put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs. this country is counting on us to come back together. this house of representatives needs a speaker and we need to open up the house again. >> scalise withdrew just 24 hours after he was nominated after he realized he didn't have the support, couldn't get the 27 votes he needs on the floor. the republican conference meets at 10:00 a.m. this morning to discuss a path forward. joining me now, alex stewart and also doug hye. doug, you of course have deep experience in the house republican conference as well. i want to play a little bit of what kevin mccarthy had to say because i think it gives some texture to do that i think that you can help us understand. take a look

, what does that mean for alternatives like steve scalise or others who some conservatives have cited by name they think would be better at this job, anderson. >> lauren fox, appreciate it. >>> for republicans, if there are republicans who want to actually get things done, and there are many republicans, obviously, who want that both in the country and in congress, how does this get fixed? you can't have this install group holding everybody hostage. >> it's a shameful day for republicans, and frankly, this should have been able to be worked out in a house conference. tonight that's what we're going to see. i've been in many conference meetings and basically it looks similar to the house floor. it's a lot of arguing, giving speeches. i am hearing from republicans that there is growing sentiment about trying to actually remove matt gaetz from the house conference, which they can do. >> what would that actually mean? >> it essentially means he can't serve on committees. i believe he still maintains his vote. he would lose committee representation. but i think kevin mccarthy may still try to pull this through. what made him speaker, one of the

anderson cooper, who is in tel aviv, israel. and we are tracking major developments on capitol hill and in the middle east. republican congressman steve scalise has just locked down the republican nomination for house speaker. a full vote to determine if he will become the 56th speaker of the house is potentially coming up this afternoon. we will of course follow that live. anderson? >> and here in israel a nation readies the next phase of a war. one of the largest troop mobilizations in the country's history is now under way. we have been witnessing the build-up of forces over the last several days, amassing along the gaza border and at other sites. the bombardment of gaza continues. in less than a week of fighting both israel and gaza are reporting more than 1,000 deaths. both sides are bracing for things to get a lot worse, obviously scrammage to get civilians out of the crosshairs. a senior official telling cnn talks are happening to allow palestinian civilians in the gaza strip to perhaps exit into egypt ahead of any israeli ground invasion. that was something that the national security adviser sullivan had intimated yesterday in

steve wolfson, appreciate you being with us. the arraignment was delayed today because the suspect had no las vegas-based attorney. how strong is the case, do you think? >> well, thanks, andersonor having me on your show. i want to start off by saying that mr. davis enjoys a presumption of innocence like any other person charged in this country with a crime. the arraignment was delayed because mr. davis said he had retained a lawyer out of california and we cannot arraigned a person until they have a lawyer. >> in terms of the case itself, is there much you can share about why you believe tupac shakur was gunned down? >> well, there has been a lot of talk in the media for the last number of years, and of course recently in the last few weeks. it started with a number of admissions that mr. davis has made over the last few years. he participated in the documentary, he coauthored a book, he gave a number of youtube interviews. so, his admissions really peaked the investigation to look more closely into what was going on. it was brought to my attention. we then executed a search warrant at mr. davis's home where we seized certain items of physical evidence. after all of those con

steve n allen. and if you're watching at 5 am, do stay tuned for breakfast. thanks for watching. i'll be lucas. good night >> welcome to lee anderson's trade unionist andy mcdonald . he's going head to head with lord moylan and norman brennan. he's a former top cop. we've also comedy legend bobby also got comedy legend bobby davro is on the show and lead singer of five star denise pearson. what a legend she is. but first, let's go to the news headunes. headlines. >> hi there. very good evening to you. at 7:00. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. israel says its has carried out localised raids in gaza in an effort to locate hamas rocket sites and hostages. thousands of palestinians are fleeing northern gaza after the israeli army ordered more than a million people to move south by the end of the day for their own safety. airstrikes are continuing with a full ground invasion thought to be imminent. however, the rafah border to egypt in the south of gaza remains closed. power suppues gaza remains closed. power supplies to the enclave have been cut , with food and water in been cut, with food and water in short supply. the united nat