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i'm tom llamas.idst the growing violence, others are running toward the danger. they're americans bound by a commitment to community, country and faith. tonight meagan fitzgerald shares just a few of their stories. >>> as israel ramps up its offensive against hamas, calling up thousands of reservists to fight, scenes like this are playing out in airports across the u.s., people answering the call, leaving the u.s. to fight in israel. an emotional moment at lax. >> i just dropped my little brother off to go back to the army in israel. i'm heart broken and so scared for him. >> he's already back in israel. >> on the way to base. >> documenting his trip on social media. >> i made my way up north to say good-bye to my grandpa, my parents. >> leaving his job and life in new york, he didn't even wait for the call. >> i booked my flight to israel before i got called back, because i knew what was going to happen. >> andrew silverman was visiting his family in chicago last weekend when he heard what was happe

air attacks is something called the iron dome system, which kicks in most, but not all the time tom llamas got a look at how it works. tom, how much of a difference has it made in this war? >> reporter: lester, these units are on 24 hours a day, so the israeli military had very strict rules as we approached and were able to shoot footage of this advanced weaponry it's a multibillion dollar defense system, and israel calls it a life saver as we just saw in gaza, the danger of a single rocket, it can kill hundreds. much of the fighting in this war has been in the skies overhead day and night where israel has a massive advantage, but hamas has launched thousands of rockets some say israel's iron dome is the world's best defense against missiles we were given access to see it up close that's one of the batteries that makes up this system this technology was developed by israel, and the way it works is that when a rocket is fired from gaza, that battery right there launches another missile that crashes midair making sure the people in this country stay safe. the system is a combination of a rad

it takes two sides to make things work. >> reporter: tom llamas, nbc news, jerusalem. >>> in a chicago suburb, a vigil is being held tonight for the 6-year-old palestinian american boy who was stabbed to death in what authorities say was a hate crime hundreds of people attended wadea al fayoume's funeral yesterday. his mother also was stabbed but survived their landlord has been charged with first-degree murder. >>> in 60 seconds, speaker stalemate. the showdown in congress over the next house speaker. late details right after this >>> we're back with the chaos on capitol hill the house still without a speaker, after the gop's nominee jim jordan fell short of the votes he needs from fellow republicans and now, as ryan nobles tells us, jordan's fight will stretch into another day. >> reporter: tonight, the congressional drama over the next speaker of the house continues. in the first vote of the day, the next man up, ohio congressman jim jordan, fell short of the 217 votes needed, with 20 gop members supporting other candidates jordan went to work behind the scenes to win over skeptical

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story of pain, perseverance and heroism in one town where the terrorists struck in southern israel tom llamasas there with his team. tom, are some residents just staying put with war just outside their doorstep >> reporter: they are, lester in towns that dot the border the carnage of that terror attack is still so very fresh. and though many have fled to safer ground, others tell me they are staying put, they will never leave, as their children are now confronting this war in ways that are hard to imagine right here in ofakim near the gaza border homes are shot up, living rooms bombed out, melted clocks marking the time the terrorists attacked, and children searching for anything that tells the story of what happened to their families >> what was your name again? >> ori what's your name >> tom >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: ori is just 12 years old. >> we now are going to see the area where my father and my brother died >> reporter: your father and your brother died >> yes >> reporter: living in a war zone, he tells me what he and his friends will do today. >> i'm collecting bullets. i wan

tom llamas, thank you. >>> for palestinians getting out of gaza is nearly impossible. they simply have nowhere to go. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports from the israel/gaza border. >> reporter: palestinians know time is running out to escape northern gaza. and that once israeli troops invade to fight hamas here, these streets will become death traps. so they're heading south, amid rumors there could be a safe zone there. but not everyone can pack up and go. this orphanage may house the most vulnerable people in all of northern gaza now. it's home for 22 children. 12 of them have special needs. their lives were difficult before. now they are in the firing line. this boy is 9 years old. he is blind and has profound disabilities. maria is 7 years old and can only scoot. as the staff here leave for safety, these children are only being cared for by two people. these children can't get out of the way of the coming ground war. 11-year-old muhammed is building a house with blocks, while outside air strikes are destroying houses. palestinians have been re

tom llamas has that story. >> reporter: we traveled to jerusalem to the old city to ask about the new war. for centuries, muslims and jews have lived, traded, and prayed here side by side along these ancient steps. but could they spare a few minutes today to talk to one another? would you be open to talk to someone jewish about this? >> of course. >> we're going to find somebody to talk. >> no, not now. >> reporter: why? >> because tensions are very high. >> reporter: it's too hot right now? >> too, too hot. way too hot. >> reporter: what do you think about the bombings in gaza? >> what's the bombing in gaza? they're getting back what they send us. who doesn't feel for man, for somebody that their house was bombed? of course we feel for them. but we feel for us first. >> reporter: esther weiss is an israeli. she owns a jewelry shop in the jewish quarter. hani imam, a palestinian merchant who has a stand in the muslim quarter. and though their businesses are a short walk from each other, their views of this war are a world away. >> the problem is based on 75 years of occupation. you ca

tom llamas, nbc news, tel aviv. >> thanks to tom llamas for that reporting. >>> in our next hour, wer prime minister of israel, plus the fallout from this plea deal in georgia from sidney powell what it means for the other co-defendants. >>> and we're keeping our eye on capitol hill, where house republicans are set to huddle ahead of another potential speaker vote. so will jim jordan try for a third time? we're back after a short break. third meti we're back after a short break r your chronic migraine - 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start. it's the #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. so far, more than 5 million botox® treatments have been given to over eight hundred and fifty thousand chronic migraine patients. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can

nbc's tom llamas has their stories. >> this couple, there were from the very start., and running the next. >> there were terrorists around every corner, on every vehicle, you could imagine. on the road, off the roads, with every kind of weapon. with missiles, motorcycles. >> they had everything. >> prepared like hollywood movies. >> you look into terrorists eyes. what kind of people are these? i don't think people. when you make eye contact with a human, you see a little bit of his soul. no soul in van, a shell, empty. i don't know how to explain it. >> some is really americans answering the call, like this father from new york. >> my kids, of course, ask questions. they said, do you have to go? and i said, yeah, i have to go. >> you are ready to fight for israel and fight until the end? >> it's not just until the. and that mentality is, we will do whatever it needs to be done. >> in gaza, a daily battle for survival. >> there is not enough people, not enough beds at hospitals. not enough ventilators. this is absolute carnage. >> there is no safe haven in gaza. there

nbc's tom llamas has their story from israel. >> reporter: right here near the gaza border, homes arehot up, living rooms bombed out, melted clocks marking the time that terrorists attacked, and children searching for anything that tells the story of what happened to their families. what was your name again? >> ori. what is your name? >> reporter: tom. ori is 12 years old. >> we went to see the area where my father and my mother died. >> reporter: your father and your brother died? >> yes. >> reporter: living in a war zone, he tells me what he and his friends will do today. >> i want to keep them for feelings. >> reporter: for ori, it is a way to remember his dad and his older brother. two men this town will never forget. >> they were not just killed. they fought. they fought like lions. >> reporter: these surveillance videos from the day hamas attacked their neighborhood show the military as they cornered some of the terrorists. but for hours, regular citizens took to the streets and roofs to defend themselves. the residents here say the terrorists did something they had never seen o

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tom llamas will be in israel. jose diaz-balart will be with him on saturday. i'll be with him on sunday night starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch it on nbc news now, cnbc, and msnbc. >>> let's take a turn now and talk about today's cnbc money minute. a new milestone for electric vehicles in america. >> and the fda cracking down on a popular type of e-cigarette. cnbc's bertha coombs joins us now. >> let's start off with tesla. its foothold of the electric vehicle market slipped during the third quarter. that's despite u.s. sales of evs topping 300,000 for the first time ever. total ev sales rose 50% during the quarter compared to a year ago. meanwhile, tesla's control of the ev market fell from 62% shares to just 50%, according to a new report from cox automotive. health officials have banned the sale of menthol e-cigarettes. the e-cigarette became the top selling vape product after juul was removed from market. the company selling the product failed to demonstrate enough of a health benefit to adult cigarette smokers to outweigh the potential risk to

un despuÉs del conflicto hoy el lÍder de hamÁs amenazÓ con golpear aitos con todos los frentes, tom llamasa noche tras el ataque al hospital con ciento de personas muertas segÚn los oficiales palestinos. >>> esta noche el caos a las puertas de este hospital de gaza. llegaban pacientes tras un bombardeo contra otro hospital de la ciudad los oficiales palestinos hablan de cientos de muertos. >>> cae la bomba arribo del hospital han sacado muertos por los bombardeos al hospital todos eran enfermos, mÉdicos, y niÑos. >>> dinero de los hospitales recibiendo a heridos se veÍan sobrepasados, con sangre en mi piso y niÑos llorando los hospitales ya estaban en una situaciÓn crÍtica, con doctores al lÍmite, y sin que recursos. >>> un sobrino estaba allÍ entre los muertos el menor del dos aÑos. >>> mientras estaba tratando a pacientes este otro palestino supo que su hijo estaba entre los muertos, israel dijo que el sur de gaza no estÁ fuera del alcance de las bombas. >>> me disculpe el doctor una emergencia le acaban de avisar de que hay quince pacientes graves acaban de llegar ahora. >>> israel dijo

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i'm tom llamas in for lester. >>> we begin with the dramatic and positive development in the israel/hamas war. the release of two american hostages, a mother and her daughter, held by hamas in gaza. judith and natali raanan. these are the first hostages to be freed among 200 or more captured during that hamas terrorist attack on israel almost two weeks ago. moments ago president biden speaking to those two american women telling them, the government will fully support them as they recover. they happen to be family members of our longtime foreign correspondent, martin fletcher. he will join us in just a few minutes with the family's reaction. >>> and today's hostage release comes as israel continues its devastating bombing of gaza, considered a prelude to an expected large-scale ground invasion. an air strike hitting a greek orthodox church in gaza city late yesterday. at least 16 people reported killed. the big question tonight, will more hostages be released, and will israel delay that ground campaign? it all comes as vital humanitarian assistance, fuel, food, water remains stalled at th

joining us now is senior international correspondent tom llamas. tom, you've been speaking with multiple idf officials, so what's the latest we're hearing from israeli forces about when the invasion into gaza may actually begin and unfold? >> reporter: look, nobody really knows except for a top military officials, but right now it's a waiting game, the israeli troops along the border of gaza, you see tank after tank being loaded on trucks going. rocket fire is still going back and forth just an hour ago there was a rocket shot over here tel aviv, over our head, outside was our broadcast engineer and he happened to shoot it on his phone, as the rocket goes up over the night sky here in tel aviv, here it is right here and the iron dome appears to intercept it. in a second it will explode. the iron dome protecting many of the cities in israel right now to make sure those rockets don't land, you still have to take cover and shelter in those situations because they want to make sure there's no falling debris or if some reason that rocket gets by that iro

tom llamas is with us in tel aviv and girn gilchrist is with us in washington. we mentioned that strike on a hospital, palestinian sources saying that it's quite bad, many injured and dead. can you tell us what you know? >> reporter: yeah, kate, the story is changing pretty quickly, the initial report out of gaza, the hospital in central gaza said about 200 to 300 people have died, now reports that up to 500 people are dead in what the palestinian authorities call an israeli air strike the israeli defense force has been asked about this and so far they're not commenting they're going to investigate, these images right here, it apoors to be several other hospitals. when you're talking about 500 people, you have to wonder how many of those people are innocent. i'm looking to my left, we just heard a loud boom. we don't see anything in the sky. couple of hours ago there was two rockets that came over tel aviv. the iron dome looked to intercept that. this has been a daily occurrence in tel aviv and different cities around israel, from what we know the rockets you se

. >> and i'm tom llamas in for zinhle essamuah. caught up on where things stand right now, new waves of rockets throughout the day, israel's iron dome intercepted rockets. israeli forces have been bombarding the gaza strip. today's the fourth day of fighting since hamas' surprise attack on saturday morning. more than 1,000 israelis and hundreds of palestinians have been killed. >> president biden spoke about the war from the white house today, the president saying 14 americans have been killed, that's a new number, and that other americans are being held hostage by hamas. he called the militant group's attack, quote, sheer evil. >> no regard to who pays the life. the loss of innocent life is heartbreaking. like every nation in the world, israel has the right to respond. >> we're also learning about a horrific scene at a collective community known as kibbutz. three miles from the gaza border. israeli forces say they have found the bodies of civilians and children inside homes, one general said, quote, it's not a battlefield it's mas

tom llamas, nbc news, tel aviv. >>> i want to bring in steph twitty, former deputy commander of u.s.opean command and msnbc military analyst, always good to see you. of all the things the u.s. has sent israel, how critical are these iron dome batteries? >> they actually, as you take a look at this, the most critical thing that we can continue to send them, and what we're sending them are the interceptors, the missiles. as you know, the iron dome system is an israeli made system, and i just like to state, it is one of the best systems in the world. and your anchor there was correct, the system was overwhelmed and let's keep in mind on the day of the attack, over 2,000 missiles were shot. 97% of those missiles were intercepted by the iron dome, and so some got through, yes, but we also got to keep in mind that the residue or the debris once you shoot those incoming missiles can also have a significant impact on the public as well. >> there's another big development we are watching closely, which is the u.s. moving military assets, including that aircraft carrier strike groups, elite un

tom llamas joins us from israel with the latest from that. n israel. this is the first time ever an american president has come to israel during a time of war. and president biden is showing his support on multiple fronts, meeting with the prime minister, meeting even with the israeli war cabinet and right now meeting with victims of that hamas terror attack. this comes as a major part of president biden's trip to this area was canceled. leaders of arab nations refusing to meet with him because of that hospital bombing in gaza. president biden in israel this morning while the middle east is in turmoil. the president meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a show of solidarity following last week's terror attacked that killed more than 1,400 in israel. >> we will continue to have israel's back as you work to defend your people. we'll continue to work with you and partners across the region to prevent more tragedy of innocent civilians. >> reporter: as protests continue from the west bank and crowds approaching the u.s. embassy in b

israeli denial, outrage over a hospital bombing in gaza continues to spread across the region nbc's tom llamas little to no people out here and it's all because of this war it is a far cry from what's happening in gaza, but still more than 1,400 israelis have been killed, and today marks day 12 that men, women, children, including babies were taken hostage by hamas, believed to be held in gaza, where right now there is little food, little water and the bombings continue. overnight, strikes blanketing gaza the campaign retaliation for the brutal attack from hamas inside israel tensions throughout the region still high, with mass protests yesterday, including at the u.s. embassy in beirut. happening while president biden was in israel. the unrest sparked by that hospital blast in gaza, which israel denies responsibility for, biden backing them up >> our defense department says it's highly unlikely that it was israelis >> reporter: heartbreaking stories from the explosion that palestinian officials say killed hundreds, still emerging >> this video posted beforehand by a palestinian artist, who we