yaakov, let me start with you.u see different tactics in israel's ground invasion so far in these early days than what israel indicated what they might be, but also different tactics that israel has used in the past? yaakov: the tactics they are using now are the tactics that have been learned for many years. i'm sure america has more experience in urban areas. going immediately into the center of gaza. there are more forces around it that go in. we are using the superiority in firepower to do it slowly. we know to stop, to use the air force, artillery and other tools we have. in a way, we have time. using it for minimizing the number of casualties on our side and reduce the number of civilians that might be killed if you might rush in with huge forces. nick: frederic, is that what you see, a slow operation from the idf to avoid israeli casualties but also civilian casualties on the ground? frederic: it certainly seems to be deliberate and gradual from the israeli perspective. they are avoiding committing all their

yaniv yaakov, joining us tonight live from southern israel. tonight, the white house says president biden will give a speech tomorrow at one pm eastern time on the ongoing crisis in israel. we also got two major statements from the white house tonight, both of which were surprising in their own ways, and quite substantive. the first was from president biden confirming that at least 11 american citizens have been killed in the attacks in israel thus far. the president's statement also said this, quote, while we are still working to confirm, we believe it is likely that american citizens may be among those being held by hamas. the president said, quote, i have directed my team to work with their israeli counterparts on every aspect of the hostage crisis, including cherry intelligence and deploying experts from across the united states government to consult with and advise israeli counterparts on hostage recovery efforts. the likelihood that there are americans among those who are being held hostage, like mr. yaakov's family's, that creates a ver

yaakov katz, i can unimagined a week you are having. i want to start ask off by asking you about your daughter. -- how is she doing? >> thank, you stephanie. she is in one of the cities that was attacked just last saturday with those hamas infiltrators and terrorists. she's down there with her unit and she's in the middle of idf officers training. but like everything in the military today, she was on her way to becoming an idf officer. that's all changed. now, they took those cadets, give them some more combat training over the past few days, and set them down with full battle gear to these cities another have taken up security positions, patrolling, doing whatever they can to help the civilians. that's what she has been doing. >> you are so relaxed and composed. how scared are you for her safety? for what she is in for? >> you know, look. last night, for example, i got a push notification that there was a fear or concern of a terrorist infiltration right near that city. to tell you that i was not scared -- of course i was. but i also r

because of that israel is in a security danger. >> barak ravid and yaakov katz, we a prppreciate your time. thank you. >>> our continuing coverage of the war in israel continues after a quick break. we're talk victims of the terror attacks that started on saturday. but i want to talk to you right now about a hero who died in this attack. a 21-year-old american israeli citizen, a soldier who stood the line with his band of brothers to try to help civilians survive. his name was yuron, his father joins me now. i'm so sorry for your loss. you have just buried your son just a few hours ago. you could talk to us about your heroic son. >> yes, thank you, anderson. we just returned back home from -- i'm a veryroud father of a hero who saved the lives of probably dozens of civilians if not more. he was a part of a special unit which was stationed in the area of shall om, which is the south border of the gaza strip. it is a kibbutz, a settlement from the border and he was in charge of guarding the area and keeping peace around the borders. on saturday morning, they were attacked by hundreds, m

yaakov has a message to whoever is holding his daughter. "you have casualties, just like we do. this is an opportunity to connect between the two nations, to reach an honest peace." for now, yaakov sits at home and waits for news, taking comfort from his family and noa's friends. "she is a very special kid, so loving, so giving. i miss her so much." "it's only been 2 1/2 days. i cannot belief she is gone," he says. "she made this house so alive. i feel like this house is empty without her." becky anderson, cnn, tel aviv. >> "she made this house so alive" that is one family's pain, and that pain is echoed in thousands of families all across this country tonight as they are mourning the loss of their children, their parents, their grandparents, those who are still missing. kaitlan, we'll continue to follow it all throughout the day and tomorrow night as our coverage continues. >> yeah, of course. the pain felt by noa's father, jessica miranda, all of those that you have spoken tonight is just just amplified by so many, of course. we wbe covering it all, anderson. the news continue

good morning, yaakov. deeply distressing accounts we've been hearing these past two days.an costs obviously huge. how are people processing what happened? >> i think israelis are still very much in a state of shock, laila. you walk down the streets, they're empty. there is like this eerie silence outside to all of the cities i've been to talking to it's like this paralysis that has gripped the nation and the state of israel as we wait to see what's coming, right? we think that the worse is behind us. but let's remember that israel came into this suffering huge losses. almost a thousand people dead and that number is still going up. a couple hundred taken as hostages a in gaza, but there is still going to be a battle, but it is going to come. so there is more to come and israelis are with great anxiety even on this day of monday. >> and let's talk a little bit more about that because obviously everybody is bracing for a potential ground offensive. are areas being evacuated around gaza while, you know, potential preparations are made for the incursion? >> well, a lot of the

what are israelis feeling about this, yaakov? >> israelis are feeling a hug.his warm embrace. and i think it does give them a sense of confidence, especially as they fear the possibility and the prospect that this conflict could widen, right? we've seen daily clashes along the border in the north with hezbollah, and let's be honest, it would be difficult for israel to fight a war on multiple fronts, in gaza against hamas, and at the same time against hezbollah in lebanon which has more sources, larger rocket arsenal, greater support from iran. and who knows what else can the iranians might be planning, with the houthis in yemen, and the iranian militias in iraq, so this definitely does give israel some confidence as it really feels in pain from that october 7th massacre. but i also think that what we need to realize is of course, israel is not gonna be going into gaza before president biden leaves this country, right? they're not gonna want to have troops on the ground with those tough images coming out, with the presidents inside the country. antony blinken,

yaakov has a message to whoever issal holding his daughter. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> reporter: you have casualties just like we do. this is an opportunity to connect between the two nations, to reach an honest peace. for now, yaakov sits at home and waits for news, taking comfort from his family and noah's friends. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> reporter: she's a very special kid, so loving, so giving. i miss her so much. it's only been two and a half days. i cannot believe she is gone, he says. she made this house so alive. it feels like this house is empty without her. >> i mean, it is unthinkable. >> he says that he hasn't heard anything since the last time that he was in contact with her boyfriend, which was some three hours after he heard the bombing. and then everything went silent. of course, he then saw them both in the social media video. he says he hasn't heard from authorities. and that is echoed by many of these families who say -- some of whom say they actually feel abandoned by the authorities here. but, what this father says is that he unders

that's yaakov amir yaakov , let's that's yaakov amir yaakov, let's ask you, first of all, about presidentach is going to be and what he is going to achieve here? >> i think the president biden visit is very important event. >> i think that the americans have different three goals. one is to make clear to the world that america stands with israel. it's important to signal it to the world and more important, to signal it to the iranians that might consider intervening in the in the war. the second reason of the of the visit is to show the sympathy of the american people to the american to the israeli people after the barbarian attack of hamas and knowing the father of the lady which spoke before, i'm sure that he would condemn it to totally. she was not ready to do it. um he was a tough negotiator , but he understood the difference between brutality and barbarian methods and the needs of the palestinians that does not serve the needs of the palestinians. >> and yaakov , for the >> and yaakov, for the americans, for the americans , americans, for the americans, it's very important to show th

. >> yaakov katz, thank you for being here tonight.ng about your daughter and praying for her safety. yaakov katz. >> think you. >> coming up, republicans nominated their pick for the house speaker and -- dropped out of the race. what this means for the chaos in the house, and for aid to israel when "the 11th hour" continues. continues. get help with j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, david! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan. ok, great! this should have you moving in the right direction. thanks jen. get ongoing advice; and manage your investments in the chase mobile app. choosing a treatment for your chronic migraine - and manage your investments 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 mig

her father yaakov is desperate for her to return home but says israel must not do so by force.eful measures," he says. "we need to act with sensitivity. let's talk." since argamani's abduction, unverified video apparently shows her being held inside gaza. as the brutal aftermath of hamas' festival attack is laid bare, the remains of at least 260 people have now been recovered, according to a rescue group. 22-year-old gal levy barely managed to get out alive. >> we heard the bullets. like [imitates gunfire] everybody started running in panic. >> reporter: levy was shot in both legs and shows us one of the bullets that was removed by surgeons. he says he's not sure if he'll ever walk again. >> they just left us over there. i was waiting six hours. >> reporter: so you feel let down by the military, by the government? >> i feel let down by the army. i was really sure after the guy that came, the terrorist, to take us. that that's it, i'm gonna die. >> reporter: now, israelis try and come to terms with the horror so many have experienced. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned

live now to yaakov amidror — retired major general who served as national security adviser to mr netanyahush national institute of security affairs. thank you so much for joining us. your expertise is to do with the military, the military operation. can you tell us, it feels like we are hearing from our correspondence that there is this huge military build—up on the boundary between israel and gaza. what are the challenges that will face the israeli military in any kind of ground offensive into gaza? after hamas, more than a thousand civilians including babies, women, and men, israel decided to destroy hamas as an organisation. hamas is fighting in populated areas, the people of gaza to move to do the south and we are evacuating at the same time the settlements and cities near the border inside israel. the main target of this time is to move civilians out of the battlefield in the palestinian side and in the israeli side so that they will not be killed. hamas is stopping many of these people, don't let them to go out of the area, for hamas the more civilians will be killed, the more the bb

. >> yaakov katz, appreciate it. >>> just into cnn, a third envoy of aid vehicles has entered the countryt the rafah crossing. and humanitarians were also given the green light on saturday and sunday. we'll have more on "cnn this morning." the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. ♪ >> welcome back. nearly three weeks after the house voted out kevin mccarthy in historic fashion, the house remains would the a speaker or a strategy. there might be new challenges for the speaker's gavel, but when the party's central challenges remains, its complete inability to yawnunify, that th and the rubik's cube is there. and it seems simple by comparison with the house republicans unable to accomplish how it looks. let's bring in the author, stevencollison, thank you for being here. >

yaakov if this loan does not have trt charged to it then would that be card taxable gift?ay come into play i don't know the amounts, there is a -- nie used 200,000 >> fair enough at risk walking through hypothetical i don't know faction as general matt you are describing a situation, that may have a taxable event. >> that was virginia foxx yesterday grilling irs commissioner daniel about whether 200,000 dollar loan to family member would have tax implications the congresswoman referring to 200,000 dollar check signed to joe biden written by his brother james biden in march of 2018. let's talk about it, kentucky congressman james comer thanks very much for being here we haven't seen spoken to you in a couple weeks because of speaker race i want to understand what you've been able to gather in this two-week period, you did get jim biden's bank records, talk to us about that check we showed on the screen >> the american people are going to hear a lot about jim biden coming weeks from house oversight committee we knew a lot about hunter biden left a laptoplying around, and our

her father yaakov described seeing the video for the first-time. >> translator: it was noah frightenednd threatened. you do not want to believe it but you can clearly see it is your daughter. >> he told cnn this is up his cousin and her two babies nine months old, and three months old being kidnapped. >> i was holding her two -- babies. we were in a nightmare, the baby needs to be. fed >> the families of the hostages wanted these images to be shown. yanni asher is looking for his wife and young daughters after seeing them in this video, a scarf placed on his wife's head as they are taken away on a cart. he describes the last moment that he spoke with his wife. >> she told me that the terrorists of hamas entered the house. later on the conversation was disconnected. >> elon tran a professor at -- in massachusetts says that his daughter debra, and her husband's law me was killed shielding their 16 year old son as they were raked with gunfire. he describes hearing his daughter being killed in realtime. >> we were on the phone with debra as she was killed. we were on the phone the entire d

her father yaakov described seeing the video for the first-time. >> translator: it was noah frightenedhreatened. you do not want to believe it but you can clearly see it is your daughter. >> he told cnn this is up his cousin and her two babies nine months old, and three months old being kidnapped. >> i was holding her two -- babies. we were in a nightmare, the baby needs to be. fed >> the families of the hostages wanted these images to be shown. yanni asher is looking for his wife and young daughters after seeing them in this video, a scarf placed on his wife's head as they are taken away on a cart. he describes the last moment that he spoke with his wife. >> she told me that the terrorists of hamas entered the house. later on the conversation was disconnected. >> elon tran a professor at -- in massachusetts says that his daughter debra, and her husband's law me was killed shielding their 16 year old son as they were raked with gunfire. he describes hearing his daughter being killed in realtime. >> we were on the phone with debra as she was killed. we were on the phone the entire day w

yaakov, let me go back to what you said and i think hamas is not to be trusted.n the other hand, we've seen in the past track record of israeli defense changing their story. i'm thinking in one case of an al jazeera journalist killed and they said it was palestinian gunman and backtracked and acknowledged likely it was an israeli to blame. where do you see this going in terms of israel, the consequences of determining exactly where this came from are obviously huge. >> you're right, it's huge, and this is important because israel is dependent on a lot of the international support and definitely the support from the united states. so israel is carefully investigating. it did a deep dive late last night, came up with initial preliminary findings that show it was not caused by an israeli strike. remember israel knows and catalogs all its attacks. very similar to the u.s. armed forces, and there is video evidence that shows islamic jihad firing a salvo of rockets at the same time and them dipping down. and still is that enough to change global perception? unfortunate

yaakov's family is that creates imperatives for our own government. we don't exactly know what form that will take, but we've got an important representative of the u.s. government joining us in just a moment. before we bring him on, i want to draw your attention to one other statement we got from president biden as part of that initial white house release. president biden said, quote, in cities across the country meaning across the united states, police have stepped up security around centers of jewish life and the department of homeland security and other law enforcement partners are closely monitoring for threats in connection with terrorist attacks from israel. that was followed shortly by a stunning joint statement from president biden along with the leaders of france, germany, italy, and the u.k. it says in part, quote, today we express our steadfast and united support to the state of israel and our unequivocal condemnation of hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism. we make clear the terrorist acts of hamas have no justification, no legitimac

his name is yaakov. know is his only child. you could see in his eyes the universal agony of a parent who knows that their child is in harm's way right now. this is a man who almost couldn't breathe when i asked him if he would speak to the militants from hamas, from the islamic jihad who are holding his daughter hostage. what would you say to them? he could barely get the words out as he said please, please, i beg you. don't hurt her. alex. >> raf, that is gonna run. let me ask you very quickly, you did report that there are still skirmishes going on. there are others who suggested that for the most part, within israel, the palestinian militants have been taking care of. they've been captured, killed, that they aren't still there. do you have confirmation either way? >> we do, alex. we spoke a little while earlier to a spokesman for the israeli defense force. we met him down in the town where there had been such fierce fighting. yesterday, into the night, it is a massive crime scene. there are police cars riddled with bullets.

. >> yaakov katz.nks for being with us today. >> thank you. >>> there are new signs that that ground offensive in gaza could start at any moment. cutting off the power, water, food in an attempt to weaken hamas. even the main hospital is experiencing power issues. tens of thousands of israeli forces are lined along the border awaiting orders. earlier today. >> reporter: tanks are moving in. direction, they're going -- a constant of three, four in the last five, ten minutes here just moving back in towards all of the israeli troops heading back in that direction. >> joining me now is retired lieutenant general steven twitty, former deputy commander of the united states european command and an msnbc military analyst. general, what you just saw is clearly the prepositioning of the tanks for a ground offensive, whether it's today, tomorrow, or the next day. what are you going to be watching for? >> yeah, so what you're seeing with the movement of the armor is moving into our attack positions, to actually c

yeah, by chance, he wanders across the field among the red poppies, where is yaakov? flamingo , cool, you know, i once made masks from cow pats igor, again, in a cafe you’ll tell all this, but it seems to me that there was a conflict with the doctor? not because of botox, but because of drugs, is this possible? listen, my ex-husband could have started a conflict over anything, believe me, thank you for helping the investigation, and cakes for the cow, let’s give cakes for the cow, you’re our whisperer, so i dropped your address, let’s drop everything, i’m coming here, that’s it. come here, you're like those fucking twins, you're sick, what? or, well, go, that’s right, you’re a goat, a creature, a brute, a freak, a creature, a brute. hello, pak. i got it, i got it, i got it, well done, come here , you fool, go ahead, hello, you asshole, move away, just a second, igor, but it seems like it’s coming to you! and oh, what a quick song they sang, i’m the one kicking him out, yeah, kick him out, so, evil spirit , go out, get to work, go ahead, and what’s to do, oops, he ran

and in fact, we had a news conference from one of those elderly former hostages , yaakov ed and she reallyad just been released a few hours earlier but felt strong enough to appear before the cameras with her daughter, sharon, who lives in london, to thank everyone for all of their support, but also to say how determined she is to help give the israelis and the idf as much information as she can about the conditions she was held in. it appears she was held in tunnels. she was speaking about a spider web of tunnels that she was taken through. so that kind of information may well be useful to the israeli defence forces as they inevitably go into gaza. and they may have to look for hostages that are still held there , where they held above there, where they held above ground , below ground. what kind ground, below ground. what kind of conditions are they in? how many people are there guarding them? all of that kind of information. it seems that she's only too willing to help the israeli defence forces with mark are do we know of any french, israeli , israeli or jew dual israeli, israeli orjew

. >> yaakov katz and former nato commander james stavridis, thank you both. >>> coming up on "morningding request from the white house for additional aid to israel and ukraine. but any new legislation would likely need to originate in the senate, as the house remains paralyzed without a speaker. we'll be joined by the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican congressman mike turner, and the committee's ranking member, jim himes. as weo to break, we have this political announcement. nbc news will host the third republican presidential primary debate in miami. it is set to take place on wednesday, november 8th. it will air from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. eastern on nbc news and streaming services and digital platforms. the rnc also selected the republican jewish coalition as partners. the moderators and format will be announced at a later date. we don't know which republican presidential candidates have qualified for the third debate. we'll be right back. d debate we'll be right back. >>> this week congress is expected to consider additional aid packages to both israel and