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

. >> 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

. >> 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. >

. >> 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, may --

yaakov katz, former editor for the jerusalem post. his daughter is a member of the idf.ioned right now on the southern tip of israel. and retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey, a dedicated combat veteran of vietnam, and a former battlefield commander in the persian gulf. susan, put president biden's trip to israel into context. what does it mean that he's going there now? >> look, this is a very significant decision by the president of the united states to go in to a country that is poised on the brink of war. and i think it's hard to imagine israel launching a major ground assault into gaza, and at the same time that the president of the united states is there. but clearly, it is a major show of support. but it's also an effort to shape the israeli response. i think, you know, you've got an epic meeting that you talked about between the secretary of state antony blinken and prime minister netanyahu, today hours and hours and hours, some of what they were talking about was what kind of israeli response is they are going to be inside gaza? what protections f

. >> 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

. >> 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