Meet the Press NOW – October 18

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Biden delivers “extremely rare” Air Force One remarks after leaving Israel amid flaring tensions in the Middle East. IDF Spokesperson Maj. Doron Spielman discusses the military’s plans after the Gaza hospital blast. Rep. Nick Lalota (R-N.Y.), who has not supported Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for speaker, lays out what he is looking for in a candidate. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Garrett Hake reporting in Washington, where it has been
0:14.5	another frantic day on Capitol Hill.
0:17.2	Its House Republicans failed for the second straight time to elect a speaker on the House
0:21.1	floor, leaving Republicans scrambling and Congress still without a speaker.
0:26.4	People head to the Hill for the very latest in just a moment, but we begin with the deteriorating
0:30.6	situation in the Middle East.
0:32.6	Right now, President Biden is returning to Washington after an historic and a whirlwind
0:36.7	trip to wartime Israel, which was roiled by flaring tensions in the region following a deadly
0:41.9	explosion at a Gaza hospital, which ignited demonstrations across the Middle East and
0:46.6	clashes outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.
0:49.8	It comes as President Biden and U.S. National Security Officials are now publicly countering
0:53.9	Hamas claims that Israel was responsible for the blast, which killed more than 400 people
0:58.9	according to the Palestinian Health Authority.
1:01.5	According to two senior U.S. officials, the U.S. has an independent assessment that it
1:05.7	was actually a Palestinian Islamic jihad rocket that misfired and hit the hospital, and
1:11.2	that Israel was not responsible.
1:13.1	We're getting new pictures from inside Gaza as the humanitarian crisis worsens, including
1:18.1	video showing the moment of yesterday's horrific blast.
1:31.7	We're also seeing images of the immediate aftermath of the explosion with one doctor
1:35.5	at the hospital describing the scene to NBC News as, quote, absolute carnage.
1:40.2	U.S.
1:41.2	assessment of what caused the explosion dovetails with the Israeli military's analysis,
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