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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The assault on Gaza intensifies as security concerns escalate domestically and abroad. Israeli Government Spokesperson Eylon Levy discusses the latest hostage video released by Hamas and Israel’s goal in this stage of its ground offensive. Editor-in-Chief of the Cook Political Report, Amy Walter, looks ahead to the Iowa Caucuses and former President Trump’s commanding lead among likely Republican Iowa caucusgoers. Newly-elected House speaker Mike Johnson begins his first full week on the job. After six weeks of strikes, the UAW union reached tentative agreements with all three major auto manufacturers. 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	If it's Monday, Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel's war against Hamas has reached
0:06.6	a turning point, as Israeli forces ratchet up ground operations inside Gaza, freeing
0:11.7	a hostage while a humanitarian crisis rages.
0:14.9	Plus, a winnowing field of dreams, a new NBC poll shows former President Trump running
0:20.6	away with the Republican primary contest in Iowa, despite a litany of legal problems,
0:25.8	as his former Vice President Mike Pence drops out of the race.
0:30.2	And it looks like the end of the road for historic auto worker strike, as President Biden
0:34.5	this afternoon announces that the UAW has now reached agreements with GM, Ford, and
0:39.5	Stellantis, after more than six weeks of targeted strikes.
0:55.9	Welcome to Meet the Press.
0:56.9	I'm Garrett Hake in Washington, and we begin today with the escalating war between Israel
1:01.2	and Hamas, as the assault on Gaza intensifies.
1:05.2	Security concerns escalate both here and abroad, and as the Israeli government announced
1:09.2	today that it had freed a female soldier who was being held hostage by Hamas, releasing
1:14.2	this photo of private Ori McGiddish and her family.
1:17.5	The idea of says she's in good condition and has been reunited with her family.
1:22.0	That announcement came just hours after Hamas released a second hostage video appearing
1:26.4	to show three women who were captured during the October 7th attacks, all urging Netanyahu
1:31.4	government to secure their release.
1:34.1	Now we should note, and we assume that the woman in this video is speaking under duress,
1:38.1	and it's unclear if the message was directly scripted by Hamas.
1:42.5	This afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed reporters in English just
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