Today on Velshi, we're following developments of a major escalation in the Israel-Hamas

war.

Israeli soldiers are now inside Gaza and Israel's military is signaling a heavier salt to come.

This is all happening as the situation for civilians stuck inside Gaza is growing more and more desperate by the hour.

We'll go live to the region for the very latest.

Plus, Mike Pence is now out of the presidential race.

Why Donald Trump may have been his undoing all along.

I'll be joined by Congresswoman and former Trump impeachment manager Madeline Dean, Congressman

Gregory Meeks, who is the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and former Alabama

Senator Doug Jones.

Then, an appearance by Ali Belchie himself, who made sure to set us up with a special episode

of the Velshi Band Book Club before he went on vacation.

He spoke with two best-selling authors about a new effort to bring the fight for freedom to read directly into the backyards of the most notorious book banners in America.

You're watching Velshi, and it starts right now.

Thank you. You're watching Velshi, and it starts right now. Good morning. It's Sunday, October 29th. I'm Charles Coleman, Jr. filling in for Ali Belchi,

and we have got a lot to talk about. Allie's on vacation, and he'll be back next weekend.

But today, we begin with a split-screen moment for Donald Trump.

Now, the legal landscape is growing more and more dangerous for Trump by the day.

But somehow, his grip on the Republican Party was reaffirmed once again this week

with the election of a key ally to the Speaker of the

House. And in Fulton County, four of Trump's co-defendants have now taken plea deals and agreed to

cooperate with prosecutors. Meanwhile, in New York, just this week, the former president stormed

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