The Rachel Maddow Show

2024 Republican presidential candidate, Gov. Ron DeSantis, weighs in on Iran, a $6B in Iran prisoner swap that Republicans are linking to Hamas’ attack on Israel and why he says Donald Trump is a dealbreaker for Americans who want to vote for a Republican in 2024.

State Department Spokesperson Matt Miller confirms the number of Americans killed in Hamas’ attack on Israel, a number he expects to rise.

Following backlash, Harvard President Claudine Gay in a new statement condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel.

Republican lawmakers returned Tuesday evening to hear from the candidates hoping to replace Kevin McCarthy. Right now, two GOP representatives have formally entered the race: Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, and Jim Jordan, of Ohio. The internal House speaker election that Republicans will hold behind closed doors Wednesday is set to take place at 10 A.M. ET. John Heilemann and Mychael Schnell join Morning Joe to discuss.

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from near the Gaza border in Israel on Israel’s defense minister saying Israel will go into the Gaza Strip in a ground invasion.

National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications at the White House, John Kirby, discusses President Biden’s planned Tuesday remarks on U.S. support for Israel. Kirby also discusses the first wave of security assistance on its way to Israel, and he says the $6 billion in Iranian assets can be frozen at any time.

Republican presidential candidates seized on the Hamas attack on Israel Saturday to try to lay blame on President Biden, drawing a connection between the surprise assault and a recent hostage release deal between the United States and Iran, the New York Times reports. The Morning Joe panel works to debunk the claim that $6B in Iranian assets helps Hamas.

NBC News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports from the lobby of Israel’s largest hospital, which has become a blood donation center following Hamas’ attack on Israel.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., discusses the Israel-Hamas War, reports of a link with Iran in planning the attack and how the Senate is working on supplemental aid to Israel.

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from the Israeli border with Gaza, and he discusses the death toll in the Israel-Hamas War.