welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. these
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engaging in insurrection. plus explosions across ukraine after what kyiv calls the biggest wave of russian air attacks since the start of the invasion. and the moment people ran for their lives as a rogue wave slammed into the california coast. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, december 29. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. in washington and in maine, 2:00 a.m. out in california. those two states have differing decisions on whether to remove trump from the primary ballot over the 14th amendment insurrectionist ban. in california the secretary of state opted to keep trump on the ballot despite pressure from the lieutenant governor to remove the former president. contrast that with maine where yesterday democratic secretary of state 1450sheena bellows disqualified trump writing that it was an insurrection at the behest of then president trump. it became clear that it was an attack on the rule of law, that it was an insurrection and that the u.s. constitution does not tolera
a looming appeal in colorado. the fight to keep or kick the former president off the ballot across the country. 19 days out from the first votes of 2024, new ads and new strategies from trump s republican rivals. will it make a difference? a new frontier of one of america s biggest media companies now going to battle with artificial intelligence and what it means. i m kaitlan collins. this is the the source. tonight, two state supreme courts with two very different outcomes over whether or not donald trump is disqualified from seeking the presidency for a third time under the 14th amendment insurrectionist ban. in michigan, justices there rejecting an effort to boot trump from the primary ballot on procedural grounds. appearing to leave the door open for renewing the effort playing out in many states in the general election. the republican party in colorado has just asked the u.s. supreme court to overturn the state s unprecedented decision to kick trump off the pri
hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. new today, israel defense forces are now responding, after questions about hamas weapons allegedly found inside gaza s largest hospital. video evidence analyzed by cnn had suggested that the idf may have rearranged weapons found at the al shifa hospital before international news crews visited the scene. the idf says the discrepancy is due to more weapons and assets being discovered throughout the day following a raid earlier this week at the facility, and it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. there are growing signs that the idf may soon expand its operations into southern gaza. right now, families of hostages are gathered in tel aviv pleading with the israeli government to ensure their loved ones safe return. that s where we find cnn s jeremy diamond. what are you hearing from people gathered? reporter: well, fred, thousands of families of hos