Organization hamas, a group whose stated purpose was to kill jews. This was an act of sheer evil. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday, promising that the United States will stand with israel following the horrific hamas tear terror attacks. Meanwhile the president also confirmed there are americans among the dozens of hostages being held by the terror organization. Well have the latest on the efforts to freedom. And then on capitol hill farright republicans could create more chaos in the house by rejecting a plan from the Biden Administration to combine aid for israel and ukraine into a single package. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, october 11. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a busy day, and well begin this morning with israel ramping up its strikes against hamas. War planes hammered neighborhood after neighborhood along the gaza strip yesterday. Retaliating to the surprise attack hamas launched ove
Katie phang show begins right now. Im katie phang, live from msnbc World Headquarters in new york and heres the week that was. Overnight, ucla beginning its crackdown on the campus pro palestinian in canada. Police in riot gear moving in early this morning. A tensed drama at columbia university. Nypd officers using a s. W. A. T. Truck to enter Hamilton Hall by force. Has to protest forced her to reconsider any of the policies in the region . No. Lawmakers in arizona today repealing their states 1864 abortion ban while in florida, and strict new limits took effect. The Biden Administration looking to reclassify the drug to schedule three like ketamine or testosterone or terminal, which would allow marijuana to be more easily studied for medical benefits. Next week, i will be calling this motion to vacate. Absolutely calling it. I cant wait to see democrats go out and support a republican speaker. Former President Trump hit with a fine at his house money trial. The judge finding multiple
Up and condemn threats to democracy. A very revealing split screen today, with President Biden standing up for democracy, while republicans held a Three Ring Circus of a hearing, struggling to find a rationale, any rationale, to impeach joe biden. But their own witnesses say there is no there there. I am not here today to even suggest that there was corruption, fraud, or any wrongdoing. In my opinion, more information needs to be gathered and assessed before i could make such an assessment. In fact, i do not believe the Current Evidence would support articles of impeachment. And we begin tonight with President Biden addressing the nation today, on one of the greatest threat our country faces, ahead of next years election. The threat to democracy. The blunt warning from the president could not come at a more fitting moment. As today is also the last day on the job for the man who, in 2020, stood directly between donald trump and a coup. Joint chiefs of staff general mark milley. You wil
Order of the court. He gets a big Reality Check in court during the very beginning of his criminal trial. And why a Supreme Court move could chip away at the First Amendment. We will be joined live this hour. And the worst of the week. Two more republicans spouting out violent rhetoric. Two of their supporters. After four days of jury selection. In the hush money trial. We have our jury. Five women, seven new yorkers. Five that come from all walks of life. Lawyers, teachers and others professional specs as well as six alternates on monday. They will all meet for the first time when Opening Statements get underway. They only came face to face with ask former President Donald Trump. They sat for hours of proceedings. Just like any other defendant facing charges. The state of new york. Thrust from his big podium. He was forced to face reality. For once he was not allowed to say a single thing to defend himself. He had himself described as a racist, sexist, narcissist. He is very selfish a
dramatic scene is playing out in the waters of hawaii right now. a large u.s. navy aircraft, ending up in the bay off of war who, after overshooting the runway at the marine corps base there in hawaii. thankfully, we re told there are no casualties. nine people were on that aircraft that you can see here. they re currently being assessed tonight, or still waiting on details of their current condition. i should note, this comes as national weather service showed gust up to 21 miles per hour, miss, visibility was down to a mile at the time of this incident. we ll keep an eye on this and keep you updated. thank you so much for joining us tonight. cnn news with abby phillip starts right now. the far-right rises again around the world, and there s a clear evidence why. that is tonight s, on news nights. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. mid-south americas new far-right famous loving leader. today, the world is learning a lot more about this guy. [crowd chanting]