being held by hamas, a group deemed a terrorist group or organisation by many western governments. lucy manning reports. iris haim held out hope her son yotam would return, that he would be a hostage who came home. last month, yotam, a heavy metal drummer, was metres from safety. he d escaped his hamas captors with two other hostages. they d left signs saying sos and help, three hostages and waved a white flag. but israeli troops mistakenly thought it was a hamas trap and killed them. iris is clear who she blames. hamas is in charge of all of this terrible day, 7th of october, and all the murdered people and all the soldiers that are killed now, it s just the hamas fault. and in an act of forgiveness, days after yotam s death, iris released a message telling the israeli soldiers involved she didn t blame them. why was that important for you? what did you want to say to them? these soldiers, they also have families and mothers. and i was worried for them also. she sobs. this
live look at orlando, governor desantis is about to schedule to speak 9:30 eastern bring it to you live. bill: keep it in mind, suggests governor looking to make parental rights signature issue. jacqui: governor will make stops in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. educational debate looms large, we speak with kim reynolds. lucas is at the white house. reporter: hey, jacui heinrich. many people think he is not a strong leader, let s look at this new fox news poll, 33% think biden is a strong leader. nose dive from 49% that thought he was strong in october 2020. here is karl rove yesterday on your show. this guy is in real trouble. do we think people are going to see him as strong? he is in big trouble on that issue. another fox news shows honest and trustworthy. joe biden polls is a strong leader, 51% think donald trump strong leader on the question of corruption. joe biden 44%. donald trump 55%. on fundraising, desantis largest haul, 8.2 million dollars fi
it s come on the final day of the g7 summit of world leaders in hiroshima. president zelensky s surprise appearance has dominated the g7 meeting. he s taken part in the so called family photo with leaders of the world s most powerful democracies. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. president zelensky also had bilateral talks with president biden. take a listen. today, i m announcing the next tranche of us security assistance to ukraine. a package that includes more ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles to bolster ukraine s battlefield abilities. and the united states continues to help ukraine respond, recover and rebuild. and we re also supporting your pursuit of a just peace. just one aspect of ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity. it has to be non negotiable. itjust has to happen. so, mr president, what the people of ukraine are defending, what you ve achieved is a matter for the
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
you. and the letter that was sent to the ap board says, listen, we dismiss this as presented. in the future, if the college board would like to work with us on something that would meet our criteria, we d be happy to consider it again. from what i was told anderson and bakari, this was declined because it sought to teach critical race theory which are violative of the april 2022 law governor san tis signed, this antiwoke act. the syllabus is pretty dense, and i m telling you what the reason was. the state of florida, governor desantis said they believe in education, not indoctrination. bakari, what do you make of that? it s ridiculous. i have a great deal of respect for david urban. we just got done celebrating martin luther king s birthday and you have individuals who say these famous quotes by king but they don t even know who he was because we don t teach the history correctly. people whitewash his legacy. they don t talk about the fact he was a revolutionary, that he wa