988 and press one for the veteran in this crisis hotline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and there are folks their eagerly waiting to offer help. thank you so much for watching the lead with jake tapper starts, right? now. closing in on closing arguments, the lead starts right now we re less than 24 hours away from the prosecution and the defense making their final pitches to the jury in donald trump s hush money cover-up trial, how strong is the case going into? this final phase? a panel of legal experts and a former new york judge will join the li plus a tragic mistake. that s what israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he s calling the military strike on a refugee camp in gout and rafah, gaza authorities saying it killed dozens, israel insisting its forces, we re going after hamas leaders killer tornadoes at least 21 people dead after devastating storms tore across the central us over the holiday weekend. that s severe weather. now, heading east may disrupt
begin this sunday with some breaking news overseas. israeli minister benny gantz has resigned leaving the israeli war cabinet without a singling centrist. he accused prime minister benjamin netanyahu of standing in the way of real victory and called for new election in israel this fall. last month, gantz publicly demanded that netanyahu lay out a plan for gaza s future after the war or else he and the opposition party would pull out of the coalition. yet that hue hasn t yet announce a plan after the war against hamas ends. this is the most significant act of protest within the israeli government since october 7th when the leaders of all the top political parties united to form an emergency government to prosecute the war in gaza. now without gantz a man many western and arab leaders considered a pragmatic and centrist influence, the question now becomes who will steer this ship? already one of israel s most reactionary figures is demanding a seat at the table. the minister of
of serious questions regarding a collective failure to end the war to bring all the hostages home and to stop the indiscriminate large-scale killing of palestinians. on saturday over 200 palestinians were killed in israeli airstrikes in a refugee camp in central gaza according to the government media office marking one of the bloodiest single days we have witnessed in eight months of war. videos of the aftermath of the assault show streets littered with debris and dead bodies, many missing limbs, women and children can be seen among the dead. some images to disturbing we can t show you on- bscreen. ad one witnessed described the scene by saying it was like a horror movie but this was a real massacre. while bombs raised down forces were in the same neighborhood wrestling for hostages held since october. all are said to be in good medical condition and have been reunited with their families, their release and enjoyed to israelis. after the strike, the united nations special rep
can you guess why? and two families world apart connected over a rare genetic disease in the backdrop of the war in gaza. i am ayman mohyeldin. let s do it. we start this hour with breaking news. today, eight months into israel s war in gaza, the world witnessed two very different realities and regardless of how you view these last few months of death and destruction, what transpired today raises a series of serious questions regarding a collective failure to end the war, bring the hostages home and stop the indiscriminate killing of palestinians. on saturday over 200 palestinians were killed in israeli airstrikes. the refugee camp in central gaza. according to the government media office, marking one of the bloodiest single days we have witnessed in eight months of war. videos of the aftermath of the assault show streets littered with debris and dead bodies, many missing limbs. women and children can be seen among the dead. some images are so disturbing, we can t even sh
Probably not. a super majority of registered voters said a conviction in the hush money cover-up trial will not make a difference in how they vote. 15% said it makes them more likely to support trump. that is mostly among republicans. so what does this guilty republic mean? republic mean? for the future of our democracy if a convicted felon can run for president and do so with the backing of one o.r. two major political parties? i m joined by o.r. doug jones, alabama. joe walsh is a former republican congressman from illinois. he is the host of the podcast white flight but joe walsh. thank you for being with us. jones, let us start with you. mitch mcconnell said the charges against donald trump should never have been brought in the first place. two of your contenders to