released today from gaza, under the brokered and sustained though intense u.s. diplomacy. she s now safely in israel, and we can continue to press that additional americans be released as well. we will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones. that was president joe biden speaking yesterday about an american girl who was orphaned by hamas terrorists and taken hostage and now free. we ll have the very latest on the remaining hostages and the humanitarian pause in gaza straight ahead. plus, new developments overnight in the shooting of three palestinian students in vermont. an investigation that now includes the fbi. also ahead, a conversation on the dysfunction on capitol hill, which is a major factor for some lawmakers who are now not seeking re-election next year. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, november 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we hope you all had a nice long thanksgiving weekend. a
israel. we continue to press and expect for additional americans to be released, as well. we will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones. president biden speaking yesterday about an american girl who was orphaned by hamas terrorists and taken hostage. you heard the president mention 13 hostages in the end. 17 were freed yesterday. we ll have a live report from tel-aviv on the people still being held by hamas, as well as the future of the humanitarian pause in gaza. also ahead, the latest developments in the shooting of three college students of palestinian decent in vermont. the the fbi is investigating the attack. we ll have the very latest. plus, a tale of two thanksgivings. president biden sharing a message of optimism and unity. very hopeful, saying we need to come together, which i think, obviously, anybody running for president would be saying the same thing, right? sure, absolutely. donald trump, on the other hand, former preside
interested there. but i don t know how totally serious of a candidate he is for broad national appeal. i will have my eyes closely on desantis who is someone they had high hopes for and has struggled in the campaign. his campaign as they pointed out correctly, the debates haven t started yet. sean, desantis is someone that everyone thought would be the rock star of the moment. but people can reset. is not impossible. everyone who writes everything out, i think that s a fool s errands. anything is possible in politics. hispanic this is the fortnite they will all be together on the same stage sparring with one another. the problem is he s had a likability issue on the campaign trail and has some awkward moments. will he be awkward tonight or can he let some other ron desantis shine through and be relatable and personable and authentic with the voter? i haven t seen that yet. we didn t see that in congress. maybe he has that going on tonight. the awkward run has do not show up tonight.
has been a loser for the two liberal senators. okay. you say the debates haven t had an impact. i would argue that if the debates haven t had an impact, it s been on the entire democratic party taking a huge step back from medicare for all. sure. right. but also, though, the confusion of warren and harris came after the debates. right? true. no doubt. but it did help sort of accelerate that, whoa. then there s the electability question. and i don t think any of the challengers to biden have been able to dent this perception that he s the best one to run against trump. i ll be honest, in an electability, like, question, how do you get that out of a debate? i think it s an impossible it s unknowability. i think electability is built into who you want to vote for. right. in some ways, really problematic ways, we ve referred to it. and i think in this sense, right, look, tonight i think howard is right. everybody is going to be looking at joe biden because he is a central fig
including trips to three republican party and it s trump s republican party. countries under his purview. and they support what he s talk about what signal the white trying to do. so what s important for us to do house is trying to send here and is now have a public process to how it s being received inside do the oversight that s required so the american people can make the national security council. a judgment for themselves. the whole issue is about the president abandoning his public and the republicans, i give responsibilities in favor of his private interests. and in that process cutting out the professionals who were markowsy and cool listen and trying to carry out the romney credit. administration s stated policy. this is going to be a moment in i m proud of colonel vindman and american history when they are all judged for what we did. you re hoping to be the guy of my other colleagues, bill that takes the white house over donald trump. i have to acknowledge that it looks l