a newark tax on u.s. forces in the middle east 2 drones targeting al asad air base where u.s. troopers stationed no casualties. the group claiming responsibility for this latest incident is alined with iran. and israeli sailor strike leveled a populates camp in the northern gaza strip today the camp taken over by hamas and strike kill aid senior commander of the terrorist organization. palestinian officials claim 25 were kill in the the bailiff as limp get to alec hog an live in tel aviv. alex? hi. trace the israeli defense 2 solders were killed 2 severely wounded and the idf managed intercept and attack from the red sea hours earlier before that. we heard the country air defense system the rareo air defense stopped a missile from that same area. the idf took out 300 hamas targets in the left day. medical presses forward in northern gaza reported death toll is soaring from the israeli blast. the idf tried to target a central hamas strong hold and managed take out a commande
win, you will be their next target. that s why israel s victory will be your victory. but make no mistake, regardless of who stands with israel, israel will fight until this battle is won. israel will prevail. just part of a defiant speech yesterday from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, where he rejected calls for a cease-fire and his resignation. we ll have more of his comments and get a live report from the israel-gaza border straight ahead. meanwhile, aid for israel is a top priority on capitol hill, but the two chambers have very different plans for delivering it. we ll go through that potential funding fight. also ahead, an update on the expected testimony from donald trump and his three oldest children in his civil fraud trial. plus, why a tentative new deal for auto workers is a win for the union and president bide biden. and the continued support for actor matthew perry, with his friends, co-stars, releasing a statement following his passing. we ll r
trying to appease other people. they tried to present it as him being, you know, a bold leader on this issue. i think in reality he knows that he s losing and donald trump is setting the tone on this issue, and i don t see that changing any time soon. we ll certainly watch the fallout in the weeks and months ahead. msnbc political analyst brendan buck, thank you as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. right now millions of americans are getting blasted by a heat wave. when you show the weather app it shows the middle finger emoji. so hat in maine the lobsters will be getting in pots just to cool down. [ applause ] it s so hot in new york this week the rats are wearing crop tops. [ laughter ] it is so hot in south dakota, kristi noem s dog good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very going to be a very hot wednesday, june 19th. jooernt. we ll bring in the former communications
teaming up to launch a super pac focused on attracting disillusioned young voters. will it work in italics? ainsley: plus. [laughter] ainsley: gosh, my voice cracked. [laughter] ainsley: seasonal allergies, right, steve? plus, supermodel nomani campbell message for young women skipping motherhood over economic. it will change her mind. as a study finds more trump supporters than biden supporters say marriage and children should be a priority. steve: look at that speaking of parents. this sunday s is father s day. we have the top of the line ideas for kids. ainsley: what is that? steve: waterproof. lawrence: what a tease because we are all interested. the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. and remember, mornings are better with friends. brian: get dressed. lawrence: make sure you are already dressed. so president biden hosting an early juneteenth celebration at the white house yesterday as his support among black voters continues to go down.
privately to republicans who don t love donald trump and for hoping for someone else to ride in and give them somewhere else to go, six months ago, it was ron desantis. he won by 20 points. now, they go, ugh, i guess it s not desantis. look, i think a lot of donors hyped the desantis belief that he could be a good national candidate. the things he did in florida have proven not to be popular with independent voters, the people you need to win a general election. i have never thought ron desantis was a good national candidate. you see him on the campaign trail, on the stump. the man is uncomfortable. he does not look like he enjoys being in iowa at the fairs, eating the corn dogs. he s telling children, looks like a lot of sugar. like, what are you doing? he s not run a serious campaign about running for president. now, the bus tour, i want to note, ron desantis is on a bus tour. 99 counties in iowa. saying they re going to all 99