Bret i want to hear marthas one more thing. Should we stay . Martha 104 years old and took her walk tore this little airport and jumped out of an airplane. You would really like this story, you but, you know. Bret that was my kicker. Thanks a lot. Martha you are welcome. Bret see you. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. We begin tonight with a stunning reversal from President Biden in his immigration policy. The president has approved the cop be destruction of about 20 miles of new border wall in south texas. This comes African Democrat Biden pledged that not another foot of wall would be built during his administration. And, again today, he said he still does not believe a border wall is effective. So why is he doing it . White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, President Biden often talks about trusting his experts but that is not what is happening here because it appears that he is tak
Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us and the white house has confirmed that President Biden has spoken to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement, the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence house against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken will visit jordan a
you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, more on the breaking news just in the last hour, an unexpected move from special counsel jack smith. he wants the supreme court to immediately take up whether donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. what it means for a criminal trial starting before the election. plus, israel s prime minister says it s the beginning of the end of hamas. the escalating push into southern gaza as aid groups warn of apocalyptic scenes on the ground. six killed, dozens injured as more scenes of destruction emerge. and alex jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed sandy hook was a hoax and made money off of it returns to x and gets a warm welcome from elon musk. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news on that fascinating legal move by special counsel jack smith. msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin is with me. i know you ve had time now to start going through
where pro trump fake electors now face criminal charges. and new warning signs for president biden as he faces a potential rematch with donald trump. his approval rating sinking to a new low in cnn s exclusive brand-new poll. this as trump claims he won t be a dictator if re-elected except on his first day in office. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the unlv campus shooting. cnn s stephanie elam is on the story for us. give us the very latest on what we know this hour. terrifying day, wolf, for the people on the campus of un las vegas. this happening just before noon today where they were getting messages all throughout the system saying that there was an active shooter on campus. they were getting text messages and tweets that said from unlv, run, hide, fight. in fact, take a listen from the press conference we had
hello, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we begin in the uk where the former home secretary suella braverman has published a scathing letter to the prime minister following her sacking on monday. in it, she accuses rishi sunak of having repeatedly failed to deliver on key policies, saying he s incapable of doing so. ms braverman also accuses mr sunak of a betrayal of his promise to do whatever it takes to stop small boat crossings, she says his plan is not working and he needs to change course urgently. a short while ago, our political editor, chris mason, gave us his assessment. it really is quite a letter. when this was posted on social media about an hour ago, i printed it out and armed with my highlighter pen i thought i would highlight the key bits that stuck out. i found that i was highlighting the whole thing. it was highlighting the whole thing. it was dripping with derision about the prime minister. let me