thank you for having me. this war is entering its ten months with no end in sight. we are passing through probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the recent history of the country with displacement, refugees, loss of life, shortage of everything food, medicine, shelter, destruction of infrastructure, property collapse of the economy, collapse of the state. the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr put the death toll at about 13,000 which is a very conservative estimate injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of refugees, close to 800,000. chad, over 500,000. similar number in south sudan. about 50,000 between uganda and kenya. ethiopia also hosting more than 50,000. the international commu
because there is we have to stay focused on the fight we have ahead and the threat we see in american democracy. that is the extremists coming out of the republican party. you, of course, are a south carolina ura south carolinian. that is your home state. and the first primary, it s supposed to be the first primary despite ongoing pushback from other states. president biden is visiting south carolina, revisiting how important it is. it is not a swing state. my question for you is, why south carolina? why not georgia or north carolina? there are more swing states. why south carolina? well, you know south carolina has been in the running now for almost 2 decades. and if you look at the other early state party or state during that time, you look at iowa, new hampshire, nevada, south carolina has been the best indicator. i think the only primary in which south carolina did not choose the eventual nominee of the democratic party was when john edwards and john kerry
to celebrate july 4th in several key battleground states. we ll show you how the presidential contenders marked the holiday. plus a federal judge orders the biden administration to stop talking with social media companies. what it means for the effort to tamp down misinformation about covid and so much more. and later which of these things is not like the other? looks like the gop needs to brush up on its social studies. how its twitter page mixed up the american flag. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 5th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we certainly hope you had a happy and safe july 4th. the white house celebrated america s independence yesterday with a barbecue, a concert, and of course plenty of fireworks. we re turning from a weekend at camp david, president joe biden addressed military members in the crowd who he called the protectors of democracy. you are the backbone, the reality of why we are
indicted candidate? for democrats, can they reinvigorate the coalition that put joe biden in the white house? how are they going to resolve a messy battle over the primary calendar? alas the chair, jaime harrison, about how his party plans to tackle those questions when he joins me, coming up first. plus, more from my recent conversation with two with the democratic party s biggest names. congresswoman, elk alexandria ocasio-cortez discusses that and makes the republican primary. governor gavin newsom explains why he s using his political capital to help democrats and red states. well there s so much that seems to divide us these days, music is one of the few things that brings us together. i join two members of the musical group, they ate it brothers at our weekend 14 i know it may seem like the election is pretty far off, but the truth is, the very first votes of the 2024 presidential sex durr will be cast just six months from now. this time next year, will be only days a
million strong population is in dire need of humanitarian assistance. aid agencies can t get to them. diseases are rife. what are you and others trying to do to help them? thank you for having me. this war is entering its ten months with no end in sight. we are passing through probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the recent history of the country, with displacement, refugees, loss of life, shortage of everything food, medicine, shelter. ..destruction of infrastructure, property. ..collapse of the economy, collapse of the state. the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr. ..put the death toll atabout 13,000. ..which is a very conservative estimate, injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement, over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of re