officials decide to remove donald trump from maine s primary ballot. but what happens next? and could other states follow suit? i ll talk to one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. plus, the do nothing congress. congressional republicans face a hefty to-do list when they return to work in the new year. including keeping the government open. so why are they already putting their focus on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, despite no evidence of wrongdoing? and as the war between israel and hamas wages on, we will take a closer look at how the conflict has become a political and religious flash point, in this country. a powerful discussion with a diverse group of faith leaders is coming up. we begin this hour with donald trump getting the booed off the 2024 primary ballot in a 2nd state. on thursday, in a historic move, main secretary of state shenna bellows ruled that trump is not qualified to hold the office of the presidency under section 3 of the 14th amendment to
Gaza city and destroy the enclaves current leadership. Theyre also saying the idf will soon invade the gaza strip with Tens Of Thousands of soldiers. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken is now in cairo, egypt. He is expected to speak with the president of egypt later this hour. This comes as the rafah Crossing Point between egypt and gaza remains closed this morning as egyptian authorities continue their negotiations with israel and the United States over allowing u. S. Citizens safe passage into egypt. Meanwhile, the u. S. Embassy in israels Offer Americans and immediate relatives evacuation by sea from haifa to cyprus on monday at 8 am local time. It is on a Space Limited basis. The embassy says chartered flights are also being arranged. According to the Israeli Defense forces, over 1300 people have been killed in israel since the fighting began with the Gaza Health Minister reporting more than 2300 people have been killed in gaza. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent from the israe
Pbs newshour weekend is made possible by Corporate Funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in austin, texas, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. For the third time in the past six months, Chinas Central Bank has slashed interest rates, this in an effort to boost growth in the worlds second largest economy. Officially, china is still growing at more than 7 a year. But last years growth rate was the slowest in a quarter century. The central bank said today chinas economy is still facing relatively big downward pressure. The death toll from the earthquake in nepal has now surpassed 8,000. And avalanches and poor weather conditions have forced rescuers to call off their sear
And with the deadline looming, congress and the white house are racing to reach a deal to raise the debt limit and end the Government Shutdown. House and Senate Leaders from both parties will hold another meeting with president obama this afternoon. Al jazeera libby casey joins us. And what can we expect from white house and members of congress and has there been any progress . Now were getting leaders from each of the bodies, the top folks from the house, the senate, on both sides of the aisle, republican and democrat. That needs major leader harry reid, Mitch Mcconnell, john boehner and nancy pelosi will be there together. These are the four people along with the president that can make a difference in dealing and negotiating. Were seeing a lot of behind closed door meeting. Harry reed and Mitch Mcconnell met about an hour ago. These are leaders in the senate and have a long history together but have not talked up until this weekend during this whole government shownd operation and t
Calm and understanding as the new Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands with a depict of the Prophet Muhammad. Well talk with a mom stunned by the released of the cover. What the government is saying about al qaedas renewed efforts to plant bombs on passenger planes. An investigation breakthrough. Aviation officials get a first look at information from the flight data recorder from crash qz8501. We of course want to begin in france. Muslim leaders there at the this moment urging calm as a new issue of Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands as we speak. The cover features a provocative cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad under the headline all is forgiven forgiven, while he is holding a sign that reads, i am charlie. The 10,000 additional troops and police are being deployed around paris and other french cities today. The Prime Minister says the country is at war against extremists not muslims. And thousands of people meantime attended Funeral Services tuesday in paris and in jerusalem for those killed. Tha