Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the majority mer mr. President , i rise to speak today about what i believe can and should be the path forward to secure mutual peace and lasting prosperity for israelis and palestinians. I speak for myself, but i also speak for so many mainstream Jewish Americans, a silent majority whose nuanced views on the matter have never been represented in this countrys discussions with the war in gaza. My last name is schumer, which derives from the hebrew world shalmer, or guardian. Of course, my first responsibility is to america and to new york, but as the first jewish majority leader of the United States senate and the highestranking jewish elected official in america ever, i also feel very keenly my responsibility as a guardian of the people of israel. Throughout jewish history, there have been many guardians and plenty who are far greater than the claim to be. But nonetheless, this is the position in which i find myself now, at a time of gr
mike: hundreds of pro-palestinian protestors causing chaos at an airport on one of the busiest times of the year. good morning, i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. molly: i m molly line in for dew point. protestors threw objects at officers, assaulted two of them. protestors carried banners with messages like di vest from genocide and let gaza live. a similar scene playing out at lax. bumper to bumper traffic stretched across all three lanes. police making dozens of arrests on most airports. the protests come as new york city goes on high alert. the nypd is taking precautions to prevent anti-israel protestors from disrupting the new year s eve ball drop. molly: alexis mcadams has the latest. not just here in new york that this happened. chaos from coast to coast with police arresting 63 people at those two protests in la and new york city. over at jfk airport protestors blocked the roads and some travelers had to walk with their bags to try to make their flight.
right now on the story, we re awaiting word from the supreme court as the push continues for the justices to tackle former president trump s disqualification from the colorado ballot. on the ballot for now, after an appeal by the state s republican party. this as the gop frontrunner faces a new challenge in the election interference case. special counsel jack smith asking the judge to limit what trump can say during his expected march trial. writing he shouldn t be allowed to propagate irrelevant disinformation or inject politics in to this proceeding. trump firing back that smith wants to take away my right of free speech. jonathan turley standing by with his analysis. first to fox news legal editor, carrie kupec. this filing from jack smith, you think it s necessary or overkill? where does it go from here? it reminded me a lot of the gag order that jack smith wanted in september. that was a gag order that the aclu characterized as election interference. it would limit h
quoting now, he is not qualified to hold the office of the president under section three of the 14th amendment, period. she joins us momentarily. this comes on the day in which the former president was temporarily back on colorado s ballot pending supreme court decision. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now with this breaking news out of maine. what can you tell us about this decision, kaitlan? john, there is a lot of meat towards secretary of state china bellow wrote from maine today in her ruling. one, january six was an insurrection. she made that finding, two, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. three, that means he is not qualified to be on the primary ballot in maine. four, she found that it is her responsibility to make these decisions. so, putting that all together, this came because of voters had asked her to look at this, to make a ruling under the way that the state lays out. she can as the secretary of state to determine whether people are eligible for the
injured in their kibbutz during the october 7th terror attack. good was declared dead last week. their bodies are still being held by hamas in gaza. they are among the eight americans held hostage by the terror group. our condolences to their family. [shooting] idf releasing new video of troop activity in the gaza strip as it works to eliminate hamas. israel s military chief saying the war will grind on for months. i m mike emanuel molly: happening overnight israeli forces conducting a raid in the west bank leading to the arrest of 21 suspects who the idf says helped finance hamas through digital currency and cash. those arrested worked as foreign exchange brokers with at least tens of millions in israeli currency being confiscated. trey yengst in live in tel aviv, israel with the latest on this. to you. good morning. i do want to start with the latest out of the west bank. israeli forces launched new raids against militants and infrastructure. the raids targeted 10 sep