Scale assault. If israel invades gaza, it would be the third major assault on the coastal territory in six years. We will get the latest from gaza. And we go to tampa, florida to speak with the aunt of the palestinian teenager who was beaten by Israeli Forces in East Jerusalem. Brutally attacked from the sites. And iame and attacked me went unconscious and woke up in the hospital. His teenage cousin was burned alive last week in East Jerusalem. We will speak with electronic intifada and an israeli peace activist whose father was an israeli general. Then, the koch cartel. The reach, reactionary agenda, and the record. That is the title of lisa graves latest piece at the progressive magazine. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Violence in israel in the occupied territories is escalating as israel bombs dozens of targets in the gaza strip and threatens a new fullscale assault. Gazabased journalist reports fo
Impression the president doesnt understa understand or willfully disregards. They are not his personal lawyers. Thats right check put it more bluntly. He cant be a wing man for a president. Hes got to be very independent. And work for the people of the country. Over on the house side republicans also voicing concerns. Heres what idaho gop congressman said. Quote i dont pay any attention because i dont care. Theyre a distraction. The family is a distraction, the president is a distraction. At first this is the guy we elected. Hell learn. Not from republicans are a president some see as treating the white house as his personal domain and the presidency not as bigger than himself but strictly solely about himself. No one but himself. That has never worked for any white house or any president. More now from jeff zeleny whos on the north lawn. How does the white house explain the president s comments that then if he does in fact have full confidence in the attorney general. The white house
Negative reviews. A group of republican senators spoke with cnn, one who did not want to be named was stunned by the president s remarks about director mueller. Any thought of firing the special counsel is chilling, he said. Its chilling. Thats all you can say. Another said, one gets the impression that the president doesnt understand or he willfully disregards the fact that the attorney general and Law Enforcement in general, they are not his personal lawyers to defend and protect him. Senator Chuck Grassley, republican of iowa, put it even more bluntly. The attorney general cant be a weak man for a president. Hes got to be very independent and work for be a wingman for the people of the country. Over on the house side, republicans also voicing concerns. Heres what idaho gop congressman said to politico, i dont Pay Attention wto whats going on with the administration because i dont care. The familys a distraction. The president is distraction. He summed it up this way, at first it was
Covering the story every step of the way. Break it down for us. This latest development, give us the details and what does it mean. One thing that is really important is the context of this firing order by President Trump. It came in june. The Mueller Investigation only just begun at that point but it was already clear that it was going in dangerous directions for the white house. Recall President Trump told russians that he thought by firing james comey hes would relieving pressure on him regarding russia but that was not the case. The white house learned in june that Robert Mueller was investigating whether the president himself obstructed justice in addition to russia collusion. And so now trump gives the order, mcgahn refused to carry it out and now this is part of the Mueller Investigation into obstruction of justice along with trump asking comey to drop the fbi investigation into mike flynn, the firing of comey, and trump asking intelligence chiefs to state publicly there is no c
SPRATTSVILLE A Logan County attorney was arrested this week for the alleged impersonation of a law enforcement and driving under the influence in Mingo County. Sheriff’s Deputies in Mingo County arrested 69-year-old Mark Hobbs and 43-year-old Joanna Deloach, both of Logan. According to Hobbs’ criminal complaint, he was involved in an accident in the Sprattsville area. Deputies alleged a “white capsule” was visible in the center console of the vehicle and “white powder” on the dashboard. Accord