get over it. there are dumb days on capitol hill and there are dumber days on capitol hill and this is one of the dumbest i ve seen in a long time. house republicans reacting to a chaotic and at times childish day on capitol hill. we ll take you through what happened straight ahead. plus fulton county district attorney fani willis responds to leaks of video statements from three of donald trump s coconspiratorter in the georgia election interference case. and also ahead we ll preview the high stakes meeting taking place today between president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 15th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for joining us. it is a busy day and we ve got a lot to get to. a potential government shutdown in just two days is now looking a lot less likely this morning after the house passed new speaker mike johnson s unconventional stop gap funding bill yesterday largely with the help
civilians as human shields, that uses civilian infrastructure, even hospitals, in the most cynical way possible. that is as fighting positions, as military operation centers. and so israel has to confront that while at the same time not wanting to go assaulting hospitals in fire fights that could put innocent people who are getting life saving medical care in the cross fire. so there are not easy answers to this question, but this is the complexity, this is the burden that the israeli defense forces are facing as they conduct their operations. and our position is that israel has the right to go after hamas. but it does face this added burden, and that burden does not lessen its responsibility to act according to the laws of war, and so how that plays out in a particular operational dynamic, ultimately those decisions lie with the military fighting. even as israel goes after hamas and the tools and infrastructure of its terrorism. reporter: do you have any proof of life on h
southern syria. it comes also in light of the ongoing tension over the u.s. s downing of the syrian fighter jet on sunday and the ongoing fallout from that and what has become a crowded battlefield in syria with russia, u.s., syria, iran all involved in the fight not only against isis but also in the ongoing civil war, the bloody and brutal civil war. all this as syria s government has launched a new offensive against isis today in northern syria and against rebel forces as well. some backed by the u.s. in the central part of the country, shannon. shannon: so what do we know about what s being done to de-escalate the situation between russia and the u.s. now? well, u.s. officials, shannon, say that communication lines between both countries and military operation centers are open online despite the tough talk from russia s foreign minister said that communication channels have been suspended, well, u.s. military officials say that the