good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. hi jim. great to be with you. i m jessica dean and happening right now. massive protests in israel, a crippling general strike and several mayors launching a hunger strike after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for opposing his plans to overhaul the judicial system . this as many israelis fear the united states closest ally in the region is moving further away from democratic principles. ahead we will have the very latest from jerusalem remarkable events there in israel plus today and though the round of were severe weather expected to strike the southeast of this country, parts of alabama and georgia, bracing for large, hail , damaging winds this after just devastating tornadoes ripped through the region this weekend . at least 26 people are dead, several others injured. we re going to take you live to see scenes of that damage. we do begin this hour, though. with those protests the ongoing general stri
get simply could not get the votes in the senate. what are we learning about that? and how quickly do they need to introduce the replacement? you know, it s pretty surprising that phil washington withdrew his nomination for the faa administrator because it was only last week that the white house said it was still standing by him as the nomination to lead this agency. you know, this is so critical because the faa is really having a moment right now we ve seen these strings of runway incursions at airports nationwide involving commercial airliners. there s so many issues we just laid out in the piece, the air traffic controller shortage so we will see who the white house nominates next. billy nolan is the acting administrator of the agent. nsi will he be nominated for a five year term to lead it? after steve dixon resigned as the head of the administration? last year. big questions, though a lot of big questions about phil washington s background, he didn t have the experience, according