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Hello, im Brianna Keilar In Washington. Jake tapper is in tel aviv, and israel is widening its offensive against hamas. Launching a series of overnight strikes at the gaza strip. Taking aim at hezbollah in lebanon. In gaza alone, the idf hit 320 Terror Targets overnight including tunnels and dozens of hamas command centers. A spokesperson said hundreds were killed. A warning now that the video youre about to see is graphic. You see there, one of the smallest victims, a toddler, pulled from the rubble in rafah, in southern gaza. We do not know the condition of that little boy. Also sources telling cnn the Biden Administration has Presseds Ream to delay its imminent Ground Invasion of gaza to allow for the release of more hostages and to get more aid into gaza. Jake. Just a trickle of these critical supplies have come through. 30 some trucks so far. Cnn has calculated that gaza is 7200 truckloads short of supplies. Receiving half of the 1 of the aid it normally received before the hamas
Pathway toward peace. Thank you very much. I appreciate you coming on, as always. That is going to do it for me today. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york on a very busy day of breaking and developing news here in america, and of course overseas with a volatile situation in israel and gaza. Israeli forces are amassing for a possible Ground Invasion, while communities in israel continue to come under rocket fire from hamas, even forcing u. S. Secretary of state blinken to shelter in place during his visit to israel. On the other side of the border, in gaza, nearly 200 people kidnapped during last saturdays Terror Attack inside israel are currently being held hostage by hamas, and a dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Well get to all of it coming up in this broadcast. We begin with a story that we have been following very, very closely on this program. One of the significant consequences for our democracy and the rule of law in america, and one th
Ive got this thing, and its [bleep] golden. Yeah. [audience laughter] and im not just giving it up for [bleep] nothing. [laughter] was there a second [bleep] in there . Tapper racking up a staggering 24 criminal charges, governor blagojevichs actions essentially boiled down to four things extortion, bribery, corruption, and wire fraud. And it wasnt just about the senate seat. Blagojevich was also found guilty of extorting a Childrens Hospital. You cant write this stuff. Hes an arrogant punk who thinks that, you know, hes bulletproof. Well, hes not. He was convicted on 18 total charges and sentenced to 14 years, the longest sentence ever handed down to a governor. People loathed blagojevich for the way he politicked, but was what he did so blatantly criminal . cause the truth is that the line between whats illegal and whats allowable is much murkier than wed like to think, and this is where the Rod Blagojevich story gets interesting. Let me reassert to all of you once more that i am not