and right now on andrea mitchell reports, outrage in israel after three of their hostages are killed by israel s own troops even though the hostages had made white flags, had sos messages with leftover food on the walls and the troops have been told to withhold fire. large crowds in israel this weekend protesting outside the military compound demanding that hostage talks resume. the cia director in europe with israeli and qatari officials for secret talks to get those negotiations going while defense secretary austin arrived in israel today as the administration is increasingly frustrated with prime minister netanyahu including failure to stop violence against palestinians in the west bank. attacks by extremist settlers against palestinians in the west bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable. plus, congressional overtime. senate immigration talks to unlock millions in aid to israel and ukraine running out of time to get a bill passe
administration dealing with the tens of thousands of people who plan to seek asylum in the united states. border patrol processing centers are already overwhelmed with people. and complicating matter, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from releasing migrants into the u.s. without notices to appear in court. customs and border protection said it will imply comply with the order but they insist that the government was prepared for title 42 to end said mayorkas. we have been preparing to this to end for a year. i want to be clear it will be challenging but we have a plan and executing on our plan but take time for our plan to show results but we have confidence in that plan because it has worked in the past. here in el paso, in many ways, today seems just like it did yesterday in many ways. so much has changed and i m here in front of the sacred church in downtown el paso. very close to the border and this mural here, as you see some folks lined up, th
invaded another country since world war ii nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically and we have to milwaukee sure we change them back. president joe biden once again promising to protect eastern europe against russian aggression. it comes as vladimir putin pulls out of a nuclear arms treaty. plus the forewoman for the georgia grand jury on election interference has been getting a lot of face time this week, and her media tour may add some complications to the investigation itself. and also ahead tim scott s not so subtle stop in iowa, and when the south carolina senator might make a decision on a presidential campaign. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is back at the white house this morning following a historic and successful trip to eastern europe. yesterday the president met with the leaders from the eastern flank of nato, a gro
unleashing a new wave of deadly drone attacks and ukraine has a new problem to the north. plus a deadly fire at a iranian prison as protesters across that country grow. the journalist who was wrong wrongfully imprisoned for a year and a half is our guest. and k pop bts putting musical careers on hold taking on a very different job. that is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. kyiv under attack this morning once again. russian forces started yet another week of strikes on civilians across ukraine. [ sound of gunfire ] explosions as you see could be heard in the capitol as russia launched a barrage of kamikaze drone attacks. four people were killed according to the city s mayor so far. rescue operations are still underway at this hour to try to pull people from the rubble. ukraine has accused iran of supplying russia with the drones but iran denies it and now a new concern at ukraine s northern border. russian troops are now in belar
not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to make fu