Israel awake and on edge. Overnight. As iran unleashed hundreds of missiles and drones in retaliation for the april 1st attack on the iranian consulate in syria. Im jonathan hunt, live in los angeles. Its daylight now in israel, where they are now looking to assess the damage following irans first ever direct Military Assault on israeli territory. Now that damage is believed to be minimal, with israels air Defense Systems, along with us Military Action taking out most, if not all, of the iranian drones and missiles. But the message iran wanted to send is very clear. And now the unprecedented Revenge Mission is pushing an already tense region even closer to a wider war. Multiple thresholds have been crossed here that have not been crossed before for. And i think it is correct to say that, were going to be looking at a new middle east in the future. The white house is monitoring the situation closely, and President Biden has, as you would expect, been in contact with israeli Prime Minist
Night, the special counsel jack smith asked judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a gag order against donald trump prohibiting him from attacking prosecutors. Including the judge, herself, or potential witnesses who may testify on in a federal criminal trials, stemming from his effort to subvert the 2020 election. Now, prosecutors said, quote, the defendants past conduct, including conduct that has taken place after and as a direct result of the indictment in this case, actually demonstrates the need for this order. Adding that trumps past salvos had already resulted in harassment of potential witnesses. Of course, to no ones surprise, yeah, donald trump responded by doing what he always does. Lashing out. This, time on social media, claiming that President Biden had weaponize the doj and the fbi. Of course, there is no evidence to support that whatsoever. And its requests, the special counsels office contends that trump hosts amount to more than a mere breach of decorum, because his public vit
plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four times indicted indicted donald trump would win the el
next hour, the president will unveil a new policy to let undocumented spouses of american citizens stay in the u.s., while they seek to become citizens. we ll dig into the politics, the practical implications and whether the next president will have the power to wipe it all away. plus, the man once dubbed the prince of pop, justin timberlake, busted for dwi in the hamptons overnight. the latest on what happened and what is next for the singer. frustration over republican opposition to new gun measures boiling over on capitol hill. those people are dead and they re never coming back and their families are changed forever. shame on him. shame on him for disrespecting the dead. we ll tell you what prompted that outburst from nevada senator jacky rosen and what it tells us about the new congressional push to ban bump stocks. we start with president biden launching one of the most sweeping immigration initiatives in recent decades, giving half a million undocumented immi
plus, senate republicans block a bill to protect access to birth control as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we are now 153 days away from the election, and it that means it is exactly five months from today. and as we get closer to that day, president biden is trying to show the sharp differences between him and donald trump. right now he s in france to mark tomorrow s 80th anniversary of d-day. and while he is there for a very important occasion, he is also trying to reassure our allies about america s place on the world stage. and what will happen when voters go to the polls in november. as our friend reports for the atlantic, quote, in capitals across the continent, leaders and diplomats express a sense of alarm bordering on panic at the prospect of donald trump s re-election. on friday, he is scheduled to give a major speech on democracy and the global struggle against authoritarianism. compare that