Penalties will tell you more about that in a second. Plus, with just over six weeks until Election Day, a controversial new rule from Georgia Republicans about Hand Counting balance, despite warnings for Election Officials, Poll Workers, and even some of the states republican officials. But leading this hour, the fallout spills into a second day after cnn uncovered disturbing and inflammatory comments by the republican gubernatorial nominee in North Carolina. Cnns kfile found lieutenant Governor Mark robinsons posts on a Porn Hungerfree Message board for more than a decade ago before he entered politics, robinson called himself on that board, a black nazi, whatever that is, and expressed support for reinstating slavery, even buying a few slaves himself now robinson is ignoring multiple calls for him to drop out of the race. He insists hes not the one behind the posts republicans are voicing concerns that this scandal could impact other candidates in the state. Lets go straight to cnns
Were following Breaking News out of the middle east. Im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar in washington, d. C. Were seeing live pictures now out of gaza where we have been watching explosions lighting up the sky. We want to bring in anchors jake tapper Anderson Cooper live for us in tel aviv. We are seeing an intensification of explosions over and in the gaza city, more than weve seen in recent days. The idf, Israel Defense forces v n , have not commented on what seems to be an uptick. They have not commented on their upscale of operations targeting hamas. On a day weve been learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas and the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing dire by the day. There had been a lot of anticipation about a potential breakthrough of sorts in the hostage crisis. That, obviously, is now overshadowed by this. We dont know what the developments are on the hostage front. This would seem to suggest its not going as desired. I mean, you wouldnt have an intensification o
Israel hamas war. Msnbc Special Coverage continues now with katy tur. Good to be with you, im katy tur. An extensive attack against military targets in gaza strip is underway. Thousands upon thousands of leaflets dropped by the Israeli Military warning everyone in the north to get out. The flyers telling the people there, according to a translation by reuters, gaza city has turned into a battlefield, for your safety and the safety of your families, evacuate your homes immediately and head to the south. But how do you get 1. 1 Million People to evacuate, and to do it quickly. And thousand do you do it amid the rubble of an already destroyed city . And how can you do it when the Group Governing them, hamas, is telling them to stay put, that israel is conducting psychological warfare in an attempt to displace them from their homes . Or when that same group uses civilians as Human Shields that is reportedly blocking the path out, according to Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. The u. N. Is
Too early on this friday morning and all week long. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, october 13th. We are following fastmoving developments out of israel. The countrys military is telling us more than a Million People telling more than a Million People to leave their homes this morning as it prepares a potential fullscale Ground Invasion in the wake of the Terror Attacks by hamas. Well have a live report for the very latest on the ground there. Plus, an update on the Biden Administrations efforts to prevent further escalation in the region with top officials on the ground this morning in israel and jordan. Also ahead, the republicanled chaos on capitol hill reached yet another level last night when the partys nominee for speaker just dropped out of the race. Well talk about how that impacts the country and world events. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemir
capitol hill custodians waste no time erasing any memory of george santos. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. today, an era has come to an end. the locks have been changed, and his name has been removed from the halls of congress. george santos goes back to wherever he came from. more on his exit and his lies in a few minutes. first, the constitution versus donald trump. two separate legal lawsuits say that the former president does not have immunity. breaking tonight, a federal judge tossed a motion to make election subversion charges against donald trump disappear. judge tonya chutkan ruling with precision, quote, the court cannot conclude the constitution cloaks former presidents with absolute immunity for any federal crimes they committed while in office. also today, a ruling on the former president and the january 6th violence that he unleashed. it s a decision that may set off a chain reaction for our democracy. today a federa