secretary of state antony blinken arriving israel a short while ago. this is his second trip to the middle east in less than a month. blinken is expected to discuss ways to free the remaining hostages, minimize harm to palestinian civilians, and get all who want to leave gaza out. we ve seen americans and their families begin to come out of gaza, and we expect that to continue over the coming days. this has been a very deliberate effort on our part working with other countries to make sure we can get passage out for our citizens and citizens from other countries. blinken s trip comes as israeli ground forces now gaza city, surrounded. and air strikes continue to pound hamas targets inside the strip. the conflict has, according hamas officials, killed more than 9000 people in gaza. more than 1400 israelis have also lost their lives. secretary blinken also says while they re dealing with getting the hostages released and minimizing civilian deaths, now is also the time to come
return to the classical style of western civilization. but no longer is this just a pet issue for the former president. now his allies in congress are falling in lockstep. according to politico, a new republican sponsored bill would declare classical architecture to be the default style for new federal buildings in washington. and classical in traditional architecture to be the preferred style for most government buildings. how very democratic. that is our show for tonight. now it s time for the last word, with ali velshi, in for lawrence. good evening, ali. i m not here to declare victory on the economy. i m here to say we have a plan no disrespect to those who invented classic architecture, it is beautiful, but it has been co-opted a little bit by some of these sorts. i m glad you did that story. thank you for doing that. the autocrat s favorite style of building. have a good weekend, my friend. see you next week. all right, we are now at the unofficial start of the 2024
tendencies, it seemed like, well, it was notable. when he took office president biden rescinded that order. over his part on trump has not given up on the issue. just a few months ago at cpac he promised to get rid of bad and i clean buildings and return to the classical style of western civilization. but no longer is this just a pet issue for the former president. now his allies in congress are falling in lockstep. according to politico, a new republican sponsored bill would declare classical architecture to be the default style for new federal buildings in washington. and classical in traditional architecture to be the preferred style for most government buildings. how very democratic. that is our show for tonight. now it s time for the last word, with ali velshi, in for lawrence. good evening, ali. v no respect to those who get no disrespect to those who invented classic architecture, it is beautiful, but it has been co-opted a little bit by some of these sorts. i m glad you did th
house republican sponsored bill called the secure the border act of 2023. because they say it would make the immigration system worse. joining me right now is nbc ali reface. ali, what is the latest here on the white house s approach to the border situation? elie, the biden mistrust have said since the lifting of title 42, even after two years of preparation for this moment, they fully expected this to be a challenge once that was lifted. the challenge that they re facing now isn t just coming from this surge of migrants crossing the u.s. mexico border, it s also coming from the scrutiny that the administration is facing, from both sides of the aisle. reacting to this crisis, which in many ways, is just beginning. it s beginning as we ve seen in julia ainsley s reporting, not just along these border communities, also in cities all across the united states. the biden administration now facing some legal challenges, first, from the aclu. which has sued the biden
ideology of masfascism, which i what prompted senator baldwin to say what he did in the clip. now, in a statement, pauld win s baldwin says, i sincerely regret i didn t arcticulate and apologize for that. aside from the senator s poor phrasing and whether or not he misspoke, it is worth noting the larger picture. this gop sponsored bill has a broad reach and tries to ban quite a bit. it is another data point in this larger national discussion we re all seeing about critical race theory. a legal theory about institutional racism that s rarely taught outside of grad school. certainly not in lower schools. but it is more recently become this catch-all boogy man for any issues that people find divisive. not notably, this new bill senator baldwin is advocating for would have the schools make sure parents review everything taught in the classroom and allow them to sue the schools found in