world, it is wednesday, august 3rd and i m brianna keilar with john avalon this morning. good morning? in for john berman. good morning to you. and it is the morning after election night in america where democracy was one of the things on the ballot. primary races in five states setting the stage for what will be some of the most competitive races in november. also another test of donald trump s grip on the gop. in conservative kansas voters sent a dramatic message and a resounding defeat for efforts to eliminate state abortion protections. it s the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade that voters have weighed in on the issue. with 78% of the vote in as of tuesday night nearly 700,000 people have cast ballots in the primary and that number dwarfs the voter turnout in the 2020 presidential primary election. and remember when ex-president trump endorsed an ambiguous eric in the missouri senate race on election eve? well, one of the erics won, cnn projec
officials say they had to hold the parents back because of the volatile nature of the situation. and this morning, we are learning the identities of more young victims. leyla salazar, who was 11-years-old, she loved to run, film tiktok videos and dance and ten-year-old alicia ma am rez wanted to draw. she wanted on the an artist. for many of the young survivors, it left them shaken and scarred. here s how a 2nd grader described his ordeal. i was praying thinking what is this happening? i have the fear of guns now. because i m scared someone might shoot me. and again, we are beginning to hear from more children who were inside the school and nearby classrooms. our adrian is here with me now. adrian, you sat down with a young boy who was in one of those classrooms who heard it all going on. tell us about him. reporter: he described the gunshots as loud, louder than what he had heard before, pouring out that his grandfather is a gun owner and he says the sound of this ri
Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us on this monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. We have a lot to get to this hour. Lets start with five things to know for this monday, october 2nd. At any moment, donald trump Will Leave Trump Tower and head to court in New York City for the start of his highstakes Civil Fraud Trial. And allies of Kevin Mccarthy are scrambling to stop a rightwing revolt led by matt gaetz. Hes said hell file a motion to remove mccarthy this week. Mccarthys response, bring it on. Gavin newsom picking a historic replacement to fill Dianne Feinsteins senate seat. Naming the head of emilys list. And bob menendez is due back if court today as calls for his resignation grow louder. Well speak to a congressman who was jumped into the race in the senate town seat him. We have no winner, yet, in the powerball jackpot. It is north of 1 billion. Phil informs me if he wins, he will always continue to come to work. No ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing this week
kayleigh: several child hostages have been freed in the temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. more expected to be released today. the youngest hostage taken by hamas has just been put in greater danger in a tragic turn of events. the terrorists handed over a 10-month-old boy kafir not to the israelis, but to a separate palestinian terror group. i can t imagine getting that kind of news. the family s relatives left reeling and calling it psychological torture. hamas s child hostages are being held as a trophy. this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with my co-host harris faulkner and emily compagno, sideline n.f.l. reporter, michele tafoya and david webb. kafir s aunt thinks he is being held underground, no sunlight. the ceasefire has been extended nothing tomorrow. kafir s aunt, listen to this, the terrorists slaughtered nearly half his hometown. kafir and his brother ariel were huddled with their parents hiding in a safe room, armed only with a pistol.
the world health organization has described the al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qa