Attack on israel last evening looking at live pictures from out of beiruts black plumes of smoke still rising from the densely populated Southern Suburbs where the israeli military went after hezbollah targets overnight. Israel is vowing to carry out, carry out more strikes in the region largest ever attack on the country. The commander in chief of irans powerful islamic revolutionary Guard Corps says 200 missiles were fired at israel and that 90 of them hit their targets, which appears to have been the mossad Intelligence Service Head the quarters and two israeli air bases, the irgc claims israel and the u. S are deliberately downplaying the effectiveness of the assault holds however, it is very unclear at this point whether the barrage caused any serious damage the idf has reported one death so far prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to hit back, fueling fears that this conflict will spread. Even further run, made a big mistake tonight, and it will pay for it the regime in ir
again hinted at a 2024 presidential campaign. and on capitol hill, congress is up against the clock. lawmakers have a lot they want to get done before their summer break. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the latest in the justice department s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter tell the washington post that federal prosecutors have now turned their attention to donald trump. two sources tell the paper that in recent days two top aides to vice president mike pence were asked before a grand jury about their conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who took part in the scheme to replace certified biden electors with a slate of the former president s allies. according to the post, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december, 2020, and janua
the adl expects similar numbers in 2022. the record-breaking numbers are part of a consistent, steady, upswing in hate over the last six years. there was the deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville in 2016 a trio synagogue shootings in pittsburgh votes left 11 people dead. and thousands of other incidents since then in which jewish people have been targeted across the country. over the past few months, antisemitism has been pulled in the mainstream in ways we haven t seen since world war ii. yay, the rapper formerly known as kanye west has made headlines over notar since october he tweeted, he was going to death con three on jewish people. his consistency remove antisemitic remarks led to the rapper saying he loves hitler on the conspiracy theorists, alec joneses, talk show. that same week ye defended hitler and told jewish people they should, quote, move on from the holocaust and forgive hitler in an interview with the founder of the proud boys,
i think there must be a kind of coming together with the justice department officials and those on the ground. the reluctance to violate the first amendment is on both sides. we don t want to go back to the hoover days, but at the same time, we must be willing to cooperate with the justice department if we re sincere to stop things like the synagogue shootings, like the buffalo supermarket shooting against blacks. so i think it s a growing kind of coming together on all sides, cooperation of those on the ground that needs to help stop any of these mass shootings, whether they re hate based or not. and the justice department has to respect the first amendment. sir reverend sharpton, we appreciate you help talk about my new book out called the big lie . i want to ask you something specific about it. traces the origin of trump s lies and fumed the violence on
experienced anticipate semitism over the past year. brooke olstein joins us now. she is in israel. brooke, except for like mass you attacks like unfortunate and tragic synagogue shootings, it seems like anti-semetic attacks they re a daily hidden and ignored hate crime, sadly. it s been increasing. what are you seeing and why? eric, first of all, i want to thank you for doing this segment because you are exactly right. there is an alarming rise of jew hatred to the point where it has become systemic and yet many want to sweep this under the rug. the truth is, okay, that the fbi has recently reported that jewish people are three times more likely to experience a hate crime than any other ethnic group, that s 2.6 times more likely than the black community and 2.2 times more likely than the muslim community and over