the israeli defense forces say they struck more than 1,500 targets in gaza and that more than 4,000 rockets were fired at israel. but for now, the skies above israel and gaza are quiet. let me bring in today s panal, peter beinart is a political commentator and the author of the bien flart notebook. dan senor is the author of startup nation: the story of israel s economic miracle. nora air cot is the author of justice for some and law and the question of palestine. let me start with you, dan senor, could you tell us what do you think was going on in terms of the violence, because it all seemed to come and almost all of it from gaza and directly by
and what passed as okay for republicans politically in 1991, many republicans told me yesterday at the capitol they fear they could be too aggressive here, make mistakes. if they re trying to move too quickly, they could pay a price with voters. this is a very complicated situation. we, unfortunately have to end it quickly. we have another developing story. the president, he s launching his latest attack against his own attorney general jeff sessions. and i m going to say it s one of his most brutal. nbc s hallie jackson is following this from washington. hallie, tell me about this new interview. here s the thing, the president in this new interview with the hill, an outlet that covers all things washington, is going after his attorney general. that is not something that s particularly earth shattering. the president loathes jeff sessions as he has made clear very publicly stemming from jeff sessions recusal from the russia investigation over a year ago. this, though, that has a di
and trading punches, china hitting back, imposing $60 billion in tariffs on u.s. goods, prompting president trump to threaten even more tariffs. but could this trade war actually be helping china? we begin this morning with a standoff in the u.s. senate. top democrats joining christine ford demanding an investigation into her allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh before she sits down to testify. but republicans, they say no investigation, no delay. she s got one shot to tell her story, monday on the hill, take it or leave it. i have a great team here to help break all of it down. but first, let me explain exactly where things stand right now. it is looking more and more like christine blasey ford is going to have to make a decision whether or not to show up at 10:00 a.m. on monday even if she does not get that investigation she s calling for. senators on both sides say they want to hear from kavanaugh and
ford. she s been asking for the opportunity to be heard, and she s going to be given the opportunity to be heard on monday. as senator pointed out, she can do it privately if she prefers or publicly if she prefers. monday is her opportunity. jeff flake and bob corker have indicated that ford should be heard, and they say she should take this opportunity to come forward next week instead of asking for more time. last night one of ford s attorneys appeared on cnn and was asked what her client was going to do about all this. if there s not an investigation would she appear on monday? she is prepared to cooperate with the committee and with any law enforcement investigation. would she show up? she is going to she will talk with the committee. she s not prepared to talk with them at a hearing on monday. so point-blank, if there s not an investigation between now and then, she would not appear on monday in a public hearing?
noelle, kinpour. the president says he does feel bad for brett kavanaugh s family, brett kavanaugh s family, i would also add dr. ford s family, for those young children this has been tremendous. he actually covered a lot. he went on to talk about how the u.s. economy is the greatest in american history. i m curious to know where he got that information, especially because at this very moment jp morgan is advising clients to rotate out of u.s. assets, saying the sugar high is over. but go through for me kind of all the points the president hit, what had to stick out was the president, again, going after jeff sessions. there were enough topics to cover a week s worth of news there in that relatively short exchange with reporters as the president heads to the hurricane zone. that in and of itself would be enough of a story, the president who has been criticized for how he handles last year s response, and in some ways how he interacted with those directly affected. of course the big qu