Hello, im lucy hockings. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Israels military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. Infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit. The army said it killed a senior hamas commander and all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second brief ground raid in as many days. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. The head of unrwa says basic services are crumbling, with food and water running out and streets overflowing wi
President and this administration, really the world, wants north korea to finally step down with regard to its nuclear process. John . All right, dana bash. Fascinating interview from right there in the Demilitarized Zone in north korea, between north korea and south korea. The Vice President with a message that Military Action might be on the table, but a different message coming from inside the white house. Cnns athena jones is there. And athena, we have heard from the National Security adviser maybe some different language than the Vice President. Reporter hi, john. Thats right. H. R. Mcmaster, the National Security adviser, putting the emphasis on nonmilitary options. But john, the Central Question in all of this, or a big Central Question in all of this is what china will do. Will china do more . President trump has made it clear he wants to see China Step Up Pressure on north korea to rein in its nuclear ambitions, and he believes china can do so because china is the norths main
Voters in here. See what they had to say a little earlier. This time, i voted for john ossoff. Theres a little message being sent by me and others. No question about that. I also do think there needs to be a check on donald trump. So there you have one voter i talked to who said, look, i want toe a check on donald ump. A lot of the voters i heard from today, they do cast this as a referendum on the president himself, on donald trump. Several republicans i talked to said, you know, god bless donald trump. I will say, this isnt necessarily trump country. Trump didnt win here by as much as tom price did, the congressman who was reelected in 2016 by a 20point margin. Trump won by 1. 5 points. At the same time, it does tell you potentially gives you a sense of the energy that the democrats have. Thats what it is going to take if they are actually going to try to make a dent in the Republican House majority in 2018. Ali . Encourage folks to make their voices heard and to make history here in
John roberts start us off tonight. Busy day tonight. We wouldnt have it any other way. Late today, the Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at the white house and pointed to a dramatic increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally. More than 50,000 a month for the past three months. 400 increase in the number of socalled family units. But the new Administration Practice of criminally prosecuting people who come across the border illegally has created a very large political problem for the white house. With a storm of outrage growing over the separation of children from illegal immigrants, President Trump today laid the blame squarely on the democrats. I say it very strongly. It is the democrats fault. They are obstructionist. And they are obstructing. Democrats outraged at the Zero Tolerance policy at the border were people who cross illegally are held for criminal
prosecution and separated from any children they may have brought with them. Even some r
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Collar professional, think of john kasich, congressman from this district. That strain of republican used to be the heart of this district. In 2016, what we saw happen with donald trump on the scene, Franklin County it was dead even when it was obama versus romney. The flip side is when you get outside of franklin, outside of the wealthy suburbs of delaware and into the blue counties of rural. You saw some of the biggest swings in the country from romney in 12 who did terribly from trump in 2016. Obama carried the muskingum
in michigan. Muslim American Public Health Official is running the democratic primary for governor. The front runner in the race, the state former Senate Minority leader has been endorsed by emilys list and like every contest, todays elections stand in the shadow of 2016 election and the man who became president and the wreckage he associates himself with. His fixer Michael Cohen is under investigation for tax fraud for under