many innocent palestinians and israel must do more to protect them, why is the u.s. not doing more to ensure that? how much pressure should the u.s. apply to save innocent lives? a law make opposed to putting conditions on aid is with us. plus, candidates running for senate complain their campaigns were offered millions to challenge the only palestinian american in congress. one of them act torthill harp is here. and we brought you the story, now a second family in jackson, mississippi, says that their loved one was killed and buried and local police did not tell them. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. the truce is over. the fighting between israel and hamas is back. and so is the nightmare for innocent civilians. israel says it s using qr codes now and maps to tell them where to go. national security spokesperson john kirby was asked about the number of civilian who is have already died since bombing resumed. he would not say if the biden administration has s
the politics of perception. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. if it were still the economy stupid, then joe biden s presidency would be in much better shape. something else is at play here. yes, inflation is souring americans, but by many measures, the economy is booming. the economy is clearly grow ing. the gross domestic product is up 5.2% in the third quarter, even faster than previousliest mated. if gdp is rising, the economy is considered to be in solid shape and the nation moving forward. the dow jones rallied this week to a new high for the year. wages had been losing ground to inflation for two years, but since may, wages have return to outpacing inflation. and unemployment is at an historic low. the u.s. unemployment rate has been below 4% for 21 straight months, the longest stretch since the late 1960s. how about gas prices? they have fallen or remain ed steady for ten weeks. you barely reed about that, but if they were headed in the other direction, it would