mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort
from the right wing party, jewish party jewish power that s led by itamar ben gvir. he s the minister of national security, and it goes to show you how beholden benjamin netanyahu and his government are to the right wing fringe now of israeli politics, because that s where we re hearing this announcement from now we just got the statement saying that the prime minister agreed with the minister of national security, the government will be given an extension until the next parliamentary session to pass the reform through negotiations , but at the same time they add. this was what they were given. it was agreed between to that step to increase governance, the establishment of the national guard. a new national garbage doesn t exist in israel until now will be approved. at the next cabinet meeting. so clearly , this was part of the negotiation that was likely going on all day today while we re waiting to hear from prime minister benjamin antonio but is incredibly notable that this announce
in televisa that i have to say they felt angrier than the protest we ve had for the past three months or so. and then this morning, this historic general strike. israel has never seen a general strike like this in history. it is affected every sector of the israeli economy, including universities, nurses and even mcdonald s restaurants are now closed down as a result of the strike, even embassies, israeli embassies abroad are now closed down as a result of the strike. israel has never seen something of this. caleb bringing the entire country screeching to a halt. and instead, many of these people have come out to the streets here, especially in jerusalem to protest against this massive judicial overhaul plant now what is the current fear right now? is that the other side? the people who support this reform, the right wingers are also planning to come out to counter protests. and there is a big fear that some fringe elements of the right wing plan to be violent. and that s why the only
certainly spontaneity to them, and it s so spooked members of netanyahu s own coalition that by this morning it was clear that he was going to need to announce a suspension of those legislation. we ve been waiting all day to hear that announcement, and in the meantime, the general strike has been called, which has brought the country to us. standstill is that your biggest concern right now? the national security of israel and if so, you know again. tell us what you think. prime minister anya who needs to do now? well when the when the defense minister who himself is a career military officer, very distinguished and a member of netanyahu s own political camp says, because of the way our own soldiers, those we count on to depend ourselves are reacting when they re concerned that they may be asked to carry out orders. that they re not sure whether they should listen to the government or listening to the supreme court. if those two branches of government are challenging, challenging each o
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