ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o
collapsing and moving et cetera, et cetera, we had an incident that caused some confusion you might say, but the secretary blinken had a great trip to china. i expect to be meeting with president xi sometime in the future in the near term, and i don t think it s had any real consequence. what was your second question. as you raise broader issues of human rights and democracy, what s your message, including members of your own party who thinks your administration is overlooking a crack down on dissent in india. the prime minister and i had a good discussion about democratic values, and there s a that s the nature of our relationship. we re straightforward with each other, and we respect each other. one of the fundamental reasons that i believe the u.s./china relationship is not in the space it is, in the u.s. indian relationship is that there s an overwhelming respect for each other because we re both democracies, and it s a common democratic character of both of our cou
majority so now might north carolina lawmakers have a chance to rethink their stance on all of this. the question is, will they take it? that is the show for tonight. now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. they didn t take their last opportunity to rethink a bill they had a veto proof majority. on i loved your conversation with phillip atiba goff about minneapolis. an interesting point, if you re worried about police forces that are bad in america, minneapolis doesn t top the top 50. doesn t crack the top 50. but he said if you go three consent decrees at a time, which is kind of roughly the average these days, there are very few under the trump administration at all because the trump administration simply didn t believe in that sort of thing. it s gonna take us decades or millennia to figure this out. he was right in saying it s better than not having them, but it s a slow process. i believe the technical term is drop in a bucket, but that doe
opportunity to rethink a bill they had a veto proof majority. on y to another conversation with phillip atiba goff about minneapolis. an interesting point, if you worried about police forces that are bad in america, minneapolis doesn t top the top 50. doesn t crack the top 50. but he said if you go three consecutive degrees at a, time which is kind of roughly the average these days, there are very few under the trump administration at all because the trump administration simply didn t believe in that sort of thing. it s gonna take us decades or millennia to figure this out. he was right in saying it s better than not having them, but it s a slow process. and blew the technical term is drop in a bucket, but that doesn t mean it s not worth talking about. one of the things that make minneapolis interesting though is that the fundamental problem on that police force was the union chief, and that is the case in many american police forces. the police chief, the george floyd,