on a singular message that this election will decide whether american democracies survives. will those words move voters? plus, the u.s. scrambling today to find partners for peace in the middle east, even as the israel-hamas war threatens to spin out of control. will secretary of state antony blinken s fourth trip overseas break new ground. and a new front in the war of transgender rights. the stakes are high whether trans americans can run for office using the names they choose. i ll talk to vanessa joy who says she was kis disqualified from her race in ohio because of a law she believes could put other trans candidates at risk. we start with the president s massive political gamble, betting that voters will rally around him as the defender of democracy and reject donald trump s dystopian vision of america. that message is at the heart of a big speech he ll give near valley forge this afternoon and is expected to be the framework for his campaign going forward. they d
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here? reporter: it certainly raises the stakes, chris, because now the secretary of state is going to have to try to are prevent these rising tensions from spiraling into a regional war with new concerning developments in iran, in iraq, syria, lebanon, in the red sea. the state department says that is a key part of why he s going to israel and the occupied west bank, and that he will be emphasizing during his visits to u.s. allies like turkey, qatar, the uae, egypt, and jordan the need for them to try to get some of these iran-backed proxies to back down. the state department says blinken will also be making that point to the israelis as he tries to prevent this from really escalating. ambassador, secretary blinken is now facing a major divide as the washington post puts it, quote, controversial prolzs from some israeli officials to
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the really sad understanding of what happened to these young girls. horrific. yes. tom winter, thank you. secretary of state antony blinken is back on the ground in the middle east for the fourth time in three months as he tries to tamp down fears that the israel-hamas war will expand to a greater regional war. for the children still inside gaza, unicef says they are caught in a nightmare. our team on the ground spoke to one mother in rafa, struggling to find milk for her 4-month-old baby even turning to warming whatever water is available and putting it in his ppacifier. they say their son, quote, has been crying for four to five days. he is in pain and he is swollen from the cold. nbc s josh lederman is in tel aviv for us. also with us former israeli con sell general in new york, ambassador alon pinkus. how does everything we saw this week impact his latest mission
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russia, and a counterveiling axis, which is led by the u.s., which includes israel, saudi arabia, qatar, and the united arab emirates and jordan, et cetera. so i do see the u.s. being a part of it, but here s the catch. israel is the least cooperative component of that axis right now, and that, you know, that sets secretary blinken s visit for disappointment. ambassador alon pinkus, thank you, it s good to have you on the program again. up next, two more states joining the legal fight to keep trump off the are primary ballot. plus, our interview coming up this hour with a trans woman who was running for office in ohio. why she was just disqualified. you re watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. g chrisg reports only on msnbc ( ) your eyes close. ( ) and you realize you re in love.
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