Survival to take the precedence over the best interests of israel. He has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in gaza, which pushing support for israel worldwide to historic lows. Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. The highest ranking jewish elected official in the United States calling for a Leadership Change in israel, now five months into its war with hamas. Well have more of Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumers important comments and the reaction to them straight ahead. Plus, an update on Donald Trumps efforts to get his classified documents case dismissed. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. And while trump was in a courtroom, President Biden was on the Campaign Trail in another key midwest battleground state. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, march 15th. Its friday. We made it. Barely. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with a series of developments in D
Chief Ursula Von Der Leyen. It comes a day after President Biden said the us planned to build a Temporary Port In Gaza. Well have the latest reaction from washington And Jerusalem. Also on the programme. Joe biden delivers a fiery State Of The Union speech, setting out the key issues likely to feature in his re Election Campaign and takes a swipe at his president ial rival donald trump. But has he done enough to stop the doubters. The Great Barrier reef is showing signs of strain after record high sea temperatures, undergoing another mass bleaching event. The un has been warning that gaza faces famine and that children there are dying from hunger. It says there have beenoverwhelming obstacles when it comes to getting aid into the territory. But on friday a potential breakthrough the uk says it willjoin the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential aid directly to gaza. Ajoint statement from the uk, us, eu, cyprus and the United Arab Emirates said. The plan
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
Not long afterwards, this Amateur Video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. A man showing his watch as he indicates its safe and secure. Irans state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. Triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. Other than that, nothing has happened. But israel took irans strike early on sunday very seriously. More than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99 were downed. Iran said it was hitting israel in response to a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria. Suddenly, the long shadow war between two old enemies was out in the open. This morning, in tel aviv, israelis said their country had to react to iran to deter further assaults. Attacking iran is a necessary action in our environment, which is much harsher than the jungle in africa. Hope people in iran will understand, were not seeking for war, but were seeking for peace, and we want to be here safe so, und