sandra: house lawmakers signing off on china, recently uncovered spy program, targeting u.s. military bases as well as beijing alleged cover-up of the origins of the covid pandemic. john: is congress finally taking seriously the national security and economic threat that china poses to the united states? nikki haley and ashley hinson are here to weigh in coming up. sandra: potentially historic day at the supreme court as justices hear arguments in a pair of challenges to president biden s student loan handout. great to be with you, john. john: good to be with you as well, sandra, especially, rather, on this busy tuesday. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. the court s looming decisions on the two legal challenges to the president s plan will test the limits of presidential power. also have widespread implications for the tens of millions of americans who could see their loans reduced or completely wiped away. sandra: critics of the handout say the
speak to they take wednesdays off, and it is thursday and trump is back today. the third day of jury selection and his hush money trial and one of the seven jurors sworn in tuesday was excused earlier today which means they now again may 12 more. the judge says he wants selection wrapped up this week so opening statements can begin on monday. this is outnumbered. i am harris faulkner here with emily compagno and kayleigh mceany. joining us is sideline reporter, michele tafoya. an chairman of o leary, kevin o leary. we are good to a lot of news constantly because they have bad focusing on what? it is a very hectic day today. imagine first being called for jury duty, you come down here and you don t expect to walk into the courtroom because they do not tell you beforehand and you see the defendant and that defendant that defendant face-to-face with you if donald trump. that is what is happening to the jurors we talk to. one of the people who was excuse that she was shocke
in its war against hamas. we ll have the latest developments out of the middle east in just a moment. plus, what the new speaker of the house is saying about aid packages for israel and ukraine and how soon the funding could pass in the lower chamber. and also ahead, we ll look at the state of the republican presidential primary now that former vice president mike pence has bowed out of the race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us, and we ll begin this morning with israel, expanding its ground operation in gaza. on saturday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced that israel is in its second phase of its mission to destroy hamas. netanyahu described the assault as israel s second war for independence. the operation began overnight friday with an intense wave of air strikes and ground raids. at the same time, phone and internet service to the region was sev