today as the calls for israel to pause its war on hamas grow louder. what s next and before we can go of the war, ahead. the shady bunch. donald trump jr. and eric trump take the stand in new york s 250 million dollar civil fraud trial. just days before the most indicted former president in u.s. history, and his daughter, ivanka, take the stand. the new gag order in the case. the tough questions the former first family is facing, and why it all means for the three criminal trials against donald trump. and a victorious revival. might one-on-one conversation with tony award winning director kenny leon about bringing ozzy davis is pearly victorious back to broadway for the first time in more than 60 years, and how this satire on race and segregation has incredible relevance today. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we start this hour with the latest on the push for a pause in the israel-hamas war. new video in overnight show secretary of state anthony blinke
snead and founding partner at s3 public affairs. good morning to you both. you heard what gowdy said the chronology does not favor the white house. they are claiming there was a bottleneck at the white house security office. does that defense hold water? if you look at that and see the news and the gowdy said they will open an investigation. take a minute and think about chairman gowdy, someone who has a love and appreciation of the law. he is leaving congress to go back and practice law. i think he is one that will call balls and strikes throughout this investigation. then you saw speaker ryan saying they were also supporting this. this is not the last we re hearing of this. eric: what went on over at the white house? you heard christopher wray said they had the report in march, finished it in july. more information in november and closed it last month. yet porter was kept on. i think if you look at this, i work in public relations. if you look at this from a crisis communicatio