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last night by a man who jumped on stage with a knife. chappelle is okay and we ll tell you what police are saying. and the latest on the war in ukraine. the first civilians evacuated from the mariupol steel plant reached safety as the european union proposes a complete ban of russian oil by the end of the year. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 4th. it s a jam-packed show. let s get started. i m jonathan lemire. we begin with the seismic fallout from the leaked supreme court draft opinion overturning roe v. wade. in an extraordinary step, chief justice john roberts confirmed that the document published by politico is authentic, but he noted that it does not represent the court s final decision. roberts said he has directed the supreme court marshall to investigate how the draft became public. in a statement, roberts wrote in part this, to the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the court was intended to undermine the integr ....
the most and conservative thing i could do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing. that s just cutting taxes and saying future generations have to pick up the tax after. i won t to do that. but i do want, where it s possible to do so, responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and i d hope to show a pass in that direction. but this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long term growth, tackling inflation, my investments, morejobs, and that s path to lower taxation as and when we can afford it. but you said also, that the forecast from the obr, which is the economic watchdog which marks your homework, you have said that the numbers have gone against us. so the picture is bleaker than it was at the beginning of the year? why then are you looking now to cut taxes at all? these forecasts change the whole time. what happened in the autumn was that the forecast went in our favour unexpectedly, quite close to the end. so i was able to introduce the bigges ....
those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. and the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. and again, optimism sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. and anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. and one of israel s obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. that list hasn t been provided by hamas. there are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. about 30 of those may actually be dead. and israel wanted to know who was still alive, who was going to b ....
hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve. including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release an exchange. the us is carrying out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid on saturday with more than 30,000 meals parachuted by three military planes. meanwhile, an israeli army spokesman says the military says has completed a review. an israeli army spokesman says the military has completed a preliminary review into the incident last thursday in which dozens of palestinians were killed as an aid convoy arrived in gaza city. rear admiral daniel hagari says the review determined that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. the idf says gazan civilians were trampled to death as they charged toward the aid convoy. mr hagari said the review found that israeli soldiers did in his words ....
israel has basically agreed to a framework for a six week ceasefire. the official says it could begin immediately, if hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds. but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve, including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release in exchange. meanwhile, the us carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 38,000 meals parachuted by three military planes. so that s the latest on the ceasefire talks. all the time inside gaza, there is, as we ve mentioned, a desperate need t he hamas run health ministry has said 15 children have died of malnutrition and starvation in gaza s kamal adwan hospital in the north of the strip.the head of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland, who has visited the area, has said he believes there is now a famine in northern gaza. i think there is a famine in the north. ....