As israel holds commemorations marking the October 7th attacks, we ll be reporting on how so many lives were changed and how the reverberations have spread right across the Middle East as israel waged War On Hamas In Gaza and now in lebanon against hezbollah. Panoramas Jane Corbin has been following two families affected from this conflict. One in israel, and one in gaza. Both living in the aftermath of the attacks, and the war that followed. A year ago, Doron Katz Asher and her two daughters, raz and aviv, were staying at her Mothers House in niroz kibbutz. They were all taken hostage by hamas. Doron kept a diary while she was held in gaza. She wrote to her husband, yoni, about how much they were missing him. The moment the family was taken hostage was filmed by hamas and seen by yoni. Saw my wife, some of the hamas men puts a cover on her head. I saw my girl raz, purple dress, long golden hair. As they were taken into gaza, an israeli helicopter was firing above them. Doron s mother
but as the national review puts it, quote, he is a good man, a solid conservative, and is qualified and prepared for the job as anyone in the field, including the current and former president. but pence s cannedsy faces the same basic obstacles of those of nikki haley, tim scott and others, he seems man from an earlier time and little sign for demand of his candidacy. he enters the race 50 points behind donald trump, a man who once categoried him as a coward. a democratic pollster and president of brilliant corners research, john kasic, former governor of ohio and former presidential candidate. cornell and john are msnbc political analysts. great to have you all here. governor, mike pence is a conservative, big with evangelics, no stranger to the cultural wars, all things you would think the party likes, but do his actions on january 6th, the fact that he refused to hold up certification of the election, just negate all of that? well, i what i think at the end of the day
and a special sunday edition of the velshi banned book club brings us a beautiful, lyrical story of love and identity, a novel about mexican born texas raised gay teens that we ll feel universal when you read it. my conversation with the author, who will discover the secrets of the universe, it s one that you will not want to miss. velshi starts next. good morning to you, i am ali velshi, sunday, october 2nd. we have reached a new phase in the ever winding investigation into the insurrection of the u.s. capitol. tomorrow, marks the high profile trial seven from the january six so far. it s a rare case in u.s. history, or something called seditious conspiracy is charged, meaning the defendants are not discharged violent crimes but an effect on our country. opening arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial, this man, you oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes and four other individuals with the far-right booker said to begin tomorrow, hundreds of alleged interactions are bein
of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump s supporters who were all in with the storming of the capitol two years ago to the day and that will overshadow kevin mccarthy s speakership. he will probably be the weakest speaker in the modern history of the country and he will be held hostage to these 2021 radical republicans. the divisions may be resolved for the moment, but the next two years will be a rocky ride for the new speaker, as he resides over
the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said i don t think anybody should doubt mr trump s influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co operating with this party. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right o