emerging, horrendous hamas attack and the taking of hostages, but now that the united states is working with israel and trying to assist in locating hamas and understanding hamas structure, we understand they have a gap in capabilities. that s republican congressman mike turner of ohio with a candid assessment of israel s strategy. it s a sign more hostages could soon be freed. we ll have the latest out of the middle east just ahead. plus a preview of an important hearing today in washington that could determine what donald trump can say about his federal election interference case. and also ahead, we ll remember the life and legacy of former first lady rosalind carter. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday morning. i eemg jonathan lemire. thank you for joining us for this short thanksgiving week. with less than one year to go until the 2024 presidential election, for the first time ever new np be c news polling shows donald trump leading job.
Philadelphia, another big rally. he s got more rallies on tap. next weekend he travels to ohio with the first lade, then going to delaware to campaign for the democrat against christine o donnell. this is what they re trying to do. independents are leading republicans. the first thing they have to do is sew lied folidify their base a lot can happen. thank you. we have a lot more ahead for you. later we re going to hear from arianna huffington and get her thoughts on the post and particularly her thoughts on the tea party. presidential hopeful howard dean, former hopeful about the democratic s chances to pull a win on the election. for the first time since having major heart surgery this summer we ear hearing from former vice president dick cheney. he spoke to politicians and