Alecia is off today. Ahead, on Labor Day, tim harris is launching a massive Campaign Blitz this holiday weekend. Will be joined by Keisha Lance bottoms and congresswoman, madeley d, then, Donald Trump embraces the group behind project 2025, while he is still trying to run from projects 2025, and a road trip. Will Harriswalz Campaign is about to kick up a Bus Tour to defend reproductive rights. All of that, plus major Breaking News out of israel, so, grab your copy, folks. Gr settling, welcome to the weekend. Weekend. We begin we begin with the Breaking News from overnight. Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of six hostages from gaza, including israeli american, late last Night President biden said quote, it is a tragic it is as tragic as it is reprehensible, make no mistake, hamas leaders will pay for these crimes and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages. Msnbc foreign correspondent, Matt Bradley joins us now, from Tel A
In the history of television, only two of the 100 most watched shows have not been live sporting events, the oscars and the State Of The Union. So as a campaign kickoff, you dont get a bigger platform than joe biden has tonight. But with enormous opportunity come enormous challenges. Can he meet the moment and how . Our team has reporting on what is happening inside the white house right now and the unique unvarnished insights of a former biden Speech Writer. Plus, as the president prepares to address the israelhamas war tonight, conditions in gaza are deteriorating to new lows. Children starving to death. Bright orange bursts of flames as a plane makes an emergency landing, what exactly caused it. An awful lot to get to. We begin with this, among all of the goals President Biden has for tonights State Of The Union address, there is one that rises above all others. Show americans he is still up to the job. Do not expect to hear the words age or energy or focus, but as much or maybe eve
The freeman foundation. And by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Announcer and now, bbc news. I am sumi somaskan washington and this is bbc world news america. The last barrier to sweden becoming a member of nato is listed as hungary finally gives its approval. Jordan conducts air drops of aid in gaza of the u. S. Warns of potential famine. In the u. S. Supreme Court Hears Two Cases that could control the way content is controlled on social media sites. Sumi welcome to world news america. Sweden is on the verge of joining the western security alliance, nato, after hungary finally approved swedens application. Its approval was the last major hurdle for swedens bid which was prompted by russias invasion of ukraine. Nato secretarygeneral Jens Stoltenberg saying on x, quote, its membership will make us all stronger and safer. The approval comes after a delay from the opposition hungary and tarkiye who approved swedens membership in janu
Context that grew the most condemnation from the israeli delegation. Antonio guterres said that the attack by hamas didnt happen in a vacuum, that the palestinians had been under suffocating occupation for 56 years. Those comments do calls for him to resign by the israeli ambassador to the un. In the council, the Israeli Foreign minister eli cohen appeared quite angry, pointing at the Secretary General, asking him what world he was living in. He then cancelled a planned meeting with the Secretary General, but we understand the Secretary General did meet families of the hostages. We have seen the divisions play out on the security council, many nations calling for a ceasefire including russia, china, the arab delegations. But the west is endorsing calls for humanitarian causes, so what we have now are rival draughts by russia and the us, it appears both will block the other s resolution, only leading to more paralysis on the security council. The leading to more paralysis on the securit