on a singular message that this election will decide whether american democracies survives. will those words move voters? plus, the u.s. scrambling today to find partners for peace in the middle east, even as the israel-hamas war threatens to spin out of control. will secretary of state antony blinken s fourth trip overseas break new ground. and a new front in the war of transgender rights. the stakes are high whether trans americans can run for office using the names they choose. i ll talk to vanessa joy who says she was kis disqualified from her race in ohio because of a law she believes could put other trans candidates at risk. we start with the president s massive political gamble, betting that voters will rally around him as the defender of democracy and reject donald trump s dystopian vision of america. that message is at the heart of a big speech he ll give near valley forge this afternoon and is expected to be the framework for his campaign going forward. they d
Tonight on the reidout we dont have food, we dont have nothing. Nothing, no life here. No life here. When i close my eyes, i see bombs. I see a lot of houses down. Its not fair. Its not fair. Its not fair. Families including americans like that man, wait at egypts border, hoping to escape the hell that is gaza. As israeli troops amass for the expected gaza invasion. Also tonight, trump loses again. As judge Tanya Chutkan slaps a partial gag order on him, limiting the vile that hes allowed to spew. Plus, jim jordan has never passed a single piece of legislation, and john boehner calls him a legislative terrorist, yet, jordan appears to be on the verge of becoming the next republican speaker. But we begin tonight with israel and gaza on the brink. Thousands of Israeli Forces continue to amass on the gaza border in the wake of the deadly Terrorist Attack by hamas more than a week ago. Approximately 2,000 u. S. Troops have been told to prepare for possible deployment in the middle east if
Later on that story. Here is the live feed from gaza, nightfall, israel now estimates a number of civilian hostages are being held. Up to that number is 199. There may be a potential development on that front. We have more on that in the moments ahead. When you look at whats happening since the attack 11 days ago, you have a country still divided over Security Failures that led to the situation, the imagery of the many, many innocent civilians kidnapped as well as were tracking it is humanitarian crisis thats growing in gaza. As no those missing and kidnapped, their families continue to speak out. My aunt suffers from parkinsons. Shes 63. Every day without her medication is torture. Shes being tortured t. Israel has been detailing weapons that hamas used. Sky news says theyre still finding bondies of victims and what happened after the initial attack. Temples they are still finding the bodies of civilians in this cubs the soldiers have told us to stay in this area, because theres a dir
idf. they are being examined on a medical basis right now before they head to hospitals and will be greeted and met by their families. john: as all of this unfolds, negotiators are working around the clock to secure another ceasefire extension as hamas still holds more than 150 people hostages somewhere in gaza. sandra: america reports hour two begins right now. i m sandra smith un-new york. john: john roberts in washington. good to be with you on a busy wednesday. hearing from families of hostages just freed describing the traumatic conditions that their loved ones had to ensure during 51 days of captivity. one of those family members joined us in our last hour. they couldn t raise their voices, they were often made to watch things that they should never see that should have never happened, that they were held at gunpoint, they didn t have a bed to sleep in. you don t know if they were warm when they needed to be or cold when they needed to be, if they were seeing
they have been taking their cues from him now for a number of months on a number of different issues. on ukraine, former president trump had said for quite a while that he basically has made clear that he is not a supporter for aid for ukraine. he has not said he will vote against it. he has been quiet while undergoing other issues in new york. therefore, i think a lot of republicans are trying to make sure h will be when he comes back in november. there is a skepticism on the part of some republicans who are elieve getting involved in the war. there are those looking over their shoulders trying to think of what their party thinks. in regards to elise stefanik who voted against that, given what you have just described, as maybe the root of this and the disgruntalment within the