and how can our politicians play their part? with us now to talk about what might come next is immigration minister robert jenrick. after labour s big by election wins, lisa nandy could soon be representing you all over the world the shadow international development minister joins me from salford. as the un calls conditions inside gaza catastrophic, we ll speak to dr hanan ashrawi a woman who has spent decades at the heart of palestinian politics. and we ll speak to israel s former prime minister naftali bennett. good morning. you might have seen that we were going to speak to israeli president isaac herzog. he has had to postpone, but we hope he ll be with us on a future programme. in the meantime, welcome to my panel. jasmine el gamal, a middle east expert who advised the obama administration, also best selling historian and tv presenter simon sebag montefiore, and lucy fisher, the financial times whitehall editor and host of its political fix podcast. let s have a lok
the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel which means it s currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. we ll have the very latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. in other developments in the conflict today, israel has confirmed that 212 people are being held hostage in gaza. defence officials said israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of palestinian fighters, including the deputy chief of hamas rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,600 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. 4700. that includes 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a ter
intensive aerial bombardment of gaza of gaza since the attacks inside israel two weeks ago in which 1,400 people were murdered and 210 taken hostage. the health ministry says around 4,400 gazans mainly civilians have been killed since then in israeli air strikes. that includes 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas there. hamas is labelled a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israeli defense forces said one of its aircraft targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the west bank. it says hamas and operatives from islamichhad when using it as a base to organise attacks against israel. the un s humanitarian chief says talks have been taking place to allow a second aid convoy into gaza later, after two weeks in which israel stopped supplies of food, water and medicine entering gaza. aid groups say the situation
of a day that saw pro-palestinian demonstration spread and grow and grow plus arizona, we re say lawmakers are trying again to undo there recently revived near-total abortion ban dating back to the civil war good evening. tomorrow morning. the former president is back in court here in new york for the first full de, a prosecution testimony in the hush money criminal trial. one time trump friend and former tabloid publisher david pecker. here we ll be back on the stand, expected to continue laying out the so-called catch and kill scheme at the center of this case. meantime, the judge, juan merchan could rule on the prosecution s motion to hold trump in contempt for his attacks on witnesses. notably michael cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, who made the payments to stormy daniels, which his boss allegedly hd through misleading business records. the defendants meant some of his day today lashing out at the gag order. he s accused of violating, calling it unconstitutional and
it s saturday, december the 9th. i m ali velshi. we begin this hour with a new threat to democracy from donald trump and the active measures that he and his acolytes are taking the follow-through on them. a stolen trump campaigns for second term in the white house while facing dozens of criminal charges that imperil his freedom, he has made it explicitly clear that he intends to bend the american government to his will if he returns to power. the whole political apparatus already exists that is ready to go. its members are even talking about these plans right out on the open. donald trump himself is so emboldened to be throwing around the d word. reporter: you re promising to america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? except for day one. i love this, guy he says you re not going to be a dictator, are? you know, other than day one. we re closing the border and were drilling, drilling, drilling. after that, i m not a dictator. they trad