Ronald white and you learn more about that book in just a moment. I think with that i am ready to turn you over to your host for today, Daniel Weinberg from Abraham Lincoln Book shop. Daniel. Welcome to a house divided. I am Abraham Lincoln, i wish. I am Daniel Weinberg and were here at Abraham Lincoln Book shop in chicago, and our Broadcast Studio embedded in our shop. I wish you were here with us as you have been in the past but our next book we hope to have you do that. Of course we are here for your latest book which i will talk about in a moment, lincoln in private and if youre watching this we will have books signed for you in the Book Place just like this. Our logo is on it. That came from Carl Sandburg years and years ago, and ron is going to be signing those for us and for you when you order a book from us. Lets introduce ron first. Ronald white is a reader at the Huntington Library, senior fellow of the Trinity Forum in washington, d. C. He is has taught at ucla, coo college,
So long ago humor was the domain of social critique and a means for us to laugh at ourselves. And the comic was a person who had the guts and skill to say what all of us might have been thinking. This is no longer the case. It would see now humour is just another political weapon. And you know, its not very funny. The, everybody on john, how do you fill in for scotty . Know youre welcome to the show, israel lebanon, enter on dangerous new developments in the middle east. Overnight. The israeli defense Forces Id F Launch Air strikes on targets across the northern border in lebanon. Striking according to israeli defense officials launch sites from which 3 rockets were fired into israel this week, along with an additional target, according to officials used to attack israel in the past. Now its the 1st time that israel, his bond living on since the 2006 2nd living on war marking, a dangerous new Escalation And Violence at a politically and economically tenuous time in lebanon. The command
Forces that are sometimes just a couple 100 meters away. Bit small Arms Fire or some sporadic artillery faR Generally without causing much damage or any major injuries. And at times, the israeli Air Force has flown into lebanese airspace during sorties to attack targets. InferioR Generally has been weapons convoys heading to lebanon, or Ronnie And Proxy forces that are operating in syria. But this latest attack is certainly unusual during, during the month long war and 2006, some 1200 lebanese mostly civilians were killed. And just over 160 israelis mostly soldiers died during that war. The difference between that and now is that today has la, has an estimated 132150000 counting short, medium and longer range rockets and missiles capable of raining down across northern israel. And even reaching the cities of haifa, where israel has a major port and where israels military Command Structure and centeR The potential for a 3rd Level War is a story that i covered while working several years
At least 2000 rockets and missiles would be fired at israeli cities, villages most shoved and computers. Men, women, and children on both sides would likely die. The last time i was in northern israel, i visited michelle called miss galvan. Its a beautiful place over looking on one side to go on heights and on the other side, southern lebanon. Its literally right across the border so close, in fact, that you can throw stone across the razor wireless security fences right into 11 on while i was there from an overlook, a top the mountain side, the machine is perched upon. You can see the lebanese villages scattered throughout the valley and hilltops, and every now and again has bullet flags perched to top buildings or on military vehicles. One of the security guards in them ashore pointed out the windowless and seemingly empty buildings where he said snipers would likely take up positions and the pock marked landscape where he described the network of hezbollah tunnels, criss crossing, a
controversial 95 billion-dollar foreign aid package with bipartisan support for the senate has scheduled a vote for tuesday afternoon. the bill provides funding for ukraine, israel, and taiwan they advance despite a threat from conservative republicans to remove speaker michael johnson over the ukraine aided. welcome to bring our fox news live i am arthel neville, height bill. bill: i am bill melugin in for sean today. it s been a busy saturday. that aid package includes over 60 package for ukraine. only 101 republicans voting in favor for part 112 voted against it. georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene led the gop effort to kill the ukraine agent. she filed a motion last month to vacate speaker michael johnson and vowed to introduce it if ukraine aid past, which i did today big green did not follow through with her threat today. she did speak after the rare saturday vote. take a listen. you have the strongest loudest voices and republican movements, grassroots it.