year s eve celebrations around the world. and, donald trump s legal life. a special counsel launches a new attack on trump s immunity defense while the former presidents legal team gears up to keep his name on the primary ballot in several states. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin today in maine where police are investigating a incident at the home of its secretary of state. the fake emergency call to the home of shana bellows coming after her decision to disqualify donald trump from that states primary ballot. fellas is telling msnbc that she is receiving nonstop threats of violence. i also want to call out the dehumanizing images that have been placed online of me. the threatening communications to people in my family, and to my staff. people who work for. me i is designed to instill fear, and to provoke silence, to keep people from speaking out. to send a message. that is
tv. like, did you get a haircut? we re glad you are with us. and it is wow. very busy news friday . let s get started with the five things to know for this. friday april 7th 2023, tennessee republican led tennessee s republican led house has expelled two of its democratic members for violating house rules during a gun reform protests. one of them is justin jones. and he will join us live this morning. a story that is we have so much to cover on that plus escalation in the middle east israel launching airstrikes into southern lebanon and the gaza strip. the move comes after a barrage of rocket attacks were reported in israel. biden administration proposing a rule that would forbid a ban on trans athletes. the rule, however, would allow some exceptions to be made also story. daniels speaking out, saying she is quote absolutely willing to testify in the manhattan district attorney s case against former president trump. she s telling piers morgan. she doesn t think the charges ag
fired from lebanon. israeli military announced new strikes on both gaza and lebanon days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites decided i hear the warm it was very, very scary peacekeeping force in lebanon stressed that neither side wants another war. one week ago. we had members take it upon themselves to rush the well and stop the people s business point. did we encourage violence . and we will never quit? justice thomas s luxury trips with the gop mega donor republika, revealing decades perks the supreme court justice received from texas billionaire harlan crow struck us in this reporting was just the frequency of these trips and just the lavishness. revelations in this report has critics in congress calling to impose serious ethical rules on the highest court in the land. you say better regulation would not have prevented they would have would have. so what s better? very often. when it comes to regulations you have. this is the problem. they try to fix
is the dramatic ousting of two state lawmakers in tennessee? just the beginning? and what does this really mean for the fight over gun reform? these stories and more right here on cnn news, central. a major retaliatory strike in the middle east israeli forces launching airstrikes overnight, which they say hit palestinian militant targets in lebanon and gaza. these strikes are in response to the dozens of rockets launched from southern lebanon into israel yesterday. it is the most intense violence at the israeli lebanese border since 2006 and we re learning more about the two israeli women who were killed in a shooting on the west bank road this morning. the two young women were sisters. they were just 16 years old and 20 years old. their mother was also in the car with them. she is in critical condition. at this hour , cnn s had asked. gold is near the israel lebanon border, and cnn s fred pleitgen is near. the israel border with gaza had as i want to start with you has there
The Rafah Crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel which means its currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. Well 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. Israels 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 Terrorist Origanisation