donald trump. there is something they both have in common, according to colorado secretary of state. we ll explain. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with this breaking news. confirmation that israel and hamas are inching closer to a deal for the release of hostages. it comes as israeli defense forces released new video of what it describes as raids in the gaza strip. you want officials say to school shelter in civilians were destroyed by israeli missiles in the last 24 hours, leaving women and children among the dead. the world health organization says 31 premature babies left behind when god says al-shifa hospital was evacuated are now safe and receiving medical treatment. joint operation by the u.n. palestinian red crescent move those infants to incubators at a facility near the border crossing into egypt. while a trickles into gaza, one truck at a, time new confidence
struggles on immigration reform. then rand paul many whether you like him or not, definitely has been sort of a leader while he has been in the senate. i think that you can t count on people like jeb bush and others who have run before and rick perry and mike huckabee who are all experienced at presidential campaigns. too much time spent on this whole anti-hillary thing weekend? she is arriving tomorrow at least she is going to have some smaller meetings also, jackie. but there were stickers you know bumper stickers happened out, tag tag stop hillary. i absolutely think theresome i think what we will see, and i think what that areren said about the political agenda. a show of the sticker there. fresh faces could be running against hillary clinton who is not a fresh face. it is very important to have a new outlook on what s gonna happen but what you have to have is a positive vision not a anti-hillary clinton, but actually a positive vision of the future that includes
gingrich. and democratic strategist barren johnson, who was president obama s south regional director in the 2012 race. good to see both of you. good to see you. first up let s talk about this so-called death of chris christie. jackie you first. politico saying it being exaggerated. so, where is he in this field of 19 thus far? absolutely exaggerated. i think the biggest take away i think is part of what you re talking about, there is no clear front runner. no one that can say in front of the whole pack. chris christie is definitely in the mix. no one is coming out on top and i think we are going to see that continuing. what you will end up seeing is some actually falling down to the bottom as they drop off or make big missteps something happens. the real take away no one that is in the front. a time when chris christie is really struggling to even be popular in his own state, i really don t see his campaign really getting into gear and being a front runner. you don t see it