try to make sure this never happens again. we ve seen in recent days palestinian civilians continuing to bear the brunt of this action, and it s important that the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. that was secretary of state antony blinken yesterday ahead of his latest trip to the middle east. the visit comes as there s growing pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists who are hiding out in gaza. plus, the republican led house passes a funding bill for israel, but the legislation comes with a whole host of partisan spending cuts. we ll take a look at the chances whether this measure can actually pass in the senate. and also ahead, a recap of the testimony from donald trump s two eldest sons in his new york civil fraud trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, november 3rd. it s friday. we made it. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day
mass murder there, lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because of a school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he, of course, worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. he has remarkably deep and wise thoughts for someone so young on a host of really complicated and distressing topics. yes he s a unique voice. we re lucky to have him here tonight. thank you alex. i have no understanding. those were the under oath words of donald trump jr. today when his temporary job title was witness number 21. called to the witness stand by new york attorney general letitia james to testify against his father, donald trump jr. is a codefendant