happy saturday. happy saturday. everybody. welcome to morning joe weekend, it was another busy week. crazy week. well, this week, on monday it felt like it should ve been friday. there was a major shake up. it felt like it should ve been thursday. on fox news, president biden officially launching his reelection campaign. we ll get into all of that, plus some of the week s other top stories, take a look. the new york times has new reporting on fox s firing of tucker carlson. two sources tell the times a day before the start of the dominion defamation trial against the network. the fox sport of directors and top executives learned about private messages sent by carlson that had been redacted in legal filings. according to the sources, the redacted material contained highly offensive and crude remarks that went beyond the inflammatory, often racist comments of his primetime show and anything disclosed in the lead up to the trial. well, go ahead. let s dissect what
Israelhamas war. This morning, the Jewish Sabbath also known as chabot, in hebrew. It is a day meant for us, but there is no rest. Today marks one week since the brutal Surprise Attack and massacre in israel, led by the terrorist group, hamas. The death toll is still rising. According to the Israeli Defense forces, at least 1300 people were killed, and 3300 wounded in israel, the Palestinian Ministry of Health Reports more than 2215 have been killed in gaza, and 8714 wounded. Now, at any moment, the Israeli Military could be beginning e Ground Invasion in Northern Gaza. As palestinians scramble to evacuate after receiving just 24 hours notice. They Israels Defense Forces also referred to as the idf, will allow movement on to gaza streets for residents to head south, until 9 am eastern. Were going to begin our live rich coverage with nbc news correspondent kelly, who is reporting on the ground in jerusalem. Kelly, good to see you this morning. Its been about 24 hours since israel ordere
story. immediately willing to say yes to helping someone else. they re so much the world, even perhaps in this country, there is a slippery slope, people losing freedoms, losing democracies, being swept up in manias that led, this is obviously what happened here, the most horrific example of that. do you feel like this is a cautionary tale, that much more important to remind people of what could happen. absolutely, and there are so many parallels of what was happen in the 40s to what s going on now. we re living through the biggest refugee crisis, for example. the world has ever seen. the franks were refugees, they were kicked out of jurnee germany. was miep gies a refugee herself, she was from vienna. also you know, antisemitism is on the rise. there was just too many parallels, and that s why it s really important to ask that we make this story and these characters feel very relate-able, so people feel very connected to it.