game. so we ll see how it all turns out, but again i say presidential immunity, very powerful presidential immunity is imperative or you practically won t have a country anymore. an ominous warning about donald trump following pivotal arguments on presidential immunity. we ll play key moments from the justices and what they re now poised to do as they learn of trump s actions. plus what we learned of david pecker during had hush money trial as well as instrumental role in payments to kill stories about trump ahead of the 2016 election. and new ads to court nikki haley supporters. we ll discuss the swing state where he plans to make his appeal and why. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 26th. i m ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. and we begin this morning with yesterday s historic morning at supreme court where the justices heard oral arguments regarding donald trump s claim that he s immune from prosecution from his official acts while p
israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. the israelis say that 99% of the projectiles were shot down with military support from the united states, the uk and other countries. it s believed nobody was killed. but a seven year old girl is said to have been critically wounded in one attack. in total, more than 300 missiles and drones were launched it s the first time that iran has directly targeted israel from its own soil. iran says its actions were in response to a missile strike earlier this month in syria, that killed several of its military commanders. iran s foreign minister has said it has no intention of prolonging what it described as defensive operations, but that it wouldn t hesitate to safeguard its own interests. it has warned against an israeli retaliation. but benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, promised to build a regional coalition and exact a price from iran at a time right
between israeli troops and fighters from palestinian groups. sunday marked six months since hamas attacked israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 others hostages. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to crush and destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, launching a mission to bring all hostages home. in the war that has followed, gaza s hamas run health ministry says at least 33,000 people have been killed. on sunday, tens of thousands of protesters in israel took to the streets, calling for the israeli government to strike a deal to bring home hostages and for mr netanyahu to resign. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine caused by israel s siege. the un calls it a betrayal of humanity. kibbutz nir oz, right on israel s border with gaza, feels like a time capsule
everything started shaking, rumbling. it felt like the pavement was giving way under me and i didn t know what to think or what to do. neil: so many shock waves, so little time. we re not just talking the ones still rattling the east coast after that 4.8-magnitude earthquake, fears of scarier jolts in the middle east as iran promises counterattacks on israel for taking out a top iranian commander in syria earlier this week. the very same week president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had that very frank, some would say in your face, phone call. the president make it clear are, either israel change the way it is waging this war or the u.s. might change the way it helps fund it. already signs this hour that benjamin netanyahu is opening up more safe passages for gaza aid, but could it prove too little, too late? we re going to hear from communications advisor john kirby, house armed services committee rank aing member adam smith, or senate foreign relati
and in just a couple of hours, house speaker mike johnson is going to be meeting with the presumptive gop nominee, former president trump at mar-a-lago as part of trump s efforts to rally republican support and unite his party. meanwhile, president biden attended a star-studded hollywood fundraiser over the weekend where his campaign says it raised over $30 million. at the event, the president was asked what another trump administration would mean for the nation s highest court. the next president is likely to have two new supreme court nominees, two more, two more. he s already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the idea that if he s reelected he s going to appoint two more flags upside down is really i really mean it. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. so vaughn, trump and speaker johnson met just last week in d.c. what do we know about today s mee