republicans and independents across the entire country exodus to reproductive health care, existence medical decisions needs to remain in the hands of the people. needs to be in the hands of medical providers. not elected officials. not members of congress. certainly okay, nikki freed. thank you so much. keep on keeping on. a new warning from jack smith about witnesses in the mar-a- lago case. those details coming up. and we ve been doing a very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news on the war in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordering the israeli military to make plans for evacuating palestinians who are sheltering in the southern city of rafah. that is ahead of unexpected israeli ground assault in that city. here is a portion of their report today from partners at sky news. reporter: in rafah, in the south near egypt, a prelude of what is to come. airstrikes on what israel says are
shannon, this was fascinating. we saw the court in almost total unison on wondering how far colorado was going and why. spell it out. yeah, normally you know, neil, it takes years to get here, maybe months if you re fast tracking. this made it in weeks. showing the urgency the court gets about this happening in an election year. so they d had the arguments. there were tough questions for both sides. at the end of the day, it really came down to whether or not this 14th amendment provision applies to president trump. justice thomas had questions about it. when this was passed in the late 1860s, why don t you look at examples from that time period showing this was meant for states to be allowed to kick people off of federal ballots. here s part of that exchange. the concern is that the former confederate states would continue being bad actors. the effort was to prevent them from doing this. you re saying while this also authorizes state to disqualify candidates. so what i m
busy wednesday morning. we re keeping a close eye on capitol hill, where right now the nation s top intelligence officials are testifying about the biggest threats to worldwide security. we re learning more about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. the two surviing victims are back on u.s. soil and now we re hearing from their families. plus, top republicans speaking out, criticizing tucker carlson s portrayal of the january 6th attack, but how speaker kevin mccarthy is defending releasing the tapes to fox news. also, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas speaks out on whether the biden administration could bring back family detention centers. florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz weighs in. and we begin this very busy hour with a very latest on capitol hill, where right now lawmakers are hearing from top leaders in the intelligence community for their annual worldwide threats hearing. and this year, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are laser focused o
tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. this is a fox news alert facing almost certain defeat for his party in the midterm elections five months from now, sgrooid has become desperate. he s decided to leverage the murder of 19 children in texas last week for political advances. he just spoke at some length from the white house about the need to disarm the population this isn t about taking anyone s rights. about s about protecting children. about protecting families. it s about protecting hole communities. to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed. we need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. and if we can t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18-21. strengthen background checks enact safe storage law and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma of gun violence as a c