if this faces not seem familiar, if you are not quite used to seeing somebody else at this hour, hello, it s nice to meet you, i m rachel. i ve been away from the show for a few weeks. i took a hiatus to give myself a little reset and also to work on some other msnbc projects that i ve got cooking. i gotta tell you, the hiatus has been fantastic. i am really grateful for it. i know it is an unusual thing to get in this business. i m very grateful to msnbc and the president for letting me do it. i m profoundly grateful to the staff on the show to keep everything running, we re doing such great work will always gone. and, as chris mentioned there, i am also grateful almost beyond words for ali velshi in particular, and for my other colleagues who filled in for me while i was away. if you can tell from the way that all the rest of us talk about him, you should know that all evil she really is a prince among men. he has been in ukraine and in bordering countries for five straight
i have been away from the show for a few weeks. i took a hiatus to give myself a little recess and work on some other msnbc projects that i ve got cooking. i got to say you the hiatus has been fantastic. i m really grateful for it. i know it s hard to get in this business. i m grateful to msnbc and the president of msnbc for letting me do this. and grateful for the staff for doing such great work while i was gone and grateful beyond words for ali velshi in particular and other colleagues who filled in while i was away. if you can t tell from the way the rest of us talk about him, you should know that ali velshi is really a prince among men, he has been in ukraine and in bordering countries for five straight weeks. covering the war. hosting this show. hosting his own show. he has beenin doing incredible work. literally around the clock. all the while just being a great and generous and upstanding person and a great co worker to everyoneat who works with him a you should be so
i m profoundly grateful to the staff on the show to keep everything running, we re doing such great work will always gone. and, as chris mentioned there, i am also grateful almost beyond words for ali velshi in particular, and for my other colleagues who filled in for me while i was away. if you can tell from the way that all the rest of us talk about him, you should know that all evil she really is a prince among men. he has been in ukraine and in bordering countries for five straight weeks covering the war, hosting the show, hosting his own show. he s been doing incredible work literally around the clock. all the while, just being a great and generous and upstanding person, and a great coworker to everyone he works with. i m telling you, you should be so lucky to ever have a coworker as great as ali velshi. we are incredibly lucky to have him here at msnbc, and i m really grateful that he home things so ably while i was gone. i sort of feel like i have a big shoe to fill co
israel s pm benjamin netanyahu has downplayed the chances of a truce in gaza, after hamas gave what it called a comprehensive vision to mediators. meanwhile a ship carrying food supplies for gaza has arrived and is now waiting off the coast in a test run, of what is hoped will become a new route for aid into the territory. i spoke to our correspondent, mark lowen, who is injerusalem and he told us more about the israeli team heading back to qatar. that is a sign certainly that the two sides are still talking, even though the israeli prime minister s office has said that the new hamas proposal for the ceasefire is unrealistic and that hamas are making unrealistic demands. in other words, that the demand that israel withdraw all troops from gaza is something that i think the netanyahu government wouldn t accept. what we do understand is that the substance of this proposal would be a six week ceasefire which has been talked about for some time, and a release of israeli h
in gaza, after hamas gave what it called a comprehensive vision to mediators. meanwhile a ship carrying food supplies for gaza has arrived and is now waiting off the coast in a test run, of what is hoped will become a new route for aid into the territory. let s speak to mark lowen who s injerusalem. let s start with the politics, we will come to the boat in a moment. bring us up to date first of all on thatis bring us up to date first of all on that is really team heading back to qatar. . , . , . ., , ., qatar. that is a sign certainly that the two sides qatar. that is a sign certainly that the two sides are qatar. that is a sign certainly that the two sides are still qatar. that is a sign certainly that the two sides are still talking, - the two sides are still talking, even though the israeli prime minister s office has said that the new hamas proposal for the ceasefire is unrealistic and that hamas are making unrealistic demands. in other words, that the demand