Survival to take the precedence over the best interests of israel. He has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in gaza, which pushing support for israel worldwide to historic lows. Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. The highest ranking jewish elected official in the United States calling for a Leadership Change in israel, now five months into its war with hamas. Well have more of Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumers important comments and the reaction to them straight ahead. Plus, an update on Donald Trumps efforts to get his classified documents case dismissed. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. And while trump was in a courtroom, President Biden was on the Campaign Trail in another key midwest battleground state. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, march 15th. Its friday. We made it. Barely. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with a series of developments in D
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s.w.a.t. teams moved in. here s steve osunsami now. reporter: this was the terrifying scene at a wells fargo bank in the suburbs north of atlanta. inside, a man claiming he had an explosive in his backpack was holding hostages. outside, a small army of snipers had their guns aimed at the bank. a lone male subject went into the bank and advised that he had a quantity of explosives on his person. reporter: we re learning tonight the suspect had a history of mental health issues and called our partners at atlanta station wsb tv, with a list of demands. he told them he was brian easley, and was a former marine who served two tours in iraq, that he was about to become homeless and had a disagreement with his local v.a. i m going to be out on the street. and i m not going to have money for food or anything. i m going to be homeless, and i m going to starve. reporter: a bank employee, being held hostage, was also on the phone.
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the first lady forced to stay in for part of the day, missing a boat tour, hemmed in by the chaos. as night falls, the scene intensifying. tonight, things have gotten a lot worse on the streets. a water cannon hitting protesters behind us. they continue to throw things at the police. more skirmishes, as thousands fill the streets. a second night of fire and turmoil. let s get to james longman with us from germany tonight. you have quite a scene behind you. about 200 officers have now been injured, and they re bracing for a long night ahead? reporter: yes, you can see, the atmosphere is still very tense. a standoff between police and protesters. helicopters overhead. and remember, there s still a day to go of this summit. david? james, thank you. back here to other news at home, and to the hostage situation near atlanta. employees trapped for a time. the suspect calling our abc station wsb with demands. and you will hear him, before
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but with temperatures forecast to stay below freezing for a few more days, the danger will not be going away. ross cavett of atlanta station wsb has that story. reporter: i come up from tifton, georgia this is the worst i ve seen. reporter: even a fully loaded trailer and chains on the tires couldn t stop big-rig driver mike murray from becoming a statistic. that slick and a little bit of slope there. even though i was doing 10 miles an hour, i lost control. reporter: even as police tried to sort out the multitruck melee on the interstate the trucks kept wrecking. [ bleep ]. reporter: police would decide to close i-75. it s slick. it s real bad. we shouldn t even be out here. reporter: four to six inches of snow covered by a quarter inch of ice made driving nearly impossible, at least straight line travel. those who made an ill-advised attempt to get behind the wheel often ended up needing help. others opted for a different form of transportation.
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