with qualifying internet. until the first contest of the 2024 presidential primaries and the republican front runner has spent more time campaigning from courtrooms then in iowa. my all-star panel will discuss why donald trump s legal strategy is part of his political strategy, with chilling consequences for democracy. breaking news on capitol hill, congressional leaders come to an agreement they hope will buy them more time to avert a government shutdown. the problem is, speaker johnson will have to convince right-wing republicans to go along. and rising tensions before the second time in two days, the u.s. launches missile strikes against iran-backed militia militia. ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, joins me live to discuss america s growing role in the middle east crisis. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. good evening. thank you for joining us in our brand-new timeslot. we really begin with the iowa caucuses, which are just two
tonight on whether to demand a humanitarian pause in fighting between israel and hamas, but with representatives trying to come to an agreement on the exact wording of the resolution, it s been postponed at the very last minute to tomorrow. we ll talk to a spokesperson from the israeli government. could that pause in voting have something to do with the us defense secretary s visit to israel today? also tonight, the british oil giant bp and a number of key shipping companies have halted all shipments through the red sea after a rise in attacks on cargo ships by houthi militants in yemen. and stick around, later in the show we will take a close look at this yea r s forgotten conflict, the sudanese civil war. we will hear from our analysis editor ros atkins and the un s top expert on the conflict. good evening. a vote within the un security council which was supposed to take place tonight has been postponed. the negotiation will continue into tomorrow over a draught resolution
democrat mayor. london breed practically gloating over that. she s trying to score some political points and hit back at critic to s who ve beennd not blasting her city s unsafe a. e. i think that oftentimes because of social media, because ofre cameras and how people are abler to publicize things that are happening in a moment, it is taken completely out of context in terms of highlighting the entire city is being unsafe. that s not entirely true. it s sad because i think it s just san francisco has been use a target for so long and used as an example because we r be u innovative, we creative, wee-bo come up with out of the box ideas and a number of other things to push forward change in our communities. communitand i think that, sadlyu know, with the previous president , it was a target. oh, people are getting fed up wt with the nonsense, too. enselawrence jones actually wene to san francisco to talknt to democrats about tto talk faf measures that put criminals back on the
they say? what s their response? they they say that there s no national security concern. they ve told us that they have properly vetted the fufu corporation and they see no problem with it, which just simply isn t true. well, just two months ago, we again sounded the alarm after the committee on foreign investment said it didn t have jurisdiction to block this mill s construction. let me put this very bluntly. the committee that congress mandated and gave the authority to protect america s national security is allowing a chinese business with ties to beijing. that means the ccp to operate mere miles from an american military installation. was general austin. how about meely? well, tonight, after months of pressure, the ap is reporting just hours ago that the u.s. air force has now told north dakota leaders that full fang s plans do pose a significant threat to national security, prompting city officials to say they ll move to stop the project once and for all. we re
right now secretary of state antony blinken is in the west bank, set to speak at any moment. this at the end of his three-day tour of the middle east, the trip gained new urgency following an outbreak of deadly violence. he met with mahmoud abbas earlier today and met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday in an effort to get both sides to work together to end the bloodshed. also kevin mccarthy will meet tomorrow with president biden at the white house for the first time since becoming house speaker. top of his agenda the debt ceiling. republicans with that slim majority in the house are holding the threat of defaulting on the nation s debt to demand budget cuts. and this morning two more memphis police officers have been put on leave in connection to the death of tyre nichols. that in addition to the five officers who have already been fired, charged with second-degree murder. plus, the memphis fire department has also fired three employees for their response or nonresponse