newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s paddy in the studio. and it s laura in the studio. and henry is having a week off, so we are graced with the journalist of the moment. hello. who are you? nick watt, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight, he has been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments, and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister too condemning extremism and anti semitism but not condemning islamophobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists have got control of the country but what i do believe is they have got control of khan and they have got control of london, and they
now on bbc news.newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it is paddy involved in the studio. we are graced with the journalist of the moment. who are you? nick what, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight he was been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister to condemning a streaming comic extremism and anti semitism but not condemning a phobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i said before we get into the furore around it. ., ., , said before we get into the furore around it. ., , , around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists around it. i don t actually belie
organization hamas, a group whose stated purpose was to kill jews. this was an act of sheer evil. that was part of president joe biden s speech yesterday, promising that the united states will stand with israel following the horrific hamas tear terror attacks. meanwhile the president also confirmed there are americans among the dozens of hostages being held by the terror organization. we ll have the latest on the efforts to freedom. and then on capitol hill far-right republicans could create more chaos in the house by rejecting a plan from the biden administration to combine aid for israel and ukraine into a single package. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 11. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a busy day, and we ll begin this morning with israel ramping up its strikes against hamas. war planes hammered neighborhood after neighborhood along the gaza strip yesterday. retaliating to the surprise attack