Lets give you latest now on the situation in the Middle East. Israel says its bombed a mosque in southern lebanon, which It Claims was being used by hezbollah as a Command Centre. By Hezbollah Israel has also struck an Apartment Building in the northern lebanese city of tripoli hamas affiliated Palestinian Media say that a commander in hamas Armed Wing was killed, as well as his wife and children. This is the live scene in the Southern Suburbs of beirut where the israeli attacks are continuing. You can just see smoke continuing to stream over the skyline there and we have seen a lot of activity in the Southern Suburbs of beirut where there attacks are continuing. With me is our Middle East regional editor, sebastian usher. We are Going to step back and a second and look at some of the groups involved in the onGoing conflict but first of all, just bring us up to date with what we are seeing. Where are we at the moment . We are seeing. Where are we at the moment . Just Day By day, we are
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
respect. great message. we have to make sure these kids play and get people to volunteer. exactly. brian: you will train them. we will do our best. brian: love what you are doing and kids will grow up and appreciate you. thank you, don. thank you. brian: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. that kind of music just sooths the soul i reminisce about the days of old with that old time rock and roll. ainsley: funny, talking about disney world a lot. that s k kissimmee, florida. steve: 7:00 a.m. ainsley: wait, someone s on the bench. brian: that s what we need. somebody woke up for us. ainsley: that s where i need to sit after that football throw, right, brian? steve: there is conner. he is the son of ed. brian: and jessica. ainsley: both of his parents work here. steve: take your kid to work day. suddenly a co-host on fox & friends today. very interesting. i yes i was sick on that thursday. and i hit two field goals on national
london tomorrow. and questions over the list of so-called best colleges and universities in the u.s. after one university said its data was cooked. a brewing scandal putting money, prestige and power on the line. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the politics lead. any moment president biden will give a speech in boston on an issue that s very personal and important to him and his family. the cancer moonshot initiative. president biden hoping to bring more attention to his administration s efforts to cut the cancer death rates in half. his son, beau, died of brain cancer in 2015, he was only 46 years old. let s get to athena jones for us. the date and location of the speech are no coincidence. that s right. this event is taking place at the john f. kennedy library on this day because this marks the 60th anniversary of jfk s moonshot speech where he launched the years long effort to land a man on the moon. saying we choose to put a moon on the moon in th