happening now, president biden delivers an impassioned plea to african american voters in south carolina, hoping the state that propelled hem to the democratic nomination in 2020, can recharge his reelection campaign, this as top republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week under the iowa caucuses. in georgia, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the state s election subversion case against him. the former president once again claiming immunity, the same argument a federal court will hear tomorrow with trump in tapedance. plus, we have breaking news about the terrifying mid flight fuselage blowout aboard an alaska airlines plane. now united airlines says it s uncovered loose bolts on the own flight of boeing 737-max-9 aircraft. i m object object, you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with president biden ramping up his reelection campaign, the president trying to rally support from african american voters, a key piece of his winning coa
Good morning to our viewer in the United States and Around The World. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 25th. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where we begin another day without a speaker of the house. About seven hours from now the house is scheduled to vote again to try to fix that. So who might the next speaker of the house be . Well, you would be forgiven to not recognizing this man, that is 51yearold mike johnson of louisiana whose relative complete lack of public profile might be exactly why he could become the last man standing. He was picked late last night after a tumultuous day on capitol hill. Republicans spent most of the day voting to pick tom emmer as their nominee. And he is not exactly a house house name either, but he served in house leadership before. And that seems to be exactly the problem. Emmer was selected as next pick for speaker yesterday around lunchtime, but he was out before dinner. And that was mostly because donald trump knew too much about him. After e
Coast 8 p. M. Los angeles, 6 a. M. Gaza, this is breaking News Coverage of the war in israel on fox news at night. 46 minutes until sunrise in israel and the worlds is wondering if day 15 will be the day israel begins a ground war in gaza and as more than A Hundred Thousand idf soldiers await orders two american hostages mother and daughter released by hamas and their family is speaking out for the first time sense they were set free. The exhusband of judith father of natalie a teenager says it will be the best day whether theyre reunited and encourages familiesly of hostages to keep praying. Ten americans unaccounted for as the gaza Ground Invasion draws closer. Lucas tomlinson is live with the latest on the ground. Trace, just a short time ago President Biden was walking up the steps to Air Force One a reporter short should israel delay its Ground Assault on gaza to negotiate the release of hostages and President Biden answered yes. Ten the white house said the president did not hear
Weve been watching as more rocket fire continues. The air strikes are hitting these positions on the northern and eastern part of the strip in preparation for the expected ground operation. Our operations will be targeted against the specific threats that hamas boasts as an organization, as individuals, as an institution of terror. Right now Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. Ed. The assistance that they need and were anxious to reunit them with their loved ones. We welcome their release and we share in the relief that their families and friends and loved ones are feeling. But theres still ten additional americans that remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. Men, women, young boys, young girls. Elderly people from many nations. Every one of them should be released. Since the earliest hours of this crisis, the president has made it clear he will do Everything Possible to s
that when he talks about what she would like to do to people he perceives as his enemies, he s often not lying. new reporting to that effect tonight, in cup with several other reports suggesting that he meant what he said over the weekend, when he said this. we pledged to you that we will root out the communist, marxist, fascist, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that s a lie and steal and cheat on election. vermin, the former president on veterans day nola s went on to say, quote, the threat from outside forces is far less sinister dangerous and grooving the threat from within. our threat is from within. after that, he pays foreign dictators calling russia, china, and tough. the washington post story right on the hitler, misogyny. cnn presidential telling the postal language is the language that dictators used to instill fear. that s what dictators do. other historians and scholars of fascism echoed that assessment