wednesday night this little guy here named samuel was wearing a jersey he made with alfaro s name and number on the right, so he surprised him ta by taking some picks and giving him his own authentic jersey. little samuel so happy and grinning ear to ear. they took a bunch of picks and had hugs together. that s what sports is all about right there. it is, indeed, especially in the midst of a brutal season in miami, nice to know he can still find some positives for the fans there. good stuff, andy scholes. alisyn, what is coming up. ? the israeli government will now allow a previously banned congresswoman to visit with conditions. we re live in jerusalem next. like our strawberry poppyseed salad and new strawberry summer caprese salad. order online for delivery. panera.
to ban tlaib and ihlan omar from visiting the country. president trump encouraged the move against the democrats, both members of the squad and his political foes. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu explained the ban this way. the plan of the two congresswomen is only to damage israel and to meant against israel. his announcement was shorgt after a tweet from president trump in which he said it would show great weakness. speaker nancy pelosi said it was beneath the dignity of the great state of israel and apac, a pro israel lobbying group in the u.s., broke ranks with president trump opposing the ban. they say despite their support of the boycott movement, every member of congress should be able to visit israel. let s go live to cnn s oren lieberman who is live for us in jerusalem. so just breaking, we know that congresswoman tlaib is going to
weakness if israel allowed representatives omar and tlaib to visit. the ban sparked a mountain of criticism from democrats. speaker nancy pelosi saying it is beneath the dignity of the great state of israel. some republicans as well slammed the decision. senator marco rubio says while he disagrees with the two, denying them entry into israel is a mistake. let s go live to cnn s oren lieberman for the latest. we should add to that, oren, marco rubio says that s what the two congress women wanted was to get banned. you re getting details one may be able to enter israel after all. tell us more about that. reporter: dave, the story certainly isn t over yet. congresswoman rashida tlaib is asking to visit her family in the central west bank village. she says her grandmother is in her 90s and this may be her last chance to visit. she wrote a letter to the interior minister in which she
congresswoman rashida tlaib into their country after banning her. ihlan omar still being kept out. the ban coming after encouragement from president trump. former nascar driver dale earnhardt, jr. and his family escaped from a small plane crash. amazingly, no one was seriously injured. hong kong protesters demanding action from the west as president trump s senior administration officials tell him get stronger against china or there may be a blood bath. welcome back to early start. i m alison kosick. i m dave briggs. 5:31 eastern time, just past noon in israel and that s where we begin this morning with breaking news. congresswoman rashida tlaib will be able to visit after all. the government approving a humanitarian request to visit her family in the west bank. it comes amid mounting criticism over israel s initial decision
she can visit her grandmother in her 90s. it was a letter written by congress tlaib to the minister in which she requested the visit on humanitarian grounds and she wrote i will respect all restrictions and will not boycott israel during my visit. the interior minister responded and approved the request. in doing so, he says in light of that, those promises, and in accordance with his commitment from yesterday, minister decided to allow her entry into israel and expressed hope she would stand by her commitment and the visit would indeed be more humanitarian purposes only. so the decision coming just a short time ago and all of this comes one day after israel decided to deny entry to congresswoman tlaib, as well as ihlan omar for their visit, which was for political reasons and was supposed to start this weekend and span a couple of days. israel had been considering it for a few days, but the final decision came down shortly after president trump s tweet in which he said israel would be