the republican presidential primary, we will look at who, and what is their chance to defeat the former president. and later on this hour, from getting cops called on her to a shout out from, of all places, yale, i m going to speak to nine-year-old bobbi wilson whose fascination with lanternflies made one neighbor suspicious but has made her family very proud. that s ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though once again with the fallout from the chinese spy balloon shot out of this guy off the carolina coast. beijing condemning the move to bring down the balloon. this is happening as u.s. senior government officials confirm the chinese balloon crossed into the u.s. at least three different times during the trump administration s. i wanna bring in msnbc national security analyst nick watt as well. george, let me start with you on this. when you are there in myrtle beach. what have you been seeing? good afternoon, yasmin. we know military operations to recover the bal
This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start are breaking news. The United States is surging military aid to israel after the devastating surprise Terrorist Attack by hamas which killed at least 900 people, most of them civilians. We have also just learned that number includes at least 11 americans. This afternoon israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that israels response to the horrific attacks is just beginning. Youre looking now at images from gaza where were seeing the response play out as Israeli Forces have fired dozens if not hundreds of rockets into gaza. Hamas terrorists have taken an unknown number of innocent civilians as hostages today, threatening to broadcast their executions if israel strikes homes in gaza without warning. Were hearing continuing reports of rape. Were Hearing Reports of people dragged out of their cars and shot. Cnn crews witnessed mass excuse sites where innocent attendees of a Music Festival spent their last momen
sandra: fox news alert and back to the live pictures out of lukeville, arizona, as we top a brand-new hour here. you are seeing the tucson sector, at the center of the most recent migrant surge, seen hundreds of mostly male adult migrants as you see on the screen there, queued up against the border fence. agents are now we are told, john, 200-1 in the field and this as the daily record for encounters was broken last week. remember, john, we were on the air when it happened, over 12,000 migrants hit the border in a single day and all this is coming after record setting 2.4 million encounters in the fiscal year 23 and all time monthly high of over 260,000 in september. i mean, those are numbers, you are looking at it on your screen, this is happening right now, john. john: populations, you know, some of america s largest cities, new york and los angeles aside, you know, you take houston, dallas, philadelphia, boston, places like that, population of one of those big cities c
Walker who organized racism lives here demonstrations at the university, stephanie shonekan, chair of the department of black studies, and dave zirin, sportswriter for the nation. Then we go to Yale University, or nearly 1000 students protested yesterday around racerelated incidents. Then to egypt. No account ability for the mubarak killings, the transitional role that followed him or killing of protesters under morsi himself during the brotherhood rule. With the military back in power in the judiciary almost completely in support of the new militarybacked government, the hopes for credibility for those unnecessary deaths are even dimmer. Amy egyptian journalist and activist hossan bahgat freed just this morning after being detained in a cairo prison for his coverage of the military. We will speak with lina attalah of the news website mada masr and democracy now correspondent sharif kudos, both in cairo. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the
It is the right thing to do. Amy after months of protests, a weeklong Hunger Strike, and a walkout by the Football Team, the university of missouri president quit in the campus chancellor announced he is stepping down. Well speak with student walker who organized racism lives here demonstrations at the university, stephanie shonekan, chair of the department of black studies, and dave zirin, sportswriter for the nation. Then we go to Yale University, or nearly 1000 students protested yesterday around racerelated incidents. Then to egypt. No account ability for the mubarak killings, the transitional role that followed him or killing of protesters under morsi himself during the brotherhood rule. With the military back in power in the judiciary almost completely in support of the new militarybacked government, the hopes for credibility for those unnecessary deaths are even dimmer. Amy egyptian journalist and activist hossan bahgat freed just this morning after being detained in a cairo pri