Emily its 7 00 a. M. On the east coast. It is Labor Day, monday september 2nd. And this is Fox Friends. Fox news alert. In hours, President Biden and Vice President harris will meet in the Situation Room as an american israeli hostage killed by hamas is laid to rest. The father of one of four Israeli Americans still being held In Gaza joined us earlier. What were asking for, that last little push to convince obviously hamas and the israeli government to get to yes to end this madness and to get our people home. Plus a Labor Strike in the country closes businesses, schools, and the nations largest airport. Pete Brand New Poll Shows harris didnt get Dnc Bump as she heads to pennsylvania and defies the g. O. P. Platform defines it. Were conservative, were, this were that. Were a lot of things. But its basically the party of Common Sense. Lawrence i mean, its true. Pete its true. Lawrence and its Labor Day. Were celebrating the spirit of hard work with Labor Day tribute. Its been a while s
Alecia is off today. Ahead, on Labor Day, tim harris is launching a massive Campaign Blitz this holiday weekend. Will be joined by Keisha Lance bottoms and congresswoman, madeley d, then, Donald Trump embraces the group behind project 2025, while he is still trying to run from projects 2025, and a road trip. Will Harriswalz Campaign is about to kick up a Bus Tour to defend reproductive rights. All of that, plus major Breaking News out of israel, so, grab your copy, folks. Gr settling, welcome to the weekend. Weekend. We begin we begin with the Breaking News from overnight. Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of six hostages from gaza, including israeli american, late last Night President biden said quote, it is a tragic it is as tragic as it is reprehensible, make no mistake, hamas leaders will pay for these crimes and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages. Msnbc foreign correspondent, Matt Bradley joins us now, from Tel A
The most wellknown captives having been featured in multiple Hostage Videos put out by hamas. In the wake of his capture his parents were outspoken in their efforts to bring home their son and the other hostages, even taking the stage at the Democratic National Convention roughly 2 weeks ago urging for the immediate release of the hostages were pleading for The End of the bloodshed in gaza. Protesting unfolding across israel. Thousands of people out as temperatures try to pressure the government to close a Cease Fire Deal that would likely see the return of the reading hostages. Also the largest Trade Union in israel has called for a general strike to take Place Tomorrow which so far we have learned will close the airport in tel aviv. Joining me now is an independent journalist with over 20 years of experience covering the israeli palestinian conflict. Tell me about what is happening today in israel as a result of this. Reporter there is a lot of term old tumbled israeli society all th
But monday will be a working holiday for Vice President kamala hayes, who returns to the Campaign Trail with stops in michigan and pennsylvania, where she will appear alongside president Joe Biden. The polls show Vp Harris and former president Donald Trump headed into the fall locked in a tight race. The critical debate looms next week. While the first ballots of the 2024 campaign go out in just a matter of days. We have all the election latest ahead on Politics Nation. Plus, were following Breaking News out of the middle east. Vice president harris and President Biden have spoken with the family of Israeli American hirsh goldberg. One of the six hostages israeli forces found dead in gaza on saturday. Well have the latest on demonstrations breaking out throughout israel. We begin with nbcs Matt Bradley in tel aviv. Matt, what are you hearing from protesters there . Reporter yeah, reverend, i was out there for a couple of hours with my team and one of the things that came out loud and c
Let s get some of the conversations you might have missed. Some new polling to begin this hour. Vice president, kamala harris, and former president, donald trump, are essentially tied in every sunbelt swing state. According to be a latest, fox news polling, harris leads trump by registered voters in arizona and two points in both georgia and nevada. Trump, meanwhile, leads by a single point in north carolina. All of those results, we should make clear, are within the margin of error. But there are some trendlines here. In previous fox polls conducted before president, joe biden, exited the race, trump led by five points in arizona and nevada and north carolina and by six in georgia. So, charlie, we apply all of the usual caveats, pools are just a snapshot in time, we are two months before the election, but the trendlines do matter. And the path to 270 electoral votes matter and this polling suggests that, with the sunbelt back and play, harris has got options? yeah. I mean, obviously t