being spent all over this war. israel is using american made fighter planes to drop american made bombs on the palestinian people who we are in turn receiving, who are in turn receiving u.s. aid paid for by american tax dollars to stay alive. in fact the united states has been israel's principle arms supporter, diplomatic protector, and security umbrella since 1948. but what makes congress' recent aid packaging so troubling, it comes at a time where there are growing concerns about where and how that money is being used by the israeli government and its military against the palestinian people. so bad are these alleged israeli violations that axios first reported that three u.s. officials with knowledge say secretary of state antony blinken is expected to announce sanctions against one of the most notorious units against their human rights occupation. nbc news has not yet independently confirmed this reporting.
we could also talk about the firebombing of tokyo that killed more people than nuclear weapons. we have to hold two truths at the same time. one is that this was the worst slaughter of jews since the holocaust, and they have to find the terrorists that raped their women, that killed their babies, that burned their grandmothers. the other truth is, we have to look at the suffering in gaza and that the united states of america use our power, our strength and our arab allies in the region to bring peace to the area, to bring a two-state solution, to bring constant warfare since 1948.
economy is not the only thing biden and democrats are worried about. there are growing concerns that independent candidate robert f. kennedy, jr. will win over just enough latino, black, and young voters to make biden lose, in fact, environmentalists are taking out an ad in six battle ground states this weekend, including here in pennsylvania, that says earth to rfk, jr., honor our planet, drop out. adding in nothing more than a vanity candidacy, rfk, jr. has chosen to play the role of election spoiler to the benefit of donald trump, the single worst environmental president that the world has had. and no democrat in 1948 has won the white house without pennsylvania and why president biden has visited this commonwealth eight times this year alone, griff. griff: such a great point. bryan llenas live for us in scranton. alicia: griff, tensions remain high despite muted reactions from iran and israel after the
the early vote by margins of 3 to one, sometimes more. it's hard to win elections when going down 3 to 1. >> reporter: it can't be overstated how important pennsylvania's, part of the blue wall strategy, he won in 2020 and no democrat has won the white house without it since 1948. allysia: so good to see you. thanks. griff: let's bring in ashley davis, i just call them now. let's get right into it and pick up from scranton, pennsylvania. he says you can't overstate how significant pennsylvania is. it was biden's will wall and let's start with you. >> i grew up in pennsylvania so
you can see or disagree and no disagreeing of the volatility of the race and battle ground states like pennsylvania perhaps the most important of all -- and some big primary election coming up in that state on tuesday. brian llenas with what's at stake. >> since 1948 no democrat has won the white house without win ning the great state of pennsylvania. primary here is on tuesday. but we're already in general election mode. next from right here in scranton, pennsylvania. >> knock, r, maybe some drums. -wow. so many choices. -yeah. like schwab. i can get full service wealth management, advice, invest on my own, and trade on thinkorswim. you know carl is the only front man you need. (phone rings) oh, i gotta take this, carl. it's schwab. schwab. (feedback rings)
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do by mail here in the commonwealth are in c says it is a top priority for republicans who cannot just rely on election day voting but convincing republicans to trust mail ballots is a tough task given trunk continues to attack mail voting is fraudulent. >> we are getting outvoted with essentially the early vote right margin of three -- one, sometimes more. it's very hard to win elections when you're going down three -- one. >> since 1948 no democrat is when the white house without winning pennsylvania for that is why president biden has been in the state eight times so far this year. arthel: bryan llenas, thank you. bill: for more in the spring and washington examiner political reporter is joining us now. selena thank you so much for coming on. >> thanks for having me. sue for pennsylvania and all important state you recently wrote an article talking about some of the voter registration trends you are seeing in the state and why some alarm bells
statement coming out of iran. the iranians are very scared. and i think that is a good thing. on the one hand, they say nothing. then they say they don't know who did it. we will just have to wait and see the reports to understand what the targets are. and, how badly they were damaged. but, israel side a number of messages to a number of addresses last night in the early morning hours. by conducting this operation in iran. it sent the message to the israeli people that are jittery. we are facing a major battle both in lebanon and in gaza. and the days and weeks and months ahead. we are if in the largest war of independence, 1948, 1949.
could escape. a sixth grader was killed, the gunman turned the gun on himself and died. all flags in iowa now flying at half staff in marburger's honor. >> today marks 100 days since the start of the israel-hamas war, and right now -- grim milestone of the hamas october 7th terrorist attack with rallies calling for the release of all remaining hostages. they are joined by other protests around the world this weekend demanding a cease-fire in gaza. nbc's josh lederman joining us once again from tel aviv, israel. josh, welcome. what are the protests like there? >> this war has now become the longest and the deadliest between israelis and palestinians since israel's founding in 1948. he had many of these rallies here in israel we are hearing from israel's who fear that the world has moved on, lost focused on the more than 100 hostages still captured in the gaza strip. in the plaza here in tel aviv that's become known as hostage square, they have set up a