Freed. Listen here. I woke up today with chills because I Cant imagine that we are still in the crisis. One year under torture and under duress, deprived of food, water, sanitation, daylight for a year now and hamas tunnels paired my message is that we will not stop. We will not stop until he is home. You spoke about evil. We are dealing with Pure Evil. Bringing out the hostages is urgent and we have been pleading with them for a year. These monsters are holding our boy. And another 100 hostages. There can be a good deal. It is a deal with the devil but it is a deal that needs to be cut. John we will bring you an allstar lineup including Morgan Ortagus who met with israeli officials including the Prime Minister earlier today. Sandra meanwhile, another top story at this hour appeared folks in the southeast still reeling from helenes destruction. And now another major hurricane is on the way to some of those same hardhit areas and in just the last few moments the national Hurricane Cente
Of Fulton County fani willis, a judge rules she can stay on the case if she removes her lead prosecutor nathan wade. The judge adds that the romantic relationship between willis and wade has the appearance of impropriety and that she should not have given a speech accusing critics of racism. We will have the trump teams response and our legal experts on just how this could impact the prosecution. The president makes his first comments about Chuck Schumers controversial speech about Prime Minister netanyahu as hamas offers a new ceasefire and hostage release deal while israel proposes a Military Plan to invade rafah. This as some emergency food, some, arrives by ship for starving palestinians. Its not yet on shore. A live report from moscow on putins socalled election and a new g7 warning to iran not to send Ballistic Missiles to russia. President bidens Top National Security Spokesman John Kirby will join me next. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A Major Developmen
Recommended charges against joe biden today, he tried to explain why he did not tried. The lead starts right now the report by Special Counsel robert hur, ripped apart today On Capitol Hill republicans questioning why no charges. Despite a report finding joe biden knowingly mishandled classified documents, democrats on the other hand, accusing her of Playing Politics with lines in his report about bidens age and memory what did todays hearing really achieved . Well talk to a democrat who was in the room. Plus, why did the Justice Department release a transcript of President Bidens interview with robert hur just as the Special Counsel was showing up On Capitol Hill. Go incidents. Were going to dig deeper into what that transcript reveals and confirmation today of tragic news that an american israeli hostage was killed by hamas back in october. His parents braun, the lead just last week, you know them, the hand family new reaction ahead from a republican senator who hosted the parents at
Reached the number of delegates to secure the nomination. It happened on the very same night that President Joe Biden clinched the democratic nomination which means the stakes are set us before. As donald trump will be on the ballot, the 2024 election will not be defined by Big Policy Debates or disagreements between the two candidates and parties of which there are many, but rather by a very basic question whether or not we want our democracy to continue as we know it. Because donald trump has made it clear in public speeches and announcements he will take a Wrecking Ball to the rule of law, he will pardon the january 6th insurrectionists. And he will serve in his own words, this is a quote, a dictator on day one. Voters who go to the polls in a few months have to answer the question whether the 248year democratic experiment sees its birthday . That choice has been laid out in stark detail, voices not just on the left or center, but also the far right. Remember this, from liz cheney.
He was trying to stay above the fray. Brendan, i have not read as mike has, the full transcript. I read the New York Times analysis of it. Again, something for everybody. Times when joe biden, they point out, couldnt remember specific dates. Didnt have specific memory of how some of these documents were handled but they also said to mikes point about sense of humor, mr. Biden went into great detail about many manners, the transcript shows. He made jokes over the two days, teasing the prosecutors and at certain points, he corrected his interrogators when they were the ones who misspoke. Is it clear to you on either side, brendan, that one side or the other walks away with something politically advantageous . Well i think to answer that question, you have to think about where we started from. When this report came out, it was an absolute bombshell, really underscoring the president s difficulty politically with his age. It was a gift to republicans. Now, when you get to a congressional h