mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort
from the right wing party, jewish party jewish power that s led by itamar ben gvir. he s the minister of national security, and it goes to show you how beholden benjamin netanyahu and his government are to the right wing fringe now of israeli politics, because that s where we re hearing this announcement from now we just got the statement saying that the prime minister agreed with the minister of national security, the government will be given an extension until the next parliamentary session to pass the reform through negotiations , but at the same time they add. this was what they were given. it was agreed between to that step to increase governance, the establishment of the national guard. a new national garbage doesn t exist in israel until now will be approved. at the next cabinet meeting. so clearly , this was part of the negotiation that was likely going on all day today while we re waiting to hear from prime minister benjamin antonio but is incredibly notable that this announce
but that would be an awful thing. it would be an awful thing for a president of the united states to create, you know, to jin up a fake emergency and to use these awesome powers in that way. that would be that would not be a good result, yet that may be the best thing we re looking at right now. jim warren, think about where you re from, chicago o hare, one of the busiest airports in the world. tower is fully staffed. everything is landing and taking off safely tonight because of federal employees working without a dime in compensation. and at least i should say parent theoretically, at least they know they re going to ultimately get papered. gene mentioned before we got on, the private contractors, the men and women cleaning a lot of building, dusty government buildings in d.c. and alaska and elsewhere who are screwed. food services. deliveries. they ll never get that money. they re probably not going to get paid, but as long as there is not actual inconvenience to folks,
at right now. jim warren, think about where you re from, chicago o hare, one of the busiest airports in the world. tower is fully staffed. everything is landing and taking off safely tonight because of federal employees working without a dime in compensation. and at least i should say parent theoretically, at least they know they re going to ultimately get papered. gene mentioned before we got on, the private contractors, the men and women cleaning a lot of building, dusty government buildings in d.c. and alaska and elsewhere who are screwed. food services. deliveries. they ll never get that money. they re probably not going to get paid, but as long as there is not actual inconvenience to folks, like the crazy illinois budget mess, chicago budget mess, it s not until the garbage doesn t get picked up that folks it won t be until then that they vent. nevertheless, bottom line question, is he crashing? how many times have we thought that on many days? we were talking before d