My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect the team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course were very anxious to be able to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. There are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, alon
[cheers and applause] michael welcome to the daily show im michael kosta. We are back on the air holy shit, its been five months [cheers and applause] man, i love my family, but not for five months this is my first night, and im very excited to be here. Ive always wanted to host a late night show. I was hoping that it would be on a major network, but ill take whatever channel this is on. Now, we have a great show for you tonight. So lets get into headlines [cheers and applause] obviously, theres one big story in the world right now that we have to cover. The taylor swift movie. And we will get to that later. But first, i want to talk about something that stirs up almost as much passion the middle east. Thats right, its my big week as guest host and i get israelpalestine. I dont mean to complain, but as far as scheduling goes, this unspeakably tragic geopolitical crisis is not a super convenient time for me right now. Because no matter what i come up with here, people are going to say,
Im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar live in washington, d. C. Anderson cooper is in tel aviv where sirens are going off. Anderson . Yeah. These Air Raid Sirens have started 30 seconds before we came on air. We saw one interceptor going up from iron dome. We have not seen heard any explosion and now it seems like sirens are down. It would seem whatever it was, was either intercepted at a greater distance or its done. Oh. That was an interception. Just took a while, perhaps, for the sound to reach us. Theres low cloud cover so its a little hard to see exactly all the rockets when they come, they come from that direction, obviously, the direction of the gaza strip. Today Secretary Of State Antony Blinken was back here in tel aviv meeting with israels Defense Minister and newly formed cabinet. Thats one of the big developments that occurred on the ground today in israel as the Military Gears up for the next phase of the war. Fighter jets struck hezbollah targets in lebanon as well. Cnns N
Will. My commitment to the safety of the jewish people, security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the u. S. Capitol. He condemned a rise in antisemitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. We bring you more of his comments just ahead. Meanwhile, quite the split screen as former President Trump was in court yesterday facetoface with Stormy Daniels. Well go through her testimony and bring you expert legal analysis on the key moments. And also ahead an update from capitol hill where Speaker Mike Johnson continues to talk with the farright lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, may 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a busy morning, and we begin with the donald trump criminal trial. Stormy daniels is schedule
Daniels trial would involve Stormy Daniels. Donald trump was in court yesterday facetoface with Stormy Daniels for the first time in years. Forced to listen to her account of an affair she says they had back in 2006. We are going to go through her testimony and get expert legal analysis on this trial, as well as a Major Development in the classified documents case. Also ahead, we will play for you part of President Bidens Speech Yesterday at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony where he condemned the rise in antisemitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Good morning. I interrupted you before you got to the date. Its all right. This will get the emails flooding in. Im sorry, sweetie. You forgive me . You forgive me . Yeah. Dont yeah. This week. Go ahead. Okay. Good, good, good. Willie. Willie on a serious note. It was so great. You know . A picture can paint a thousand words. It was so great for the world to see the american president and The