Words. Its beyond what anyone would ever want to imagine, much less actually see and god forbid, experience. A baby, an infant riddled with bullets. Soldiers beheaded. Young people burned alive in their cars or in their hideaway rooms. I could go on. But its simply depravity in the worst imaginable way. It almost defies comprehension. When you see this, you try to imagine, maybe not try, you ca help but imagine yourself, your family, your loved ones, your friends, in that situation. In that predicament. And maybe the best word for it for me is overwhelming. It is also hard and bad for the innocent people in gaza. And it is getting worse there by the hour. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to kill every Single Member of hamas. And in the effort to root them out, the idf says they have dropped about 6,000 bombs weighing more than 4,000 tons on gaza. Leveling entire neighborhoods. Here is a flier one civilian sent to nbc news. The israeli army dropped them in northern gaza, Warn
Well get the very latest on the escalating conflict with a live report from near the gaza border in just a moment. Meanwhile, some republican president ial candidates are already spreading misinformation about the attack, blaming a deal between the Biden Administration and iran. Plus, well bring you a look at how the chaos in the house with republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact military and Security Assistance for israel. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Im Jonathan Lemire. Alongside u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. Were in for joe, mika and willie on this holiday monday. With us on this busy monday, we have president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, Richard Haass, and columnist and Associate Editor for the washington post, David Ignatius. Katty, an extraordinary weekend, a tragic weekend, now we deal with the unfolding story on this monday morning. Yes. Lucky we have richard and david with us this morning, john, to get us th
On the road parameter. We had 156 fires around the country of which 11 are still active and two are preoccupying. Several firefighters are among those seriously injured or missing. France and spain sent aircraft to back up portugals own effo rts aircraft to back up portugals own efforts but with temperatures expected to remain high, firefighters face another difficult day. A reminder of how serious the heatwave can be in some circumstances. We can go to The Other Side of the studio, and looking at those pictures, it must really strike you as a meteorologist. Yes, it is the dry weather they have had across iberia, temperatures in the 405, and weather they have had acro55 iberia, temperatures in the 405, and the thunderstorms which dont help, because the lightning can 5park 5torm5. We have already got up to 31. 9to 5torm5. We have already got up to 31. 9 to the south of london. Relief close to the coast, that was a lovely picture from cornwall. Sea breezes developing near the coast. Anot
June day since 1976. But theres also a risk of very heavy rain or thunderstorms. Extreme weather is also causing problems in other countries, including france, spain and portugal and our science editor David Shukman has been considering the latest evidence on volatile Weather Conditions. The terrifying sight of one of the most aggressive forest fires that portugal has seen for years. As a heatwave took hold, whole families had been caught in their cars. More than 60 people in all have died, and the fires have advanced with devastating speed. There was a massive noise, says this survivor, and then we saw the flames. Wed never seen anything like it, according to this man. It all happened in just a few seconds. Anybody want a bottle of water . Here in britain, the heatwave is far less dangerous, but it is disruptive, delaying trains as the rails have buckled and forcing speed restrictions to be imposed in many parts of the country. A road in cambridgeshire, damaged as the temperatures hav
Mean, thats the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. To the extent the president has concerns and to the extent the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say youn touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean, you were two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of ukraine, why
wouldnt you ordinarily be involved with the preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas. Preparation for a president