Kim jonguns planned and very rare trip to russia. What it could mean to ukraine, and what a former american four star general makes of that and other Key Developments in the par. Plus, is it passover already . The exodus is on from the burning man desert, where Tens Of Thousands have been stranded by a plague of mud. Good evening. John berman here in for anderson. We begin this labor day evening with a picnic, president ial politics, and polling. They all came together in New Hampshire. Several republican Candidates Stumping at the same picnic, and new polling thats no picnic for all but donald trump. It matters, the experts say, because now is when voters really start paying attention. And this is attention getting. Trump now has the race nearly to himself. 59 Report Support from republicans. His nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. As for a potential trumpbiden matchup in the general election, its 4039 and a large number, 17 , undied. Head to head without third parties
At least 73,500 sheltering in dozens of schools. And overnight in israel, Palestinian Militants targeted southern towns like ashkelon with a barrage of rocket attacks. Heres more of what we know at this hour. The Israeli Military says more than 700 israelis have been killed. More than 250 bodies have been found dead at the site of a Music Festival in southern israel. The Gaza Ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. At a meeting of the un security council, the organisations middle east envoy
The Gaza Ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. 0ur Correspondents have been Tracking Developments from across the region. Heres our international editor, jeremy bowen in jordan. Israel right now is going through this most extraordinary, awful national trauma. And as youve been hearing, the Military Response has already started, and its going to be considerable. Now in the past, when there have been flare ups, there sometimes has been pressure on israeli leaders, including benjamin netanya
Band took a knee in protest while they played the national anthem. I came across two veterans who share a love of their country but have a very different take of tonights protest. Just days after President Trump suggested that nfl players should be fired or suspended if they didnt stand for the anthem 105 band members from oakland took a knee. I want to support the other black people around the world and its not fair how they were shot and killed. A couple veterans talk about the protest. Its social activism at its finest, freedom of speech, religion and choice. Joe kos ta saw the protest very different. I spent 21 years giving people the right to protest and do whatever they want. But not disrespect this country. Thats what theyre doing. Across town at rickeys sports bar, another vet watched the protest at the Dallas Cowboys Arizona Cardinals game. I dont have a problem with anybody protesting peacefully anything because you should have the right to do something if is for the greater
Live coverage at 4 45 eastern on cspan3. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is peter schekter, Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the Atlantic Council. Im also the director of the asian orange latin american center. Thank you for joining us in this very timely event. And it is timely because 2 of the 3 members of the president S National Security cabinet are prafl trav traveling to mexico this week, but it is also timely because we are in imminent danger of dismantling the north american experiment we built with mexico and with canada in the past 25 years. It is a mystery to me and i suspect it is a mystery to many of you how we got to this point of profound rekrim nation when in fact mexico and the north american integration experiment of the past 25 years have been a huge Foreign Policy success. Today the u. S. Mexican border is the Worlds Largest border of a developing country with an industrialized nation, and instead of tension and rekrim nati recrimination and repr