The most wellknown captives having been featured in multiple Hostage Videos put out by hamas. In the wake of his capture his parents were outspoken in their efforts to bring home their son and the other hostages, even taking the stage at the Democratic National Convention roughly 2 weeks ago urging for the immediate release of the hostages were pleading for The End of the bloodshed in gaza. Protesting unfolding across israel. Thousands of people out as temperatures try to pressure the government to close a Cease Fire Deal that would likely see the return of the reading hostages. Also the largest Trade Union in israel has called for a general strike to take Place Tomorrow which so far we have learned will close the airport in tel aviv. Joining me now is an independent journalist with over 20 years of experience covering the israeli palestinian conflict. Tell me about what is happening today in israel as a result of this. Reporter there is a lot of term old tumbled israeli society all the more so because the israeli government has been warned overtly, openly by the entire Military Echelon of the country that time was running out for the hostages. At 2 00 in the morning in the night between thursday and friday, netanyahu basically unilaterally shoved through his security cabinet, a declarative decision that ignored the advice of the same military advisors. Chief of staff of the army, head of the mossad. And decided israeli soldiers would remain on the quarter and i quote, even if it cost the lives of hostages. The six hostages we were informed today by the same army were killed just in the last few hours. There is a feeling, a terrible feeling of catastrophically missed opportunity they were alive until yesterday or the day before and could have been saved. On one hand, the death of the six hostages cut to the heart of israelis and the world. Does this hardin hearts and make a ceasefire harder to achieve or through the protesting you are going to be covering today, does it get closer, does it get israel closer to a ceasefire . Reporter i think it gets israel closer to a real abyss of a society. Your question is a good one because, i think, so far, these protests are kind of society with the Sense Something can change that a ceaseFire Deal can be achieved in the government can be prodded. But from what we can see this far, you can see some of the remnants of the Protest Walking by me now. From what we know, the fastness of these protests is also stiffening the backs of netanyahu and his really radical nationalist government. What you are seeing is a clash between a Majority Opinion and a Minority U Ssupported Governm that feels otherwise. Thank you for your excellent reporting as always. Lets turn to the 2024 election 65 days until election day. At this stage if you split the screen the election you see two very different campaigns. It feels like we have been trying for eight years collectively as a country to come up with the right words to describe the politics of Donald Trump but theyre still hard to put into words. He is a man who unabashedly lied and cheated in front of our eyes and wears every scandal, criminal Charge And Felony conviction as a badge of honor and it more or less works for him. Hes the standardbearer for one of two major Political Parties and still the nominee for president. During his presidency we talked a lot about Earth One and two because it felt like with his election be veered off into some dark timeline of alternate reality. And minnesota governor tim walz entered the race as Kamala Harriss Running Mate he called Donald Trump and his republican Running Mate Jd vance weird. The word weird did seem to bother trump and if you take a look at the two sides of this Campaign Trail you can see team normal versus team weird pattern emerging. The Campaign Trail through georgia for Vice President Kamala Harris and her Running Make meet tim walz, on a two Day Bus Tour to the georgia that do not get typically a lot of attention from democratic politicians. According to the Harris Campaign it was the first time a general Election President ial candidate has campaign in savannah, ga since the 1990s. They greeted College Students from Savannah State university, georgias oldest publicly historically black university. They crashed a Marching Band Rehearsal at Liberty County high school. They stopped for barbecue and sweets at a local establishment. Nothing to see her because it exactly what normal campaigning looks like. Meeting people, shaking hands, trying out local as he. Georgia was also the site of the harris Walls Campaign remarkably normal. Standard fair. No bombshells, no insult, no threats or authoritarian threats to. Donald trump and Jd Vance on the other hand their five was weird. Well i measured Kamala Harris discussed Policy Plans and defended qualifications, trump spoke at a Town Hall in wisconsin about windmills and bacon. And earlier in the wiki based held grounds of Arlington National Cemetery people offending a lot of americans and veterans. This is what team normal and team weird Split Screen looks like this past week. Prices, in particular for groceries are still too high. The american people know it and i know it which is why my agenda includes what we need to do to bring down the price of groceries. Some people do not eat bacon anymore and we are going to get Energy Prices down. We get energy down, no this was caused by their horrible energy wind, they want wind all of the place. It is important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. I think it would be to the benefit of The American public to have a member of my cabinet who is a republican. Remember the ivanka line. I love those shoes, please tell your daughter i left her shoes. She was making so much money with that thing. We have had, in the former president , someone who has been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing the Character And Strength of who we are as americans. The War On Christmas is back. Remember, eight years ago i said there is a War On Christmas, they were afraid to say a when Vice President harris and i win this election we will have your back just like you have had hours this entire time. President trump and i are proud to be the most proworker republican ticket in history and i want to talk about why we are fighting for working people. I will fight for union and nonunion electrical the true Measure Nobody knows what her last name is. I go okay im going to give you the first name i said, they have no idea who she is. Someone said women do not like Donald Trump. I said that is wrong i think they love me. He suggested you happened to turn black recently for lyrical purposes, questioning a Core Part of your identity. Same old tired playbook, next question please. The team normal versus team weird Split Screen is accurate but not a complete picture. The Trump And Vance team seem weird because theyre playing an entirely different game. Kamala harris and tim walz are talking about policies Ari Melber relate to voters because they are normal politicians who want to leave the country on the belief that the best ideas for america. Donald trump and Jd Vance are alienating voters, offending people delivering meandering offtopic remarks because they are not trying to win over voters with policies and plans they believe in they represent a shrinking small Tent Party that caters to extremists pushing with a no are deeply unpopular policies and their lead at the top of the ticket by a convicted Felon And Election today or who tried to overturn the last election he lost in trying to create the groundwork to do it again. The democrats play a different game and you have valid harvesting but also people getting ballots. In california, your people getting seven ballots. Any time you have a mail in ballot, there will be massive fraud. Lets talk about some of the things you might be able to do as president. You can do everything. The president has such power. All of that was just last week. When you see the Text Position of Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump on the Campaign Trail, the way they speak, how the act the tone they use it almost is not better. Matters is one of the nominees wants to take american rights away and consolidate the power of the federal government under his finger. Wants to deny the will of the people if the election does not go his way. During Harriss Interview with cnn she was asked what she would do on Day One as president. Day one will be about one complementing my plan for what i call an opportunity economy. I have laid out a number of proposals in that regard which include what we are going to do to bring down the cost of everyday goods. What we will do to invest in american small businesses what we are going to do to invest in families. Extending the Child Tax Credit to 600 for families for the first year of their Childs Life to help them by a car seat, to help them buy baby clothes, a crib. I sometimes think the Day One thing is over because a presidency is all four years but, harris caught criticism from some who called that a vague answer. I guess if specificity is your measuring sticks former president Donald Trump an that round with his super specific answer about what hes going to do on the proverbial Day One of his presidency. You would never abuse power as retribution against anybody . Accept for Day One. Except for Day One. Meeting . I want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. That is not retribution. [ applause ] im going to be, this guy, he says you are not going to be a dictator are you . I said no, other than Day One. That is absolutely normal stuff. Stuff. Higher shipping rates may be the cost of doing business. but at what cost . Turn shipping to your advantage. With low Cost Ground Shipping from the united states postal service. Vicks vapostick provides soothing nonmedicated vicks vapors. Easy to apply for the whole family. Vicks vapostick. And try new Vaposhower Max for steamy vicks vapors. Joining me joining me now aaron Hands Editor at large and host of the Amendment Podcast and steve bannon, producer on the rachel Meadows Shell and New York Times bestselling author of his new book the ministry of truth, on the recent past good morning and merry christmas to both of you. Just want to be clear christmas is still alive and well on velshi. This stuff is weird. Let me start with the normal campaign the Harris Walz Campaign. We know georgia is a Swing State and we know it is with the election may be won or lost but going into parts of georgia and you come from georgia that sometimes democrats have ignored Southeastern Georgia not just the pockets are in the major urban centers. Is good to be with you, ali, hardest Working Man on tv, happy Labor Day to you. They can lover here just want to check in and say that. People forget that black voters are rural voters too. That is why you saw the Harris Walz Campaign in southeast georgia. This is the map that grassroot groups two democratic senator and democratic president Ial Ticket in 2020 and 2022. It is a continuation of things that are going on in georgia for a while. Steve i hope everyone reads what you write because it is amazing. You do not necessarily always use the term weird but for a long time you have the ability to say this is very unusual what the Trump Team does. They used to be novelty in that but what i played in those clips, it is not novel hes talking up Bacon And Wind and then he starts to talk about dead birds. It is weird, this connective things Donald Trump is talking about these days. It is the will during. We are used to dealing with campaigns with two different candidates and agendas but really we are dealing with two different realities we talk about in ruins. Mad Max Style Health skip while Kamala Harris points to crime data that is accurate. On January 6 we have Kamala Harris thing January 6 criminals should be held accountable and former president Donald Trump says their hostages who deserve pardons. Even this week Arlington Cemetery, harris says that former president Donald Trump was wrong to politicize the cemetery and former president Donald Trump characterizes himself as a victim of the schedule. Is bewildering to see these competing realities but it is important to realize one of these versions have facts on their side and i will give you a hint it is not that of former president Donald Trump. You recently wrote a piece about nothing about this year is normal. You point out the Collapse Timeline does not give the candidate time to overthink for the country time to fall into sexist patterns with both have done in the past. In the week since harris has been his Appointment Trump has struggled to to find her define her in his traditional playbook of gender and race. He said nobody knows her last name which is not true but of course he took that as an opportunity to mispronounce her first name which, he just tries all of the things he throws a lot of spaghetti against the wall. It is all the personal attacks stuff. Talk to me but that and the fact that for purposes for Kamala Harris she does not seem to take the bait. Against this fresh new candidate, the old trump does not seem to be sticking, the playbook is not working but i have to say this is quite normal for trump, distracting with racist and sexist tropes continuing to tell the big lie. Is reminding people who he is will the Vice President for the first time is introducing herself to a lot of american people. Thank you for highlighted my column she is in an unprecedented Situation Schuit from Running Mate to candidate in five minutes and we quickly saw her stepping into this role. You see this excitement that comes from president joe bidens dramatic exit and her traumatic entrance. This creates excitement. In a lot of ways i say this is a moment that had to happen this way and they could be the circumstances that produce our first Woman President of the united States Something i always expected would happen in an untraditional way. Lets talk about this dictator on Day One nonsense. Former president Donald Trump said it i wouldve thought he would say it was something he misspoke about and would avoid saying it he now brings it up and prompted. This is kind of how he deals with things he thinks you should not take seriously. He then makes it into a joke and says i was just joking and you have taken it too seriously. Then there is the view that when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time. I am surprised to see him bring that up in the dr. Phil interview saying he was just kidding everyone knows it but he wasnt, because he has said they the same thing over and over again. With some of his kidding is that generally healthy approach these things. He wants to relitigate the fact he talked about positioning himself as an american dictator i think that is a great idea because it is a fight he will lose. Former president Donald Trump has been all over the map when it comes to reproductive rights largely because he does seem to read some polls that indicate he and republican party are on the wrong side of the issue. He did not like that florida has an portion related ballot measure. He did not like it because it was too strict. He caught flack from the right wing and now he claims he will vote for this in his home state. He also claims the government will pay for Ivf Treatment which seems to be something that will appeal to a broader swath of people than his antiabortion stuff. It does not match. No, it does not match at all. Add to that he is attempting to label harris as the flipflop or but he is the one that has had multiple stances, particularly on the issue of abortion and they tend to coincide with what he thinks is the most politically expedient. Theres also recent polling suggesting voters say they trust Vice President Kamala Harris over President Trump to handle abortion. Abortion is a kitchen table issue, either way, a middle Class Issue and millions of womens women and families are heading to the Voting Booth with reproductive access on their minds. That is part of what is driving him to change his messaging yet again. You two are wonderful, thank you i will let you have time to put up Christmas Trees and make your bacon, thank you for being with us this morning. Still ahead, former president Donald Trump has gone after the identity of Kamala Harris, immigrants, the community, community, non christians. Pretty much anyone who does not fit his definition of what it means to be american. 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