Has been happening in ukraine, entire towns being wiped out by russia and by putin. What netanyahu is doing is the same. Thats World Central Kitchen founder chef jose andres, calling out israels Prime Minister for killing seven of his aid workers. Well bring more of that for you straight ahead. Plus donald trump spent the weekend trying to cut into President Bidens large leaning campaign funding. Well bring you the latest from republican mega donors. And Congress Finally returns to capitol hill today where some lawmakers say the atmosphere is becoming increasingly chaotic with some Republican House members even parroting russian propaganda on the house floor. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, april 8th. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well begin this morning with the Israeli Military reducing its number of Ground Troops in southern gaza. Officials made that announcement yesterday, saying the country is pulling the 98th Commando Division out of the area to recuperate and to prepare for future operations. Its not clear yet if this is simply a troop rotation, raising fears the Israeli Military may be preparing to launch a full out Ground Offensive in rafah where more than a Million People have sought refuge. The move comes as israel marks six months since the october 7th terror attack. Yesterday President TrumpBenjamin Netanyahu praised the militarys achievement in the war thus far and reiterated his call to release the more than 100 hostages who are still being held in gaza, saying there will be no ceasefire until that happens. This war is now the longest involving israel since the 1980s. Many have been questioning whether netanyahu is dragging out the conflict to prevent the collapse of his right Wing Coalition and extend his time in office. This as the war has caused many ramifications far beyond the gazan border. The New York Times notes the war has derailed efforts to normalize diplo matdic efforts between israel and saudi arabia, prompted protests in arab states, strained is reelings international ledge ma legitimacy. Meanwhile chef jose an draes of World Central Kitchen continues to criticize Israel Forkilling Search of his aid workers. He reiterated his belief that the attack was intentional and called the conflict in gaza a war against humanity itself. This is not anymore about the seven men and women of World Central Kitchen that perished in this unfortunate event. This is happening for way too long. Its been six months of targeting anything that seems like anything. This really at this point seems its a war against humanity itself. Do you believe at this point from what you have seen that they were deliberately targeted . Your aid group . The convoy was deliberately attacked and abused. The precision, the continuous following over 1. 8 kilometers until the three cars were totally destroyed, obviously this was targeted. We could argue the first one, lets say, was a mistake. The second . The third . Chef andres also called on President Biden to do more to hold israel accountable for the humanitarian crisis in gaza and worries of famine there. Meanwhile more than three dozen House Democrats including former House Speaker nancy pelosi are calling on President Biden and secretary of state antony blinken. This is amid the air strikes on aid workers. The group Cement A Letter on friday asking the administration to reconsider a recent decision to authorize an Arms Package Transfer to israel. The white house did not respond to a request for comment on this letter. The move comes as some biden allies are publicly calling on the president to ee evaluate the publics support of israel. Take a listen. I think were at the point where President Biden has said and i have said and others have said, if Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu were to order attacks on rafah at scale and send nbombs to go after hamas and make no proviegss for civilians and humidity aid, i would promote it. I have never said that before. I have never been here before. We turn to the election. Trump spoke about securing our southern border, reducing inflation, and extending the tax cuts. Thats according to his campaign, which declined by request of the nbc news to have a reporter present or to make a transcript of trumps remarks available. Next year some of the key provisions of trumps 2017 tax cuts are set to expire, including a break that benefits hedge funds, private equity partnerships, and privately held companies. After saturdays fund raiser, trump bragged on social media about the money his campaign brought in, which was reportedly north of 50 million. We should note, the Trump Campaign did not provide evidence of that number. He posted photos of some of the, quote, scammers, racists, and extremists it says are funding trumps 2024 run. Meanwhile President Biden will travel to the critical Battleground State Of Wisconsin today to announce his plans for student debt relief. His trip to the College Town Of Madison comes one week after the states primary race. Bidens expected to highlight a plan the Education Department has been working on since the Supreme Court struck down his administrations original policy to ease student debts. The issue is an important one to young voters who support and will, of course, be crucial this november. Joining us now, politics reporter at semafor, kadia. Good morning. Thanks for starting us off this week. Lets begin there with the president s trip to wisconsin, one of the most vital battlegrounds on the map. The poll shows a dead heat, with biden ahead by a point or two. Young voters are a concern for democrats where they have seen some slip away after the war in gaza and complaints about the student debt relief. The Supreme Court struck it down, now the biden campaign. Talk about how theyre trying to win back the voters. I think its very clear for the Biden Administration they need to focus on the young voters as well as those in the swing districts. You heard the Biden Administration or the Campaign Talk about already, you know, ramping up things in the battleground states, Something Different from what the campaign has talked about. I think youll see a lot of this. Youll see a lot of money going out to these regions as well because i think they understand now that i theyve put the third parties candidate possibly out of the way, i think that i understand that there needs to be some kind of unification and some kind of stronger effort in those districts. Right. No labels say they wont fill a candidate. But Congress Finally back later today. So lets start with the ukraine aid. You have some recording that senior House Democrats want to separate ukraine aid from a broader foreign age package. Tell us about that. Speaker johnson is trying to cobble together some kind of National Security aid, but what we see is its getting more and more difficult as the time passes by. Not to mention his own faction or the different factions in his party are having a problem with ukraine aid. Democrats who need to bring any kind of National Security package on the floor are also calling for, you know, stricter rules against weapons to israel and also to possibly split, our reporting last week said Top Democrats were urging their leadership to push back or separate ukraine from israel. This is a new Talking Point youve heard. You heard democrats, you know, largely talk about pulling these two measures together. Thats thats changing now, especially since there was this incident against aid workers last week. I have new reporting on that as well that some democrats are worry. They see young voters break away from gaza, but now theyre afraid since theyve been unable to control him, they worry about that. Tell us about that dynamic. How is the white house going to manage this with the growing unhappiness about gaza . President biden is under a lot of pressure, not only from the voters but the progressive flank of his party, and we see it through the lens of college as well. Many democrats have been calling for either a separation or just really pushing him to step forward and push back against israel. Its putting the president in a tight spot and its not clear where things will go, but it is jeopardizing any interNational Security package, i will tell you that. It certainly will be a major story line in the months ahead. Semafors kadia goba, thanks so much for starting us off this morning. We appreciate it. 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