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of a surge in violence? the lead from jerusalem starts live right now. the world on edge, fearing recent violence between israel lis and palestinians. could once again spiral into bloody chaos. the hour, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu one on one. how netanyahu plans to address the violence. how he responds to criticism about his newly-formed right wing government and the actions he might take that could have ramifications worldwide. plus, new contradictions after the horrific police beating of tyre nichols. the initial police report what video recordings actually show. and the big announcement on capitol hill from embattled republican congressman george santos after all the lies. welcome to the lead jake tapper live in jerusalem. recent violence has become the center of international gio politics this week. just minutes ago i wrapped an exclusive interview with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu back in office for unprecedented sixth term ....
oh, no. also ahead, the latest from the war in ukraine where both sides are preparing for the next major battle among fears of a false-flag attack that could end up flooding 80 towns. plus, hospitals across the country have reported a surge in cases of a virus that s making infants severely ill. it s not covid, but covid has a big role in why the kids are getting so sick. we ll explain that just ahead. willie, our top story this morning. we begin in washington where moments ago former trump adviser steve bannon arrived in a d.c. courthouse to hear his sentencing for contempt of congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the house select committee investigating january 6th. the justice department has asked the judge to sentence him to six months in prison and to fine him $200,000. bannon s lawyers argue he should get only probation. they also have asked bannon be allowed to remain free until his lawyers are able to appeal the sentence. nbc news just ....
january 6th select committee officially issuing a subpoena to donald trump. when exactly they want to sit down with the former president, and what s next and what could be a potentially long and historic legal battle. plus, president biden set to speak any minute now. the focus, the student debt relief program. with election day less than three weeks away, how it s moving forward, after surviving two legal challenges. and while we re talking midterms, senator raphael warnock, no more mr. nice guy ramping up attack ads against his opponent herschel walker. plus in nevada, we re talking to both candidates in the senate race that could decide which party controls the chamber next year. we re going to start with nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, new york times reporter, and msnbc contributor katie benner and legal analyst charles coleman. good afternoon to all of you. ali, obviously this is breaking in the last hour. you were busy reading everything in ....
in ukraine, another new round of missile strikes as russian officials celebrate what they say is a new phase of the war, one that apparently focuses on killing civilians instead of soldiers. so what is this new phase? what does it mean for what s ahead? i ll ask barry mccaffrey in just a minute. and we have now learned that among the women accusing disgraced producer harvey weinstein at his trial in california is the governor s wife. we ll have the latest from the courtroom. but we start with the midterm races and growing alarm that decision makers may be letting winnable races slip away. that includes races in wisconsin, north carolina, pennsylvania, across the board, democratic candidates have spent way more on their own ads than the party ha has. while on the republican side, the bulk of the spending has come from the national party and outside groups. case in point, ohio, where jd vance has come up with just 10% of the cost of his ads compared to more than 80% ....
the high light, how is this structural law helping to build back. we go to philadelphia for a closed door fund-raiser with the democratic senator nominee john fetterman. another trip to pennsylvania is a reminder the president is simply not welcome by many across the country, and the president is skipping traditional campaign rallies, choosing instead to mostly hold low key events on administrative policy wins. when asked why he s not out on the campaign trail, he insists he is. there hasn t been that many candidates campaigning with you. that s not true. there ve been 15. count. let s get straight to mj lee. she s live from pittsburgh. what are we hearing from the president? reporter: well, john, you will recall it was back in january the president was supposed to visit pittsburgh, an literally hours before that it was behind me where he was standing but fortunately nobody was killed at the time, but the timing of it is really incredibly coincidental because t ....