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understands upfront this is not going to be me. i want you to answer and give your views. i would say you represent probably about half the country, your view about hst other half represents mine. you agree? what kind of divided plus or. minus? certainly divided, yeah. question i mea plun, you know, pol we re polarized, we re traumatized. we clearly are in thesares. and we re in these echo chambers. i mean, let s be candid, john. i mean, you know, night your folks are watching you and getting a certain perspectivin r my folks are watching other networks getting shot. we have studies thatorks and sht of democrats watch me. well, including me. so i m actually i m here for watc too.oint, with the point, though, i think we need more of that cross-pollinatiowen. lariza we need more of these kind ofti conversations. and we need to not just, you know, accusing each other of misleading the american people, but i think confront each other in the context of providinother o ....
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with breaking news. the israel defense forces announced this evening it is expanding its ground operations against hamas in gaza. this was the scene just moments ago. it has been nearly constant rocket fire and explosions. gaza residents tell cnn that these are the most intense air strikes that they have experienced since the war began 20 days ago. and there are reports of widespread power and cellular and internet outages across the gaza strip. it is unclear what these ramped up attacks will mean for hostage negotiations. today israel said it believes hamas is still holding 229 innocent people that they kidnapped october 7th. in the united states, the white house says it is in, quote, active conversations with israel about a humanitarian pause to work on the release of the hostages. diplomatic sources told cnn earlier today that significant progress had been made. u.s. officials are insistsing those talks are going to co ....
news about americans still trapped and gaza. ten estimates of hundred u.s. citizens safe passage to that rafah border crossing continues to face significant obstacles. nbc news has now learned that will be a key item on secretary blinken s agenda when he lands and cairo tomorrow. u.s. officials said that negotiated a temporary opening at that border between gaza and egypt for american citizens seeking to flee. but evacuees midway through the crossing, they found a closed. state department publicly urges americans and gaza to move south, cautioning that if the crossing opens, that window could be brief. but for those without u.s. citizenship, that extended evacuation order deadline long gone. millions of gazans now bracing for israel s eminent ground invasion. activity along the border is picking up, with the buzz of drones and fighter jets overhead. on the road, tanks on flatbed s heading right in the direction of gaza. the israeli defense forces its completing its ....
in the last few minutes, the us government has said israel may have breached humanitarian law in gaza using american weapons. the biden administration presents a report to congress critical of the way israel s used american weapons. meanwhile, the israeli military is creating defensive positions in gaza in defiance of us wishes. we ll discuss what all that means with our expert panel. also tonight, labour unveils their own plans to deal with illegal migration. the shadow immigration minister tells us what he d do with small boat arrivals. those who are rejected, where will they go? there are countries like pakistan, bangladesh, which are low grant rate countries, they are safe countries. and do look up where you might see a spectacular northern lights show tonight. good evening. in the last few moments, the us state department has said it has reasonable to assess beliefs that us supplied arms were used in ways inconsistent with israel s obligations. it follows news ea ....
noem is not backing down, defending her decision to shoot her own dog. now implying president joe biden s dog, commander, which no longer lifts in the white house after several biting incidents, should be put down. she reportedly writes the first thing she d do if she got to the white house is make sure joe biden s dog was nowhere on the grounds. commander, say hello to cricket. dear lord, this woman has a taste for dog blood. it s like she thought all dogs go to heaven was a personal challenge. good morning. welcome to morning joe. she can t seem to kick it. she dries to blame it on us, but she wrote it, willie. it is tuesday, may 7th. we have a lot to get to this morning. we ll go through yesterday s key moments in donald trump s criminal trial, including the judge s warning about potential jail time for the former president. also ahead, georgia s former lieutenant governor, a lifelong republican, says he will vote for president biden. we ll read from his op-e ....