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now today's now today's other top stories. moscow says it shot down 150 drones overnight after ukraine launched a new attack on russia's structure. russia responded with a missile attack on the ukrainian city of karkhiv. dozens were wounded including five children. the mother of san francisco 49ers rookie ricky purcell says he is in good spirits after being shot during a robbery. he was shot in the chest. his mother says that litt missed his vital organs. the suspect is in custody. within 10,000 hotel workers

across the country are now on strike this busy labor day weekend. districts involve mostly hyatt, marriott, hilton hotels and they will last about three days. the workers unions say they want higher pay, increased staffing, and reduced workloads. in moments, a day of heartbreak and protest in israel after six dead hostages are recovered in gaza. good day to love you. from msnbc world headquarters in new york, thank you and welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news. protests across israel spilling into the streets in outrage over the six hostages killed by hamas in gaza. many israelis putting the blame for their deaths squarely on prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who they accuse of failing to strike a cease-fire deal. we have a number of reporters in place covering the latest development for us. first, we go to matt bradley in tel aviv for us. matt, it has been loud behind

you, there are thousands upon thousands in that square in tel aviv. where are the protesters now, out in the street some of them? >> reporter: they are still here. it is breaking up as you can see. this is the first time we have been able to get any kind of cell phone signal because there were so many people. i spoke with one of the organizers and she told me they think there was half 1 million people crowding the streets. just like you said a moment ago, they are talking about how they want to see some kind of cease-fire deal but they are blaming benjamin netanyahu, the pain minister, squarely for the failures of the past several months, ever since the last deal in november, for half of the remaining hostages that you can see, these are the six here. this is what has brought so many people out into the street, the murder of these six just a day or two ago in the tunnels underneath rafah. i spoke with one american israeli woman whose husband is still being held captive in the

gaza strip. here is what she told me about the pain minister. >> i want to believe that he's holding on and that they are going to keep them alive and that they won't kill him. i want to keep hope. if i don't, i won't be able to survive. i have to keep hope. i know what it is like in their. it is the worst thing that could ever happen to any human being. >> reporter: she was referring to her husband, who is still in captivity but she also had words and so many other people that i spoke to about minister benjamin netanyahu, about the fact he seems to be putting instructions in the way of reaching some sort of deal. it was just last week that the military did rescue one hostage a life but that is very, very rare and a lot of the folks here say the murder of these six people, these six young

people vindicates what they have been fighting all along, that they need to come up with some sort of deal, that the line from the beginning that only military force will fell hamas and military force will free the hostages, they are saying that is completely proven wrong and is bankrupt and there needs to be a deal now and not only are they saying they want to see a deal, they want to see their pain minister resigned. that is one of the things that came through loud and clear in the hours we have been walking around in this huge crowd that, like i said, alex, is just now breaking up. >> who is there in the israeli cabinet that is representing the views you are describing from the israeli people right now that are opposing benjamin netanyahu's actions, is there any traction there? >> reporter: the major one is actually benjamin netanyahu's traditional phone, yoav gallant, the minister of

defense. there was a cabinet meeting just on thursday night and this made a big headlines in the press were there was a shouting match between the minister of defense and the pain minister in which they were saying all of the people opposed to the prime minister in the cabinet, that benjamin netanyahu was selling out the captives in order to fulfill his military mission in the gaza strip for the complete destruction of hamas, or, more cynically, to keep himself in political power. that is one thing we have been hearing time and time again, from folks on the street here. this is a self-serving mission on behalf of the pain minister, he is sacrificing the lives of the hostages, specifically these six behind me, for his own political gain. once he is out of power, he will be faced with some very serious legal accusations of corruption that have been in the books and executed by the judiciary here in israel, which he tried to kneecap with a set of legislation last year, that

he is trying to avoid that fate. he's trying to avoid basically going to prison and that he's doing that on the backs of the corpses of the israeli hostages in the gaza strip. >> matt, we have spent many a saturday together while you have covered the protests that have been every week during this ongoing tragedy since last october. this one feels different. it feels more boisterous, more anger, certainly larger than most. is that how you see it as well? >> reporter: absolutely. it is the size. it was incredible to be here. you saw me an hour or two ago, we were up on this bridge over here and you could really see how the crowd stretched all the way beyond view, beyond the

camera. then, in the other direction, way beyond where he could see. it looked as though it went on for miles and miles and miles. as you mentioned, we have been seeing these protests in this location for the last several months every single week. today, what brought them outweighs the murder of the six young people killed in the gaza strip by hamas. that is what has energized this population and that is when the organizers say this isn't ending tonight. there will be a massive strike starting tomorrow. they have negotiated with trade union leaders who are participating in this strike. there are municipalities throughout israel calling for more workers to go home. even in tel aviv, you will see the workers here not coming to work, supposedly. even at the international airport, the gateway to israel will be shut down starting at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. that is why people here say this isn't ending tonight and they are trying to lock in the boisterous this you are describing here, bottling it up and keeping it for as long as possible until they pressure the government to get to that deal. >> matt, last question. there is this, it is an intangible in some ways but a visceral rejection that has been the reaction as a result of these six young people.

having survived in horrible conditions since they were kidnapped october 7th only to be shot dead by hamas militants within an hour, two hours, we don't know the specifics, but close to when the idf was there to rescue them. what prompted that, we don't know. whether they were ticked off they were coming or was aware of some sort of rescue attempt who knows. that is what seems to be a struggle for people to accept this. the tragedy of these young people being killed when they made it so far. is that a fair assessment? >> reporter: it is a fair assessment but what you are describing is absolutely right. think about what you just said. benjamin netanyahu from the beginning, from october has been saying only military force will free the hostages. well, the dynamics of the description we got from the idf was that it was the military who was bearing down on the hostages, they were about to

reach them and it sounded as them they were killed execution style. i don't know the details. they haven't been revealed but they were shot, it sounds like, moments before the idf actually reached them, which vindicates this line from the protesters who have been coming out again and again here in central tel aviv saying it is not military force that will free the rest of the sausages. there has to be a deal. this example with these six shows military force might have contributed or accelerated their deaths. that is one major source of outrage on the streets of tel aviv. >> unspeakable. matt bradley, thank you so much, from tel aviv. we will keep flowing all this as we go to gabe gutierrez and the white house for us. gabe, we know both president biden and president harris have spoken with the parents of the american israeli hostages who was killed. what can you tell us about the conversations? >> reporter: this has been a very emotional time.

this administration has met with hersh goldberg-polin's parents for almost a year now. they even delivered remarks at the democratic national convention. both president biden and vice president harris just sent they have spoken to them today. the president in his room sitting he is devastated and outraged. in his written statement of the night, he said the news is "as tragic as it is reprehensible. make no mistake, hamas leaders will pay for these crimes and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages." in a separate statement overnight, vice president harris wrote "may hersh goldberg-polin's memory be a blessing ." adding "hamas is an evil terrorist organization. with these murders, hamas has even more american blood on its hands. i strongly condemn hamas's continued brutality and so must the entire world." national security advisor jake sullivan is said to hold a virtual meeting with families of the american hostages that remain in gaza. as for the call between the

vice president and hersh goldberg-polin's parents, she just worked on social media that she told them the nation is morning with them. alex. >> gabe gutierrez at the white house, thank you for that. joining me now, independent journalist who covers the middle east. welcome, i'm understand you live in israel. talk about what it has been like since the news broke about the six hostages. >> reporter: well, it has been a very difficult and anguished reality here, in particular the details you just mentioned. over the course of the day, following the 6:00 a.m. it announcement that they had been located dead, details emerged related to the forensic examinations. by the end of the day, and these protests that you are broadcasting, every israeli knows that they were, as your correspondent said, they were taken out, they were shot multiple times in the head at point-blank range and that it

was just before the soldiers got there. so, there is this terrible feeling in israel of something almost perverted, a missed opportunity. a kind of double tragedy. i don't think any israeli's have any doubts about hamas's intentions but the feeling in israel very clearly is that their government screwed this up. >> i know you have attended some of those protests, which have broken out across the country in reacting to the news. tell me what you have seen and how it compares to previous protests over the last 11 months. >> reporter: it is much more intense and it is much larger. the organizers tonight claim that more than half 1 million israelis have been protesting all over the country. what we are seeing here are the protests in tel aviv. there was a massive protest in jerusalem i was at earlier today and there are protests from the north to the south.

but, there's also very intentional effort on the part of the families of the remaining hostages and hundreds of thousands of sympathizers to show the government that they mean business. since this war started and israelis have been shellshocked for much of this year, since the hamas invasion, the protest movement hasn't really been able to get its footing. they are hoping that today's tragedy will really focus on demands to sign a deal, any deal to release the hostages. >> i know that you also spoke with a member of labor party while out at the protests. i want to play for our series a little bit of that. here it is, everyone. >> the tragic events of the last 24 hours will remind people why we need to, this

government will and it stays shortly. >> does that match the majority of sentiments you are hearing there? >> reporter: not really. that is what i sent him so interesting. what we are seeing today in israel is the cleavage of israeli society. in other words, you have something like 80% of israelis represented by these massive, massive protests. there's quite a bit of police section. you also see them at the same time, benjamin netanyahu is radical extremist government stiffening it's back, doubling down on the very policies, the very decisions that israelis feel led to the inevitable death, the executions of these hostages. all day long we have heard benjamin netanyau, his ministers and he himself in a statement saying we are doubling down, we are going to send more soldiers in to rafah,

we are going to take possession, basically, have a military presence at the border between gaza and egypt, the yoav gallant three. you are seeing everything detach between the government and society. that is why it was so interesting for me to hear this labor party legislator, who is very prominent in the opposition against benjamin netanyahu saying that he does perceive cracks that could lead to this government being toppled. >> is benjamin netanyahu acknowledging the massive protests across the country? when you are talking half a million people that are protesting in the way we are showing our viewers there in tel aviv, could this moment, could propel him to make a cease-fire deal? is there hope for that? >> i don't really know how to answer you. maybe it would depend in part

on how tonight and tomorrow unfold. but, the fact of the matter is that, thus far, as massive and dispassionate as the protests are, benjamin netanyahu and his government appear to be doubling down on this decision, which seems to prevent a cease- fire deal from coming in place. the americans haven't yet spoken up except for to express mourning for the loss of an american citizen. >> let me ask you one last question. this is going to sound somewhat cynical, perhaps, it is about benjamin netanyahu. i've asked it of other guests. by keeping the war going, does it help him stay in power? what happens to him once the war is over? >> reporter: that is not a cynical question, that is a realistic question. absolutely without question. as long as this war lasts and

is escalated, benjamin netanyahu can stay in power because his most extremist ministers will stick by him. the minute that something compels him, if it ever does, to sign a cease-fire agreement, his government, i think is likely to fall apart and he would lose power and that is what he wants to avoid. there's no question there. >> noga tarnopolsky, i'm very glad to speak with you and get you a very honest and candid perception of everything going on. thank you for reporting with us and i hope we will be able to bring you back again soon. >> thank you. we will keep a close eye on all of this. in fact, we will ask our next guest about this in just a few minutes. let's go to dissident 2024. with 65 days to go until election day. new today, governor tim walz was on the campaign trail attending the minnesota state fair earlier. a new abc news ipsos poll shows kamala harris with a slight

lead over former president donald trump, but then the margin of error among registered voters and a larger lead among likely voters. a new harris campaign memo warns democrats they are entering the final stretch of the race for the white house as underdogs, while surrogates for vp harris say enthusiasm following the dnc and her first sit down to view appears to be holding. >> unbridled enthusiasm and the numbers back that up. during the week of the convention, it was $82 million raised. a third of those donations came from first-time donors. two thirds came from women. teachers and nurses were the most common occupations of the donors. this is a grassroots momentum. today on the sunday talk shows, surrogates for republicans and democrats analyzing the first interview. >> i thought she came up with

confidence, calmness and not defensiveness and i hope she will do more of these interviews. i'd go with your predecessor, chuck todd, she should go on these weekly shows. she's very competent. running for president, have her views out there and take the hard questions. donald trump, meanwhile, says he's looking ahead to the september tent debate. more on that in just a moment. tomorrow, vp harris will attend a labor day celebration in detroit and president biden will join her for a campaign event in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. tuesday, the harris-walz campaign is launching a reproductive freedom bus tour in battleground states that will kick off in palm beach, florida. nbc news 2024 campaign embedded reporter-trailer is joining me now. jake, we have seen where vice president harris is headed but where is donald trump this week? >> reporter: former president trump's preparation for this upcoming debate is not

conventional. the vision thing we have seen from candidates over decades, where there are podiums in the room, there's a mock version of a debate or someone is playing the role of vice president harris to give trump a feel of what it might be like, that is not happening behind closed doors. what is happening, instead, is trump is that will making calls to friends and to analyze to bring up what he might discuss in the debate, talk policy, talk different attack lines against vice president harris. in terms of what he's promoting externally, at least, former president trump is quite bullish going into this debate, talking about vice president harris. he said last night in an interview that he would expose her during the debate. take a listen to that. >> the press is the biggest the fake news is the biggest problem of all. they immediately went from her being a joke, not qualified, she will be terrible and she is the worst vice president in history to all of a sudden she is wonderful. she's not wonderful. we have a debate coming up. i look forward to that. she will be exposed. >> reporter: as far as trump's

actual campaign this upcoming week, we will see him in key swing states like north carolina as well as pennsylvania, where he will be participating in a townhome my fox news townhall, which, by the way, alex, he says that is the way he prepares for debate, interacting with voters and taking to the stage the things they say they care about. >> he does sound kind of low energy but we will see. why one presidential candidate is accusing the other of lying about mcdonald's. we are back in 90 seconds. turn shipping to your advantage. with low cost ground shipping from the united states postal service. ♪♪ narrator: when we, the people, rally for a common cause, we become beacons of hope. stand with saint jude against childhood cancer this september because our cause unites all. [laughing] donate now. so, you know, han is 22 years old, and we've been together most of my life. not often do you have a childhood dog that,

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i think i think president biden and vice president harris are turning over every stone in their efforts to secure the release of the hostages and protect the lives of the hostages and achieve a cease- fire. >> congressman adam schiff winging on today's breaking news. the israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages taken by hamas. joining me now, our friend, congresswoman sydney kamlager- dove, democrat from california, member of the foreign affairs and natural resources committees and surrogate for the harris-walz campaign. welcome back to the broadcast, congresswoman. has your committee, first of all, been briefed on all of this? if so, what can you share with us? >> i do want to say this is an unthinkable tragedy, and unthinkable suffering that is happening. my heart goes out to the families. we have been getting briefed. i met with the families last month in washington, d.c. and we all agreed that hamas is a

terrorist organization that no better deal will come tomorrow and that diplomacy is key. now what we are seeing, protests in israel, there is a polio outbreak in gaza, there is a deal point over corridor control but we know everyday a cease-fire deal does not happen is a day that hostages and civilian lives are at risk. >> indeed. vice president harris shared on social media that she had spoken with hersh goldberg- polin's family. did you have a sense of how that conversation went? >> the family came to the dnc and really wore their heart on their sleeve. they talked about the importance of bringing home the hostages life and getting a deal. they also talked about the healing and closure that has to happen around the world and in this country as well. >> i don't know if you are able to see but we are showing our reviewers of these incredible

clashes. there's a lot of energy, there are thousands upon thousands, reportedly as many as half 1 million people throughout israel right now that are protesting the deaths of these six hostages but also protesting benjamin netanyahu and his government for allowing this to happen by not getting to a cease-fire. give me a sense of your interpretation of what is happening in israel and what the u.s. can do to help bring about our solution, that it is not already trying to do, how much can, how much is the u.s. able to help influence israel? >> when we met with the families, they were very clear every day a cease-fire deal is not agree to is a day that their family members are at risk. so, you have to use diplomacy. it cannot be just military. we know that the u.s., catarrh,

and egypt have been at the negotiating table trying to work to a resolution. we know that there are sticking points. sometimes it feels like the bull keeps moving. i think everyone at the table is incredibly commented. i can't tell you how many discussions i have had with ambassadors from jordan, from qatar, from saudi arabia. everyone is on the same page. there has to be the resolution to this immediately so that healing, closure, greater diplomacy, so a framework for peace can happen. >> you know, there was an example given early on in the broadcast. we all remember when those russians, americans that were wrongly imprisoned in russia were brought home ■r as a resul of president biden and his nonstop negotiations and perhaps the vice president was involved in those as well. láq up

on the day would be stepping aside from the campaign and not continuing his run for president. there are some who are hoping there is something as big, as prominent as that that is underway right now. is that possible? >> i think it is. it is important to say the circ*mstances and the landscape is incredibly different. when we are talking about russia and ukraine in eastern ia europe versus what is happening in the middle east. foreign affairs committee, we have had repeated conversations with all parties involved. regional escalation is something everyone is thinking about. iran and hezbollah, trying to activate something everyone is watching very closely.

stabilization of that region. it has incredible impact for the economy as well as for national security and i think people are walking into this, continuing to walk into this ui eyes wide open. >> and i brought you want to talk about politics. unfortunately, since you are a friend of the show, you are going to continue to return and talk about politics. i want to ask you one more question, vp harris shared this post about her upbringing and working at mcdonald's. within minutes, donald trump reacted, claiming she never worked there. we have seen quite a bit of back and forth between campaigns via social media. is this the new frontier in the fight for voters? >> i hope not. as we prepare for the debate, i know we will see two people on the stage, a woman who will tell you a truth and a man who's going to lie to you. i hope he gets his act together, although we know these tired tactics of his are to be attracted to. i think this is a litmus test for how he will continue to govern. it shows you how he has cannibalized the republican party and made them incredibly dysfunctional and shows you why we need to be talking about our values and supporting vice president kamala harris to help

her win in november. >> congresswoman sydney kamlager-dove of california. thank you so much, we will see you again soon. coming up next dramatic symbol of what can happen when americans take their voices heard. plus, like endangered animals in several florida public parks are still at risk. i ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga.

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parks, the plan for jonathan to get some state parks were withdrawn monday. you focus particularly on this park in your piece for "the orlando sentinel" last week. how big of a victory is this? >> well, my friend, what a difference a week makes. it is quite incredible to see how everyone from all political walks, from all spectrums of their connection to nature came together as one, galvanized to save these incredibly important state parks. so, we are encouraged now. to use a very used to saying, the woods yet, trying to protect florida's most special woods and coastal ecosystems and habitats that you can only find in the sunshine state. >> with eight parks left under the threat of development, jeff, remind our viewers what is at stake, what happens to

the endangered species if building begins? >> why are the state parks in florida so important? first of all, as i've said before, i think florida has the best state parks in the united states. i love state parks because it is a regional resource managed by your community that is accessible to everybody. florida has 175 independent or individual state parks. alex, that covers over 800,000 acres. why is that important? everything, florida loses 120 acres to development. if you add that up, that is over 45,000 acres of wild florida or rural florida or farm florida that is scraped away for commercial and residential development. again, what is being protected here, because of all of this habitat loss, florida has 100 species that are endangered with 256 that are now candidates for protection.

so, florida is in a world of hurt, with climate change, sea level rise, habitat loss. these state parks are really the gems that could save the day and help restore wild florida, which we all cherish and love. >> on those monster hurricanes they will face. let me ask one more question, i'm sorry the brevity of our conversation because of all of the breaking news, which i know you understand, where do we go from here, jeff? what are the chances it is a planned withdrawal for dickinson state park creates a domino effect? i think you credit the activism from a wide range of florida residents, right, who have opposed ron desantis's plans, that is what helped put us where we are today instead of last sunday. >> absolutely, alex. jessica name is, daughter of the famous football star, she created the protect jonathan dickinson state park. this state park is so important. has 16 distinct wild

communities. it is home to dozens and dozens of species, some of which are only surviving in this park, lick the red woodpecker and the florida scrub jane. these parks are incredibly important. the natural buffers against hurricanes and natural disasters. they are the key to restoring all of wild florida. equally important to that, they belong to all of us. this is where we take our children to connect with nature because have always believed you can't protect what you do not love. you will never love it unless you get the introduction. take your kid to a florida state park and everybody stay involved to make sure they survive for future generations. >> can i just say kudos to you my friend for getting this message out, i'm so glad to have you on the show. any excuse to bring you on.

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new today, new today, vice president harris releasing a memo that lays out the stakes of her campaign. "the new york times" is reporting the harris team is insisting she is an underdog and goes on to call the strategy "an artful attempt to lower expectations." joining me now, marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league. to see you my friend made it

has been a while. i wonder what you make of this memo. how do you interpret the spin on the campaign? >> thank you, alex, for having me. of the election comes down to these swing states over and over again. looking at national public opinion polls is not the way to really, really focus a political strategy. it has to be focused on swing states. for vice president harris, it is about pennsylvania and georgia and wisconsin and michigan. i think they are right to make sure that people do not become overconfident. i think that in 2016 the clinton campaign has an air of confidence and inevitability. that is a not so smart political strategy. right now, it is a dogfight. donald trump is going to fight, donald trump may play dirty. donald trump may throw bricks

and rocks and innuendo. the campaigns have to be ready for that. this will be hard-fought through the end. the end, i believe it is about turnout, turnout, turnout. who gets their base voters, their enthusiastic voters out is the most important question of this cycle. >> let's turn to georgia, then, where democrats are suing the state over a new set of election rules, arguing the policy changes would allow individual county board members to block certification of legitimate election results. this is just the latest in a series of voter rights issues popping up all over the country right now. do you think these kinds of efforts are ramping up? >> alex, this is, they are ramping up. let's look at this in historical perspective. since the supreme court in 2013

overturned key parts of the voting rights act, 31 states, 31 states, more than half of the states, have enacted over 100 restrictive voting rules. as we speak, there are now still pending in state legislatures some 24 proposals in 12 states. these smack of an old-style 1860s and 70s and 80s efforts to stop not only people from voting but to stop certain americans from voting, americans of color, americans that may be disabled, younger americans, these are targeted efforts and they are anti- american and anti-democratic. i place a great responsibility at the feet of the united states supreme court, who for no reason whatsoever, decided to take the voting rights act that has been repeatedly

reaffirmed and upheld by the court and declared certain provisions of it unconstitutional. it has wreaked havoc. there have been over 1000 proposals, over 100 of them have been enacted. here is the other side of the coin. there are some states that have engaged in voter expansion efforts. kentucky, new york, to name a few, and there are many who have sought to push in the other direction. american democracy is based on the ballot box. this is why i am besides, and i was excited to hear vice president harris make a commitment to the john lewis voting rights advancement act. as a companion bill, there is the freedom to vote act, that we strongly support. congress can step in and under its constitutional powers, set, in effect, alex, some standards. we are the only western democracy that has no national

standards for our national elections. it is time for us to create those standards and the john lewis voting rights advancement act would go a long way in correcting what has become a chaotic environment around the right to vote. voters should not, each time they go to the polls should not say has the law changed? do i need something? you are going to turn this into people bringing a briefcase of records to the polls. you are going to turn it into an election where people get frustrated. we need access to that valid box. early voting, vote by mail. it has been demonstrated time and time again that america and its states can expand the right to vote and have free, fair, and honest elections. >> i will point as to what you showed us, you are speaking to the "chicago sun-times" arguing your point. let me quickly ask you about the new polling numbers released today, abc that shows

vice president harris is getting support from women after the dnc. harris is leading by 13 points among female voters. it is a seven point increase from before the convention. how significant is this, how does it change the trajectory of this campaign? >> alex, let me offer some personal thoughts on this. donald trump has been the type of candidate, with misogyny, as an adjudicatedoffender , a person who has been an anathema who has flip-flopped on reproductive rights about who is fundamentally in the camp of opposing reproductive justice and a woman's right to choose. there can be no more clear choice for america but particularly no more clear choice for america's women. i together without looking at the details that a great portion of this momentum for the vice president is coming

from younger voters, voters under 40, who i think are much more energized. a large segment of the electorate and they, i feel in the end, are going to determine the outcome of this election. >> we will watch for that. marc morial, good to see you, my friend. coming up next, a party in the usa. what is happening on this final holiday weekend of summer. (vo) you've got your sunday obsession and we got you now with verizon, get nfl sunday ticket from youtube tv on us... and a great deal on galaxy z fold6... for a total value of twelve hundred and fifty dollars. only on verizon. (jalen hurts) see you sunday! our biggest challenge? uncertainty. hidden fees, surcharges... who knows what to expect! turn shipping to your advantage. keep it simple...with clear, upfront pricing.

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breaking news. breaking news. so much unfolding on the streets of tel aviv and just this past hour. tens of thousands of angry israelis surgeon into the streets demanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu reach a cease-fire with hamas and bring home the remaining october 7th hostages. this demonstration happening after six hostages were killed in gaza. the massive outpouring appears to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war. right now, the crowd has managed somewhat.

protesters are sticking around weaving israeli flags . in some places, police seem to be outnumbering demonstrators. this article the situation was much more tense. protesters facing off with law enforcement. fires were set in protest. lots of pushing and shoving and screaming happening. many protesters have not gone home. israel's largest trade union calling for a general strike monday, the first since october 7th. more breaking news to share. if you are staying at a hotel this holiday weekend, you might be cleaning your own room and carrying your own banks. tens of thousands of workers are on strike. how many people might this impact? a lot. the tsa predicts a record- breaking 17 million passengers at airports through wednesday. this does not include the millings of drivers on the road. we've got two reporters covering all of this, from illinois to connecticut. we will start with antonia hilton in greenwich, connecticut, where some of these strikes are happening. welcome, let's talk about

hotels. where are the strikes focused and what are the specific demands? >> reporter: alex, there are about 10,000 workers striking in the country right now. i'm with several dozen of them in old greenwich, connecticut outside of a hyatt, one of the chains impacted by all of this. these workers say they are fighting because of their pay, they want to see wage increases, they want better health care, they want better hours, and they describe what a lot of us have become familiar with coming out of the pandemic, this dynamic where the hotels holdback, they've made a lot of cuts to services and staff, but now there is a the rebound, money is coming back in and they say their wages aren't going up as prices for everything go up. i spoke to people who work tiverton, 25 years, they are struggling to pay things like the phone bill to get their kids to school right now. so, they are outside their own workplace asking for better. we reached out to the hotel chains and they tell us, like hilton hotels, that they are

trying to engage in good faith negotiations. right now, this is expected to last for three or so days but there's also the potential, alex, for more hotels, more parts of the country to join this protest. >> okay, they are a loud, boisterous group. thank you for outlining what they are taking for. appreciate you for that. let's go to travel and at a very windy montrose harbor in chicago, adrienne broaddus. has anyone expect worries about getting back home after the long weekend? >> reporter: yes they have. even though they are here relaxing, enjoying this long holiday weekend, reality is top of mind. that is the trip back home, especially with 17 million people expected to travel through wednesday. right now, according to flightaware, there are 1700 delays on domestic travel. we are talking flights coming into or out of the u.s. i spoke with a gentleman here in

chicago, one of the top travel destinations for this labor day weekend and he told me, whether he likes it or not, all good things must come to an end. take a listen. >> tomorrow morning, it's going to come quick, beautiful day, couldn't ask for a better way to and it. >> reporter: what are you respecting at the airport tomorrow, the busiest travel day. >> not looking forward to that. we have to get there a lot earlier than i realized. >> unfortunately, probably going to get some work tomorrow, going to do a little bit of site work tomorrow and if i can get out here in the morning, that would be a great way to spend the morning. other than that, not too many plans. >> reporter: for those of you looking to escape, if you want to leave today, now is the worst time to hit the road. until it:00 p.m. . the best time to be faced tomorrow morning, before 10:00 a.m. if you are lucky to get an extra day and he wants to leave on tuesday, anytime after 1:00

p.m. alex. >> i was laughing listen to the second man because he was talking about working on labor day, oh yes, we know all about that. anyway, thank you very much. we will see you again soon. we just learned when a controversial film about donald trump is coming to a theater near you. it is a from the former president didn't want you to see. those details, next. for easier heartburn relief, one beats ten. prilosec otc. one pill. 24 hours. zero heartburn. we realize some home maintenance jobs aren't worth the risk. that's when we call leaffilter to protect our gutters. leaffilter's patented filter technology keeps debris out of your gutters for good, guaranteed. call 833 leaffilter or visit leaffilter.com

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and was immediately condemned by the trump team, which threatened litigation against its release. "the apprentice" screened last night for the first time in the u.s. at the telluride film festival. campaign spokesperson stephen chung calling it "malicious defamation," repeating sentiments again this weekend. joining me now is executive editor for deadline "dominic patton. what was the reaction to the screening at telluride last night, what is your take of the film? >> it is a strong reaction. galaxy theater in the colorado mountains film festival was packed. 500 people. sebastian stan, who many people are saying might be in contention for the oscars for his role as the young donald trump was there. the director made a very specific point. he said, as recorded in our "deadline" piece right now, this is not a political hit piece. some people feel the film is to some pathetic to donald trump, portraying him as a damaged young man who went over to the dark side because he felt up and and by his father. according to the trump campaign very different. for me, personally, the first part of the film is very strong, especially his relationship with a certain noxious lawyer. the second half becomes a standard biopic. there are some things you can tell are rubbing the trump people the wrong way.

>> i'm going to delve in further here to the story because it precedes trump's life and politics. it focuses on building his early career in new york real estate and his relationship, the noxious one you referenced there, mentor, attorney, roy cohn. then again, the actor sebastian stan, who place donald trump says it is "an origin film in some ways." can you elaborate on that question >> there's another element of this, it depicts also president trump's, former president trump's relationship with his father, fred trump, who created the empire that donald trump later inherited, the real estate empire. to that end, it shows him as someone whose father has not much respect for. roy cohn, who was senator joe mccarthy's hitman and known for his ruthlessness etc. man and begins to melt them.

they love each other in our rise to fame in 1970s and 1980s new york. it is, as sebastian stan puts, the winter soldier himself, it is an origin movie. in that sense, it gives you a real sense of the man. in the inner life? maybe not so much but i think in trying to tell the story, it reveals some of the warts and all that donald trump would wish, as the lawyers and campaign people have threatened, the american people do not see closing in on this election. >> let me ask about this, particularly controversial from, seen in this film, and it involves trump's first wife, it is based on her claim in a court deposition, during their very contentious divorce. consider the context. it was back in the 1990s. her claim then that he raped her . a claim she says is not in the criminal sense. is that the scene that has fueled the threat of lawsuits against district in this film in the u.s.? years. this is something from stephen jackman in the campaign is

referred to as the bald lies. this is something that has come up time and time and time again. the film, in the way it is depicted, the elements of what d this is as a sexual assault are unequivocal. how far that sexual assault goes may be subjective. this is one of any -- many things because the film overall shows donald trump, i really meant it when i said the dark side earlier but the way he became the person he is, it is the story that does not ring true to the origin people might think of him, he would like people to think of him as a man who pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. he was born with a silver spoon in his life. >> for smart folks, this is a dramatic interpretation, not a documentary. thank you very mu

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