breaking news in the war in the israel/hamas war. while there are dimming hopes of a sears fire following the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar. both hamas and prime minister benjamin netanyahu vow the war is not over. hamas said it will not release any remaining hostages until israel fully withdraws from gaza. joining me now, former white house senior advisor in the obama administration. look, despite israel hunting for him since last october 7th in the attacks, yahya sinwar's death came in an extraordinary stroke of luck. can you tell us how the idf got him and how it was likely a slip up by sinwar? >> reporter: a combination of both, alex.

they assumed sinwar has been hiding under the tunnel is trying to stay away from all aspects of the operation whether it be the hamas operation or the idf invasion and he was ultimately caught and killed by a targeted assassination strike with two other hamas leaders. there were no hostages or israeli shields, which has often been a challenge trying to get to hamas leadership. in that sense, it has been a surprise. the challenge with the narrative being built around yahya sinwar is the arab world is split. you have saudi arabian media who that monarchy wanted to establish a relationship with israel, they are talking of sinwar as a terrorist leader and it is a good thing he is dead because a peaceful resolution can move forward. but you have others in arab language media trying to say, look, this guy who has been a

target and not only escaped for a full year but ultimately went down fighting like a martyr. >> to this point, many suggested this could be a turning point in the war but you have prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing to keep fighting and hezbollah says it will escalate the war with israel, so what do you think is more likely to happen and why? >> reporter: it should be a turning point because now not only had they lost their political leader who was assassinated, but now sinwar who essentially had the scary death grip on the organization, he has been killed and that should open a door for hostages to be released and negotiations. biden weighed in encouraging an opportunity for peace, but unfortunately netanyahu has been encouraged by donald trump to keep on going and fighting and this is an opportunity to escalate so these pockets of opportunity for coming to the

negotiation table often get undermined by leaders, like trump, or netanyahu, who have different goals in mind. >> let's go back to who is in the white house now, president biden, who is urging an end to the conflict. let's take a listen to that. >> the death of the leader of hamas represents a moment of justice. the blood of americans, israelis, palestinians, germans, and so many others on his hands. let's make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in gaza without hamas. >> what are the chances netanyahu will be pressured by the greater global community let alone the united states to seek peace, and if so, can it be achieved now or will hamas regroup after the death of sinwar's brother, mohammed?

>> reporter: the argument is that the fight is not over and hamas is more than just one individual. it is a network, an ideology, and netanyahu connected it back to iran. netanyahu's interest is time is altogether and arguing that effectively this needs to be dealt with in a tactical, kinetic way in war. the united states and other world leaders point out technically israel has met the goal of decimating hamas' leadership. they occupied the territory at the moment and they have an opportunity to get the hostages back. even though it is a desperate situation, ultimately it is where the israeli people get engaged and involved and it becomes less about how you go about fighting the war and more about how you make the israeli people safe again.

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the harris campaign pouncing on renewed scrutiny of former president donald trump's mental state as trump's allies worry his rambling and often incoherent speeches caused the campaign message to get lost. harris called him unstable and unfit for the presidency in a

recent interview and responded to trump abruptly ending at townhall and spending 40 minutes or so playing music from his personal playlist while swaying on stage, as you can see there. harris had a caption reading, hope he is okay. i want to bring back ameshia cross and brendan buck. ameshia, let's take a listen to what he said. >> you would be worried if your grandpa was acting like this. no, no, i'm not joking. you would, right? you -- you -- you would call up your cousins and say, have you noticed? >> have you noticed a difference in trump's speeches and behaviors the last few months, and are voters taking notice? >> absolutely. he said it is the weave but i don't know what the weave is. it sounds like he is having

mental lapses. he is not as sharp as used to be. a lot of his languages elongated because he is taking us around the world and back. i think people are taking notice. why, with the exception of this network, is in the media taking more notice? most of us are old enough to remember how president biden was nailed to the wall after the first debate and the debacle it was. however donald trump can't remember how many days out where we are in the election. he is saying we are two months out and that is not factually correct. he is talking about people who are no longer with us. they are with the lord. i don't know. he is dancing by himself. he does not do what he's talking about most of the time and he deserves the same level of attention many people gave to president biden just a few months ago but it does not seem to be happening and it's really frustrating to watch this because, you know, we talk about

supreme court justices, well, there is a reason we choose younger people. who on earth would choose an older supreme court justice? is not just age. it is the fact he is clearly not there. he is not -- his wherewithal has disappeared. this is not the donald trump of 2016, of 2020, or two seasons ago. this is dementia and we have to be honest with ourselves with what we are watching. >> watching the video, i will borrow a video from tim walz, it is kind of weird. eyebrow raising moments obama was referencing and a bizarre and delusional answer to january 6th at at townhall. take a listen to this. >> some of those people went down to the capitol and i said peacefully and patriotically. nothing done wrong at all. action was taken. strong action.

nobody was killed. there were no guns there. we didn't have guns. the others had guns. but that was a day of love from the standpoint of the millions or hundreds of thousands. >> did you check out the expressions of the audience members there? one woman kind of set up when he said something weird. do trump's appearances and lack of focus on issues indicate how seriously or not he is taking voters' concerns, brendan? >> if i were advising the harris campaign, i would focus more on the january 6th answer than i what about him swaying on stage. i don't think there is a persuadable voter in america who doesn't think donald trump does weird things and says outrageous things. i'm sorry, that is -- people know that and they're willing to overlook it. his actions on january 6th -- it is one of the most shameful

days in american history. every american who loves this country should look at what happened that day and say, never again. we can never allow this to happen. every time he opens his mouth on this topic, it makes people squirm. that should be their focus. abortion, they clearly have the advantage there. if you are the harris campaign what you have to be worried about, we get in this trance with donald trump while he is swaying and we are watching him and the issues get lost. january 6th are much more important than the weird things he does every day. >> never again does not apply to the two of you. i expect to see you next weekend. thank you so much. black bikers in philly hit the road hoping to get out the vote. pennsylvania's voter registration deadline is monday and we've got trymaine lee highlighting things for us in philadelphia. welcome back. how are they encouraging people

on the fence to come out and cast their ballot? >> reporter: that is right, alex. black men vote teamed up with united tabernacle church, the biggest black church in philadelphia to send the message that black men are united. despite the narrative floating around that black men are engaged. those that are not engaged, they want to send a message. participate in the process. help your families, yourself, and the community. i spoke to the executive director of black men vote and he said this. check it out. >> the road to the white house comes from philadelphia. we know black men will be the difference makers in this election the one thing we have been doing is being intentional about voters in the communities. we are targeting areas where there are unregistered black men so they understand their civic engagement, their right to vote, and the importance of coming out. >> reporter: black men vote set a goal of registering 100,000

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this article and white house correspondent. brian, welcome. i understand you interviewed more than a dozen national security officials from current and previous administration including five from donald trump's. tell us what you found out about the doomsday book and what is in it. >> typically people who work for donald trump and national security when he was president, they are concerned about him learning the specifics of the extraordinary powers available to him under extreme circumstances like the event of a major catastrophe or nuclear attack, for example. these powers are outlined in a book in the white house known as a doomsday book. the technical term is the presidential emergency action document and it is a stack of papers kept in a secure location kept on the white house grounds and it is taken -- has taken 40 years of legal opinions to look

at what powers the president has and what laws have passed to keep the government going under extreme circumstances, like congress gets wiped out or there is a nuclear attack on a major city. there is concern trump, if he becomes president again, would exaggerate a catastrophe and try to turn to these powers in order to extract revenge against rivals or exercise presidential power in extraordinary and unusual ways. >> you also wrote, brian, while in office, his national security staff worked to keep him from learning the full extent of presidential authority. they were concerned he would have used them then, let alone what could come. i'm just curious, who was like, we have got to keep these details from trump? what was their biggest concern about him? >> i worked with five people

who worked with trump on his national security staff at the white house and they said they intentionally try to make sure trump wasn't briefed on the powers used in the event of a nuclear attack. i spoke with mark harvey, for example, a career unofficial who was in charge of resiliency policy thinking about how the country could move through such a devastating attack and he actively tried to prevent other officials from letting trump know exactly what powers would be available to him under circumstances like that because he was nervous trump would exaggerate a situation and use that. others joined him and he tried to block people who are seen as loyalists. loyalists might try to do an end run around the

system to get briefings to let them know what was in those documents. >> i also know you spoke with miles taylor who, again, had been the chief of staff at department of homeland security at the time of the trump administration. trump's rhetoric after his perceived enemies and that is really intensifying. do you get this sense, brian, he is aware now of what is in the doomsday book? >> talking to people who are still in touch with aids to trump, his inner circle is aware of what is in the doomsday book and that has made them, you know, increasingly alarmed that it is one of the things trump could turn to if he becomes president. he wants to be a dictator on day one in order to expand oil drilling. he also said vindictive things about his enemies and he wants to put them in jail so these

are a menu of options the president could turn to that would require him, you know, exaggerating and bending the truth about what is happening in the country to use them but it is something people who have worked closely with him are concerned that he could use. >> it is an extraordinary article on time magazine and it dives into the way congress is looking at this. they've got a lot of questions and concerns. i suggest people read it. brian bennett, well-written and well discussed. thank you so much. breaking news. what we know about the power grid failure that left the entire country of cuba in the dark. errupt because when your generac detects a power outage, it automatically powers up, giving your family the security and peace of mind they deserve. we don't have to worry about whether we lose power or not.

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breaking news, and this is one heck of a story. cuba is working to restore power to the island after the national electrical grid collapsed again today, for the second time in as many days. journalist ed augustine is

joining me from havana, cuba. can you begin to describe what it is like having an entire country without power, and what happened? >> reporter: i think the best way to describe that is if we do a thought experiment. close your eyes and imagine what it is like to live without power for over 24 hours. what does that mean, practically? you go to your fridge to get some food, perhaps a bit of meat or some fish, eggs, they are rotted because there is no power. you pick the kids up from school, if you are able to communicate with your husband or your wife or your partner, because tillich medications are down, because there is no power. bring them home to do their homework, they can't, there is no light. finally, you go to bed. this is the sweltering caribbean. it is difficult to sleep. one air conditioner or a fan, not just to keep cool, but to keep mosquitoes that carry diseases like dengue. you're going to be having quite a worrying sleep night, because

there is no power. the reality of being without power seeps into every nook and cranny, to be overly poetic, of one's soul. it really drives when mad. here at the havana bureau today we are speaking with cubans who are wrestling with just how to test and survive and keep on going in this context. it is a very, very difficult situation for the majority of this island that has approximately 10 million people. what happened? yesterday morning at 11:00 local time, there was a failure at the main power plant in cuba. that led to a nationwide blackout. the state communicated or tried to medicate with the population that it was getting power back online, and toward yesterday evening that was starting to happen around the country. there was some hope. but then today at about six clock in the morning, once again, bama. it is out, it went out. nationwide power cuts again. and slowly, and i hesitate to say shortly, but