mr. ellison: thank you.e will have more coverage of that rally in philadelphia coming up but let's move to the middle east where hamas has named a new political chief. he is one of the architects of the groups october 7 attack on israel and succeeds a senior commander whose assassination in tehran has stoked fears of regional conflict. meanwhile israel and hezbollah have been carrying out air strikes against each other. six people have reportedly been killed in lebanon. there was also attack on the country's northern coast. the has below leader said the attack wasn't in response to israel's killing of a senior commander from the group last week. he said retaliation was yet to come and will be strong and effective. for more, here is our diplomatic correspondent who sent this report from jerusalem. reporter: we understand the appointment of the leader of hamas was unanimous by the organizations leadership. it was always likely in the wake of the assassination, which was blamed universally on israel even though

mr. ellison. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to start with -- now the running mate of kamala harris, he joined last night in the las vegas rally, take a listen to some of what governor walz had to say. >> donald trump knows nothing about service. it's -- it is pretty hard to provide service to others when you are looking out for yourself. again and again and again. to strengthen his own hand. he mocked our laws, he so division and chaos against our citizens, and that is to say nothing of his record as president. >> what are your impressions of governor walz, and what do you think he brings to the ticket with vice president harris? >> he's very relatable. i mean, the guy you see on that stage that's who tim walz is. whether he is wearing a camo hat or wearing his signature, you know, buffalo plaid jacket, he is who he is all the time so he's authentic and highly relatable. he also does well no matter who he is talking to. you can bring them into north or south minneapolis where there's a large number, a large percentage of people of color or you can take into a rural community or a s

mr. phillips as being one of the great technology minds of all time. david, he has lined up directly opposite of the ellison absolutely opposite. >> i don't know if there's -- i did not any there was bad blood. i hope there isn't, but i think that charles phillips is not going to put his name on a deal where we don't know that these people have financing. there's no reason why he would do that. >> i have not spoken directly to phillips. >> he has reputation is on the line here. >> it's my understanding from people who are aware of this that he's made it clear, at least to his fellow members of the special committee, that they should only decide if it's financially a better deal and not be focused on things like certainty of financing. that won't happen, because their advisors won't let that happen, i don't think, and i doubt that they're going to replace those advisors. but we'll be watching. it's going to be more or less decided this week, jim. >> okay, good. i am following the phillips versus ellison saga because nobody else is. and i have to tell you, i want to emphasize again, this is a guy i revere, an