abed salama's quest to find out what happened to his son was immediately hindered because he was a palestinian living on the wrong side of the israeli separation wall. abed will join us, along with the journalist nathan thrall, author of the new book "a day in the life of abed salama: anatomy of a jerusalem tragedy." >> the aim of the book is to immerse people viscerally in the lives of palestinians living on the others of this wall and to make them feel and understand what that life is like. one of the things that struck me more than anything as i was working on it was how much pain there is just beneath the surface in every single palestinian family. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, two republican leaders emerged wednesday as leading contenders to replace kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house, a day after his ouster by far-right republicans brought congress to a standstill. one contender is ohio congressmember jim jordan, chair of the house judiciary committee and leader of the far-rig