representative pramila jayapal responding to a major backlash within her own party.nn's chief congressional correspondent manu raju is working the story. >> hey, guys. can i say something? >> reporter: progressive leader pramila jayapal tonight trying to contain the fallout after comments labeling israel as a racist state. at a weekend event in chicago, interrupted by pro-palestinian activists, jayapal said -- >> we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state. that the palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy. >> reporter: the remark ricochetted across the political spectrum, and forced democratic leaders to issue a rare rebuke of her comments on sunday evening. a group of house democrats circulated a letter expressing deep concern and calling the comments unacceptable. apologizing to those she offended, jayapal said in a statement, i attempted to diffuse a tense situation, during a panel where fellow members of congress were being pro protested. i do not believe the idea of israel as a nation is racist. >> i spoke to her sever

>> i have not spoken to congresswoman jayapal directly. us have been talking over the weekend since the congresswoman made the really egregious, unfortunate statement. israel is certainly not a racist state. i was glad to see that she walked back and clarified her comments to some degree. and apologized for the hurt that she caused. but this is emblematic of the importance of each of us being responsible in the moment, in the heat of the moment to not just blurt out extreme statements and to think more carefully and thoughtfully about the hurt and impact and she clearly did not. and there are times when it is just imperative that those that are concerned and when a statement is made that is as extreme as that one was, that it be called out and that is what we're planning to do. >> you said that that is -- that's one of the things that is important about this, some jewish and israeli journalists have said this is a rising anti-israel and anti-semitic trend not only on the far right but on the far left because this happened, congresswoman, s

the chair of the progressive caucus pramila jayapal played to protests of israel at net roots nationsaid this. >> we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state. that the palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy. that the dream -- that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us. these are jayapal'wos just a day and a four-alarm firestorm later. she said, quote, i do not nation is racist.of israel as a i do, however, believe that netanyahu's extreme right wing government has engaged in discriminatory and outright racist policies. let's get straight to melanie zanona on capitol hill. really quick condemnation from the house leadership, mel. >> reporter: dana, i would say lightning speed condemnation, usually takes us reporters hounding the leadership to get these statements but that was not the case here. that shows you how much of a stir the comments caused and how much heat democratic leaders were face to go quickly rebuke what jayapal said. the mocrs in house put out a rare joint statement yesterday saying israel is not a racis

. >>> ahead of president hert zogg's visit to the white house, congresswoman jayapal is walking backontroversial comments about israel. the bipartisan backlash and what it means for the divide in congress over israel is next. in congress over israel is next nev. shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can also happen. the most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. shingles doesn't care but, shingrix protects. shingrix is now zero dollars for almost everyone. ask your doctor about shingr

jayapal, the top progressive democrat and the caucus she leads the house progressive caucus.ave been vocal about opposition to israeli settlements in the west bank as well as the u.s. sponsorship of israel's iron dome defense system. all of this is likely to come to a head this week when the israeli president visits the white house and addresses a joint meeting of congress. all of this scheduled for this week. we also heard from congresswoman jayapal just on friday that she was unsure if she would attend, criticizing in part israel's human rights record. take a listen. >> the violence, settler violence that's happening in israel, in the west bank. the annexation of settlements that have been happening over the last several years. netanyahu's collaboration with extreme-right elements of israel. and the fact that we are getting further and further away from the ability to actually legitimately talk about a two-state solution with security and self-determination for both palestinian people and the israeli people. >> reporter: now, she is not alone in this position. in her caucus

today they were reticent to outright say that they condemn jayapal's comments. listen. >> we have been clear on our record and speaking against anti-semitism throughout this administration when we see it. >> so you condemn that comment? >> if at any time anti-jewish hatred is said, that is anti-semitism and we find it to be unacceptable. at the same time, we think it's important that the congresswoman did indeed apologize for her comments and we're glad to see it. >> didn't hear whether it was a yes or no to that question. >> first of all, we condemn anti-semitism. any time there's any anti-jewish hate, we condemn it. we've been very clear. that is answering your question. >> we basically have the why house equating jayapal's comment to jewish hate and anti-semitism. these incidents keep happening, we don't know if the president had to address them in his meeting with the israeli president today, harris. >> thank, jacqui. we'll hear more from florida governor ron desantis talking about the legal action against donald trump today. more of his words now. >> he sho

they did not want to see that happen again with jayapal.as quick to issue that statement, saying that she does not believe that israel is a racist. the idea of israel as a racist state and saying her words have some impact here. this all comes ahead of wednesday's high-profile state visit from the israeli president who is going to be addressing a joint session of congress. it will be interesting to see how many members of that left flank decide not to go. a handful of them have decided to boycott and where will pramila jayapal be? she has not yet decided, but is unlikely to attend. we'll see if she changes after this controversy here. >> were you surprised how fast this all kind of evolved? >> yeah, i did, saturday, and all of a sudden sunday she was walking it back. typically lawmakers are disengaged for the most part over the weekend. but the democratic leadership recognized that they've got to clear this up before monday. >> manu, stick around, first, senator joe manchin is set to attend a town hall in new hampshire, fueling speculation

representative jayapal voted yes on the resolution. and now we take you live to the floor of the house for the speech of president isaac herzog. his speech will get under way in about 21, 22 minutes from now at 11:00 a.m. eastern. we watch as members of the house and senate enter the chamber to watch the address, just moments ago vice president kamala harris arrived and took her place on the podium alongside house speaker kevin mccarthy. members of the diplomatic corps also in attendance.

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. >> that led to bipartisan criticism of congresswoman jayapal.he then released a statement saying quote i do not believe the idea of israel as a nation is racist. i do, however, believe that netanyahu's exstrategic right wing government has engaged in discriminatory and outright racist policies. it's not right to call out progressives but then not recognize that most of us that get called out are women, black, brown immigrant. it's a double standard. in response to jayapal's comment, house leaders are setting up a vote today on a resolution declaring israel is not racist state. 43 hours 43 house democrats cag statement unacceptable. though several other progressive democrats are skipping herzog's speech tomorrow congresswoman ilhan omar. rashed tlaib and jayapal. she said it's not a boycott bull a scheduling conflict. prime minister benjamin netanyahu leaves the israeli government. biden was called netanyahu's coalition one of the most extremist since the 1970s because of proposed judicial overhaul in that country and continued expansion of settl

. >> democrats having a challenging moment of their own after congre jamila jayapal.ng the white house was are reticent to say outright. >> when israel is singled out because of anti-jewish hate, that's anti-semitism and that's unacceptable. >> i didn't hear whether it was a "yes" or "no" to that question. >> any time there is any anti-jewish hate, we condemn it. >> the white house also refused to say whether it wants strong support for a white house vote today affirming israel is not a racist or apartheid state. >> i would like to seat entire congress look for it. >> as some progressives plan to skip herzog's address to congress. >> there is currently a crisis of democracy in apartheid. >> congresswoman jayapal apologized for her remarks she later on softened that apology telling the soottle "times" she doesn't believe the idea of israel as a nation is racist but she thinks the policies are she said the backlash that she is experiencing is aimed at stemming valid criticisms of israel and she added that most progressives who get called out are, quote, women, black, br

jayapal: i appreciate that.'m looking at a report that is from the office of the director of national intelligence saying that the f.b.i. purchases data. mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to enter this into the record. chair jordan: without objection. ms. jayapal: do you know if the contract put data brokers like the ones i described provide location data? director wray: my testimony about purchasing commercial database information that includes location data derived from internet advertising remains the same. which is that we currently do not do that. ms. jayapal: the information that you have, that has already been purchased, does it contain location -- director wray: i'm not trying to be obtuse our difficult. i just know from experience that the more you drill into this whole issue of commercial data -- >> we are going to break away from this hearing here to keep our over 40-year commitment to live coverage of congress. you can continue watching on c-span3 or with our c-span now app. as we take you live n

host: pramila jayapal voted in favor of the measure. guest: she said she was -- she apologized.aid she was trying to say that she was against members of netanyahu's government who are racist. there, is that view and may not be widespread but views like jayapal have traction in the st progressive areas of the party. host: here is what congresswo jayapal said. "words do matter so it is rtant i clarify my statement. i do not believe the i israel as a nation is racist. i believe net's extreme right wing government has engaged in outricist policies and extreme racists driving th policy within the current government. i think it is the duty of us trying to make the world a more just and equitable place to callout netanyahu's complicity in it." guest: the biggest issue is some of the ministers serving in the israeli government who have a track record of incitement in israeli politics. they are ministers in netanyahu's coalition. they are not members of netanyahu's party. there are ministers who have said pretty load some things that are part of this current netanyahu government. it is t

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as for the way senator jayapal responded, she wanted to make a distinction between israeli people andovernment. what we need to understand, she used the term " israeli nation" and there is no such thing as an israeli national. this is the >> of the matter. [indiscernible] under any situation, we would to cry the system as in discriminatory but in the situation, the international community, specifically the u.s. and western governments, want to insist this exception is acceptable and exemplary. what i want to emphasize, it is not just harmful to palestinians as evidenced by the systematic killing of palestinians, but that these ideas are not contained just to israel-palestine but are exported, these ideas of what sovereignty should look like or exported across the world. we see it in india and embodied even in the united states by european supremacist such as richard spencer who says he envisions the future of the european sovereignty should be modeled upon israel's model of sovereignty. these ideas are dangerous. it is not that we want to make an exception here, we want to make it cle

commander in chief stare at noelts fumbling with words white house refusing to condemn congresswoman jayapal after she called israel a quote racist state fox news white house contributor, karine jean-pierre on it yesterday watch. >> we didn't hear condemnation of comments -- from the white house, white house -- >> apology right thing to do, we have been very clear when it comes to anti-semitism this administration, the entire biden, uh biden harris administration have been clear when ilz is singled out because of antijewjewish hate is snefbl. >> we have been talking about potential to be compromised given all money taken in from china, your thoughts on the best response, to all of the grechgs out of communist china from spy balloon to police situations, the covid cover-up all the list is long. >> well, let me say first israel is not a racist state it is opposite look at government how they interact with neighbors people that are inside her nation, they even have individuals in jewish state that are in knesset not a racist white house should have said good made apology, as far as what is happ

i tell you, jayapal has put a divide down that party. who will stand with her? >> absolutely.l, hopefully no one. it's good to see democrats come together to support one of our greatest allies. i have to tell you, though, joe biden especially being pushed by progressives, pushed further to the left and now has one of our greatest allies questioning the support of the united states. i'll tell you that america is still the free leader of the world but joe biden has been chipping away at that legacy since he got back into office, since he got into office. it started with afghanistan. we saw the british parliament hold him in contempt and then they said the withdrawal was a failure of the intelligence, leadership and moral duty. they were absolutely right. so the question then becomes president joe biden, how are you going to bring our allies back to the table and let them know that we fully support them? it can't just be congress. it has to be the commander-in-chief. he is failing at that mission right now. >> harris: when you censure somebody or whatever they decide to do with j

. ♪ ♪ >>> congresswoman jayapal is walking back her words today.hen she said this. >> we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state, that the palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy. >> she was responding to pro palestinian protesters who showed up at a conference and then sunday she released a statement in part saying that words do matter and it is important that i clarify my statement that i do not believe that israel as a nation is racist, and earlier, i spoke with fellow democrat brad schneider who signed on to a letter condemning the comments. >> i believe that she realizes she misspoke, and she does not believe that israel is a racist state, and she understands that. >> this is happening as the israeli president is coming to speak to a joint session of congress. manu raju, joining us now, this is something that really blew up. what is happening now? >> yes, significantly backlash from those comments of jayapal saying that the idea of israel is not racist, and maybe she has issues with the policies, bu

not jayapal.have become less pro israeli, more sympathetic to the palestinians living under occupation. yet, you still have this almost unconditional overwhelming bipartisan support for israel in congress. >> yes, i don't think that surprising. if you look at the way movements historically in america grassroots movements for equality and freedom have worked, they start from the grassroots. it tends to be the politicians who get the matches last. that was the case with the anti apartheid music the case with the movement against the vietnam war. as you talk about it, there's a fundamental shift happening in the political culture of the democratic party at the grassroots it's very hard to see how that doesn't continue and i think at a certain point that grassroots dynamic will puncture the kind of cocoon of washington no matter how much influence there is on the other side. look, the same democrats for saying israel is not an apartheid state are people who listen to the -- apartheid state when they c

the resolution and reaction to congresswoman jayapal calling israel a racist state affirms that israel is not a racist state and rejects all forms of anti-semitism and xenophobia. congress's only member of palestinian descent. tlaib, a squad member tore into israel. >> we're reaffirming congress support for apartheid. women of color who dare to speak, about truth, about oppression, is just not what we should be doing here in congress. let's just get the record straight here, israel is an apartheid state. to assert otherwise, mr. speaker, in the face of this just body of evidence is an attempt to deny the reality and to normalize violence of apartheid. >> harris: the word squad is not right for them. haters more appropriate. meanwhile, congresswoman jayapal drew a lot of backlash even from many of her own fellow democrats, the one-time chair of the progressive caucus apologized because she had to walk her words back. she suggested a double standard in the criticism. here is what she said in an interview. a quote. it's not right to call out progressives but then not recognize that most o

. >>> and congresswoman pramila jayapal in damage control mode after calling israel a, quote, racistent house democrats are calling unacceptable. we'll be speaking to one of the lawmakers who signed an open letter condemning her remark. . plus, the alabama woman who went missing after reporting a toddler walking on the interstate alone is back home. what police are now saying about this mystery. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central." >>> we're following two major developments in russia's war in ukraine. first, vladimir putin is now claiming that ukraine's strike on a bridge that links russia to occupied crimea is, quote, a terrorist attack. you can see in this video part of the 12-mile-long russian-built bridge was heavily damaged in a predawn attack. this is a vital supply line for the russian war effort. and just hours after the strikes, russia announcing it is terminating its deal allowing ukraine to export grain from its ports. the impact on the global food market could be devastating. cnn's alex marquardt is l

i spoke about it just before air time with camilla jayapal. congresswoman, thanks for being here.soning for why you voted against this defense bill? >> yes, anderson, this was a bill that became really an extreme maga republican bill that was not designed in any way to be able to get bipartisan support. as you know, the top line of defense spending is always a challenge for progressives, but this went far beyond that. not only is it the highest top line number we've seen in a very long time, they've put in all sorts of amendments that were added at the last minute, that aim to move towards an abortion ban across the country, basically ban abortion care and reproductive care for service members, eliminate gender-affirming care for trans folks and eliminate dei, diversity, equity, and inclusion, which, as you know, we're trying to build up our military, build up our troops. we need to have people from all over that represent different communities. and we have trouble recruiting right now as it is. so, this was a bill designed to appease the maga extreme right wing of their party, an

most notably, one of the last questions about congresswomen pramila jayapal's comments regionally. and there was a comment about that, karine jean-pierre talked about the one-of-a-kind anti-semitism plan just days after jayapal called israel a racist state, asking if it even came up with the israeli president who is behind closed doors with the president at the white house right now. >> john: and creating john pierre saying, "we are glad she apologize." that there is no place for anti-semitism, that the relationship is unwavering, unshakable. so it's a clear signal from the white house that it does not appreciate what the left wing of the democratic party is saying vis-a-vis israel. i don't know if it's going to tamp it down or not. jayapal did walk her comment back a little bit, saying she doesn't believe that israel is a racist state, but then she went after the netanyahu government saying that she was concerned about that. also some news about the soldier who walked across the dmz into north korea. the white house and the pentagon are anxiously trying to ascertain the status of

this as the house overwhelmingly passed resolution supporting israel after representative jayapal saidrael was a nation that was racist. a comment she has since walked back. joining us right now to react is a member of israel's kin necessary set chairman of the world acould you ambassador to the united nations danny dannon. good afternoon, danny, thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> good morning to you as well. >> what did you make of what the president had to say yesterday where it sounded like given the unbreak being bond between the united states and israel things are solid but he said concerning things about benjamin netanyahu who is currently the prime minister. >> first of all, we are happy to see the president coming to washington. he will speak to the house today. but we have seen it's about time that prime minister netanyahu will come to washington and meet with the president. we have so many issues to discuss. the threats of iran, global issue that we have to walk together and fight evil i think it's about time do that. maybe he is not happy with the coalition in israel

we were the firstination on earth to recognize jewish state of israel in 1948 and comments by jayapalked it back, but it was a disgrace. referring to racist government of israel, these are nothing short of rank anti-semitic comments and the time has come for the democratic leadership in congress to take action against those expressing contemptible statements about israel and really dangerous statements. steve, during our administration, we saw violence and gunfire at jewish synagogues in this country. i co-founded the caucus in the united states, we can't look the other way when radical leftists in the congress speaking, no place in america for antisemitism, time for the democratic leadership to act. >> steve: yeah, i don't think i would hold my breath. weep have not seen anything so far. reasons calling for more, we haven't heard much from the democrats. >> it will be important vote today, i commend speaker mccarthy for bringing it to the floor today. let's go on record. if the world knew nothing else, the world knew this, it set the table for historic ibriham accords and ambiguous s

we can't criticize jayapal rhetoric without being called a bigot? they're doing the same thing.at they're saying, they do not attack any kind of policy. if they are going after policy coming from israel, it happens to do with policy that simply allows them to exist and protect themselves. oftentimes especially with jayapal and listened to some past interviews and she was defending hamas firing missiles into israel. they don't acknowledge hamas as terrorist organization. stuart: i'd love to ask her what she thinks about the palestinian throwing homosexuals out of tall buildings because they're guy. that's a civil rights violation i do believe. jason rantz, not being funny but deadly serious, that's a disgrace. thank you for joining us. wednesday trivia question, here we go, this is a head stomach per. dna is written in a special 58 fade pattern bet using letters atc and what? bdg or h? haven't a clue but it's a great question. back after this. .. providing for your family is a top priority. but what happens when you need affordable health care? christian health care ministries co

jayapal is walking back her comments, which i think this is a pattern that you see over and over againobviously we didn't mean that and it happens again two months later. >> bill: i would expect it to come again. >> dana: like clockwork. >> bill: dr. fauci flip-flopping on covid origin theories. telling the american people one thing but emails saying something different. a special house panel digging into the claims and how they led to censorship. chad pergram following the bouncing ball. >> the committee probing the start of the pandemic says fauci wrote an email saying wuhan scientists were engaged in gain-of-function research but long contended the outbreak started in nature. >> lab leak was it a natural occurrence in the market. the data accumulating become more and more compelling that the origin was from the wuhan wet market because of animals that should not have been there in the first place. >> in a february 2020 email he wrote there is suspicion this mutation was intentionally inserted and why the committee wants more information from the department of health and human servic

something else that happened over the weekend, i want to play this, this is from congresswoman jayapalf israel. listen. >> we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state. that the palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy and that the dream -- that the dream of two-state solution is slipping away from us, that it does not even feel poss possible. >> now, she's at net roots nation there, that progressive gathering, she was cheered in that setting but her colleagues in the house are denouncing her and she has walked it back. but this is a part of a broader set of problems for democrats dealing with some members who have been pillared as anti-israel. >> it's a real fi is, sur -- in the democratic party. they haven't been able to fix this. we'll see them try to fade into the background, however this is something that long term they're going to have to deal with at some point. >> some members said they're not going attend, a position obviously they're more than welcome to take. my question is, alex, to jackie's point, this continues to pop up every cou

. >>> pramila jayapal is receiving backlash from her own party when he called them a racial state. >>ghting to make it clear that israel is a racist state, that the palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us, that it is not -- that it does not even feel possible. >> jayapal, who's the chair of the progressive caucus then walked back that comment yesterday releasing a statement that reads in part, quote, i do not believe the idea of israel as a nation is racist. i do believe, however, that netanyahu's extreme right wing government has engaged in discriminatory and outride racist policies and and that there are extreme racists driving that policy within the leaders. she wrote, israel is not a race it state. we strongly support israel's right to exist as a homeland for the jewish people. of course, all of this comes ahead of israeli's president coming to to the states this week. >>> in a video statement netanyahu said he was enjoying time off at a lake in northern israel when he a began experiencing mild diz

she ultimately walked the comments back and jayapal actually voted yes on the resolution yesterday. but still we've seen a handful of democratic lawmakers not just vote against the resolution, but also be critical of israel over the course of the last few days. but certainly over the course of the last few years that they have been here in congress. i'm thinking about people like i will omar and others, we've seen them express sentiments ahead of the meeting today. but of course we've heard from other members, republican and democrat alike, about their strong support for the state of israel and of course that is something that you are seeing reflected in the chamber today. >> and israeli president says that they want to show the unbreakable bond. what is the state of the u.s. relationship with israel right now? >> i think that it is still strong. let me say that i'm the doubt of a refugee from nazi germany, so i pretty much know firsthand what so many people in israel went through or their grandfathers went through. i'm also strongly pro israel. but that does not mean i applaud ever

after facing criticism, congressmember jayapal later clarified that her comments were directed at the extreme right-wing government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. activists in western sahara are calling for solidarity from palestinian rights groups after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on monday formally recognized morocco's sovereignty over the northwest african territory. israel becomes the second country in the world to do so after donald trump tweeted u.s. recognition in december 2020. morocco has occupied western sahara since 1975 in defiance of the united nations and international law. over the past four decades, thousands of western sahara's indigenous people, the sahrawi, have been tortured, imprisoned, killed, and disappeared while resisting the moroccan occupation. speaking with middle east eye, western sahara-based activist mohammed elbaikam said -- "morocco relies on the same tools and methods as israel in suppressing the palestinians, occupying them, displacing them from their land, robbing them of their wealth and controlling them." thailand's constituti

congresswoman camilla jayapal the head of the progressive caucus is underfire tonight from republicansrats for calling israel a racist state and now the president just may have to answer for it. >> pressure on president biden to assure the israeli president tomorrow at the white house that this isn't representative of biden's party as a whole. >> we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state. >> jayapal has since apologized a relief to officials. >> do you think apology right to thing to do comments. >> biden's call with prime minister b b netanyahu today, officials say biden made clear that the u.s. commitment to israel is ironclad, but house republicans say it's the elephant in the room. >> if the democrats want to believe that they do not have a conference that continues to make semitic remarks, they need to do something about it. because they defended these individuals time and again. >> meantime, the white house defending comments ripped as deferential to china following news state backed hackers spied on email accounts for the state and commerce departments

. >>> today against the backdrop of recent tensions after pramila jayapal's comments towards israel andle absence of her democratic colleagues who opted out of the event, israel's president addressed a joint session of congress. nbc's ryan nobles is live from capitol hill. so ryan, what are the takeaways from these remarks, and what reaction did you hear from congressional leaders? >> reporter: well, chris, overall the mood in the room was very bipartisan and very supportive of the president's remarks, and there was certainly an effort by members of congress to show how strong the bond is between israel and the united states. and it was something the president himself seemed to appreciate as he recognized the 75th anniversary of israel as a jewish state and thanked the united states for their support. take a listen. >> yet today at this moment in my people's history, gathering on capitol hill to celebrate 75 years of israeli independence with our greatest partner and friend the united states of america, my soul is overflowing with pride and joy. >> reporter: but as you rightly point out

over the weekend when the leader of the progressive caucus in the house of representatives pramila jayapalisrael a racist state. she later walked back those comments and the republicans putting a resolution on the floor last night asking lawmakers whether or not they supported israel. that resolution passed overwhelmingly which is nine democrats voting against it because they had concerns about israel's human rights record. there are a handful of democratic progressives who are not in the chamber for this speech saying that they have again, concerns about israel's human rights record. some of those members include representative alexandria ocasio-cortez as well as cory bush and we know ilhan omar will not be in the chamber and neither is jamal bowman and those are a number of democrats that will not be attending the speech, but overwhelmingly, you are seeing on the house floor both republicans and democrats in the chamber getting ready to hear from, once again, israel's president herzog in just a few moments, kate? >> absolutely. we are showing right next to where you are, lauren, we are s

. >>> now to a controversy facing congresswoman pramila jie jayapal, she's now apologized.er comments were met with backlash from fellow lawmakers including house diplomatic leadership who emphasized their commitment to the u.s. relationship with israel. jayapal clarified she does not believe israel is a racist nation, but accused netanyahu's government of carrying out racist policies. her remarks came days before herzog visits washington d.c. and addresses lawmakers. >>> up next, how an attack on crimea could affect russia's war in ukraine. >>> plus, we'll speak with miami-dade county's mayor about how residents can stay safe while suffering from scorching temperatures outside. you're watching "josÉ diaz-balart reports on msnbc. snc with ali gn probiotic. you see... your gut has good and bad bacteria. when you get off balance, you may feel it. the bloating, the gas - but align helps me trust my gut again. because now, there's new align bloating relief plus food digestion. it contains a probiotic to help relieve occasional bloating plus has vitamin b12 to help breakdown foo

backlash, night as there are calls for disciplinary action against democratic congresswoman, pramila jayapal sparked by comments she made during a weekend final, as it was interested by pro palestinian demonstrators. >> we have been fighting to make a clear, that israel is a racist state, that the palestinian peoples deserve self determination and autonomy. >> after those comments, she apologized and said, quote, i do not believe that the idea of israel as a nation is racist, i do however beaulieu, that -- right-wing government has engaged in discriminatory and outright racist policies, and that there are extreme racist driving that policy within the leadership of the current government. joining me now is former obama senior adviser -- and former trump white house director alyssa -- david, i mean, after those comments, there was a lot of backlash yesterday. democrats have come out and criticize her. leadership came out, they didn't mention her by name, but it was pretty clear that they were talking about her. the republicans say, they want disciplinary action to be taken. >> well, i can tell

i didn't agree with senator representative jayapal's statement. he walked them back.yesterday about the connection between covid-19 and jewiish people for someone invited to testify in front of jim jordan and the judiciary committee. i put out something that said, can we just cool it on the rhetoric? she apologized. she called and reached out to me. and we have a statement that we're going -- resolution we're voting on. it's very simple. it's three paragraphs about support for israel. i'll be voting for it. but everyone just needs to tone it down on capitol hill. because the whole country is watching and taking their queues from us. >> you make an interesting point. robert f. kennedy jr. was invited to testify to judiciary sub select committee on thursday. kevin mccarthy was asked yesterday, if anti-semitism or concerns about anti-semitism san issue, how are you plausibly going to have robert f. kennedy testify. i disagree with what he said but i don't think censoring somebody is actually the answer here. i'm trying to figure out, there's a difference between censorin

we should note that jayapal voted for that resolution and all, but nine democrats voted for it.really work, but it just showsio you that herzog's speech today is not happening in a vacuum. kate? >>. >> that's exactly right. lauren fox, good to see you. we will be bringing you those remark from the israeli president live when they happen later in the show. sara? >> this morning we are learning new details about the target letter donald trump was sent and his attorneys. could he be indicted for a third time? that coming up. [stomach growling] it's nothing... sounds like something. ♪when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion♪ ♪upset stomach, diarrhea♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief when you need it most. our ears connect us to the moments that matter. give them the nutrients they need with lipo. it's formulated with ingredients clinically shown to protect your ears from dizziness, ear ringing, and even hearing loss. never miss a moment with lipo flavonoid. the day you get your clearchoice dental implants makes every day... a "let's dig in" day... mm. ...a "chow do

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the vote was called after democrat pramila jayapal said israel was yoequote a racist ste mainstream human rights organizations have characterized israeli policies as racist isaac herzog will address a joint meeting of congress later today. >>> the u.s. military has con confirmed an american soldier is in north korean hands this morning. travis king had faced disciplinary action in south korea. military police escorted king to the airport to be sent home, but the soldier tagged along with a tour group and eventuall demili. the u.s. government is stressing that he acted alone. >>> traffic has resumed on the kirch bridge connecting russia to occupied crimea after an attack that shut down the critical route and killed two people and injured their daughter a furious vladimir putin is promising revenge after the deadly strike. our keir simmons has an update on the war in ukraine. >> reporter: the crucial bridge connecting russia to the crimean peninsula, daylight revealing extensive damage the structure attacked, killing two people and injuring one more, according to russian officials. multiple

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