Harris hits Trump on comments re: Roe from Arizona:

'Just this week, he said that he is quote ‘proudly the person responsible for overturning Roe.' Proudly responsible for the pain and suffering of millions of women and families, proudly responsible that he took your freedoms.'

Asked if he would support MTG’s motion to vacate against Speaker Johnson, Trump says: “I get along very well with the speaker. And I get along very well with Marjorie.” He later says “I stand with the speaker.” And says “it’s unfortunate” motion to vacate keeps coming

On Ukraine…

China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, per sr admin officials. cnn.com/2024/04/12/pol…

Pres Biden tells reporters at the White House that he expects Iran will attack Israel “sooner than later.” Asked what his message to Iran is right now, the president said “don’t.”

Several journalists including a CNN stringer have been injured after Israeli forces surrounded & attacked Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, leaving one in critical condition. Per TRT bureau chief in Jerusalem, Israeli tanks launched a “targeted attack” on several journos.

Breaking: US Treasury sanctions Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for Hamas' military wing in Gaza.

BREAKING: Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant told Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that “a direct Iranian attack on Israeli territory will compel Israel to respond in an appropriate way against Iran'

'The side that can’t shoot back loses': Top US general warns that Russia will hold a 10-to-1 advantage over Ukraine on artillery shells within weeks unless Congress passes military aid. ⁦Dan Lamothe⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Sec Blinken spoke w/ the FMs of Turkey, China & Saudi Arabia last night and this AM to urge Iran not to escalate the conflict in the Middle East after threats made by Iran. Miller said he is not going to speak for any of those countries when asked how successful those calls were.

“Nearly 25 million Sudanese people live in dire need of humanitarian assistance and protection, three quarters of them face acute food insecurity,” says Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield as the Sudan war hits a war. “The international community must give more, it must do more, and it has to care more.'

The Military.com team absolutely crushing the accountability beat once again.

Incredibly important, outraging story —

The Webb Telescope is one of the most incredible things ever built. But it’s only as good as the scientists that get to use it.

We’ve spent two years following 2 teams as they became some of the first scientists to ever work with Webb. Thrilled their stories will air on Sunday!

European diplomats in Washington are frantically working to set up meetings with allies of former president Donald Trump as they prepare for his potential return to the White House - a dive into those meetings: cnn.com/2024/04/11/pol…

Hamas has told mediators it is unable to identify or track down the 40 Israeli women/elderly/sick hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, sources tell me & Jeremy Diamond. cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

NEWS w/ Kristen Holmes: Speaker Mike Johnson is making plans to deliver a joint press conference with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, focused on 'election integrity,' per sources.

Plans still fluid, but comes as Johnson is facing a threat to his speakership from MTG.

Trump was just asked: “Do you think a doctor should be punished who perform abortions?”

“I’d let that be to the states, you know, everything we’re doing now is states and states’ rights,' Trump said.

Sec Blinken passionately called it “astounding… that the world is almost deafeningly silent when it comes to Hamas” compared to the outrage directed towards Israel’s war in Gaza. “Where's the outrage there?” Blinken asked rhetorically.

When it comes to the timing of a possible Rafah operation by Israel Sec Blinken said he does not expect 'any actions being taken' before the US talks with Israel on Rafah next week, adding: “I don’t see anything imminent.'

After meeting Trump last night, UK FS Cameron says it was a mtg entirely in line w/ precedent, noting he met Romney when he was a candidate. He refused to give details on what was discussed.

Sec Blinken says the US does not have a date for a Rafah operation, after PM Netanyahu said this week there is one. He adds that how Israel conducts any further operations 'matters a great deal' and US continues to talk to them about alterative and effective ways to do it.