We’ve lost a member of our PBS NewsHour family, and journalism has lost a giant.

My heart is with the family and friends of Robin MacNeil, co-founder and longtime co-anchor of the NewsHour.

His extraordinary legacy lives on in the work we do today.

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'The protesters carried no weapons'

Aside from:
*a Taurus G2c .9 mm
*a .40-cal semiautomatic
*axes/hatchets
*ASP batons
*knives
*a 950,000 Volt Stun Gun Walking Stick
etc.

Question: And how much time are you giving them to implement these changes?
 
Kirby: We we would hope to see some announcements of changes here in coming hours and days, and I'll leave it at that.

Reporter: That’s short

Kirby: Hours and days

SCOOP: NO LABELS is abandoning efforts to create a “unity ticket” to win the White House + plans to say Monday it won’t pursue a White House campaign. NL contacted 30 potential candidates, according to people familiar. W/ Kristina L. Peterson wsj.com/politics/elect…

Yesterday, NSC spox Kirby said the U.S. would not consider a change in Israel policy until Israel finished its WCK review.

Today, Kirby is saying the U.S. may consider a change in Israel policy if Israel doesn't make Gaza changes within 'hours and days.'

That's a shift.

BREAKING: Secretary of State Blinken said in a press conference that the situation in Gaza is unacceptable and the attack on WCK workers should be the last one. 'If we don't see the changes we need to see (in Israeli policy), there will be a change in our policy', Blinken said

President Biden told Israeli PM Netanyahu that Israel needs inplement “specific, concrete, & measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, & the safety of aid workers,” per WH. And US support will be based on Israel taking such action

New -- Spoke with Marjorie Taylor Greene this afternoon who said she's 'not backing off at all' on her push to oust Mike Johnson, whom she plans to speak with on Friday.

And she warned him not to move on Ukraine -- particularly under suspension of the rules -- and said if he…

New from me:

The man accused of ramming his SUV into the FBI headquarters in Atlanta on Monday shared QAnon conspiracies online and said he was looking to join a 'good militia'

wired.com/story/navy-vet…

BREAKING: Israeli war cabinet member minister Benny Gantz calls for holding early elections in September

Scoop - Biden campaign expands polling shop, bringing on 4 new pollsters.

- Geoff Garin
- Jef Pollock
- Molly Murphy
- Brenda Lee

Celinda Lake & other 2020-ers returning, too. John Anzalone will be an adviser, not involved in day-to-day.

politico.com/news/2024/04/0…

SCOOP: USAID officials on Tuesday privately warned the White House + State Dept that Gaza's collapse is 'unprecedented in modern history,' famine is likely already underway & hunger-related deaths will accelerate in weeks ahead, per internal cable I viewed
huffpost.com/entry/gaza-col…

I asked a Trump campaign spokesperson about this, and they did not respond to a request for comment. politico.com/news/2024/04/0…

Really enjoyed this PBS NewsHour convo w/ the super sharp Laura Barrón-López on American Woman. Thanks for having me! pbs.org/newshour/amp/s…

Bernie Sanders says on MSNBC that 'the Democratic base wants to stop funding for Netanyahu's war machine.'

'So, if your question is, is it going to hurt the president unless he turns this around? Yes, it will.'

ICYMI on Feb 26 Politico's Inside Congress newsletter had what others are reporting today:

Changes to the Capitol Hill switchboard that are supposed to make it easier to track threatening calls & follow up with constituents.
politico.com/newsletters/in…