Hey there, Melissa. We are getting some word now on casualties in Israel tonight in an initial report from Tel Aviv's Sheibba Hospital where a spokesperson says they are treating 15 injured civilians, one of whom they say arrived in extremely critical condition. You can expect, Melissa, those numbers to change as we get additional reporting from around the country through the night tonight. Uh, and we saw a direct appeal from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Iranian people, signaling that th ...

Stephen, it's good to see you. And and what makes you think that this could be a drawn out affair. Well, while everybody is focused on the Israelis hitting Iran's nuclear program, there's actually uh in a number of indications that their goals are much broader, and that is to weaken the Iranian regime and hopefully bring it down.Um, Prime Minister Neta has been talking about to uh the Iranian people for months. If you go back to the days just after the October 7th attacks, the prime minister said that Israe ...

Senator, despite what uh DHS claimed, we can clearly hear Senator Padilla did identify himself. He is, it's almost hard to believe as we watch that video yet again, shoved to the ground. This is a member of a co-equal branch of government trying to ask a question of the executive branch and that's what happened.So, let's just get your thoughts on the matter and and more than that, also what we heard from some of your colleagues afterwards as there was with the exception of Lisa Marowski, senator of Alaska, ...

General Clark, this this barrage of strikes seem to take Iran by surprise. And we're getting more details this morning. The AP's reporting that MSA, Israel's intelligence unit, was able to smuggle weapons into Iran ahead of these attacks that were then used to target its defenses from within.What does that tell you. What does the the broader attack tell you about the level of sophistication within Israel's military. Oh, it was extremely well done.And it's not over. uh the fact that they could get the drones ...

you. As we said, defense stocks rallying on these rising geopolitical concerns. Joining us this morning, former white House Middle East policy advisor, ambassador Mark Ginsburg.Ambassador, thanks for your time today. Appreciate it. Sure.So we've made it clear we didn't participate in this. Lebanon's Hezbollah, they don't they don't are not clearing any action. Can this be contained, so to speak.I think it all depends on the retaliation. That Iran still has in its back pocket. >> It didn't use its its ballis ...

Trump is pulling a military drag net all across Los Angeles, well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals. His agents are arresting dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers, and seamstresses. That's just weakness.Weakness masquerading as strength. Donald Trump's government isn't protecting our communities. They're traumatizing our communities.And that seems to be the entire point. California will keep fighting. We'll keep fighting on behalf of our people, all of our people, inclu ...

Joining us now, we have former governor of Ohio and MSNBC political analyst John Kasich and former California Senator Barbara Boxer. Tim Miller is still with us. So, uh, with a welcome to the two of you new to the conversation.First of all, Tim, is Maggie Continetti right. He is. I I guess kudos to him for just saying it so bluntly that social disorder benefits the right.Um I I don't uh know that that'd be something I'd be really bragging about if I was um in the pages of the free press, but I I I think tha ...

So, what is the most important story in our news right now in our country in this in this moment in American history. I mean, there is clearly, I think, if we're being honest, we sort of stop beating around the bush about it. Um, there's really no question what the United States is up against right now.I mean, the intentions of this president are not a mystery. There's no suspense. There's no ambiguity, right.We know exactly who he is. We know exactly what he wants to do to the country, right. No question, ...

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Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 07, 2025 08:30 AM ET Company Participants Angeliki Frangou - Chairwoman, CEO & DirectorEfstratios Desypris - COOErifili Tsironi - CFOVincent Vandewalle - Chief Trading officerOmar Nokta - Managing Director Operator Thank you for joining us for Navios Maritime Partners First Quarter twenty twenty five Earnings Conference Call. With us today from the company are Chairwoman and CEO, Ms. Angeliki Frangou Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Stratos Desypris Chief ...