It's Tuesday, August 12th.
I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day,
the show that says sorry about our asshole president to the good people of Vietnam who are getting shoved out of their ancestral lands so that the Trump family can build a golf course.
There's good news for those farmers, though.
In return for their homes and land, some of them will receive about $3,200 and some rice.
On today's show, hundreds of National Guard troops are preparing to deploy to another American city.
And beep, beep, boop.
AOL dial-up is soon to be extinct.
But let's start with Israel's efforts to expand the war in Gaza.
As we talked about on yesterday's show,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans for the Israeli military to take over Gaza City,
despite a massive backlash from pretty much everyone, from Israelis to foreign governments.
Netanyahu has doubled down, saying, quote,
dismantling the two remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City and the central camps.
This is the best way to end the war.
It could take weeks or months for the Israeli military to start enacting its plans,
but it's still terrifying news for the families of the hostages remaining in Hamas control.
They include Lashay Moran-Lavi, whose husband, Omri Moran, was kidnapped on October 7th.
He's still being held by the terrorist organization.
Lasher spoke to a crowd of thousands at a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday.