One Month Of War in Gaza, SCOTUS Domestic Violence & Guns, Ohio Abortion Vote
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When one of war has transformed life for israelis and turn much of northern .

gaza into rumble, a resident of gaza describes the constant smell of the smoke and debris from air struck. How long can israel's campaign continue?

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One month ago, israelis and palestinians woke up to war. Israeli officials say the hamas massacre and southern israel, and october seventh killed an estimated fourteen hundred people.

Authorities in gaza say israel's response has killed at least ten thousand people so far, but those numbers, as devastating as they are, cannot fully describe the .

scope of the suffering. Is Daniel estrin is covered this first month of war and joins us now from television high.

Daniel.

still arriving back here in washington from a visit to the region, reminded that not everybody in amErica as the geography in their heads. So I just wanted remind people, israel is attacking this rectangle of land. It's only about twenty five miles lungs.

You could drive IT in half an hour if IT weren't for the rubble in the way. IT runs very roughly north to sell. So where does the australia offensive on that line stand?

Well, israeli troops are still surrounding gaza city. That is in the northern gaza trip. And it's where israel says hamas headquartered.

It's also where many palestinian civilians still are. There's fierce fighting there. And in the last few days, israel has announced safe passage, what they call for palestinians to flee south. But that road where they've been fleeing is so bad that even elderly people i've spoken with say they've had to walk miles on foot.

Yeah, we've closely followed you reporting on that. How are palestinians facing this moment one month?

They're really in survival mode, Steve. I mean, even those who have fled self, and this is an area where israel has declared a safe zone, they too have been caught in israeli bombings, are producer in gaza. Anas baba rushed to the scene of one of those bombings yesterday, was at the southern most edge of gaza.

And he met one woman a little ready with her Young daughter. They were shaking. They were kicked and debris from an airstrike. They were sitting on the steps of their home. And in the airstrike was just seven buildings down the street.

I really fyz ori if he had, and dance SHE saying.

the smell l is in my throat. Is this terrible smell. The taste like black, I want to throw up. He says her feet were full glass. And our producer onesta a described the woman's little daughter.

She's holding her own toy, I do believe, a little dinosaur that totally colored with think and some purpose, holding IT very tightly. And.

you know, at that southern tip of gaza, the egyptian border is now open. But very few palestinians are being allowed to leave gaza through that border, only those with foreign nationalities or affiliations .

with foreign institutions. How are israelis across the border reflecting on this month of war?

This morning, the radio broadcasts marked a moment of silence. And there's going be a memorial ceremony with music this evening in television. But this is very not a moment to look back.

It's still for israeli, an ongoing nightmare. There's a homos rocket fire ongoing, people running into palm shelters every day, a nightmare, especially for the families of more than two hundred hostages held in gaza. And we met a grandfather smell bride. He was wearing A T shirt with the photos of his three Young grandkids who were being held in gaza. And he thinks israeli leaders are not prioritizing their release.

They don't feel. That's why probably I want them to feel the things. I want them to go to sleep with these pictures.

And meanwhile, I, Steve, a quarter of a million israelis have been .

displaced from their homes. How does this war in size and scale and human suffering compare with other wars that you've covered there?

Well, this the magnitude historic Steve. This is the deadliest st round of finding between ezra's aim palestinians since the hundred and forty eight war, which where where israel was founded, where palestinians were up rooted from their homes. So palestinians in gaza are fearing yet another mass displacement like that formative time. Israelis and jews are experiencing this as the biggest single day of loss they've had since the holocaust.

And it's nowhere near in and and there's dangle estridge and tel of you.

Thanks so much. You are welcome.

The supreme court here is argument today in a case about gun rights and domestic violence.

A federal law prevents people from holding firearms if they have a domestic violence restraining order against them. In the case, the united states first is were heming gun rights advocates as the court to overturn that law.

Join us to talk about the case is in P. R. Legal affairs correspondent, a total. A good morning.

Good morning to you.

So could you accept this self force? Why could this case have such a big impact on other gun laws?

Myself, sixteen months ago, the supreme court broke sharply with the way gun laws had been handled by the courts in the past in a landmark session, really a landmark, the conservative court majority rule that in order to be constitutional, a gun law has to be analogous to a law that existed at the time of the nation's founding in late seventeen hundreds. So today's case has how far the conservative court wants to go, and IT does so in the case with appealing facts. For those advocating for gun regulation.

tell us, what are those facts?

Well, the defendant here is zaki rah I, and he's sort of a poster child for why congress in one thousand ninety four past this law on this issue, which makes IT a crime for anyone subject to a domestic violence. Or did I have a gun? Rahim, his girlfriend, got a court order after he assaulted her in a parking lot and fired, is gone to a bystander who saw the attack.

After being warned by the judge that IT was illegal for him to possess firearms. While the court order was in place, rahem threatened another woman with a gun and fired a again in five different locations in a period of a month. When the police searches home, they found a lot of guns. And he ultimately pleaded guilty to violating the federal law. But he continued to press his chAllenge to that law, and he found a support of audience in the fifth circuit c court of appeals, which ruled the statute on constitutional.

On what ground remember.

the supreme court said a gun law is on constitutional if he doesn't have an analogue to the founding era, but even the laws defenders agree there is no precise analog to that period. Here, for example, is former deputy solicitor general Michael ribon, who was in charge of the justice department's criminal a pilot .

ticket for twenty four years. At the founding, domestic violence was not considered to be a serious problem that warranted legal intervention. Women were viewed more or less as property of their husbands. The second feature of change dynamics is that firearms are now the weapon of choice in domestic violence. Conflict in a way that was not true with the funding.

Those realities, the government argues, justify a, quote, more nuanced analog to the seventeen hundreds.

okay. So what's the argument from the other side?

The other side says that nuance is the government's way of throwing spaghetti at the wall in hopes that something will stick. Here's Jerry beard, who used to be a public defender in the office that's representing .

exactly like me. Basically, we don't like this test. If they cannot point to an analog, they're in trouble. This statute is probably on constitutional.

And of course, if this statute is on constitutional, similar state, local and federal laws, other ones will be on constitutional too. And lots of gun laws that don't have a strong analogue to the seventeen .

nineties that is p our legal affairs correspond to thank you. Thank you.

Since the supreme court overturned rovers wait, abortion rights advocates in many states have brought the issue directly to voters.

Now in ohio, voters are deciding whether to establish a constitutional right to abortion in that state. That election ends tonight.

I have public radio joe ingles has been covering this story.

Welcome back, you.

Good morning. okay. So it's election day constitutional amendment on the ballot and ohio.

What would that amendment do? This amendment would guarantee the right to an abortion up to the point of viability and later, if a doctor deems IT is necessary with the health or life of the mother.

okay, up to the point of viability that is different, of course, and different pregnancies. But we're talking about several months into a pregNancy that you would have a right to an abortion. correct?

correct. okay.

So that is what the constitutional amendment would do. What is ohio s law right now?

Well, ohio has a six week abortion ban that was in place for eighty two days last summer after rovers s weight was overturned. But a group of doctors took that to a county court, and the court ruled that the law was vague because IT wasn't being applied uniformly. So now that ban is before the ohio supreme court and the republican dominated ohio supreme court could reinstate IT if this amy fails. But if the amma passes, IT would no longer be .

constitutional. Okay, okay. Um let me ask something else. Didn't ohio already have a vote somewhat on this issue earlier this year?

yes. In August, republicans had put an issue on the ballot of constitutional amendment that would have increased the threshold for passing constitutional amendments, including this one, two sixty percent. But that have failed. Oh.

okay, so they were trying to change the rules under which this election would take place. That didn't happen. So a majority gets to decide what the constitution and ohio will say. What are you hearing from voters now as election day arrives?

Well, there are a lot of different opinions. There have been tens of millions of dollars important to ads here. Very is very contentious issue, highly advertized.

Uh, the governor in his wife have appeared in an ad saying this a minute, which is similar to the one in michigan, goes too far. But the polls show that there is very low support for the abortion ban, uh, the six week abortion ban. And the polls also show that somewhere between fifty six to fifty eight percent of the highlands support sum abortion rights.

Now ohio is a red state, you remember that. But abortion has been on the ballot in several states since the supreme court overturned rovers wide in each instance. In both red and blue states, entire abortion activists, advocates have long. Okay.

so a lot of science pointing to support for abortion rights in ohio, but people do have to vote matters who shows up. So are you caring? Last minute pitches from me?

Some we're hearing a lot of last minute pitches for me each side. They're even going door to door. And supporters of reminding ohio about that story that we all heard last year of the ten year old rape victim who had to go to inDiana for an abortion that didn't play well with the ohio elector and orders of the ameen are saying, you know, we could go back to that governor.

The one, however, is saying that if this amendment fails, he'll do something with lawmakers to include exceptions for pe and incest in the six week ban. But that's a big if, Steve. Cause here's the problem. If he tries to do that, he needs a legislature to CoOperate. And so far, this general assembly has not been showing any signs that IT wants to change a post some policies.

Oh, I O, public radio geo angle.

Thanks for your insights. Thank you.

Some other news. Now the business model for a we work apparently no longer works. The company rented out office space in a bid to revolutionize what the office was, but that business made less and less sense as people shifted to remote work during the pandemic.

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