 protests over the former president being invited by the group which had also invited president biden and then vice president harris who cited scheduling conflicts for today's in-person event she campaigns in houston later today israel's air defense systems on alert for a possible attack by iran after a top hamas official was killed in iran someone considered a chief negotiator and talks on a ceasefire with israel white house national security communications advisor john kirby says it's too soon to know the potential impact on a hostage and ceasefire deal it's always been