 Senator Joe Manchin, an independent who yesterday flirted with re-registering as a Democrat to run, says this morning he won't do that, but he's calling for a mini-primary to pick the nominee. There's more grieving in Israel. Two more hostages dead in Gaza. The Israeli military says 35-year-old Yagev Bukhtab is dead, along with Alex Danzig, whose 76th birthday would have been yesterday. Both were taken hostage by Hamas during the massacre of October 7th last year.