Im anita vogel in new york. The u. S. Office of Palestinian Affairs confirming the rafah Border Crossing between gaza. Egypt is expected to open this hour. Once its and running, foreigners will be able to leave the besieged palestinian. While much needed aid can be brought into gaza. More than 2 million palestinians are facing shortages of food, water and medicine, which prompted President Biden to strike a deal with israel and egypt to open the rafah Border Crossing. But after the white house announced the deal to allow 20 trucks of aid to enter into gaza, there have negotiations. Israel has voiced concerns about the aid getting into the hands of hamas. Thats the gaza based Militant Group whose deadly Surprise Attack on israel earlier this month killed more than 1400 people. Some 200 people are also being held hostage. Two of them an American Mother and her teenage daughter, were released. The girls father says he spoke to his daughter and that they will be able to return to the u. S.
[bombs exploding]. To the war in the middle eas as expended. Israel is no longer just fighting a Battle In The South against hamas, a second front i opening in the north. Hezbollah in lebanon is intensifying their campaign. E their goal Scimmers Thomas this made israel with rockets and mortars. [rapid gunfire] [bombs] [people shouting]. Israel just any casualties already this weekend from the iranian backed hezbollah forces. Israeli Military Bases are unde assault. Hezbollah snipers also neutralizing israeli Surveillance Cameras on the border in creating blind spots. Appearing to gear up for a full on invasion. And israel is responding, evacuating towns and villages near the border. And proactively striking hezbollahs installations. [explosions. Israels promised to destroy hezbollah if they formally ente the war. Service for israel israel. If hezbollah fully engages israels northern flanks, they would be forced to divert resources from the south, reaching their ground action in gaza, a
Brian tyler cohen, thank you for your time and insight into these important matters. That is our show this evening. Now it is time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. I love to listen and what you did last on the show and offer you very legitimate and sincere comments on however the discussion went. We didnt have time tonight. I also wouldnt be able to do that if i was the last guest on the show, so i appreciate the strategic spacing. Alex, have a great weekend and see you next week. Have a good show. The third week of Donald Trumps historic criminal trial has come to a close, setting the stage for what could be the end of the Prosecution Case next week, but not before another highprofile witness, former trump fixer Michael Cohen. We saw dramatic testimony from Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels who would not be intimidated by Donald Trumps lawyers out of telling her account of the alleged sexual encounter with donald trump and the subsequent scheme to buy her silence. Today
But not before another high profile witness, former trump fixer, Michael Cohen. We saw dramatic Witness Testimony from Stormy Daniels who would not be intimidated by lawyers out of telling her account of the allegedly counter encounter with trump. Todays testimony did not include any star witnesses, but it was important in setting the stage for next week. The trump lawyer turned enemy, Michael Cohen, will take the witness stand monday. He was the fixer of the 130,000 cash money payment to Stormy Daniels before the president ial election of 2016. We began the trial today and continued testimony from trumps former director of oval office operations. She remains loyal to trump despite being fired in 2019 after she reportedly told reporters she did not want to be photographed with trumps daughter, tiffany, because of her weight and used her testimony to paint donald trump as a hardworking, family man. A picture that was unrecognizable to pretty much anyone else who has ever heard of donald
About its main Graduation Ceremony after weeks of protests and dramatic arrests. The frightening moments during a livestreamed sermon. A man pulling a gun on the pastor. But it fails to go off. How he was stopped. The final countdown after years of delays. Tonight boeing is set to launch its first crewed flight of its starliner capsule. And a historic battleship like youve never seen before. Visitors flocking for a rare glimpse as it gets a makeover. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The news traveled fast in gaza tonight, where celebrations broke out after word began to spread that hamas had accepted a deal to end hostilities in gaza. But hopes of a pause in the fighting were just as quickly shattered when israel declared the deal hamas was embracing was far from israels essential demands. And so instead of a deal tonight israel is raising the stakes, pressing forward on its threatened Military Operation in rafah, potentially displacing 100