In a statement tonight, ron said that this will be the only response to israels strike on irans consulate in damascus at the beginning of the month. That, of course, killed several iranian generals, including two top commanders. Iranian officials had vowed revenge for those attacks, and in their statement, they also warned that the United States must stay away from any direct military involvement. Meanwhile, officials telling nbc news that the u. S. And israel have been closely coordinating how to defend against this imminent attack. For fears of growing regional war have been escalating for months ever since hamas is october 7th attack on israel, and the subsequent israeli war on gaza. Joining me now, richard engel, nbc news chief foreign correspondent. He is in jerusalem for us in the early hours of the morning there we are in that window, richard, of anticipating some of those drones making their way into israel, as well as potentially those missiles. What can you tell us about what
and what they think must be done to protect muslims and choose here, as well as what they think about what s going on in israel. i ve made my positions clear. i want to hear from them. so it s gonna be an interesting conversation, since i have both of them on to express their views. this is gonna be good. i ll be watching, rev. take it away. thank you. thank you, simone. and good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, election count down. , election count down today marks exactly one year until the 2024 election, a new polling from the new york times paints a grim picture for president biden s reelection prospects. donald trump, the twice impeached, repeatedly indicted former president s pulling ahead of biden in five of six key battleground states. even as he heads back to court tomorrow in his new york fraud trial. i ll talk to biden s campaigns, communications director ahead. but first, there s also an election on tuesday, with abortion on the ball
the threat here in the u.s. has been raised to a whole new level as a result of the israel hamas war. for one of the senators in that room, the threat is already hitting very close to home. one nevada man just arrested for allegedly making antisemitic calls to the senator. one chilling voice mail referred to finishing quote, what hitler started. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with the war in gaza and new pictures showing the site of a massive explosion at a refugee camp just outside of gaza city. raf sanchez is reporting from israel. what do we know about this? so, chris, this explosion happened at the refugee camp, the largest of the eight in gaza. it is as you said in the northern end of the gaza strip. it s close to the israeli border. we are seeing just this scenes of enormous destruction there inside that refugee camp. a local hospital official tells us dozens of people were killed. we don t have an exact number, but do
is paying off. working together, we re building a better future for the city we all love. ad paid for by re-elect mayor london breed 2024. financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org. homeowners, golly 33 leaf filter today, or visit leaf filter.com. i m dr. sanjay gupta in atlanta and this is cnn happening now, major new immigration action. president biden preparing to announce new executive action protecting undocumented spouses and children of us citizens. real-life at the white house with a look at just how many people both will be impacted plus alarming alliance putin heading to pee on yang. russia s president is set to meet with north korean dictator kim jong-un and the visit and a apparent growing alliance alarming western leaders also wildfires out west that entire town is evacuated due to a pair of fires that are now converging in los angeles county, thousands of acres already burned by wind fuel fires realized near one of the blazes. i will flits her in washi