And that first video of a hostage held by hamas. My conversation with her mother can you describe the moment that you saw mia in that video . I started to scream and fell to the floor. And what a senior hamas official told our Richard Engel. Their new conditions for releasing all civilian hostages. Also tonight, jim jordan failing and falling short in his first ballot for house speaker. So what happens now . And news we first reported on alec baldwin. Will the actor be charged again in the deadly rust shooting our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening and welcome. Fastmoving events here in The Middle East to report tonight as we come on the air. President bidens highstakes trip to israel overnight has hit serious headwinds, with a planned Summit Meeting in jordan now called off his plan to show solidarity with israel following the Terror Attack here being consumed this evening by
Explosion at a hospital packed with wounded palestinians and civilians seeking shelter. Hamas blaming israel, but the israelis say it was a failed Rocket Launch by another failed Palestinian Militant Group. If the west bank, protesters erupting over the blast, while inside gaza the growing humanitarian crisis, as israel prepares a potential ground war. It comes as President Biden leaves for israel, but the summit he was set to attend in jordan with hopes of reviving the mideast Peace Process abruptly canceled after the hospital blast. What he will push for as aid remains blocked at the border. And that first video of a hostage held by hamas. My conversation with her mother. Can you describe the moment that you saw mia in that video . I started to scream and fell to the floor. And what a Senior Hamas Official told our richard engel. Their new conditions for releasing all civilian hostages. Also tonight, jim jordan failing and falling short in his first ballot for house speaker. So what
Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense acquisition Reform Efforts and we welcome our witnesses, ellen lord undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics. Mark esper, secretary the army. Heather wilson, secretary the air force and james geurts assistant secretary of the navy for acquisition, technology, and logistics acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics committee addresses. Four years we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you have seen the work on the topic. Thats why the department of defense needs acquisition reform not just for efficiency or to save money, simply put we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I went to witnesses to pay attention. We are still dealing with a trillion dollar after 35 program that continues to operate i
Under secretary. And the civilian officials from the army. Air force and navy. They discussed military readiness and modernization efforts. This is about two hours. [ inaudible conversations ] Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the Department Reform effort. We welcome our witnesses ellen lord under secretary of defense for technology. Mark es per. Secretary of the army. Heather wilson secretary of the air force. And james gerts assistant secretary of the navy for research and development. Acquisition reform is wup of the most important frustrating topics we address. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technology advantage. I hope you have seen the work on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform. Not just for efficiency or save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I wan
[ inaudible conversations ] Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the Department Reform effort. We welcome our witnesses ellen lord under secretary of defense for technology. Mark es per. Secretary of the army. Heather wilson secretary of the air force. And james gerts assistant secretary of the navy for research and development. Acquisition reform is wup of the most important frustrating topics we address. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technology advantage. I hope you have seen the work on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform. Not just for efficiency or save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I want the witnesses to Pay Attention here. Okay . Were still dealing with a trillion dollar f 35 program that continues to operate in dysfunction. The air force still su