that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants humanitarian pauses . israel, though, insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. thejordanian foreign minister, ayman safadi, said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. secretary blinken s visit is exactly four weeks after the hamas attacks on israel in which 1,400 people were killed, and there is no let up in the israeli military response in gaza. its offensive is focused on the north of the territory, where it s thought up to 400,000 people are still living even though israel has urged civilians there to move south. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,400 people have been killed there in the past four weeks. we will have more on the diplomacy shortly but we start our coverage with a report from our cor
justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. the egyptian foreign minister, sameh shoukry, said his country is making every effort to deliver aid and treat injured gazans and joined the call for an immediate ceasefire. the numbers of people who were killed from civilians in gaza over the last few weeks, including working in relief and journalists cannot be justified any way. and in this regard, we are still asking for an immediate ceasefire and that israel would stop hindering the delivery of humanitarian aid. and we also demand an international investigation for these violations of the international law in this war. and finally, what we are witnessing of an escalation and the human tragedy and suffering of civilians as a result of not addressing the deep root of the problem and to address the rights of the palestinian rights. i reject any attempts to liquidate the palestinian cause
his mother said a lot of things. god love you, indeed. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s friday, march 19th. with us, we have msnbc contributor, mike barnicle, and white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lamir. joe and mika have the morning off. it is a busy morning, though, as kasie just mentioned, we re getting fans in the stands for baseball. good for you. mets, yankees, 20% capacity, a few thousand fans in there. at least it s a start. i know how excited you are about the yankees hot start and spring training and seeing some of those great yankees fans populating that stadium in the bronx. as my mother would say actually, i can t say that on the air. you better no. we re going to have 12% capacity at fenway park. lamir, you excited for the yanks? they re looking good in the spring? willie, my question is, as yankee stadium fills up to 10, 15, 20% capacity, that s obviously going to leave a lot of empty seats, particularly dow
after six women of asian descent were among eight people killed in a rampage at three spas in the atlanta area. joining me now nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett in atlanta, nbc news correspondent dr. john torres and heidi presblea. tell us more about the visit to the cdc and the vice president and president s visit meeting with asian-american leaders this hour. the visit to the cdc officials told us that was the president and vice president s opportunity to get a briefing from their medical and health teams about this ongoing fight against the pandemic. but based on what we saw from the president in his own words that was his opportunity to thank the scientists, to thank those career staffers who have been working around the clock at the cdc. he said science is back. he thanked those career staffers he said for changing the psyche of a nation. since then the president has made the short trip from the cdc over to emery university where he s meeting privately w
the centre of the memorial signifying the invasion by land, sea and air here at gold beach on the north coast of france. and i m naga munchetty in the studio. also in the news this morning. the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, faces an uncertain future after losing a vote of no confidence he insists he ll carry on. premier league clubs will vote on whether to scrap the use of the video assistant referee, after a season of notable errors and mounting scrutiny. good morning from hms belfast, one of the first warships to arrive at the normandy beaches. it is a cold start to the day, across the board, sunshine and blustery showers, most of which will be in the north. all the details later. it s thursday the 6th ofjune welcome to normandy where 80 years ago today, more than 156,000 allied troops launched an attack on german forces which would change the course of the second world war. it would forever be known as d day. it was just before 6.30 in the morning onjune 6t