newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with fears of growing escalation in the middle east. the pentagon says an iranian attack drone struck a commercial ship operating in the indian ocean on saturday. a u.s. defense official says a fire broke out on the chemical tanker with nearly two dozen crew members on board, but no one was hurt. it comes as newly declassified u.s. intelligence suggests iran has been deeply involved in a series of attacks by houthi rebels in the red sea. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is announcing a d deepening of the conflict saying the fighting will intensify until there s a vikt rip over hamas. one of the deadliest days of the conflict with 15 soldiers killed on friday. several hamas militants also killed as mounting slin deaths grow, beyond 20,000 according to hamas-controlled health ministry in gaza. we re covering this story from all angles. let s go to kevin liptak at the white house for us. kevin, how are the u.s. and other
aerial bombardment continues. this situation here is basically when you combine months of anxiety and stress, and it all comes to a boiling point. in that one area, the rafah crossing in southern gaza, the lifeline essentially between egypt and the line of aid trucks that can try to come in, people so desperate to get their hands on the supplies that they rush the trucks and try to grab what what they can. you see in some of the videos people have huge bundles they are carrying on their shoulders, trying to make a run for it. at some point, on top of all of that chaos, somebody opens fire. people in the crowd panicking from the gunshots. you can only imagine starving people who are panicked and stressed, and then they get in a crowd situation. this whole just nightmare that they re living through, just listen. just take a moment and listen. [ gunshots ] what this means, unfortunately, is that the aid that needs to go in in an orderly fashion and be distributed in an orderly f
it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good and people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it is so happening. she is somewhere she shouldn t be. it s hard enough when they didn t know. much worse when they did. i came over the tv that the body had been found. as long as i live i won t forget that. it did. had her troubled past caught up to her? it s going to freak out. or, was it something darker? he said that he would put it in her rebel. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. we wanted her dad? you found him somewhat of a player, but does that make him a killer? one night, she was supposed to meet her husband at their friends place for dinner, but she never showed up. and, never came back home. who was responsible for her disappearance? here is dennis murphy, with secrets and seattle. seattle a small tattoo at the back, a nexus with signs of strangulation. dete
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and a moderator. he praised each other and bashed the mainstream media. no shortage of hit pieces on you in the press over the last week or two. i thinks this is a function of these, the legacy media, these corporate journal they re in their little bubble. i saw a headline from the atlantic basically claiming that anyone who listens to this space on twitter basically a nazi. howard: but by then they d lost half their audience, so why did ron desantis roll the dice on twitter not blowing up like a spacex rocket? he s hardly a big fan of the mainstream media and not a great can orator, so he made the digital bet. the coverage of musk, who s been hated by left-wingers and admired by right-wingers. i mean, look at in this disgusting vanity fair headline, ron desantis the will formally announce with elon miss you can because apparently david duke wasn t available. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, finally a debt ceiling deal, but is the press t