duress and that hamas has provided no evidence for that claim that these two men were killed in israeli air strikes, but clearly deeply upsetting for all the families concerned. israel says more than 100 hostages are still being held by hamas. and there is no sign, as yet, that negotiations to free them are making any progress. let s go live to oliver mcternan, director of forward thinking, who has worked in hostage negotiation for over 20 years. he played a key role in the negotiations surrounding the release of the israeli soldier gilad shalit, held hostage by hamas for five years. good to have you back on the programme tonight is a very sad circumstances without the israeli army said tonight to hamas media was the brutal use of innocent hostages. how do you think it will affect the debate in israel? will it harden the resolve of the israeli government or put more pressure on them? first of all, put more pressure on them? first of all. christian. put more pressure on them
they say texas kept the feds from helping a woman and two children who died crossing the rio grande. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with donald trump getting a warm embrace from frigid iowa. nbc s garrett haake is just north of des moines. garrett, what is the former president saying in his closing pitch? reporter: good afternoon, from what will surely be a donald trump jr. event here today in ankeny as the trump team tries to lock in the results of what we have seen in poll after poll over the last couple of weeks. a dominant lead here in the hawk eye state. at his last major rally yesterday, donald trump basically tried to welcome in all the disparate elements of his movement here in this state, be they first time cause of action caucus goers, evangelicals, and warned primarily against their biggest enemy which he views as complacency. listen to what he told a call in indianola yesterday. a victory over all the liars, che
story for the last 18 hours or so. just across the border from where we are right now. huge ramifications for the war and world affairs. it s called the biggest challenge to russian president vladamir putin 23 weir t weir td the man responsible, wa wagner group chief prigozhin and he claimed his forces were fired on by russia and he took his fighters, as many as 25,000 along with tanks, armor, guns out of ukraine where they were deployed to nearby key southeastern city of rostov-on-don and population is 1 million. with almost no fight put up, they took over the main military headquarters there, which runs this war here and plus other official buildings. the demand for the top russian military brass comes to him to discuss the complaints. lets to move onto threats to move onto moscow if the demands are not made and another town 30 o 0 miles close toter capitol and vladamir putin lashed out at prigozhin and a once friend and key ally and threatening decisive action. take a li
delegates in the republican nominating contest. that s not even 2% of the more than 2&00 delegates that are up for grabs, but that small total belies the outsized influence this state can on us presidential politics. as the first in the nation, the 99 counties of rural iowa can make or break a presidential campaign. but these caucuses are your personal chance to score the ultimate victory over all of the liars, cheaters, thugs, perverts, frauds, crooks, freaks, creeps and other quite nice people. so if you want to save america from crooked joe biden, you must go caucus tomorrow. the first step, it s really the first step. we ve got to do it. we ve got to do it big. you ve got to get out. you can t sit home! if you re sick it as a dog, you say, darling, i ve got to make it. even if you vote and didn t pass away, it s worth it, remember. nobody can predict what the electorate is ultimately going to look like tomorrow. you just can t do it given these conditions and given ever
this is why we fight. i m adam schiff, and i approve this message. welcome to a special coverage of the iowa republican caucuses. in a few hours the gop will be one step closer to choosing a candidate to take on joe biden. here is des moines, where it s 2 degrees below zero, trump himself has expressed concerns that his margins could take a hit from the frozen temperatures. what are the candidate saying in these final hours? nikki haley began her day at the drake diner here in des moines, a popular spot. and she s telling iowans to go out and caucus for her, she says she s not worried about the weather, she s feeling a lot of momentum and excitement on the ground. she has centered her campaign on this notion that she would be the strongest person to go up against president biden in november, so principally, about electability. meanwhile governor desantis, crisscrossing the state as well. take a listen to what he had to say. people are going to say, there s only two poss