There say 569 people including many children have been killed since monday. The foreign minister says the number of people displaced from southern lebanon is probably approaching half a million. Israel says it wants its campaign against hezbollah to be as short as possible and says it s killed a senior commander of the iranianbacked group, which has been firing rockets into northern israel. And as world leaders meet in new york, the un security council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Orla guerin starts our coverage. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a sevenyearold girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, din
netanyahu. a grim milestone. an estimated 20,000 people killed in gaza since the start of the war. hamas says it won t negotiate more hostage releases until israel agrees to a total cease-fire. joining me now, a top netanyahu advisor. we learn tragic new details about the three israeli hostages mistakenly shot by israeli troops. ten americans released from venezuela arrive back home after a controversial prisoner swap with nicholas maduro. violent threats facing colorado supreme court justices after a state ruling banning donald trump from colorado s primary ballot. breaking news from prague where at least ten people have been killed in a mass shooting. more than a dozen people have been injured. we will have the latest coming up next. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the death toll in gaza has climbed past an estimated 20,000 people since the war started. that estimate, according to the hamas-run ministry of health, which says it includes a
casting ballots for one of nine people running for mayor, but it could be weeks before we find out who wins. growing fears in east palestine, ohio. the head of the epa is there now taking questions directly from residents who say they will caught in a political fight. the gang of eight getting its first briefing on classified documents. found at the properties of joe biden, donald trump and mike pence. what they will and won t be able to find out. and a rare live report from inside russian occupied crimea. a critical area russia annexed back in 2014. ukraine s president says the war will not end until his country gets it back. our nbc reporters are across the globe following all of the latest developments. we start with nbc s chief international correspondent, keir simmons, in crimea. you re the first western journalist to enter since the invasion. talk to us about what you re seeing and finds out. reporter: there s a lot of talk about crimea, that russia and ukraine will
Hallie jackson, thank you. Right now on msnbc, tale of the tapes. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call for President Trump to turn over any recordings he may have of his krfrgconversati with ousted fbi director james comey. Plus, recording history. New reports say President Trump has for a long time secretly recorded phone conversations when he was in private business. The reporter who broke the story will tell us what the president s former Associates Say and what it could mean for staffers now. And breaking right now, cyber chaos. The largest cyber attack ever is spreading by the minute, stealing information and demanding ransom from Hundreds Of Thousands of users across more than 150 countries. What you need to do to protect yourself. Good morning, everyone. Im Chris Jansing in beautiful washington, d. C. This morning, democrats are ratcheting up their pressure on President Trump on not one but two fronts. For starters, demanding any takes the president may have of
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For the u. S. Theres a guy on social media pretty well connected to the military about what the president might be talking about is a Counter Attack on niger where we lost these three special u. S. Operators this week. I called one individual who is usually pretty connected and said, any upcoming attacks we dont know about. Have you been running the traps . Ive been focusing on the mueller, trump news tonight. Its remarkable there are so many possibilities. North korea, iran, yemen. Were taking Military Action in countries around the world where we havent been before. Theyre leaning on the balls of their feet. People are wondering whats next. I think thats why people were so concerned when they backed away and looked at the substance of what was said. Counselor, help us turn the corner into the mueller investigation. Muellers associates have found the author of the dossier. We learned this after they havent found it nor he is cooperating with them. Does the mueller team get to be the f