postponing all public facing royal duties. we ll go live to london. the state of emergency in california as crews race to save people and pets from flash floods triggered by a monster storm with up to 8 trillion gallons of rain expected to fall. the dramatic new images just coming in. the growing pr disaster for boeing. first it was a mid flight blow out. now it s misdrilled holes. what the faa is saying today about those 737 max planes. plus, will the fifth time be the charm? secretary of state antony blinken returns to the middle east with hopes for a new gaza truce that could lead to the release of hostages. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with nbc s meagan fitzgerald who is outside buckingham palace with the breaking news on the king s health. what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, according to buckingham palace, we understand that as the king was undergoing treatment about a week and a half ago for a benign
iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
good afternoon, it is saturday, february the 3rd. i am ali velshi. we continue to follow the situation in the middle east where the israel and gaza war continues its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. within the last hour, u.s. central command announced a round of strikes, targeting six houthi anti ship cruise missiles preparing to launch among ships in the red sea. this is the latest in the series of strikes that the united states has conducted against the houthi forces who have been targeting vessels, commercial and military, that are sailing among the red sea toward or from the to the crossing in egypt. it is related, but separate from the campaign against iranian-backed proxy forces which are operating in the region, and there are iranian antlers operating alongside them. that started on friday. the biden says that friday strikes against these groups on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7t
good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o
media interview on the disaster and downplayed what happened. rail city telling that that has evolved a lot over the years. but there s clearly more that needs to be done because while this horrible situation has gotten particularly high amount of attention, there are roughly one thousand cases a year of a train derailing. but a judge also said that he hopes to get to know some of the folks who were impacted by this, but claims the reason he hasn t visited is that he wants to respect the investigation. e palestine mayor trent conaway, thanks for staying away is a good idea. was just a dog and pony show. they ve they ve sort of let us hang hang out to dry here. as far as mayor pete is , people like to call him. i would rather he just stay away. he is just going to cause a circus. and unless he s going to bring a shovel and shovel some dirt and get rid of this contaminated soil, that s that s the only reason he would need to come to this town . we have a town of forty one hun