The most wellknown captives having been featured in multiple Hostage Videos put out by hamas. In the wake of his capture his parents were outspoken in their efforts to bring home their son and the other hostages, even taking the stage at the Democratic National Convention roughly 2 weeks ago urging for the immediate release of the hostages were pleading for The End of the bloodshed in gaza. Protesting unfolding across israel. Thousands of people out as temperatures try to pressure the government to close a Cease Fire Deal that would likely see the return of the reading hostages. Also the largest Trade Union in israel has called for a general strike to take Place Tomorrow which so far we have learned will close the airport in tel aviv. Joining me now is an independent journalist with over 20 years of experience covering the israeli palestinian conflict. Tell me about what is happening today in israel as a result of this. Reporter there is a lot of term old tumbled israeli society all th
in fact, just standby for a second as we reset this news right now, it is the top of the hour, we have a team of nbc joining us from tel aviv s matt bradley. josh latter man is in london, the chief international correspondent, keir simmons is in erbil iraq. aaron gilchrist staying with us from the white house, erin, i do want you to get as much as you can so feel free if you have to walk away to get that information. keir simmons, we were just talking about this, we have more information, about the breadth of the communication involved in this strike. i want you to give me your take on this. . is this an idea to just spread it, we ve got australia, bahrain, canada, denmark, the netherlands, new zealand, and the united states involved in what aaron has just told us we re now 36 targets in 13 locations in yemen. tonight was all about yemen, your take about that, here? it sounds like, doesn t it, a bigger operation, then we ve seen with regards to yemen so far. but that co
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
conviction of adnan syed, we speak to a man who taught him law in prison. tonight with the context, democratic strategist mary anne marsh and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. welcome. world leaders are in new york for a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russia s invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events today have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referenda onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate their annexation, in response to serious setbacks on the battlefield. international condemnation has been swift. joe biden s national security adviser called it a sign of russia s weakness, while the french president, emmanuel macron, has said the referendums will have no legal consequence. translation: it sjust another provocation which, in my view, | does not cha
circle. and i didn t do it, be if it did happen, there s nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the washington post, eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan lemire is with us this morning. mika, we were going to get into the news i just saw ed there. i saw a little smirk on ed s face. and i just have to talk about it. you know, ed, we have an expression, we ve always had an expression when people have congratulated me for anything i ve done, i go, well, i m the tallest building in schenectady. your headline, i love this, america is history s most successful failing state, i would define what you re describing here, i m an upstate new york guy