Israel paralyzed by nationwide protests calling on prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sure as Ceasefire And Hostage Release Deal after the murders of six hostages at russia launches new attacks on key ukrainian cities, leaving dozens dead as the two Sides Trade blows. Was Donald Trump rhetoric, Shift On Abortion Laws and its pitch for Ivf Protections has his team now clarifying where he stands on reproductive rights ahead of november it is fine 5 00 a. M. Here in new york. This is a live look at Capitol Hill on this Labor Day. Good morning, everyone. Im Jessica Dean in for Kasie Hunt Today it is great to be witH You. Were going to begin this morning with Israel Paralyzed by protest and now a general strike thousands of israelis demanding prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiate the release of all remaining hamas held hostages after the military discovered six hostages killed In Gaza. Among them, Israeli American Citizen Hersh Goldberg polin we are here to protest against the israe
democrats seats. also tonight in a new report in the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan the white house largely blaming the chaos and decisions by former president trump on the actions it says the u.s. should have taken even sooner. the rising tensions in the middle east. israel striking back tonight after the biggest barrage of missiles from lebanon in more than 16 years. tracking severe storms on the move tonight in the midatlantic on the heels of that deadly tornado outbreak. nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school. what the epa is now doing about it. and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and
Station. The crews splashed down off the east coast of florida. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. I often see these moments at burning man and think interesting, probably something ill never be a part of. Except this weekend everybody seemed to care about it because everyone was stuck. Yeah, it is an Epic Burning Man id say. They always say it but this one actually is. Just hour fwrs s from now roads finally reopen. Organizers will make the decision this morning. Roads leading in and out of festival have been shut down since saturday after heavy rain created ankle deep mud. Officials say the thick mud made it virtually impossible for cars, buses and rvs to leave. A lot of people walked for miles through the mud to get out. And here you can see some vehicles that tried to leave but became hopelessly stuck. So much water. We are flooded. Well be stuck here at least a couple days. This is nuts. This is what people have been trudging through for days now. Festivalg
All of you watching in the United States and all around the world. Im in london with the ongoing coverage of israel at war. It is 10 00 a. M. Here in london, noon in gaza, where the Border Crossing into egypt opened about two hours ago for the first time in weeks. Then close d just minutes later. Youre looking at live pictures. It was just enough time for 20 trucks with muchneeded humanitarian aid to cross from egypt into gaza. Hamas says the trucks were loaded with medicines, medical supplies and limited quantity of canned foods. So 20 trucks crossing over into gaza. What we have been hearing from officials is that many more are needed. More than 400 or so were making this trip on a daily basis prior to this conflict. We are starting to see the start of that aid going in. Meanwhile, hamas took the unexpected step of releasing two american hostages on friday. A mother and daughter. Judy and natal ira nai were tak. Their father said he couldnt wait to see his daughter again. I have been
today on inside politics, a last-ditch plea. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy just left capitol hill after meeting with the entire senate. zelenskyy is trying desperately to secure the critical funding his country needs to defend itself against russia, but time is running out. just moments ago, house speaker johnson spoke to reporters right after his meeting with zelenskyy ended. the senate has been mia on this. the house passed hr-2 more than six months ago. it s been collecting dust on chuck schumer s desk. i told him personally that these are our conditions because these are the conditions of the american people. and we are resolute on that. it s not the house s issue right now. the issue is with the white house and the senate. and i implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and wept to do the right thing. as you just heard, republicans are insisting they will not back more funding for ukraine unless democrats agree to major border policy changes i