Good afternoon, thank you for staying with our special coverage of the israelhamas war. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington, where there is breaking news. The State Department confirming in the last hour at least 22 americans have been killed in the conflict so far. That update coming just minutes after President Biden doubled down on his strong comments supporting israel with remarks at the white house. This attack has brought to the surface the painful memories and scars left by antisemitism and genocide against the jewish people, and this moment we have to be crystal clear. There is no justification for terrorism, no excuse. Were also learning that Secretary Of State blinken will be traveling to israel this afternoon with a delegation that includes steve gillon, the special envoy for special hostage affairs. This hour well check in on capitol hill where a deeply divided House Republican conference could be one step closer to selecting their next speaker. Joining me now msnbcs chief cor
Good to be with you, im alex witt in for katy tur. Lets go to the courthouse, joining us from outside the courtroom, Nbc News National Correspondent yasmin vossoughian, 3 00 p. M. Eastern, catch us up on todays testimony and what is happening right now. Reporter Hope Hicks Integral to the prosecution here, alex, connecting the dots, and i want to talk to you first about a moment that just took place regarding the article in january 2018 that came out, revealing the payoff to Stormy Daniels from Michael Cohen, and how hope hicks framed that payoff, and let me read the verbiage inside the courtroom. Can you describe the conversation and hope hicks saying this, it was the day after michael told the New York Times he made a payment without trumps knowledge and trump said he spoke to michael and he paid this woman to protect from a false allegation and michael had done it to protect him and had not told him anything about it. I had known cohen for three and a half years. I did not know mich
edition of the story, you have been watching this unfold live here on fox news channel. what you re looking at now is a live look at niagara falls new york. a vehicle explosion at a boarder crossing was an attempted terror attack. here s a look at the scene. sources say there were a ton of explosives. we re seeing a lot of explosives in a vehicle. the two people inside the vehicle we know are dead. a border patrol officer was injured in this explosion in some capacity. nicole parker is standing by. she will have keen insight in to what investigators are looking for. first, let s get to alexis mcadams live with breaking information. what have we learned, alexis? i ve been checking in with high level police sources and in that area near niagara falls and in gulf low. i ve been told this was an attempted terrorist attack. they believe the two people in the car that are both dead after that large explosion have packed that car full of explosives. we re not sure just yet what
the news continues, the source with caitlin collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, he became the base of abortion rights in a deep red state. the personal story that may have helped sweep the democratic governor to victory. she is here tonight. plus, the fbi seizing the phones and the ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight he has nothing to hide. after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago, over a scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mccready, once back into politics. he is here to make his case for a second chance. i am caitlin collins, this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. making abortion access presenter of their campaign and their campaign
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