Sporting the kick off the Savings Monopoly Tag for unlimited bonus game tickets at lucky killed in the blast. Many of the victims children. Demonstrations coinciding with the president s trip to israel where he said he is confident based on u. S. Intelligence that an israeli air strike was not to blame, but in the wake of the bombing a planned summit between biden and palestinian and egyptian leaders in jordan was called off. We want to begin with nbcs matt bradley who was in lebanon where protesters flooded the streets outside the u. S. Embassy in beirut. Give us the latest. Reporter hey, chris, im sorry, we just had a Power Failure here. This is what happens in lebanon. Theyre going through a fouryear economic crisis, and the power goes out regularly. This is part of the crisis thats going on in this country, and part of the reason why so many people here dont want to be dragged into another war with israel. You mentioned this Embassy Protest i was at today. We saw just the tail end
Right now on capitol hill, the house of representative is in session and expected to vote on their next speaker at and time. This would be second time congressman jim jordan, his name will be voted on in a rolecall vote after yesterday where he fell short by many votes. See if he picks some up or loses some this hour. Well follow the action and bring updates as they happen. Kayleigh President Biden leaving israel moments ago as stability of entire middle east hang in the balance. Tension erupting after a Rocket Strike destroyed a hospital in gaza, killing 500 people, some children. Based on Department Of Defense did thea and based on the meeting with netanyahu, President Biden says it was a rocket fired by Islamic Jihad that hit that hospital. Iran is threatening that time is up, unclear what they mean by that. Hezbollah calling for a day of unprecedented day of anger. V violent protest at embassies and pentagon is surging troops toward israel. This comes as president vow to stand by i
Live from jerusalem, from this region gripped by violence and death with fears the situation could well escalate. The us President Joe Biden has arrived in israel. This was always a diplomatically risky visit a us president arriving in the middle of a fast paced war but his role here and what he can hope to achieve today has been hugely complicated by the devastating deaths last night of hundreds of civilians in gaza in an explosion in an overcrowded hospital. President biden has already begun the meeting with the israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two had these comments before they went and for talks behind closed doors. I want to thank you all today and for the unequivocal support you have given israel through these trying times. As a port that reflects the overwhelming will of the american people. I have seen your support every day in the depth and breadth of cooperation that we have had since the beginning of this war. A level of cooperation that is truly unprecedented i
Difficult mission that the president was embarking on became even more complicated just yesterday afternoon amid the blast at that hospital in gaza. The second portion of the president s trip ultimately was canceled. He was set to travel to jordan to talk about establishing humanitarian aid, establishing a corridor to get aid into gaza. But that trip was up ended in the aftermath of the blast. White house officials have down played the expectations of concrete deliverables. Of course the president is hoping to press both Benjamin Netanyahu as well as others on trying to alleviate some of the humanitarian concerns. But it is unclear what specific announcements the president might leave israel with. But part of his agenda while he is on the ground there today is to try to ascertain what exactly the israelis need as they continue to try to root out hamas. The u. S. Of course has said israel has the right to defend itself, but we have also seen the white house in recent days really trying
Scotlands First Minister humza yousaf addresses his partys conference for the first time as leader and calls for a Uk Resettlement Scheme for refugees caught up in the middle east conflict. On bbc london. The moment a london surgeon working in a gaza City Hospital alerts us that its been hit. Good evening, were live injerusalem, with news of the worst single mass killing of palestinians in the israel gaza war so far. Killing of Palestinians Health officials in gaza say hundreds of people are dead. Thousands of people were sheltering there, having fled 10 days of bombing by israel. The World Health Organisation has condemned the blast, and called for the immediate protection of civilians. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied israel was resaponsible, and blamed what he called Barbaric Terrorists for the blast. Israel says its Bombing Campaign is targeting members of hamas, responsible for killing around 1,400 israelis last week, and a group designated as a Terror Organisation