became the first transgender champion in ncaa division history. in an interview last month, he said that she does plan to keep swimming competitively including, she said, at the olympic trials to try and go after the olympics. the vote, though, by the governing body would ban thomas and other transgender athletes from taking part in women s sports events. mary korean rafferty joins us with more. reporter: hi, eric. the new rules would mean a trans it s e alt heat9 would have to complete their transition before the age of 12. ya thomas, first trans athlete to win a division i swimming title and had also hoped to compete in the olympics, will not be allow to do so. the international body that governs water sports says the move will balance includessivity and insure no one has an unfair advantage. we have to protect the right of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competition fairness at our events, especially women s competition. and also the past reco
Tonight, knowing that robert card its no longer a threat to anyone. I know there are some people many people who share that sentiment, but i also know that his death may not bring solace to many. But now is a time to heal. And with this search concluded, i know that Law Enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts, so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. All 18 victims in wednesdays attack have now been identified. I want to begin with nbcs kathy park, who is at the Press Conference in lewiston tonight. Kathy, thank you for being there. When else you hear from officials . And how are you . This had to be an extraordinary few days. Yeah, and an extraordinary 12 hours, to be quite frank with you, stephanie. So, at 10 00 this morning we got an update as to how Law Enforcement was going to move forward with their investigation. They talked about the law Police Presence in the lisbon area, the boat launch in that area, that is where the suspect aba
Terror attacks by hamas forces against israeli civilians, men, women, children, 10 20 days ago. Hamas will pay for its crimes against humanity. Hamas will pay for slaughtering are people. And tonight, we are starting payback. We are bringing justice to this terrible despicable disgusting terrorist group. And they will pay for their crimes. And once again, not just israel will be better off afterwards, but the people of gaza will be better off without them as well. Those comments from Senior Adviser to israeli Prime Minister netanyahu. Heavy israeli pomerantz throughout the day in what appears to be an increase in coming days. Hundreds of charges in a short period of. Time idf is saying its a greeting is ground operation, including a target raid in Northern Gaza which it calls preparations for the next stages of combat. Part of the reason we do not know much is because we currently have no way at all to communicate with people on the ground in gaza, the 2 Million People that live in tha
We will hear tonight from our reporter inside gaza about the struggles Facing Hundreds Of Thousands of palestinians trapped in Southern Gaza and speak to one of the aid groups doing their best to help them. And after israel called for the un Secretary General to step down over his comments on the situation in gaza, all eyes remain on new york as the Un Security Council votes on two Rival Proposals on the war between israel and hamas militants. One backed by the us, the other by russia. Well stay across both throughout the programme. Were preparing for a ground invasion. Benjamin netanyahu tells his nation in a televised address. The israeli everett said when that would happen. He also said he was doing Everything Possible to bring hostages home. It comes as israeli strikes on Gaza Continue and as the humanitarian situation there continues to worsen. Though still forced to use Emergency Services as they to run out of fuel. The United Nations agency which looks after Palestinian Refugees
Iran took aim at Secretary Of State antony blinken. According to blinken was wrongly blaming iran for the conflict between israel and hamas and says the u. S. Is exacerbating the conflict by overly aligning itself with israel. Whats happening to u. S. Troops overseas. Theyve been attacked 14 overseas they have been attacked 14 times and sitcom telling two dozen Service Members killed in iraq and in syria in just one day. And earlier today another rocket fired at u. S. Forces in iraq and intercepted and no injuries reported. We go live to jerusalem, Trace Gallagher is standing by. Is there concern tonight in israel that this conflict is destined to grow wider and more dangerous, especially when it comes to the risk to our troops in the region . Yep, i think it is already there, laura. You are pushing in that direction. You talked about the 14 attacks against u. S. Servicemembers and blinken, who is blaming iran, as is the Biden Administration vowed to defend u. S. Forces and you have u.