Welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, can about da, and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im kim brunhuber. Its 5 00 a. M. Here in atlanta, noon at gaza city where a Safe Passage Corridor has been established for palestinians to evacuate to Southern Gaza as israel has ordered them to do. Is rah i will military opened it about an hour ago and it will remain open another four hours. Once they get to gaza, theres nowhere to go. Meanwhile israel had announced it killed the senior hamas commander whos supposedly the mastermind in last weeks Terrorist Attacks. An unknown number of americans are known to be with others in captivity. On friday President Biden said the u. S. Is doing everything to find their loved ones. I say were going to to everev everything in our power to find them. Im not going to go into detail on that, but were working like hell on that. They have to know the United States of america cares deeply about
First tonight, Israeli Soldiers taking down that suspected hamas militant. Not far from where the attackers first swept in. Authorities telling us tonight, this is still an active war zone inside israel. Matt gutman and what he witnessed. Also tonight, the images from inside gaza, no food, no water, no electricity. Is a Ground Invasion imminent from israel . And The Americans who are here in the region. Tonight, the u. S. Embassy now revealing a plan to evacuate americans from israel. Matt gutman standing by with new reporting. Also tonight, the hostages. Americans among them, my interview tonight with Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. I ask him, whats being done to save those hostages right now . And on iran tonight, what about the 6 billion unfrozen for that Prisoner Swap with the u. S. . With iran a known supporter of hamas, we press Secretary Blinken, will iran still get that money . Across the u. S. Tonight, the heightened security at synagogues, houses s of worship and some scho
Its good to be with you, im ana cabrera in for katy tur, and we are covering two major stories unfolding right now. Hamas says it has agreed to a cease fire and Hostage Deal Proposal from egypt and qatar. Though an israeli official tells nbc news that the framework is not what they had agreed upon with mediators. Well lay out what we know so far and what the white house is saying. But we begin this hour at the courthouse in manhattan, from a crime witness on the stand last week to Balance Sheets and ledger reports this afternoon, and Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has taken a clear pivot today. Right now, Deborah Tarasoff is on the stand, the first Current Trump Organization Employee to testify. This morning, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey Mcconney testified before the court and his crossexamination on the stand just wrapped a short time ago. What he revealed about the strange paper trail that followed the alleged Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels, and how much of it,
Here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room, israel at war. We begin this hour with the Breaking News out of israel. Hamas militants pouring across the gaza border in a Surprise Attack. Listen to one israeli womans terrifying firsthand account of the raid. Translator suddenly out of nowhere shots are coming in. They started shooting in every direction and i took the car keys and just drove and started moving forward to get out of the shots. Out of the shots. And at some point, they overtook us. We were overtaken by the shooters. They started shooting at our vehicles. We got out of the vehicles. I didnt keep driving. We took cover. Nic robertson is on the ground for us right near the gaza border in israel. So far, what have you seen tonight . Reporter this is the point where that area of israel that the Defense Forces are still going through confronting the hamas militants is taking place. We can hear it. We can see it
Silence speaks volumes. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Now, right down to the spooky staging, we have seen how the white House Springs into action when it needs joe biden to go out and condemn americans. Well, the americans who didnt vote for him. This maga threat, a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. Its also a threat to the character of our nation. Laura as pathetic as it all came off at the time, biden did have his Talking Points down pat. And the entire cabinet, remember, they were on board as well. Maga extremist, mega maga extremist. But as prohamas protesters just engulf universities, destroying campus life, suddenly the white house cant find a coherent set of Talking Points . Yeah. Kjp today said well, we have spoken out against hate. Well, the real reason that we havent heard a peep from joe biden, im going to spell it out for you. Panic. From axios, the unofficial mouthpiece of the establishment says democrats enter panic mode as Gaza Protests