Dozens of people are killed in the job of the account. United nation has been forced to close school exclude distribution centers, affecting how familiar is rail. The death toll from my masters military operation has now reach 900, including at least 11 americans. The escalation on israel, snowden bowed up with 11 on one of his males deputy, come on, his is killed during a gun battle with fighters. The when its just gone over 400. 00 g m t hours got 7 am in gaza. These are live pictures here. People in the besiege enclave waking up to a 3rd day of bombardment from his ready jets. But you and says more than a 130000 people are taking refuge in its schools. Hundreds of families are in mourning, grieving the loss of their loved ones and the destruction of the house, the the well, those are just a few of the more than 1200. It strikes israel says, is carried out on garza 687. 00 palestinians, including a 140. 00 children, have been killed, as well as cost of food, water, few electricity su
aid into gaza. netanyahu shutting down that request, one of the very latest on why. plus, some new and surprising reporting about the speaker of the house, mike johnson, and why he has never even disclosed any financial information about himself. not even listened to bank accounts on his own disclosure. i ll be joined by the reporter who raise some of these questions about why. and i m gonna bring you part of my conversation with two iranian american filmmakers, we re reclaiming the narrative that how their communities are being portrayed in hollywood. all of a sudden, we saw all of these exhibits, or these plays, or films, it inspired us to really become a part of representing our people. we want to start with the latest on the ground offensive by israel in gaza. happening right now, thousands have gathered in tel aviv to show their support for hostages being held in gaza. we ll keep our eyes on that. meanwhile, israeli troops continue to bomb the region, claiming to hav
flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilian casualties mount. the u.s. call for a humanitarian pause getting a firm thumbs down from prime minister benjamin netanyahu who told secretary of state antony blinken, we are continuing full force, appearing to reject secretary blinken s plea to do more to protect palestinian civilians. israel s government pending any kind of a pause to the release of hostages held by hamas. but the unsettling image of civilian casualties and damaged hospitals in gaza, continue to draw widespread condemnation of israel s siege in its defense, israel providing pictures of hamas tunnels it
israel and gaza. also tonight, president biden visiting maine in the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 18 people, meeting with survivors, victims families, and first responders. his message to a grieving community. the security scare at a nuclear plant in south carolina. a man driving through the gate, ramming the barricades, the urgent man-hunt tonight. the one-time crypto king sam bankman-fried found guilty on all counts in his fraud trial. why his legal troubles aren t over yet. the explosion aboard a jet blue plane. a backpack bursting into flames. flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut. after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilia
Back here this wednesday night. Now new yorks number one news. 16 people are dead after a hot air balloon crashes and catches fire. New details from the scene as the investigation gets underway. First, torrential downpours in new jersey turns streets into rivers and scrambling for safety. Good evening. The rain was widespread today. New jersey was hit the hardest. We will have more in just a moment. First the showers continuing at this hour and we might get more tomorrow. Meteorologist jeff smith has been tracking it all evening. New information hot off the presses here from the National Weather service. Flood warning now for southeastern Hunterdon County in new jersey. We are talking about the of Middlesex County, southern parts of somerset and mercer counties through 2 15 in the morning. Some of the rivers in those areas include the millstone river and Lawrence Brook rising and probably going above flood stage as we head through the night. Also, a flood advisory in effect for much of