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
Thank you so, right now you are looking at capitol hill. That is the peoples house, the place where you would expect the people that you elected to legislature actual priorities. Your number one is supposed to be there number one. Let me ask how many of you out there had is your top priority nancy pelosi getting kicked out of her office in the Capitol Building . Short of hands . Anyone . Anyone . I did not think so. But tonight, at cnn, how speaker, mccarthy, was behind the interim speaker, Patrick Mchenry cups move to pick former house speaker, nancy pelosi, out of her office space. It is things like this that drive voters crazy. You are telling me that within hours of throwing out a speaker with no clear succession plan, 44 days away from yet another manufactured check in, with concerns over the economy looming, the border, National Security, funding for ukraine, with all of that, that was the priority . This is what we call the disconnect. Shouldnt the First Priority be, well, to fu
A damning report on the mistreatment of detainees at an Immigration Removal Centre has recommended a time limit on the length of their stay. A Public Inquiry found a toxic culture among staff at brook house near gatwick airport. It follows a bbc Panorama Investigation in 2017. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has seen the report which has just been released in the past hour, and joins me from central london. Tell us more first of all about the findings of this inquiry . Findings of this inquiry . Well, jane, it findings of this inquiry . Well, jane. It is findings of this inquiry . Well, jane, it is worth findings of this inquiry . Well, jane, it is worth saying findings of this inquiry . Well, jane, it is worth saying that i findings of this inquiry . Well, l jane, it is worth saying that this jane, it is worth saying that this inquiry would not have happened if an 18 year old Detention Custody Officer called callum telly had not contacted the bbc and then agreed to take hid
there was a scary moment on capitol hill at this afternoon when cops were called to a nearby park. witnesses said there was a man in an orange jumpsuit carrying a rifle. joining us now from washington s capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. brian, what do we know happened? there is no doubt that it was a scary few moments here on capitol hill as capitol police officers from across the campus rushed to this scene where this man was discovered carrying what they described as a long gone. it was noted by a passerby who have been to inform capitol police. this is an area very close to the capital campus. it is a park which is situated in between union station, which is one of the main transportation hubs in washington, d.c., and the senate office buildings on the capital campus, so very close to the operations up here on capitol hill. when this man with the gun was discovered and capitol police were informed of it. they swarmed the area to subdue the man. we are told that th
And the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the Emergency Response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the Nhs In England and scotland on friday. Dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. Lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. Meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a wake up call blaming them for storing data on Software Vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. Its thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. In the past half hour the National Crime agency has tweeted this saying if youre a victim of ransomware do not pay theres no guarantee that access to your files will be restored. Here, security minister ben