Wow tonight the world is on the brink and the white house is n the brink and the white house is panicking because joe bidens president , the United States, now sponsoring a double proxy war against the iranians and the russians. China is eyeing taiwan and north korean weapons were just discovered in gaza. The State Department has just issued a Worldwide Travel warning to all countries. When is the last time thats happened . Americans arent even safe in france. Our enemies are being mobbed by angry muslims. Our Military Bases are under attack in iraq, and we just had to shoot down two iranian made missiles. How was your week . Well, this right now breaks putin is in china meeting with xi, where theyre coordinating mideast policy. Two American Carrier strike groups are in the mediterranean in. And biden just tested one of our new nuclear weapons, detonating a massive bomb in nevada. And we keep catching middle easterners, sneaking across the secure southern border. Axios reports top Offi
Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im Fredericka Witfield In Atlanta alongside wolf blitzer in washington. We begin with our Special Coverage of israel and gaza. After dayswaiting, the rafah Border Crossing has opened very briefly, allowing 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to cross into gaza. Water, fuel and food are all running desperately low in gaza. The United Nations is warning gazas hospitals are on the brink of collapse. One american trapped in gaza described his situation to cnn this morning. We thought that we could stay close to the border because the State Department would work on extracting us or getting us out of gaza through some type of arrangement. Weve been here a week. Were staying in a normal singlefamily home with about two floors with 40 people sharing everything we can from food and water. The Death Toll Stands at 4,300 people according to the Palestinian Ministry of health. Tens of thousands of israeli troops continue to mass along the ga
As an example that the idf bomb deliberately, a hospital and killed 700 people. The longer that goes on, the more israel will be in peril for for their future, so, again, we should expect nothing else from hamas. Its a terrorist organization. Its dedicated to the destruction of israel and theyre going about it in a strategic matter. Does history tell us whether they care if Congress Approves aid to israel and that america stands behind, you know the movements that have been made by the u. S. Military that is in the region, that they stand behind israel . I think theres no question that were going to provide aid to israel. Massive financial resources. Were backing them up with a significant deterrent military forces. None of this will be contingent upon whether netanyahu does or does not conduct a land operation. Thats clearly got to be an israeli decision based on their own fundamental security assessment. General, its always good to have you on the program, we thank you, general Barry
Yes [ cheers ] yeah woho running up and down that field looks tough. Its a pitch. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. Hello, im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar In Washington. We begin with a major breaking development in the is healhamas war. Two americans taken hostage by hamas nearly two weeks ago have been released according to a source familiar with the Negotiation Noose this is a mother and a daughter as we understand it, they were among at least 200 people who were kidnapped during hamass attacks on israel in which 1400 people were killed. We have cnns Alex Marquardt and mj lee with details on this. Alex, tell us what more you can about this release. Reporter well, a mother and daughter as you say, we understand from a source that i spoke with about the negotiations, that the mother is not in good health. So weve been told by both our sources and by hamas that this is a, quote, unquote, humanitarian release because presumably hamas does
He saw that first image of them finally freed and what about the more than 200 other hostages hamas still holds . All this as israeli strikes hammer gaza. A church sheltering civilians badly damaged. Lines of trucks carrying aid for gaza stranded at the egypt border. What is Still Holding them up . Also, the house gop dropping jim jordan as their Speaker Nominee after he loses a third vote. The chaos and the new candidates jumping in. The surprise in court, a former lawyer for the Trump Campaign Pleading Guilty in that Georgia Election interference case. How damaging is it for the former president . And the new drama in the new york fraud case. The social media post that just cost donald trump 5,000. The urgent manhunt after a maryland judge is shot dead at his home. The Armed And Dangerous suspect. Was he angry with the judge over his divorce . And the voices of war. The people weve met whose lots are forever changed. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. And good eveni