Thanks for joining us. Im dana bash in washington. And im sara sidner in tel aviv with cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. A complete catastrophe, that is how one official is describing conditions in gaza today. The situation there is becoming more dire by the minute as Tens Of Thousands of innocent civilians are fleeing their homes in response to the barrage of attacks from israel from the sky. Gaza is running out of food and clean Drinking Water after being cut off by israel. Today israel claims to have turned the water back on in Southern Gaza, but palestinians say they come in the confirm the supply due to lack of electricity at the water stations. Israel is now working on setting up a humanitarian safe zone in Southern Gaza so when evacuees get there, they will have access to food, water and any other assistance that they might need. Antony blinken says that the Rafah Crossing in the south of gaza will be open later today. Weve seen a surge of people trying to get out of
Including one of the commanders, but according to media reports, one of the shells hit a refugee camp, killing 15 people , including children, meanwhile, on the israeli side, 1,500 people became victims of the conflict, local schools were transferred to distance learning, sirens sounded in the border towns and cities that night, hamas announced a successful attack on tel aviv, two more rockets fell on israeli territory from syrian side, they landed in a desert area without causing damage. In response, idf forces attacked Aleppo International airport and disabled it; the ground operation in the gaza strip, which israel is planning, is now being actively written by the western media. In particular, american journalist Seymour Hirsch said that the idf plans to use usmade antibunker bombs for attacks, and thus, quote raze gaza to the ground. Meanwhile, russia requested a meeting of the council for the un, our diplomat. Moscow calls for an immediate ceasefire and the release of the hostages
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. more than 700 foreign nationals are expected to leave southern gaza through the rafah crossing today. among that group, nearly 400 americans as well as british, french, germans, and egyptians. we just want to warn you, the video obtained by cnn is graphic. the israeli military admits it struck an ambulance leaving the scene. at least 15 people have been reported kly been killed. they were using emergency vehicles to transport weapons in the past. the strike happened while u.s. secretary of state was in israel to urge for greater safety of gaza civilians. here he is. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. failure to do so plays into the hands of hamas and other terror groups. there will be no partners for peace if they re consumed by catastrophe and alienated by any perceived indifference to their plight. we re foll
National media mogul as his senior strategist. Democrats are carrying out a coordinated attack on his appointment. Republicans work to ease concerns over bannons past. Thats not the steve bannon that i know and ive spent a lot of time with him and here is a guy who is a Harvard Business school, London School of economics, ten year naval officer advising admirals. I find him to be a very, very decent, very good, extremely smart man and a very loyal, patriotic american and sometimes in politics you get labeled a certain way or another way, but i think people are going to find in him a real asset to the country. Despite democrats efforts to bash bannon president obama in his First Press Conference since the election is reduce to go attack trump for the hiring decision. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on every appointment that the president elect starts making. The people have spoken. Donald trump will be the next president. The 45th president of the united states. And it wil
Friday, july 15th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today. Terror in france with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. We were just talking about what words we can use to set this day apart from so many other days that weve started the show by talking about a major terrorist attack somewhere around the world. When you think about what happened. This moment of celebration in france and then horror. Its unspeakable. There really are no words to measure what happened. Here is where things stand this morning. The death toll rose overnight to at least 84. Including a 51yearold father from texas, and his 11yearold son. Just moments ago, after visiting a hospital in nice, frances president said around 50 people are in his words in absolute urgency between life and death. President obama issued a statement condemning this attack. He offered the u. S. s help with the in