Thousands are protesting across israel to express outrage over six hamas hostages killed in gaza overnight. Israelis, including hostage families, accusing prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Torpedoing A Ceasefire Deal that might have saved them. We are getting new details by the minute. Hamas says they couple six in a tunnel shortly before israeli forces were able to reach them. Their bodies were recovered and brought back to israeli territory. Among the dead are Israeli American Hersh Goldbergpolin. The other five hostages. President biden has issued a statement vowed to make them pay. First we go to Matt Bradley joining us from Tel Aviv. I know youre at the big protest. What is happening . Reporter i hope you can hear me. It is definitely loud here. It looks like There Hundreds Of Thousands of protesters stretching as far as the eye can see. On the other side of this Pedestrian Bridge is the same deal. Everyone out here, outraged this happens every week right here in front of what
But monday will be a working holiday for Vice President kamala hayes, who returns to the Campaign Trail with stops in michigan and pennsylvania, where she will appear alongside president Joe Biden. The polls show Vp Harris and former president Donald Trump headed into the fall locked in a tight race. The critical debate looms next week. While the first ballots of the 2024 campaign go out in just a matter of days. We have all the election latest ahead on Politics Nation. Plus, were following Breaking News out of the middle east. Vice president harris and President Biden have spoken with the family of Israeli American hirsh goldberg. One of the six hostages israeli forces found dead in gaza on saturday. Well have the latest on demonstrations breaking out throughout israel. We begin with nbcs Matt Bradley in tel aviv. Matt, what are you hearing from protesters there . Reporter yeah, reverend, i was out there for a couple of hours with my team and one of the things that came out loud and c
so what are we talking about? well, north carolina was accused of sinking torpedoing a south korean ship. so one of the provications could be north korean ships going into these disputed waters which they have in the past. also air. north korean jets flying into south korean airspace. they came close to violating the dmz just last year. south korea had to scramble four fighter jets in response. and finally, shelling these border islands like they did a couple years ago, that also would very likely invite a response. some of the other reasons are to step up the cooperation between u.s. and south korean troops as well as act as a deterrent. for example, just recently, he threatened to wipe out entire south korean military units on some of the other border islands. erin? chris, a lot of people watching will say okay, so does this open america up to more serious conflict, to war? reporter: it actually opens the u.s. up to smaller conflicts. but those smaller conflicts are more likely t
the threshold for american military involvement in a possible war with north korea. in the face of mounting threats from the young untested dictator of the country, the u.s. is getting ready to fight back. now while the nearly 30,000 american troops in south korea are already obligated to defend that country in the vent of an all out war, under the new plan, the troops could fight in direct response just to provications from north korea. it could be a significant difference from the way things are right now. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is outfront tonight. chris, what is this new agreement mean for american troops and the threshold where they would be in conflict? reporter: erin, it basically puts it down on paper in formalizes the agreement that the u.s. is going to be a part of this defense right from the get go. not just all out war but even the small scale attacks. so what are we talking about? well, north carolina was accused of sinking torpedoing a south
the small scale attacks. so what are we talking about? well, north carolina was accused of sinking torpedoing a south korean ship. so one of the provications could be north korean ships going into these disputed waters which they have in the past. also air. north korean jets flying into south korean airspace. they came close to violating the dmz just last year. south korea had to scramble four fighter jets in response. and finally, shelling these border islands like they did a couple years ago, that also would very likely invite a response. some of the other reasons are to step up the cooperation between u.s. and south korean troops as well as act as a deterrent. for example, just recently, he threatened to wipe out entire south korean military units on some of the other border islands. erin? chris, a lot of people watching will say okay, so does