Good morning, it is Saturday September the 28th. I am Ali Velshi. Hezbollah has confirmed that Israel Has kept the groups longtime leader in strikes late last night on an Apartment Complex In Beirut. Which is the capital of lebanon. Israel says hezbollah was using the complex as a headquarters this represents a major escalation of ongoing Back And Forth between Israel And Hezbollah. Israel has intensified in last couple of weeks. Israel also says the strikes killed a Highranking Commander and other senior leaders of the organization. Israel says other strikes in Beirut Yesterday targeted weapon caches. Nasrallah is a cleric and led it has blossoms 1992. He has grown the group into the most powerful iranian backed force in the region. Both militarily and politically, building has been a lot into what has been called a state within a state. He led the group for decadal conflict and is made in a Civil War on behalf of the regime. They have help train other i running back regional militias
There were misunderstandings from the beginning but we should forget about them and focus on our vaccine being one of the best. Donald trump is accused of summoning a mob and aiming them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol according to pre trial documents from democrats were pushing for his impeachment. And tributes are pouring in for Captain Sirtom and tributes are pouring in for captain sir tom moore who has died at the age of 100. He is remembered for raising tens of millions for Coronavirus Workers in the uk. We begin in russia, where a court has ruled that Alexei Navalny will go to jail. A three and a half year suspended sentence for fraud from 2014 has been converted to a custodial sentence. Hes expected to spend over 2. 5 years in prison that allows for time previously spent under house arrest. This is Alexei Navalny arriving in court to hear the verdict he used his appearance to castigate President Putin, and said hed go down in history as someone who poisoned people. This was
competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy
at this hour, you might remember this image of the man behind me, kicking his feet up on then house speaker nancy pelosi s desk during the capitol riots so how many years will he be spending behind bars for his actions on january 6th. that s next. and the horrific words the suspect said at the scene after deliberately crashing into the white house barrier monday night allegedly telling authorities he admired nazis and wanted to quote kill the president. plus, speed bump, with just eight days left before a potential default, one official tells nbc news that house speaker kevin mccarthy and his team refuse to negotiate with the white house, and then another meeting gets scheduled there. so where do things stand right now? we ve got a live report. also, the potential real world fallout if a deal is not reached by june 1st. what one veteran s group says is their primary concern. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right the
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world, it is monday, july 4th, and the independence day celebrations kicking off early in some cities. this is video from milwaukee s waterfront where thousands gathered to catch a spectacular fireworks show, just beautiful there. the mood was not so festive at america s airports, though, flights canceled, passengers stranded. if you are flying holiday weekend chances are you are not having a happy 4th and feeling anything but independent because you were at the mercy of overwhelmed airlines. more than 1,500 flights were canceled from friday through sunday and saturday was the worst, 653 flights were axed. the airlines are also blaming the weather, thunderstorms in the northeast delaying thousands of flights and adding to the chaos the highest travel demand we ve seen since the start of the pandemic and, of course, rampant staffing shortages. let s take you now to one of the busiest airports in the world, atlanta s