The july tournament. U. S. President Barack Obama Says hes willing to help negotiate a ceasefire between israeli leaders and Palestinian Militants in gaza. Israeli forces have been targeting members of hamas in retaliation for rocket attacks. Dozens of palestinians have died, and there are fears the violence could worsen if israel launches a ground offensive. More from nhk worlds craig dale. Reporter Palestinian Militants in gaza are firing off rockets day and night. [ sirens ] israelis have been rushing to bomb shelters. And while some of the rockets hit their marks, most end up as white puffs in the sky, blown up by israels sophisticated Aerial Defense system known as the iron dome. The israeli air offensive in gaza has been much more punishing. Buildings reduced to rubble or engulfed in flames, residents rushed out on stretchers and cars turned into piles of mangled metal. Israeli leaders say theyre targeting members of hamas. The Islamist Militant Group that controls gaza, but civi
Sounds a warning over sectarian violence. But the white house keeps up the pressure on congress to approve a military strike. Were joined live by former italian Prime Minister mario monti as fresh talk that Silvio Berlusconi is ready to bring down the Italian Government overshadows the forum. And is it game over for kevin rudd . All signs point to the conservatives taking power in australia as campaigns make their final push before tomorrows vote. Lets get back to one of our top stories. President obama is facing gross grohhing pressure from World Leaders not to launch military strikes in syria. U. N. Chief ban kimoon warned from the g20 summit in st. Petersburg this morning that any intervention in syria could worsen sectarian violence. But on the sidelines of the g20 talks, obama has been making calls from abroad to key lawmakers back home seeking support for a limited scope use of military force. U. S. Senate majority leader harry reid said hes guardedly optimistic that the senate w
The move comes as trump receives continued criticism for suggesting that americans could ingest household disinfectants to kill the virus. Republicans are also increasingly worried that his remarks may have an effect on the senate come november. For his part, trump tweeted yesterday that the briefings and news conferences, which are meant to update the public are, quote, not worth the time and effort. A sentiment im sure some of you watching right now share. It all comes as the white house is reportedly looking to replace the health and Human Services secretary, alex azar. There was no Coronavirus Task force briefing yesterday and there isnt one scheduled for today, either. But that doesnt mean our White House Team has the day or even the morning off. Joining me now from the white house, nbc news political reporter, monica alba. Good morning, monica. Does anyone actually have enough sway over trump to dissuade him from doing these briefings . Likely not, ali. As weve seen over the last
To open back up for business, were far from the end of this scourge, and the mid crisis lesson to learn is that our past failures do not need to dictate our future actions. As Global Health official and former head of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim wrote in the new yorker last week, its not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus. And there are promising signs that our nascent offensive efforts are working but will only succeed if were guided by one thing, and that one thing is data. There is no other way to defeat coronavirus. All of our decisions must be based on the evidence available to us, not on the basis of political advantage nor on the basis of misdirected protests. We can only succeed if we follow the science, and that much is going to be our focus in the hour ahead. Tonight in a week with so many medical and science headlines to keep track of, i am once again grateful to be joined by dr. Zeke emanuel for the hour. Dr. Emanuel is an nbc news and msnbc senior medica
And President Trump responds after a deadly shooting at a California Veterans Affairs clinic. What we now know about the gunman and his victims. Lets begin with the latest on the case causing more trouble for the bhous. We now know President Trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen used his official Trump Organization email address and signature and cohen says he took out a equity line of credit in the amount of 130,000 to make the payment to keep Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair between herself and mr. Trump. Daniels attorney made his case to Cnns Anderson Cooper last night. This took a long time. The negotiation, the drafting, the communication, the routing of the payment. Were talking about hours and hours and hours. And what mr. Cohen and the administration now expects the American Public to believe is that he went off half cocked on his own without any guidance or communication whatsoever with his client, none. He just decided that he was going to do this. He was going t