good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, tragedy in iowa. three people shot at a high school on the first day back from winter break. law enforcement sources telling nbc that the suspect is dead. we are live at the scene. plus, the battle down in texas, the department of justice taking on the state for its brand new law allowing police to arrest migrants. also, a florida man arrested after threats against congressman eric swalwell, the chilling voice mails he left for the california democrat saying he would kill him and his family. that s next. plus, a miracle in the rubble, dramatic new video of a man being rescued three days after that devastating earthquake in japan. the 44-hour long heroic endeavor to get him out alive. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with nbc s ali vitali who is on the ground for us in perry, iowa, where later this afternoon we do expect an update from poli
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza, as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant israeli aggression . israel has not commented, but
hamas commander directed two major attacks on october 7th. steve: this as israeli troops move deeper into gaza. netanyahu says cease-fire is off the table because now is the time for war. ainsley: iranian backed militia it targeting u.s. forces carrying out the 25th attack in the last two weeks. lawrence: ainsley we have coverage. alexandria hoff with details on the failed strikes on air bases in iraq. greg palkot near the israel-lebanon border. greg, what can you tell us? hey, folks, yeah. tension in part of the country throughout israel, throughout the world, as a matter of fact, on the escalating land incursion by israeli forces in gaza against its faux hamas. at this stage of the operations, it s entering its fourth day. israeli tanks, infantry and other armor are moving in towards gaza city. the hamas headquarters for the north, from the east, from the south. clashes are reported with militants including in their vast tunneled network where some of the hostages c
not in the face russia s aggression in ukraine. shame on you all. palestinians aren t animals. committee will suspend and i again ask that those from the audience respect the people in the room and allow us to continue the hearing. john: as harris just mentioned, awaiting updates from the white house, the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east as anti-israel demonstrations intensify around the globe, including on capitol hill. and so we begin tuesday afternoon, john roberts, good afternoon to you. aishah: aishah hasnie in for sandra myth. america reports . so the chaotic scene was playing out at a senate hearing this morning as secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin were making their case for congress to approve more aid to israel. you can see nearly two dozen protestors there were slamming the biden administration for funding what they say is the genocide of palestinians and accusing u.s. officials of being te