under pressure, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austen is in israel and pressing for a more targeted approach in gaza as they call for a cease-fire. we re calling for the latest, former president trumps rhetoric is hitting new ugly lows. the gop front runner s latest attack on migrants talking comparisons to hitler. southwest airlines will pay up, we are talking $140 million fine for last winter s travel nightmare. we are following major developing stories all coming in on sienna s new cnn new central. pressure is growing on israel to change its strategy and its war against hamas because the civilian death toll in gaza is skyrocketing and continuing to climb. secretary of defense lloyd austen met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu along with top israeli officials to get a clear picture of their military operations. the u.s. pushing israel for a more targeted approach , one that is less harmful to civilians in a press conference, austin reiterated u.s. support for israe
house. both sides pointed to negotiating teams to focus on the issue and two sources familiar with the discussions say they held a late night meeting at the capitol. we have a shot at exactly the roosevelt room right where the president is expected to come out and speak in just a few seconds, but i want to go with nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. good morning. there is only 15 days left until the june 1st deadline. where do things stand now and where do they go from here? reporter: well, look, they re looking a little bit better today than they were over the weekend and yesterday. certainly now all parties seem to agree that default is not an option and they said it pretty clearly at this point. that should mean a little bit of a sigh of relief as we watch this new negotiating group move us eventually hopefully toward the finish line. this negotiation now is starting to look a little bit more like 2011 than at any other point during these negotiations. that s beca
tonight at ten all the major car manufacturers in the uk are understood to have raised concerns about the brexit trade deal. vauxhall has already gone public, saying the future of its british factories is in doubt unless the trade deal is changed. the focus is on batteries for electric vehicles the uk needs to produce more to satisfy eu trading rules and experts say we re way behind. uk hasa uk has a very simple decision to make, either it supports the future of vehicle manufacturing in the uk or it decides it s not in vehicle manufacturing long term and it loses those 800,000 jobs associated with the industry. we ll have the latest on the fears for the future of the car industry and the government s response. also tonight a car chase in new york. harry and meghan say that lives were put at risk as they were chased by paparazzi. a cab driver was with them for part of the journey. they looked nervous, ithink they looked nervous, i think they were they looked nervous, i t
global health emergency, but the declaration comes with a warning. on wall street, the dow jumps 400 points this morning with good news from the banking industry, and a jobs report that beat most expectations. overnight, a major twist in one of the bloodiest fights in ukraine, in a furious announcement posted online, the head of russia s wagner mercenary group threatens to pull his troops out of bakhmut next week. at the southern border, officials say more than 2,000 migrants a day are now apprehended, just in the rio grande valley area. we re live with new video of just how desperate the situation is for men, women and children as the secretary of homeland security visits the area. and now to breaking news, the world health organization making a major announcement about the status of the covid-19 pandemic. the director general says more than a year now the pandemic has been on a downward trend and that the emergency committee that has been analyzing the data recommen
strike over pay. scotland s first minister says a trans woman convicted of rape won t now be imprisoned at the women only jail where s she currently being held. and scouring our coastlines for waste why some of the plastic that s washing up is decades old. coming up on the bbc news channel, controversy at the australian open after novak djokovic s father is filmed posing for photos with the vladimir putin supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. russia has hit ukraine with another wave of missile strikes, this time during the morning rush hour, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the capital kyiv. ukrainian officials also said critical infrastructure was damaged in the black sea region of 0desa. the strikes come the day after germany and the us confirmed they would send leopard and abrams tanks to the country. this morning the german defence minister said he wanted his country s vehicles there by the end of march. russia has cond