Climbing all day as those Rescue Crews pull more bodies out of the rubble In Gaza city. You asked how officials are responding. Ive been asking the israeli military all day, what was the target here . What were you aiming for . A short while ago they came back to me with a statement. I will read part of that to you. They said they were targeting underground military infrastructure belonging to the hamas terror organization. The Undergrournd Military Facilities collapsed causing foundation of the civilian houses above them to collapse as well, leading to unintended causalities. I should say Nbc News has not independently verified those claims about an underground military facility. Even if this was a legitimate military target, the question under international law, does its Military Significance outweigh this massive civilian we now have more than 50 children killed In Gaza in the last all right, guys, were having some trouble. Well, were hearing a little bit. All right. Are you back .
Out of the rubble. Now, ive been asking the israeli military all day, what was the target here, what were you aiming at . They just came back to me with a statement. Ill read you part of it. They said they were going for underground Military Infrastructure belonging to the hamas terror organization. The undergrounds military facilities collapsed, causing the foundations of the civilian houses above them to collapse also, leading to unintended casualties. Now, i should say, Nbc News has not independently verified those claims about an underground hamas military facility. But even if this was a legitimate military target, the question under International Law is, does its Military Significance outweigh this massive civilian Death Toll . Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on Cbs News a short while ago and was asked how much longer is this conflict going to continue and he indicated it is not going to end immediately. Take a listen. Well do whatever it takes to restore order
perspective, this is in reaction to the united states parking a nuclear capable submarine here in south korea. so, they consider that a provocation. in fact, they came out just last week and said that, you know, this meets the criteria for something like a nuclear escalation. now, all of this rhetoric, all of this sort of saber rattling comes as north korea has remained anti early silent about the fate of private travis king. now, if you remember, only a couple days ago, we are now on day five of this diplomatic crisis. private king dash across the border with north korea, shocking the world, and causing a lot of questions from washington. we heard from washington a couple days ago, various officials saying that they are trying their best to check on the welfare and the status of private who s now been missing and hasn t been heard from. now, my colleague, andrea mitchell, actually interviewed the secretary of state, anthony blinken, and here is what he said about private k
Forward without a prosecution, don t move forward without all of the things ducks being placed in a row, so you know we will be able to do your job and do a job effectively. and effectively means a conviction. okay, well, lots ahead of us in the coming months, ryan, charles, thank you so much for being with us today. and tomorrow, one of the key january six committee witnesses with a big revelation about jack smith s grand jury. hear from sarah matthews, former trump white house deputy press secretary, sunday at one eastern here on the alex witt report s. marjorie taylor greene has a surprising starring role in a new video. could she help get joe biden reelected? reaction from congressman ro khanna, next. and later, it looks like a desert and it sure feels like one. there s excessive heat warning right now in palm springs. the high today? get this one. 117 degrees. but there is a tiny shred of good news in nearby arizona. it might rain in phoenix soon,