67,000 tickets given out, 80 of them free. 12 and up have to Show Proof of vaccination to get in. The mayor calls the concert historic, celebration for a city thats overcome incredible challenges in the last year. The mayor teamed up with Producer Clive davis to produce tonights show that includes andrea bow check ee, ll cool j, Jennifer Hudson taking the stage. Paul simon, no stranger to concerts in Central Park, having performed two on the Great Lawn. And the boss, Bruce Springsteen will be performing as well. We wait to start a big show. Want to check in with reporters on the ground in Central Park. Erica Hill Tracking Tonights Music headlines. What do you expect . It is a great lineup to put it mildly. You hit on some of them, anderson. There are folks in the pen to my left excited about Andrea Bocelli and the boss. It is a city as diverse as the city of New York itself. A lot of hometown love, a lot of new York Artists and artists from all over. That plays to the diversity of the
through the streets. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon blamed that attack on what it has called flagrant israeli aggression. israel has not claimed responsibility. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, is in beriut with the latest. crowds gathered in beirut for the funeral of saleh al arouri, the deputy hamas leader who was assassinated in an attack here in beirut, on tuesday. some people were carrying placards with his face, some were waving hamas and palestinian flags. and this assassination was a blow for hamas, but it also hit its lebanese allies, hezbollah, because it happened in an area of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah. so this has raised fears of a wider regional conflict, but there have been some indications that both hezbollah and israel are willing to take steps to avoid an escalation in their confrontation. we heard from the israeli defense minister, yoav gallant, who said the israeli authorities were determined
would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would also have an unspecified role to play in the plan. and the document adds that as gaza residents are palestinian, therefore palestinian bodies will be in charge, with the condition that there will be no hostile actions or threats against the state of israel. fighting in gaza continued alongside the plan s publication, with dozens of people killed in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run health ministry. us secretary of state antony blinken is due back in the region this week. he is expected to meet with palestinian and israeli officials. that visit comes after a top hamas leader was killed in an explosion in a suburb of beirut on tuesday. thousands of people attended the funeral of saleh al arouri in the lebanese capital on thursday. crowds carried banners with his picture and waved palestinian and hamas flags through the streets. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, b
neighbouring egypt would also have an unspecified role to play in the plan. and the document adds that as gaza residents are palestinian, therefore palestinian bodies will be in charge, with the condition that there will be no hostile actions or threats against the state of israel. fighting in gaza continued alongside the plan s publication, with dozens of people killed in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run health ministry. us secretary of state antony blinken is due back in the region this week. he is expected to meet with palestinian and israeli officials. that comes after a top hamas leader was killed in an explosion in a suburb of beirut on tuesday. thousands of people attended the funeral of saleh al arouri in the lebanese capital on thursday. crowds carried banners with his picture and waved palestinian and hamas flags through the streets. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, blamed that attack on what it has called flagrant isr
and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. deal or no deal. congress leaves d.c. for the memorial day weekend without reaching a deal to avoid disastrous debt default for the first time in u.s. history, we are live on capitol hill with a new deadline, giving lawmakers a little bit more time to reach an agreement. plus, stumbling start, and unforgettable, maybe forgettable, launch for florida governor ron desantis s presidential campaign rollout on twitter. what we can expect from his campaign, plus the new exclusive nbc news reporting that desantis administration is actually hitting of lobbyists for campaign cash. later, travel at your own risk. the naacp issues a blistering formal travel advisory for the state of florida, saying it s, quote, hostile for black americans. president of the day naacp joins us live to weigh in on this rare rebuke. ahead. and a good saturday morning to you all, i am katie phang, we re going to start today s show with the nation teeteri