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crisis at the russia/ukraine border. the american ambassador is ready to listen to the russians, but won t be played by them. we are prepared to go in the room and listen to them, but we are not going to be distracted by their propaganda and we are going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. meanwhile, house members have been officially notified that there will be an all-member briefing on ukraine thursday afternoon led by u.s. secretary of state tony blinken. cnn s melissa bell is on the ground in kyiv with our top story this morning. melissa, any chance the russians will try to block this emergency u.n. session or do you actually expect they will participate? reporter: well, this is a session that s been called by the united states. we ve heard via twitter from russia s deputy ambassador to the u.n. angrily reacting to the calling of that meeting and suggesting calling on other u.n. security council memb ....
structure to escape the blaze. and happening right now, remnants of idalia going through north carolina, causing heavy flooding and even spawning tornadoes. in south carolina, just as the storm was barreling through the region, a small twister may have flipped over this car. take a look at that. this after idalia made landfall in florida yesterday as the most powerful hurricane to hit the big bend in over 100 years, packing wind speeds of up to 125 miles an hour. at one point in cedar key, the storm surge surpassing ten feet, entire neighborhoods converted into rivers. right now, just as we approach the hottest point of the day, roughly 300,000 people are without electricity across the south as crews are working around the clock to restore power. joining us now with more is nbc news meteorologist angie lassman and nbc s julia ainsley is in morehead, city, north carolina, and nbc s guad venegas in cedar key, florida. there is an update from the national hurricane cente ....
[national anthem] [national anthem] muck finish if rachel: good morning, everybody. it is 6:00 here on the east coast. it s a little cold, but i m feeling warmer because i m with my friends, will and charlie hurt, who s in for pete hegseth who is bummed because today is cat day on our show [laughter] charlie: no. rachel: pete loves cats, charlie does not. will: let me just tell you, charlie was just talking about this. tennessee plaid texas last night in basketball, and the outcome wasn t exactly can. rachel: what does this is have to do with cats? will: just let me tell my story. and i got a text with pete hegseth with a video of his whole family rooting for temperature. you ve been in tennessee for a hot second, and now you re a huge tennessee fan and rooting against me, and charlie gave me the perfect metaphor. and i said, charlie, there s some animal that does this, and what is it? charlie: the brown-headed cow bird. they nudge the eggs out of the ne ....
all i need, your love will survive everything. all i need. everything. all i need. all i need. everything. all i need. all i need. deliver all i need. all i need. oh,. [cheers and applause] that s beautiful. that s anthony events performing all i need as part of the faith and friends concert series. stick around because anthony and the whole crew will have a full performance later this morning. beautiful. rachel: thank you, guys, so much. can t wait for that. let s move on to this. because as you guys know, well, let me first say hello to everybody. hello. 9:00 hour. rachel: that was fun, very cold. i m still warming up here. fr it s freezing. rachel: let s move object to this. obama and nancy pelosi got together with joe biden in an you attempt it s an ott you crew. odd crew.it s part of the bidens campaign to you attract young people. they think they re going to do it with the american with obamacare, they re getting together fo ....
the 25th of december. thank you very much indeed for joining us. our main story. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says at least 70 people have been killed by an air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli army said it had received reports of an attack at the maghazi camp and was reviewing the incident. hamas is designated as a terror organisation by the uk government. this report from joe inwood contains some distressing details. for the people of gaza, there is no respite. this was once a residential block reduced to rubble. multiple generations of families are said to have been killed, seemingly caught unawares. translation: we were having dinner, when suddenly the bombing started - without any warning. in an instant, our house collapsed. the victims were taken to the nearby alaqsa hospital. in a population as young as this, children are so often the victims. this incident already has one of the highest single death tolls since this war began and it is expected to ri ....