We ll start with the news. Violent continues between israel and hamas and now lebanon this morning. Smoke, clouds and flames could be seen rising from gaza building following overnight attacks from israeli war planes this as sirens blared through an israeli city near the gaza border warning of hamas rocket attack. Close to 90 rockets were launched from gaza overnight bringing the total to more than 3,300 since the conflict began last week. Israeli forces also reported a shelling of lebanon last night in retaliation for six rockets fired toward israel. Tensions have been high at the israeli lebanese border where protesters have come out in support of the palestinians. After a meeting with top defense officials, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said yesterday that israel would, quote, continue to strike terror targets for as long as necessary. Gaza s health ministry says 212 people have been killed since air strikes began last week including 61 children. Israeli officials have r
and the great one mark live in, he ll be here. you ll have reaction. i want to first turn to a developing story on capitol hill. tomorrow, house democrats, they will force a vote to strip all committee assignments from a giorgio her name is marjorie taylor greene.wm i m sure maybe until just last week, many of you have neverd heard her name as she has been on the job a whopping one month. she is elected from a district in north georgia with an impressive 74% of the vote. this despiteep the widespread reportr conspiracy theories, the voters haveap voted. it appears they knew about some of her beliefs and they still decided to put her in office. a very high percentage. democrats, they are trying to block representation in committees and the will of the voters because of these beliefs. we ve done our own research. we ve learned that taylor green previously said that a plane did not hit the pentagon on 9/11. we all know as a fact that a plane hit the pentagon and it is real. wefr
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announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening terrifying images coming out of cuba tonight. a five-star hotel in downtown havana ripped by a massive and deadly explosion the death toll rising as rescuers search for the missing. dozens of injured were rushed to hospitals. cellphone video capturing the moment of the explosion as the saratoga hotel was quickly engulfed in smoke and dust its facade crumbled by the blast. cuban authorities tonight blaming the blast on a gas leak. the hotel once frequented by well heeled tourists and celebrities including some americans was closed for renovation. kerry sanders now with late developments. reporter: moments after the explosion, a witness began recording as the cloud of dust from the blast enveloped the streets of old havana. a witness points and yells, there s people alive, there s people alive! in the rubble another says, there s one, there s one! bystanders, police, firefighters began climbing over con
court, rachel scott traveling the country. the states where the changes could be immediate. president biden calling this draft ruling radical. if the supreme court strikes down roe, the president with an urgent warning, saying this will go beyond the right to choose to other basic rights. the right to marry, he said, would be in jeopardy next. mary bruce at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. russian air strikes knocking out power to parts of lviv. russian forces also launching an assault on that massive steel plant. and what s happened now to the 100 civilians including children who got out of that plant? ian pannell in ukraine. here at home tonight, the newly released surveillance video showing an escaped murder suspect and corrections officer leaving the jail together, triggering this nationwide manhunt still under way. what the sheriff tonight has now revealed. the car they might be in. news on the pandemic tonight. this new omicron subvariant. what they