from as msnbc world headquarters, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news as we await a news conference from police in mississippi where a pilot is now in custody after threatening to crash his plane into a walmart. he circled the skies for hours and instead landed in a field in north mississippi. the faa says only the pilot was on board, no word yet confirming his identity. it started early today after the pilot took off from to pull a regional airport. the police got word that the pilot intended to crash intentionally, the walmart was closed. that plane flew haphazardly for hours before coming down in the field where police swarmed it and made the arrest. here s our affiliate as that drama unfolded. we have been able to confirm, we have at least confirmed to us that it has crashed, that does not mean they reach the crash location. one of the difficult things about figuring out something like that is just how fast the plane was moving. at its lowest poi
The iranian consulate in damascus earlier this month, israels military says with the help of its partners, including the us and the uk, it intercepted some 99 of more than 300 missiles and drones and other projectiles launched by iran israeli war cabinet, ended a meeting today without reaching a decision, but determined to act. One member saying, israel will quote, exact a price at the time of its choosing, President Biden met virtually with g7 leaders today to discuss what he calls quote, an urgent diplomatic response and late lab as night biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu over the phone reaffirming the us is ironclad commitment to its ally, but making it clear, the us will not i participate in any Israeli Attack against iranian territory right now, Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting. Un Secretary General rule called for restraint now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint we have a team of reporters here In Wash
i don t know what i won t speak to what impressions moscow might be getting but we have not lost focus in any sense on our need to support ukraine. it s why you have seen the president give an oval office address about our support for ukraine and we will stay focused on it. we think we have the ability to work on more than one thing. you hear the secretary often say we have to walk and chew gum at the same time. that is true with the issues. who is compiling the list of evacuees at rafah gate and which is the criteria to determine what injuries are eligible. because of the sensitive nature of this i m not able to get into all of this has been as i said extremely difficult process when you think of the parties involved and i find the not productive to speak to the underlying details here. israel and egypt expressed security concerns and no third party is doing we have worked with the government of egypt and israel to attempt to ensure an orderly flow through th
a regional airport. the police got word that the pilot intended to crash intentionally, the walmart was closed. that plane flew haphazardly for hours before coming down in the field where police swarmed it and made the arrest. here s our affiliate as that drama unfolded. we have been able to confirm, we have at least confirmed to us that it has crashed, that does not mean they reach the crash location. one of the difficult things about figuring out something like that is just how fast the plane was moving. at its lowest point, prior to the reports of it crashing, it was moving 163 miles per hour. that s a lot faster than any ground assets can move to get in position. it doesn t have to follow roads. so that has led to not necessarily mayhem, but certainly great concern. today this all started as i
up from the south. they have not shown they can execute fire maneuver, they can execute combined arms. they don t know how to integrate aviation, ground assets to successfully synnergize their efforts. they have to go through the ukrainians at this point. they would have to. they re dug in in those positions. they could they have friendly area. the russian separatists are supporting them. they re not going to have the interdiction to the supply lines they ve been having thus far. remember, if they want to get 40 battalion tactical groups to move into donetsk, they need 200 trucks a day the russians. the russians will need. that s a huge exposure. that s why they can t attack through the north or south because those flights would be exposed. if they come up through donetsk, they could protect the supply lines. let s talk about what the