Breaking news out of the middle east, Especial Msnbc our from irans state tv. They are reporting that irans president , Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday. The president was traveling back from a visit to azerbaijan, when the helicopter he was in made a crash landing. For hours, Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. Have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. That weather is believed to have contributed to the crash, and it certainly slowed down a Search And Rescue efforts which were going on for hours. U. S. Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, earlier on sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. It is still being fully investigated. The death of irans president comes during a volatile time in the region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other, just last month, and militant groups, backed b
Story. The october 7th attack by hamas which the u. S. Labels a Terrorist Organization left at least 1400 people dead. More than 200 people are being held hostage according to israeli officials, and many more people are still unaccounted for. In response, israel began a Bombing Campaign in gaza. According to the hamas controlled Health Ministry more than 4,000 people have died there so far. The story of hamas is complex. Its roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948. It has many factions including the socalled Military Wing which perpetrated the terror attack. Over the next hour, cnns sara sidner brings us The Whole Story on hamas from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they have evolved over the decades. We want to warn you some of the images youll see in this hour may be disturbing. Pure, unadulterated evil. I cant even try to comprehend these monsters. Terrorists. This is not islam. They should be spit out. We cannot expect that israel will continue to bl
Border when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. Fur hours Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. There were no survivors. Bad weather impeded the search. U. S. Majority Senate Leader Chuck Schumer says intelligence authorities informed him there was no evidence of foul play and looks like an accident, but its still being viewed as an accident. The death comes at a volatile time in this region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks on each other and militant groups attacked israel as well as ships in the red sea. The countrys Supreme Leader still remains in control over iran after this unfortunate news. Lets go to nbc chief correspondent richard engel. Richard, as you have been following this story, what is the right way to look at this, summarize it, and what are the reactions that youre looking for from the region . Reporter so this was a shocking turn of events. A Helicopter Crash. I also am hearing from sources that foul weather, not
Breaking news out of the middle east, a special msnbc our from Iranian State tv, they are reporting that irans president , Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday but the president was traveling back from a visit to the Iranian Border with azerbaijan when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. For hours, Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. They have found the crash site and there were no survivors. Bad weather is believed to have contributed to this crash, and it certainly slowed down a Search And Rescue efforts, going on for hours. U. S. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, earlier on sunday, saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. It is still being fully investigated. Now, the death of irans president , comes during a volatile time in the region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other just la
Lui. We have a special hour from iran state tv, and theyre reporting irans president , ebrahim raisi, was killed in a Helicopter Crash sunday. The president was traveling back from a visit to the Iranian Border with azerbaijan when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. For hours Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. They have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. Bad weather believed to have contributed to this crash and it certainly slowed down Search And Rescue efforts, which were going on for hours. U. S. Senate majority leader, chuck schumer, earlier sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him there was no evidence of foul play in this crash. Adding that it looks like an accident, but still being fully investigated. Now the death of irans president comes during a volatile time in this region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other just last month. Militant groups have also attacked israel as