three years later, he came back and killed. new reporting on the fighting in gaza. is israel reporting to flood hamas tunnels with sea water? what new satellite images tell us. plus, another day, another censure, what was once rare punishment gets handed down again, this time against a democratic congressman who falsely pulled a fire alarm. it s the third censure this year. and pro trump fake electors, nevada, the top republican officials facing felony charges. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in las vegas with nbc s dana griffin, and those new details on a college campus shooting that killed three people. what more, dana, are we learning about the suspect? reporter: we ve learned the suspect s name, 67-year-old anthony polito. as you mentioned, he unsuccessfully sought employment here at unlv. if that s part of the motive, investigators haven t said so. right now on campus, we are looking over our shoulders through this bree
attacks represent a direct threat to international commerce and freedom of navigation. houthis are pulling the trigger, iran is providing the guns. john: that was nsc communications coordinator john kirby moments ago saying it is iran who was arming the houthi rebels, the same houthi rebels shooting drones towards navy ships. sandra: just yesterday, forced to shoot down another houthi drone in the red sea. united states has yet to take real direct retaliatory military action toward the houthis. awaiting a briefing from the pentagon and bring you the latest as we get it. john: john roberts in washington. sandra: sandra smith in new york. this is america reports . today marks two months now of war between israel and hamas. israel battling militants in some of the biggest cities along the gaza strip. u.s. confirming it has resumed intelligence flights, and despite all the devastation, israel is showing now their resiliency through testing, through the major tests that
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
passed a resolution to censure squad member jamal bowman for pulling a capitol building fire alarm back in september. it forced an evacuation of the building. it also created quite a chaos as congress rushed to head off a government shutdown. the new york democrat is now the 28th lawmaker ever censured in history. you are watching the faulkner focus. i m julie banderas in for harris today. it was caught on video and why he pled guilty. he got caught. bowman a former middle school principal said he was simply trying to open a door clearly marked as off limits. he pled guilty to a miss demeanor charge and paid a $1 thousand fine. the max fine. bowman continues to deny he was trying to delay the spending bill vote. jim jordan confident the censure motion would pass. i think it is in a more broader and how crazy things have gotten in the biden administration. an f.b.i. that says if you are catholic you re extremist and members of congress pulling a fire alarm to disrupt a vot
voting for. plus, after starting the year as the newly elected house speaker, kevin mccarthy will end it as a private citizen. the former republican leader announcing he s leaving congress after one of the most tumultuous reigns in american history, so what s next? and four russian soldiers indicted in america for atrocious acts of violence in ukraine. how the doj is employing a never before used war crime legislation to try to get justice for an american who was beaten and tortured by russian troops. a lot to get to. we start with donald trump, hand add prime time opportunity to beat back growing criticism that his second term would put the u.s. on a path to a dictator ship, instead he said this. you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border, and i want to drink that s not that s not drill, drill. that s not retribution. i m