today on inside politics, together again. barack obama and joe biden are teaming up to promote one of their biggest accomplishments. we have details on their rare white house reunion and whether the former president can help the current one get reelected. plus a growing divide. the u.s. and israel are no longer in lock step on how to prosecute the war against hamas terrorists. as a top biden official meets with the leader of the palestinian authority in the west bank. republican candidates have one month left to make their case to iowa voters. nikki haley just agreed that the cnn debate stage will be one of her final stops. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with obama and biden joining forces again. the former president taped a new ad with his former vp on the importance of obamacare. cnn s kevin liptack is at the white house. you broke this story. tell us about this. reporter: it s always interesting to see how this white ho
or terms. our support to israel s right to defend itself is ironclad as you ve heard me say a number of times, and that s not going to change. it s critical, as i said earlier, that hamas not be able to threaten israel from gaza or even threaten gaza anymore. you know, that s an interest that we all share. that s a common interest with all of us, and so today we had great discussions about the status of the campaign, about goals and objectives, and about how to reduce harm to civilians in the battle space, and to and the need to ensure a sustained flow of humanitarian assistance into gaza. you know, we can offer some insight based upon our own experience in fighting terrorist groups and certainly that enabled us to have great discussions and we also have some great thoughts about how to transition from high intensity operations to lower intensity and more surgical operations, so we had great discussions on all of those issues. on lebanon, we ve been clear that we don t want
at this hour, a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland. what we know about the most powerful eruption to hit the area in years, next. and appeals court has just shutdown mark meadows bid to move his case into federal court. the major blow to trump s former chief of staff and the big win for fani willis. plus, a new report on the january 6th rally outside the capitol. the text messages showing the organizers purposely misled authorities about their intentions that day. and a blue and green christmas. despite how some americans feel about the economy, a new survey says it isn t stopping them from spending big this holiday season. and just how much more may surprise you. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc s molly hunter on the eruption in iceland, spewing lava 300 feet into the air. what s happening, molly? yeah, of course iceland, no stranger to massive eruptions, but the pictures we have seen overnight like nothing we ha
denied the care they need to survive. now, five of those women are fighting back, bringing th landmark case against the stat of texas for denying the lifesaving care. and while they re at it, they re exposing one of th most insidious lies of the antiabortion movement. and, california congressman an u.s. senate candidate, ada schiff, talks about trumpism the future of democracy, the war in ukraine, and more velshi starts now. good morning it is sunday, march 12th i m ali velshi we begin today with an insurrection although probably not the on you re thinking of and an important warning, th biden administration i publicly announced that russia actors, some with direct tie to russian intelligenc operations, are seeking to sow political unrest and protest i moldova, a nation that was formally part of the sovie union. according to the nationa security spokesman, it is quote a manufactured insurrection against the moldovan government, and quote the biden administration adds, quote
chris page has the details. blown out walls, a crumpled roof and tons of rubble, with the signs this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. some drive tractors to start removing the debris. a coastguard helicopter arrived to help tell if the injured to hospital. paramedics and firefighters from northern ireland came across the border to join their colleagues in the irish republic in the operation. they searched through the remains of flats which were above the garage shop, and largely collapsed. there were reports that several people who were reports that several people who were trapped managed to make contact with the emergency services, but it still isn t clear how many are missing. krishna is a small village with about 400 residents. never with the community have imagined facing such