When i am in israel breaking News Coverage at war with hamas. We have just learned that americans are among the at dead. Security council confirming deaths of several u. S. Citizens, however they did not say how many. This morning the State Department is saying its working to verify reports that they took some americans hostage. This comes as it razed on within gaza around the day. Spokes person around the Israel Defense forces telling msnbc at least 700 people have been killed in israel. The death toll there is expected to rise. Adding in american terms, this is a privilege to pearl harbor and 9 11 at the same time. Palestinian Health Ministry saying more than 400 people have died in gaza and the west bank. That includes nearly 80 children, this morning Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken also underscored americas commitment to advancing peace in the region. The focus now has to be on israel having what needs to deal with the attack and making sure that citizens are safe and secure. Th
the first people to leave since israel s siege began. sport and for a full round up, here s the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa are on the brink of securing a semifinal spot. it s after they thrashed new zealand by 190 runs in pune, a win which takes them to the top of the table. new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen, who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 4. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england s david willey has announed he ll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler i
Investigation and i don t think that is occurring at this stage. also when you look at these resorts, these all-inclusive resorts that sell alcoholic beverage, one of the things that was a scandal several years back was that they were using moon shine and rot gut liquor that they were giving to the public. so as a result of that they need to conduct, bill and sandra, an extensive investigation down there. sandra: do you think we ll get answers? i think sooner or later we ll get some answers. it is sort of like the answers we just got in the shooting of david ortiz, big papi was that it was somebody else. i think they are trying to deflect, meaning the dominican republic officials. bill: ted williams. try to run it down for us. thank you for coming in today. sandra: thank you, ted. breaking news now from the middle east. iran stoking the flames of confrontation further after shooting down a u.s. navy drone.