ramping up. what our team is just hearing from the doj. plus, in memphis, a sixth officer has been put on leave at the horrific beating and death of tyre nichols, what s happening tonight, what s next in that investigation, and the new development this afternoon on the calls for more accountability on the federal level. we ll take you live to memphis and to capitol hill in just a minute. let s start here in washington. i m hallie jackson, with me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell who s with us. ryan noble, nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and julia ainsley is joins us as well. let me start with you, president biden in baltimore, set to take other trips this week, clearly meant to be a run up to the state of the union. he has a lot he wants to sell. he s also got some that s sort of a shadow hanging over him at this point. we mentioned the classified documents investigation. yes, this is the president, at least today, in a very c
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. We continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. Joe biden is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza. As an Israeli Ground invagsz seems inevitable. Mr. Biden added he believes israel has to respond to the hamas attacks that kills 1,400 people. The iz really military urged civilians to leave Northern Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says 2,600 people have been killed and is appealing for humanitarian aid as conditions deteriorate in gaza. Aid deliveries have been piling up on the Border Crossing. The only way in or out of gaza. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken has promised it will be open. But the u. S. Embassy in israel warns the situation at the crossing will remain fluid and unpredictable. Clare sebastian is following developments. She joins us live from london. Good to see you, clare. What is the latest on the hamas israel war, from both
Any better . Im annie yu and ill have all the details coming up. And later, a Sports Illustrated surprise. Beyonce making a special appearance at last nights sports person of the year awards to honor colin kardashian. Well have all the details coming up. Good day at 9a starts now. 9 01 is the time. No surprises here g day d. C. Good to see you. Good for to you see us hope hopefully. It is wednesday, december 6th. Allison seymour, Steve Chenevey welcome back. Hope youre feeling better. Im kind of surprised maureen is home getting better. We hope she feels better. Right. Its revolving door around here. A sickness once it gets inside the fresh air inside this building it kind of lingers for while. Its get trapped in petri dish. Also ahead this morning times person of the year honor this year goes to the silence breakers who helped launch the light decades of Sexual Harassment and abuse by powerful men a cross the nation. More thon decision coming up as well. First, though, transition day
Famous getty museum. Im dan ashley, ama daetz is off. Five active fires burn right now. No deaths thankfully. Comes right up to houses, freeways and world famous landmarks. Biggest is thomas in Ventura County, jumped to 90,000 acres. 150 homes burned but fire officials expect that number to rise. Skirball fire scorched about 500 acres near the wealthy community of belair. So far four homes burned there. Marci gonzalez with more. Reporter raging flames threatening commuters along the busy 405 freeway and charring multimilliondollar homes in elite belair neighborhood. Really frightening. Lot of homes here. Reporter one of four major fires burning out of control. Of course im worried. Reporter nearly 200,000 people ordered to evacuate, including this nursing home. Number expected to climb as flames spread. More than 80,000 acres scorched so far, fuelled by strong santa ana winds. Kicking up to 70 miles an hour. Thats Hurricane Force winds. Reporter neighbors pitching in to save each other
Recherche foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, will meet the president of the rhine on sunday. British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, will meet the president of iran. Borisjohnson is expected to bring up the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. Mrjohnson has already had discussions with the Iranian Foreign minister. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. It could look routine. Borisjohnson and his iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad zarif, shake hands on the way into talks. But theres nothing routine about this encounter. The foreign secretary looking uncharacteristically tense, and with good reason. He wants to improve relations but also criticise some of irans actions while arguing for iranian prison releases, including of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe a case many accuse him of damaging by loose talk last month. Watching anxiously with me in london, nazanins husband, Richard Ratcliffe. He has campaigned day in, day out for her freedom since n