saturday, october 7th, 2023. the day starts peacefully, normally, but as dawn breaks, a massacre unfolds. first, the palestinian militant group hamas fires thousands of rockets into the communities of southern israel. the barrage provides cover for a terrifying, unprecedented second phase. allahu akbar! thousands of members of the group, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, us and other countries, break through the perimeter fence and into israeli territory. they film as they stream through. some are on motorbikes. many more are on foot. and they begin to run. just a few miles away, hundreds of people have gathered at a music festival. as the rockets fly overhead, palestinian gunmen attack the party from several directions. it was one of the worst days in israel s history, its people killed in cold blood, hundreds of hostages dragged away, a nation traumatised. i m anna foster, and for the bbc, i spoke to those who survived, who lost loved ones on october 7th or hav
biden s remarks, despite a switch from mitch mcconnell joining the house speaker and donald trump in trying to kill the bill without even a vote in congress. shuttle diplomacy. secretary of state tony blinken on his fifth trip throughout the middle east today, trying to strike a deal to pause the war in gaza and free the hostages. he is expected to speak this hour. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. there s crushing legal defeat for donald trump. today s d.c. court of appeals ruling says the former president, who the court calls citizen trump, has no right to the sweeping immunity he claimed from all prosecution. he can now face trial for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, barring some future decision if the supreme court takes the case. the former president is expected to appeal to the high court. today s ruling was unanimous and signed by the court making it more likely that the high court could just decline to consider any challeng
centers, weapons storage sites, and supply chain facilities. sites two u.s. officials tell nbc news are directly linked to the drone attack in jordan. this will also not be a one-day affair. the u.s. says the response will be phased in a campaign that could last for weeks. quote, this is the start of these actions. they will unfold at times and places of our choosing, said secretary of defense austin in a statement. the question now is not only, how does iran respond, but how do our allies react? the president and his administration have said they don t want a war with iran and they adopt want to be dragged into a broader middle east conflict. iran was already angry about last week with a spokesperson for the iraqi prime minister calling it a violation of sovereignty that undermines years of cooperation. what do the iraqis say now? and why does the u.s. still have such a large presence there in the first place? we should also note the timing. these strikes were launched les
minister about what is happening with the hostage negotiation and the gaza war as well as the latest attacks by iran-backed proxy groups. but, first, the world is awaiting president biden s response to the death of three american soldiers from a drone attack in jordan, blamed on iran proxy terrorists. the president says he has made a decision but is not saying what that is. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. it s unclear if the iranian proxy group had knowledge an american drone was returning to the base at the same time it chose to attack or if it was coincidence. officials still don t know if the drone was launched from iraq or syria. president biden says he has made his decision on how to respond. i don t think we could be any more clear that we have called on the iranian proxy groups to stop their attacks. they have not. and so we will respond in a time and ma
i said, thank you very much. i knew exactly what he meant. 2 million lives. that is perhaps the most important admission from donald trump last night, again bragging about being the one to eliminate a constitutional right for women s health care that has stood for over 50 years. and here s donald trump s problem, is he goes into, i would call it softball, a softball event. i ve never seen one as fawning. i m not even sure, why did they have two hosts there? they could have just had one, sit there and smile and say, you re great. great. ask another softball question. it s like t-ball. he swung, hit the tee, and the ball rolled off. he bragged, katty, about terminating roe v. wade. he said, if it weren t for me, that 10-year-old girl in ohio that was raped by an illegal immigrant, if it weren t for me, she wouldn t have had to flee the state. if it weren t for me, women wouldn t be, like, dying outside of emergency rooms because doctors are afraid to conduct women s he