first glimpse of it and it was like i was reborn. it is a transformative experience in your life. due evenur have to prep, you dot even have to prep, you don t have to get yourself ready for it, it is moves you almost impossible to impart. and it is a universal thing, all different kinds of people and politics and creeds from all over and we re there at some fundamental level t kind of experiencing the same thing and i found that pretty inspiring. i completely agree and i m glad you weree there and you taking your kids, you and kate, a time, when the country is going through what we re going through right now, seeing you guys there, doing what you re doing, it made me very happy. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. let s all go to the grand canyon together at some time. what a day it is in the news. today feels like a week at least.to the news came from from all directions. in one development, that i m not sure is totally sunk in yet here, r
it was finally hereconnected yesterday. here is sam kiley. he has the latest. this is very troubling news, sam. reporter: pam, the international community remain extremely concerned about the future of the nuclear power station with increased allegations again of shelling both from the ukrainians and the russians both accusing each other of threatening that nuclear power plant by shelling in the environment. so just about 20 minutes drive from here on the ukrainian government side, casualties, civilian casualties but that has been used and is being used as a fire base. a lot of pressure to try to let international observers into that power station. that is where on this very extended front line fighting continues with confirmation a third american has been killed fighting on the ukrainian side with russian backed rebels on the east offered to hand over his body, his remains, we don t know when or if that would be followed through on. this in a weird way is an almost step fo
dominican. the clerk tried to take back the chips, the woman became enraged and got her boyfriend. and the boyfriend austin simon had a long history of violent crime, spent at least three years in prison for assault. most recent parole expired last may. simon had no apparent job but he was wearing a $300 designer t-shirt and a gold earring. he was extremely angry, furious. simon threw him into a wall and leaned down and screamed in his face. when the older man stood up, simon grabbed him by the neck. here s a local news account describing what happened next. surveillance video shows 37-year-old austin simon push the clerk behind the bodega counter and then stand over him. moments later, a struggle ensues and the two wrestle in the clerk stabbed simon multiple times. these have late friday night in the convenience store off west 140th street. police were called prayer and assault in progress, found simon with two stab wounds in his chest and when his next. tucker: that was
i m jessica layton. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton will start and just a moment. but first, we begin with a quick update on to war in israel between israel and hamas. nbc s ellison barber is stunned by from the israel gaza border. ellison, we know it s military. the israeli defense forces said earlier today a plan to expand operational activities and gossip was approved. what the latest? their language in terms of when the next stage of this war will pick and has gotten stronger in recent days. as you said, the spokesperson for the prime minister s office said they had approved plans to move forward, and that would include a ground offensive into gaza. so far we haven t seen anything to indicate at his started, yet but we were speaking to some idf soldiers in the area. one of them told us they have been told three different times that the current invasion was going to start. and that it hadn t started just. yet we have seen, in the skull and behind, us that for ga
ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning to you. for some, the weekend is starting looking like this, but at the same time, others are looking at this. i ll tell you who gets what, where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia on his first officialforeign trip since taking office. but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. our washington correspondent, laura bicker, reports. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted that he ll be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white house yet. it started with the accusation he leaked classified