Highstakes debate, and tropical Storm Francine on a Collision Course with the u. S. First tonight, francine, expected to strengthen to a hurricane this evening. As it closes in on the gulf coast, bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge and up to a foot of rain. Al roker is standing by. Also tonight, the highly anticipated clash between Kamala Harris and donald trump. Their first and potentially only debate before the election, with the race in a dead heat both candidates expected to go on the attack. And what mr. Trump told us his biggest challenge will be tonight. Our full team coverage. The scary moment on the tarmac in atlanta. Two delta planes colliding. The tail of one aircraft knocked off. We just hit something on the taxiway. Could you tell us what it was . What the airline says happened. The raging wildfires in the west forcing new evacuations. The deadly israeli airstrike on a humanitarian zone in gaza. And new video inside the tunnel where six hostages including an american were
good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o
she s painted as a key figure in bringing a stream of girls as judge ads 14 to epstein s estate for sexual abuse. in my opinion, she might have been as equally as bad as she was. reporter: jennifer told nbc news she was 15 when epstein raped her, though, she won t be one of the four women to testify with allegations mostly from the 1990s. will we see her testify? i don t know. i think they ll make it a game-day decision based on how they believe the government s case has gone in. reporter: maxwell insists she s innocent, awaiting trial from behind bars. she describes it as a living hell, she says, i am weak, i am frail. she s treated as guilty. she banged up 500 days and they re hoping to put her away
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abuse. in my opinion she might have been equally as bad as he was. reporter: jennifer arod told nbc news she was 15 when epstein raped her though she won t be expected to testify with allegations mostly from the 1990s. reporter: will we see maxwell testify? i don t know. there is a risk of testifying but i think they ll make a game day decision based on how they believe the government s case has gone in. reporter: maxwell insists she is innocent. awaiting her trial from behind bars. she described it as a living hell telling the daily mail i am weak, i am frail. her siblings pleading with the united nags to help get her out calling maxwell s pretrial detention unprecedented discrimination. she is treated as gill. she has been there 500 days. they are hoping no doubt the authorities that they ll be able to put her away for 20, 30, 40, 50, 80 years. well, let justice decide.