Hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. U. S. President joe biden is on his way to israel this hour as a scene of chaos and devastation is unfolding in gaza. The videos we are about to show you may be upsetting. Palestinian officials report hundreds of people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a hospital in gaza. Israel insists the hospital was hit by an errant rocket fired by the Palestinian Islamic jihad. Sources tell cnn the u. S. Is analyzing intelligence provided by israel. The World Health Organization says in addition to caring for patients, the hospital has been sheltering thousands of people displaced from their homes. The Hospital Blast has brought condemnation from around the globe. The human rights chief calls it horrific and unacceptable. President biden says hes outraged and deeply saddened. And here is the Palestinian Ambassador
extraordinary video that went viral over the weekend around the world. for a very good reason. three russians captured by ukrainian forces spoke to reporters in kyiv at the headquarters of a ukrainian news organization. we are going to show you some of what they had to say in a stunning 22 minute news conference, where they answered every question reporters asked. nbc news has not been able to independently verify the statements made in the video, or the identities of the speakers. we are using a nbc news translation of what was said. the three russians identify themselves by name and birth date, and said that they are not russian soldiers. they said they are russian police officers. they said they believe they were being sent to ukraine to do regular police work and possibly some crowd control.
ukrainian forces spoke to reporters in kyiv at the headquarters of a ukrainian news organization. we are going to show you some of what they had to say in a stunning 22 minute news conference, where they answered every question reporters asked. nbc news has not been able to independently verify the statements made in the video, or the identities of the speakers. we are using a nbc news translation of what was said. the three russians identify themselves by name and birth date, and said that they are not russian soldiers. they said they are russian police officers. they said they believe they were being sent to ukraine to do regular police work and possibly some crowd control. after the russian military took over ukrainian cities and towns. the injured officers said they were well cared for in the ukrainian hospital and one of them said he worried at night that the russian airstrikes
i think that is the number one thing that we haven t actually seen the pentagon identify them yet. they have said it is likely. that is what their intelligence over the last week has been showing. and so how he would respond to that really does remain to be seen. what are the options being presented is another question reporters would have. there was supposed to be a press briefing with the press secretary right now. of course, that has also been delayed as part of the schedule. i believe we ll probably likely hear from the pentagon before the white house press secretary as they are gathering information on this. kaitlyn, appreciate it. kaylee atwood is at the state department. what the state department has been warning about has occurred, it seems. kylie, any announcements from the state department? last night when the state department told americans not to go to the airport, citing the fact that there was a threat at the airport, citing some of the specific gates they should stay
the meeting is crucial, calling it highly anticipated but the white house so far hasn t laid out their agenda for this thing. joining us now to talk about national affairs correspondent joan walsh and noel. guys, thank you very much for joining us on this holiday. noel, i ll start with you and i ll start with, i think, the big question surrounding this meeting. the question reporters have been asking and the president s critics want to know. will he bring up russia s interference in our election. that is the big question that everyone is wanting to know. i have no way of knowing. but my feeling is that he s not. you know, the big, the big thing about the g-20 is who is actually going to drive the conversation. who is going to be the powerhouse here? you know, you ve got tareo real that putin is very experienced on this stage and you are dealing with two men. you know, trump is going to want to have all the attention and very centered around everything