Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The Israeli Military says it will step up its offensive against hezbollah in lebanon, after mondays intense bombardment which s killed more than 560 people. Bombardment which has killed more than 560 people. It was the deadliest bombardment the country has seen in decades. President biden has warned the United Nations General Assembly of the need to prevent a Full Scale War. Fierce Cross Border clashes are continuing with hezbollah Launching Dozens of rockets from lebanon, shown here in purple. The locations of Israels Air strikes are marked in red. In the past few hours, the Israeli Military says it has killed a senior Hezbollah Commander in its strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction and the wreckage in the aftermath of that attack. Its led to a Mass Escape of civilians from their homes, causing gridlock on the roads. Tens of thousands of people have been trying to move further north. W
msnbc world headquarters, here in new york. welcome everyone to alex with reports. developing this, our the generates committee is preparing for two more public hearings in the coming. week georgia secretary of state, binds raffensperger, and his top deputy gabriel sterling will testify today the committee focuses on donald trump s effort to overturn joe biden s 2020 victories, in georgia, and other swing states. earlier today, u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn, described to msnbc his feelings on wet has been revealed so far. the hearings and everything, they are bringing out a lot of what emotions, but it also is bringing out a lot of facts. so we had our opinions about what happened, everybody thought oh we know at this is about, we know it happened. but being able to actually have this confirmed through these hearings, it is like i feel a little bit vindicated from the way that i don t. meanwhile, former president trump showing very little remorse over the events
he should make it clear that mbs needs to lift the blockade, he needs to understand that the saudis have lost that war. he needs to and that were before the president meets with. him but he shouldn t meet with and boston anyway, even in a conference, without that commitment. joining us right now, missy s ali raphael, with the new developments on the january 6th committee s request for testimony from ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. okay, this is big news. so why, ali, is the committee asking her to speak to them now? yeah, alex, well the washington post was versus reported on thursday that the january 6th committee had evidence that ginni thomas, and former trump attorney john eastman, were exchanging emails. eastman being the man that that committee really laid out damning evidence against during thursday s hearing. saying that he was the creator of the conspiracy to use pence to overturn the results of the 2020 election. saying that he had acknowle
i m ashleigh banfield. good to have ali here all week. in the battle over the bush-era tax cuts, playing politics with your takehome pay and nothing hort of the presidency is on the line here. if the two parties can t agree on extending those tax cuts by the end of the year, a typical american family making $70,000 a year could get hit with a tax increase of $3,000. that is a lot of pain. right now house republicans are busy crafting a plan to extend those tax cuts for everyone across the board rich, poor and everything in between. this is a plan that cannot get through the democratic-controlled senate. the president making a big push to let those tax cuts expire for the wealthiest of us americans. here s what s at stake. we ve got the bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year. and i feel very strongly that the middle class tax cuts, which would affect 98% of americans, should be extended further. now is not the time for a tax increase on the middle clas