Aviv, where tonight, israel is warning its Ground Offensive could start at any moment. And im kate snow in new york, where were washing efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza, trying to get out the egypt. The border there now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents warn theyre running out of food and medicine. We are facing a real starvation. The u. S. Is sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region, trying to head off a broader war. No one should do anything to widen this conflict in any way. A u. S. Senate delegation on the Ground Hearing in israel forced to take shelter when sirens went off. What majority leader Chuck Schumer said he said directly to israels Prime Minister. I wanted to tell is u. S. Leaders that we have them back. An americans heading toward, their emotional goodbyes to family as they travel
At any moment. We are watching efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza trying to get out of egypt. There are now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents are running out of food and medicine. Theyre facing a real risk of starvation. Locate u. S. Sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region trying to head off a broader war. Annoying to do anything that this conflict away u. S. Delegation on the ground here in israel forced to take shelter when silence went off. Majority leader Chuck Schumer told me he went directly to israels Prime Minister. Tell israels leaders we have your back. And with the americans heading to war, theyre almost a little goodbyes with family of these as they traveled to israel to fight. This is an nbc news Special Report, israel and hamas at war. Reporting tonight from tel aviv, tom giannis. A
do is prevent any furlgter loss of life, which is why i think you see such a focus on getting resources to the scene to help anybody that s been injured. but second law enforcement and the intelligence personnel would immediately start sharing information with counter parts both across the country and globalally with the aim of preventing a more fol up attack. so it s really not surprising me in anyway we re seeing nypd deploy resources to mosque in new york city. i m hoping that the government in the u.k. will do the same thing for mosques in the area particularly that we dont know much yet but we do know we need to prevent anymore violence. and london has been a period of intent insecurity and instability. we ve had several terrorist instances, a horrific fire in north lundp. and we don t know a lot about this particular attack, but what
attacks does come out pretty quickly. we haven t seen that in this one, but we have seen arrests in birmingham and a couple more on friday. that suggests this could be a broader network. it could be, and i think one thing to make note of the fact is that khalid masood himself had a background as a petty criminal. he d come into contact with law enforcers for other types of non-terror offenses, and the prime minister pointed to out that he had been a peripheral, quote-unquote, character in other terrorist instances. but wasn t picked up which recalls the omar mateen case in the u.s paul: right. where the authorities suspected something but, ultimately, concluded he wasn t a threat. unfortunately, it turned out to be the case. and this just goes to how difficult this new model of terrorism is where it s these people with petty criminal backgrounds radicalized somehow and then with just a car and a knife they can unleash havoc on
attacks does come out pretty quickly. we haven t seen that in this one, but we have seen arrests in birmingham and a couple more on friday. that suggests this could be a broader network. it could be, and i think one thing to make note of the fact is that khalid masood himself had a background as a petty criminal. he d come into contact with law enforcers for other types of non-terror offenses, and the prime minister pointed to out that he had been a peripheral, quote-unquote, character in other terrorist instances. but wasn t picked up which recalls the omar mateen case in the u.s paul: right. where the authorities suspected something but, ultimately, concluded he wasn t a threat. unfortunately, it turned out to be the case. and this just goes to how difficult this new model of terrorism is where it s these people with petty criminal backgrounds radicalized somehow and then with just a car and a knife they can unleash havoc on