alicia menendez. we bake in by marking three years since violent insurrectionists stormed the u.s. capitol with threats to u.s. democracy that still poses a clear and dangerous presence today. president biden lay that out in a fiery speech laying out what is at stake. now, these maga voices who know the truth about trump on january six, and the man of truth is a man of democracy. they made their choice. now, the rest of us, democrats, independents, mainstream republicans, we have to make our choice. america. but as we begin our selection here, we must be clear, democracy is on the ballot. earlier today, vice president kamala harris echoing biden sentiments, calling out president trump, for referring to the insurrectionists as, quote, patriots. on that day, we saw violence, chaos and lawlessness. but some so-called leaders still try to mislead and gaslight by claiming it was a peaceful protests. can you imagine, like we were not watching? these extremist leaders say that
Terror attacks by hamas forces against israeli civilians, men, women, children, 10 20 days ago. Hamas will pay for its crimes against humanity. Hamas will pay for slaughtering are people. And tonight, we are starting payback. We are bringing justice to this terrible despicable disgusting terrorist group. And they will pay for their crimes. And once again, not just israel will be better off afterwards, but the people of gaza will be better off without them as well. Those comments from Senior Adviser to israeli Prime Minister netanyahu. Heavy israeli pomerantz throughout the day in what appears to be an increase in coming days. Hundreds of charges in a short period of. Time idf is saying its a greeting is ground operation, including a target raid in Northern Gaza which it calls preparations for the next stages of combat. Part of the reason we do not know much is because we currently have no way at all to communicate with people on the ground in gaza, the 2 Million People that live in tha
Thank you for staying with our special coverage of the israelhamas war. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. Secretary of state Anthony Blick ken is in israel after shutting to saudi arabia and egypt over the weekend and giving strong pushback to israels siege of gaza, denying aid and need to minimize the casualties. Gaza residents facing a difficult choice, whether to flee devastated areas for humanitarian corridors that are still not open or stay and risk being caught in the crossfire. President Biden Canceling a planned trip to colorado to keep the focus on the developments from israel and weighing an invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit israel at some point. Were following the other big Breaking News In Washington. District court judge Tanya Chutkan has issued a narrow gag order on former President Trump and other defendants, prohibiting all parties from targeting Prosecutor Jack Smith and court staff. Nbcs raf sanchez is near with israelgaza border. Nbcs matt br
Sanderstownsend, im joined by my colleagues Ayman Mohyeldin and Reverend Al Sharpton for academic coverage of the israelhamas war. Were learning right now that 29 American Citizens have been killed. 15 u. S. Citizens still unaccounted for, and this is all according to the State Department. Weve also just learned that u. S. Intelligence agencies reported a heightened risk of violence from hamas and the weeks before the military groups attacked on israel. But it did not pick up detailed information about an imminent largescale assault. Two sources familiar with the intelligence telling nbc news. Made, while a humanitarian crisis and gaza as Hundreds Of Thousands of north gaza residents are racing to evacuate to the south as the Israeli Defense forces, or idf, warrants of a major escalation, saying in a statement, idf forces backed by an extensive logistical effort and by completing the Reserve Mobilization of Hundreds Of Thousands of servicemen are preparing to implement a wide range of
weeklong tour of the region. we turn to nbc s matt bradley live in tel aviv. matt, what is the current situation on israel s northern border? we are talking about a massive barrage of missiles, possibly the biggest single silva therapy hezbollah ever since this whole thing kicked off back on october 7th, with that hamas terror attack in israel that was so terribly deadly. hezbollah set that launched 62 projectiles. the israelis said it was only 40. there were some 90 different alarms that rang off in northern israel. that was a lot. again, we re talking about what could be the biggest salvo, barrage of missiles ever since this started. so it just goes to show how concerns have increased just over the past three months. i spent a lot of time in lebanon and we saw this same pattern of violence, tit-for-tat fighting over the border. but this is a new level of violence. hezbollah said this was just a preliminary response to that