An announcer on iran State Tv said on Friday Night that in coming hours, the world would witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments. It comes after a Funeral Ceremony in qatar for the hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in iran on wednesday. Officials from a number of arab and muslim countries attended as well as prominent figures from fatah, the main rival palestinian faction to hamas. Hamas and iran have vowed revenge for the strike that targeted Mr Haniyeh. Although iran and its allies have blamed israel, the country has not claimed responsibility for his death. From doha, our senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin reports. Dohas largest mosque, the setting for funeral prayers for Ismail Haniyeh. Qatar has been his base for years. And in punishing heat, thousands came to mourn the slain leader of hamas. Among the crowd, many had the same demand. We will look for revenge. Yes, yes, im very honest with you, we will look for revenge. M
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And several other countries underway right now. We dont yet have the official list of the americans released as part of this deal. According to the senior Administration Official who we have been in contact with, we can expect them to be in U. S. Custody soon. We do know that russia has been holding several high profile americans, and among them, Wall Street Journal reporter, evan gershkovich, and former U. S. Marine, paul whelan. Join us now, white House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez. Also with us, david rhodes, senior executive editor on National Security for nbc news, and former U. S. Ambassador to ukraine, Bill Taylor. Thank you all for joining us. Gabe, what are we hearing from the white house this morning, as this Prisoner Swap is underway. Hi there, ana, good morning. Potentially a momentous day at the white house, and as you said, we are awaiting details of what this Prisoner Swap entails and we are awaiting word to hear that these prisoners are safely in U. S. Custody. We canno
Reporter: what do you do if you are stuck in afghanistan? don t go to the airport according to the us government, word of a possible imminent attack is out there especially after the latest intelligence from the uk after the us embassy put out the statement, threat of cyber couple airport, us citizens should avoid traveling to the airport, those at east gate or northgate should leave immediately. The evacuations of continued but we hear different figures from the administration how many americans are stranded in afghanistan. State department says the number is around 1500 or so and may include a group of families from california. Anthony blinken says americans were repeatedly warned. March of this year we sent 19 messages to americans enrolled with the embassy in kabul encouraging and urging them to leave the country. There could be other americans in afghanistan who never enrolled with the embassy with evacuation services notices and never identified themselves to us. Reporter: blinke
For the safe upcoming school year. Now, earlier at the white house today, the covid response team released new numbers showing that 83% of all counties in the country are reporting a substantial or high transmission rate. And this is all counties. But there s also a spike in vaccinations. 864,000 over the last 24 hours, the most in more than month. Clearly americans are seeing the impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. And the response is doing their part by rolling up the sleeve and getting vaccinated. And that is where we start with heidi prybylia, and the director of the national preparedness leonard and also our national correspondent on health, and so i apologize ahead of time if i have to cut you off with the speaker who makes it to the podium. What did we learn, heidi? well, he is clearly concerned with the politics of the parents who won t go along with it. The administration is through a number of pediatricians, and the american academy of pediatricians working in conce