The story. Breaking news around the situation escalating by the minute in the Middle East right now. So where is all this headed. The pentagon has now announced the deployment of a small number of american troops to the region. We already have about 40,000 troops there but they have decided given what is going on that they needed to send more troops to the Middle East. That coming from the pentagon just a Sort While ago. Iran is warning that there will be Quote Dangerous Consequences as Israel And Hezbollah continue to trade fire. Israel says it has hit 800 other targets within lebanon and has intercepted most of what has been incoming missiles, from them. [ speaking alternate language ] for those who have not understood i went to quiet clarify. We do not wait for a threat we anticipated. Everywhere and every arena at anytime. Eliminate senior officials eliminate missiles, and we are still not done. Whoever tries to hurt us we heard him even harder. Martha Mike Token live in tel aviv.
Can you believe it . Rachel maddow on bravo. Never thought i would see the day. For all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at The End of tomorrow. Today started with bomb shell news. Last monday, Jd Vances Team contacted officials in Springfield Ohio to Fact Check claims on haitian immigrants eating pets. Springfield City Manager told vances people pointblank there was no verifyable evidence of immigrants eating pets. The claims were baseless, but still, Jd Vance repeated them online. And the next day, trump used one of the biggest platforms in the world, an american president ial debate, to push the claims again. Claims the campaign knew were lies. The new reporting from the Wall Street Journal should be devastating to the trump campaign. But the stunning thing is they probably wont care. Because trump and Vances Invocation of springfield was never about the truth to begin with. Springfield is less important to them as an
it was just a violent shake, i mean, violent shaking. major: search and rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble, thousands tried to evacuate. aerial assaults on gaza intensify as israel prepares to withdraw some troops from the territory. unprecedented border crisis: 300,000 migrants were processed at the border with mexico in december, putting pressure on the white house to step in. tonight s eye on america,how one aerospace company is working to get more pilots in the cockpit. we need people to be able to get on the airplane, see someone who looks like them and say i could do that too. major: and finally, a class on media literacy showing students that seeing isn t always believing. reporter: is there any part fake, what s actually real?s- yes, all the time. major: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us on this first day of 2024. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with a powerful 7.5 magnitu
governor roy cooper said last night in his broadcast would turn the clock back 50 years for women. he vetoed the republican passed measure which could ban abortion after 12 weeks and impose other limitations making it harder to get even before that 12-week period. this afternoon the state senate overrode his veto, so now we re waiting to hear from the house where this all could hinge on a single vote. cnn s diane gallagher in raleigh for us tonight. where does the governor s veto stand now? reporter: as we speak the north carolina house is debating over this bill, senate bill 20 and whether or not they ll override that veto. a little earlier today after about an hour debate in the senate they chose and passed that veto override in a party 30-20 vote. that was the first part of this two-part process. this is when it gets tricky here because it s a numbers game. in order to override the veto in the house after this particular debate happening right now, they need to have thre
menendez. following a deadly beating of tyre nichols. today protesters are once again demanding accountability outside of memphis police precinct. we are going to be silent for three minutes symbolizing the three minutes for which officers be nichols on january 7th. police video of the assault was mark friday. it sparked all across this country and they were repeatedly kicking, punting nichols, beating him of the baton. nichols that three-day later from the hospital. now tried to second degree murder, their actions are reigniting demands for congress to act. police reforms and the cycle of brutality. here s what dick durbin said about that today. this is a call for all of us to be he has been working on this for years i think he and senator scott should sit down quickly to revive that effort. we but that end of it self is not enough. we need a national conversation about a responsible, constitutional inhumane way. an national conversation in every new ideas to keep ev