Today. Secretary of state Antony Blinken meeting with the chinese counterpart and then chinas Foreign Minister has a sitdown with President Biden. Were monitoring that today. First, however, want to get to this now. The center of israel and its commercial capital under attack again. A rocket fired out of gaza slamming into an Apartment Building in tel aviv. Thats where we start. Good morning, everybody. Its friday. Youve almost made it, america. Im bill hemmer. Welcome back, aishah in washington. Aishah im in for dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Lets get right to it. The u. S. Retaliating carrying out air strikes against iranianlinked sites in syria after drone and Rocket Attacks against America Forces there and iraq. Israeli tanks and troops briefly enter gaza in a second raid ahead of a larger ground invasion. Now time could be of the essence. I think it needs to be immediate. They need to understand what is going on in israel is going on in israel. You wont attack our u. S
msnbc coverage for donald trump s camille trial. next, a conversation at the apollo. isn t it great to be at the apollo! . i grew up coming to this place so many times and tonight, especially, i thought about when i was coming in backstage. i have been on this stage for godfather of soul james brown who was like a father and michael jackson and the list goes on. tonight, you will have something that is special at the apollo. you are going to have two icons that are going to talk about their work and talk about what they do in this country that is so needed at this time. it couldn t be a better night at the apollo. this is not just a great show tonight but this is history. [ applause ] [ cheering ] so it is my honor and my pleasure that i can t tonight bring you the godfather of soul, but i bring you the godmother. rachel maddow. [ applause ] i got you on that one. [ applause ] [ cheering ] wow! how are you doing? i am so nervous. fantastic! fantastic. thank you all for