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let's turn now to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. what else do we know? >> good morning, frances. according to state media in iran, what we know is on sunday, the president of iran, ebrahim raisi was on board of a helicopter flying back to tehran after he inaugurated a new dam on the border between iran and azerbaijan with the president of azerbaijan. on the way back on that flight something happened and state media started reporting later on sunday that it was forced, this helicopter, to do a crash or hard landing in an isolated forested area not too far from the border. that sparked of course a massive search-and-rescue operation where state media said at least 40 rescue teams were involved, eight ambulances with the help of drones and search dog, but of course this search-and-rescue operation was hampered by the very bad weather and very heavy fog that we actually saw in some of the videos shot by these rescuers that forced them to take a much longer time to identify the crash site. also because it was in this forested area. now earlier this morning, w
let's turn now to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. what else do we know? >> good morning, frances. according to state media in iran, what we know is on sunday, the president of iran, ebrahim raisi was on board of a helicopter flying back to tehran after he inaugurated a new dam on the border between iran and azerbaijan with the president of azerbaijan. on the way back on that flight something happened and state media started reporting later on sunday that it was forced, this...
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let's go to claudio lavanga. but first a warning. the most recent pictures out of rafah are upsetting. how is the icj expected to rule? >> reporter: good morning, f frances. we expect the court to announce its decision in a few hours from now. but the israeli newspaper israel today is reporting that officials are bracing for the icj to rule in favor of south africa, who brought their request to halt the rafah offensive. even if the order is given, it will be non-binding. but it could spur another u.n. security council resolution, against it, that the u.s. will likely have to veto. this will be a string in the latest diplomatic blows for israel after warrants were sought for benjamin netanyahu and the minister of defense, gallant, and more recently, norway, spain and ireland recognizing palestine as a state. in the meantime, the israeli ground operation in rafah continues. and while the military calls it limited, aerial pictures show flattened buildings and widespread destruction just as in other parts of gaza. it seems like an invasi
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claudio lavanga is still with us, international correspondent. claudio, as we look at what might the reactions coming forward from this news, what should we be looking out for, not only from the region, also from europe as well as the united states as in this region as we've been discussing at least at the start of this hour, the level of instability to begin with was of quite a notable level >> of course, richard, we received the first -- or at least i just received the first reaction as you would expect coming from hamas. as you know, of course, iran and hamas were strongly linked. iran has been supporting the cause for a long time and has supported hamas financially and also with training, and there was a lot of speculation how involved it could have been or how much it could have helped hamas during the october 7th day tacks, even though iran has always denied direct involve management. hamas has sent out a direct statement in the last few minutes saying that it offers its sincere condolences to the iranian people and to the ayatollah. i says
claudio lavanga is still with us, international correspondent. claudio, as we look at what might the reactions coming forward from this news, what should we be looking out for, not only from the region, also from europe as well as the united states as in this region as we've been discussing at least at the start of this hour, the level of instability to begin with was of quite a notable level >> of course, richard, we received the first -- or at least i just received the first reaction as...
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for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what has the reaction been from world leaders? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, it starts with the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the united nations. in a statement, he said we have warned that a military operation in rafah would lead to a slaughter and called the attack an abomination. the secretary-general, antonio g gutierres said this horror must stop. it was felt across europe with the foreign minister saying the images of charred bodies, including children, are unbearable. emmanuel macron is outraged and has called for an immediate cease-fire. but perhaps the most careful, if you want to call it that, reaction, came from the united states from the national security council, issuing a statement saying that the images of the aftermath of that attack were heartbreaking, but, at the same time, it understands that israel has the right to go after hamas, but it should do its utmoist to protect civilians. israel says two hamas commanders were killed in that attack. 45 civilians, they say were also kille
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for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. bring us up to date on the latest. >> good morning, frances. authorities in gaza now say that as many as 50 people are now in the attack. but the fear is the death toll may rise even further. now the authorities there are calling this a massacre, saying that there are many amputations, severe burns, and, again, they say that many women and children were among the victims. now the israelis acknowledge the attack. they say they were targeting a compound full of hamas terrorists, but palestinian authorities are saying that that is just a tent camp where many palestinians were finding shelter, displaced palestinians were finding shelter after having to move from other parts of gaza. now hamas issued a statement saying that the u.s. and especially president biden bears full responsibility for this attack because it said that israel will not have carried it out if it didn't get the green light from the u.s. but as a matter of fact, president biden, as well as other world leaders, as well as
for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. bring us up to date on the latest. >> good morning, frances. authorities in gaza now say that as many as 50 people are now in the attack. but the fear is the death toll may rise even further. now the authorities there are calling this a massacre, saying that there are many amputations, severe burns, and, again, they say that many women and children were among the victims. now the israelis acknowledge the attack. they say...
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let's turn now to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. what else do we know? >> good morning, frances. well, according to iranian state media, on sunday, the president of iran, ebrahim raisi was on a helicopter on his way -- on board of a helicopter on his way back to tehran after he inaugurated a new dam on the border between azerbaijan and iran. at some point, state media said that that helicopter was forced to make what it called a crash or hard landing in an isolated and forested area that triggered a massive search-and-rescue operation in which at least 40 rescue teams were involved. but they were hampered by the very bad weather, especially heavy fog, which we have seen in videos that show the rescuers trying to reach that site. and then earlier this morning, we got confirmation by state media, iran they located the crash site, they reached it and there was no sign of life. shortly after, anchors on one of the main iranian state channels dressed in black in a sign of mourning, the death officially of the president and the foreign minister. what happens n
let's turn now to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. what else do we know? >> good morning, frances. well, according to iranian state media, on sunday, the president of iran, ebrahim raisi was on a helicopter on his way -- on board of a helicopter on his way back to tehran after he inaugurated a new dam on the border between azerbaijan and iran. at some point, state media said that that helicopter was forced to make what it called a crash or hard landing in an isolated and forested...
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nbc's claudio lavanga has more from rome for us. what are you seeing? chosen by americans to travel abroad on memorial day, beating closer cities like vancouver or cooler cities like london. who can blame them. look at this, it's about 80 degrees here, and the city is bustling with tourists around landmarks like the coliseum, right behind me, which is one of the most visited monuments in the world at any time, not only on memorial day. now, there are no official stance on how many americans are in rome right now, but i can tell you that i have seen and hard many of them around here, and it's not surprising because, while americans are among the top nationalities that visit rome and italy every year in every season, and the love is reciprocated. italians love american tourists because they are typically big spenders and appreciate the italian way of life. there's only one thing that italians find a bit weird about american tourists when they ask for a cappuccino after lunch or dinner. remember, if you want to blend in only order that at breakfast. >> cla
nbc's claudio lavanga has more from rome for us. what are you seeing? chosen by americans to travel abroad on memorial day, beating closer cities like vancouver or cooler cities like london. who can blame them. look at this, it's about 80 degrees here, and the city is bustling with tourists around landmarks like the coliseum, right behind me, which is one of the most visited monuments in the world at any time, not only on memorial day. now, there are no official stance on how many americans are...
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. >> let's go to nbc 4 news correspondent claudio lavanga. good morning, claudio. bring us up to date on the latest. >> good morning, frances. well, the spokesperson for the easily defense forces at a briefing confirmed that the reason ongoing evacuation of about 100,000 palestinians from eastern rafah now is said it doesn't know how long this is going to take. this is not a widespread evacuation. it's only affects the eastern part of the town. but the idf has confirmed that it is dropping flyers on the part of the town, encouraging residents to move to an extended humanitarian area, in particular to al nawazi, another town on gaza's coastline. officially to allow palestinians -- from the part of the town to get access to humanitarian aid. but as you mentioned, the fear is that this is in preparation of a military ground operation that is being long announced and anticipated by the israeli military. something that has been discouraged so far by humanitarian organizations as well as allies of israel, including the united states for fear that fighting in that part of
. >> let's go to nbc 4 news correspondent claudio lavanga. good morning, claudio. bring us up to date on the latest. >> good morning, frances. well, the spokesperson for the easily defense forces at a briefing confirmed that the reason ongoing evacuation of about 100,000 palestinians from eastern rafah now is said it doesn't know how long this is going to take. this is not a widespread evacuation. it's only affects the eastern part of the town. but the idf has confirmed that it is...
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. >> for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. but first we should warn you, the images coming out of gaza are disturbing. claudio, good morning. >> good morning, frances. well, according to the palestinians, there has been heavy israeli bombardment on sunday in the north of gaza. in the idf, it has said it killed dozens of militants which proves hamas has managed to return and regroup in areas that were previously declared clear by israel since the start of the war. but a lot of focus and attention is still on the south of in the town of rafah where many of the one million palestinians who are still finding shelter there, many of whom had been displaced from other parts of gaza are still panicking while they wait for that imminent invasion by israel, despite the calls by many, or most of the allies, including the united states to hold fire there. well, among those calling for a ceasefire now are also relevant voices from within israel. one of them is the former prime minister ehud olmert who is a former member of netanyahu's part
. >> for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. but first we should warn you, the images coming out of gaza are disturbing. claudio, good morning. >> good morning, frances. well, according to the palestinians, there has been heavy israeli bombardment on sunday in the north of gaza. in the idf, it has said it killed dozens of militants which proves hamas has managed to return and regroup in areas that were previously declared clear by israel since the start of the war. but a lot of...
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. >> for the latest, letters get to claudio lavanga. but first, we should warn you, the images coming out of gaza are disturbing. claudio, good morning. >> good morning, frances. well, according to the palestinians on sunday, there has been heavy israeli bombardment and fighting in the north of gaza and the idf has said it killed several hamas militants there, which is yet another proof that hamas has managed to return and regroup into areas of gaza that have previously been declared cleared by israel since the start of the war. many of the palestinians are still finding shelter, many had to be moved from other places they were displaced from the enclave. well, they are panicking in anticipation of that imminent israeli invasion, despite the calls by many allies, including the united states to hold fire. now another person now is calling for a ceasefire is ehud olmert, who is a former israeli prime minister, a former member of the netanyahu's party. he wrote an open opinion piece in the newspaper haaretz. let me quote you a part of it.
. >> for the latest, letters get to claudio lavanga. but first, we should warn you, the images coming out of gaza are disturbing. claudio, good morning. >> good morning, frances. well, according to the palestinians on sunday, there has been heavy israeli bombardment and fighting in the north of gaza and the idf has said it killed several hamas militants there, which is yet another proof that hamas has managed to return and regroup into areas of gaza that have previously been...
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let's go to claudio lavanga. >> reporter: the chief prosecutors of the international criminal court requested arrest warrants for the leader of hamas, in gaza, the political leader, saying hamas and israel are equally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. take a listen to what he said. >> the crimes include starvation of civilians as a metz ohod of warfare. cruel treatment. willful killing or murder and intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population. as well as crimes against humanity of extermination and/or murder. >> reporter: now, on a statement posted on telegram, hamas criticized the decision saying it equates the victim and executioner. also, as you mentioned, it drew an angry reaction from benjamin netanyahu. take a listen to what he said. >> what a travesty of justice. what a disgrace. the prosecutor's absurd charges against me and israel's defense minister are merely an attempt to deny israel the basic right of self-defense. >> reporter: now the decision also drew criticism from president biden who said there is no equivalence between hamas and israel
let's go to claudio lavanga. >> reporter: the chief prosecutors of the international criminal court requested arrest warrants for the leader of hamas, in gaza, the political leader, saying hamas and israel are equally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. take a listen to what he said. >> the crimes include starvation of civilians as a metz ohod of warfare. cruel treatment. willful killing or murder and intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population....
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for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, a spokesperson for the idf said that contrary to the reports, israel did not attack the humanitarian area. but witnesses who spoke to a nbc news crew that arrived on the scene after, in the aftermath of that event confirmed the attack took place and the victims included women and children. this comes after another 45 people died in a similar attack in rafah. despite all this, the united states is saying israel hasn't crossed a red line yet, and john kirby explained why. take a listen. >> we're going based on what the israelis are telling us and what they're saying publicly and what we're able to discern as best we can. as best we can. as you and i speak here today, we have not seen a major ground operation. >> reporter: despite john kirby saying there is no major ground operation going on, a nbc news crew on the ground said for the first time they saw israeli forces pushing through the heart of rafah. now the state department says they don't know anything about that. they haven'
for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, a spokesperson for the idf said that contrary to the reports, israel did not attack the humanitarian area. but witnesses who spoke to a nbc news crew that arrived on the scene after, in the aftermath of that event confirmed the attack took place and the victims included women and children. this comes after another 45 people died in a similar attack in rafah. despite all this, the...
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>> claudio lavanga for us, thank you. >>> new this morning, harvey weinstein may yet face new charges. prosecutors review more claims ahead of a scheduled retrial on charges of rape and sexual assault. in a shocking decision five weeks ago, weinstein's 2020 verdict in new york was vacated by the state supreme court after key testimony was ruled inadmissible. the prosecution said this time around they told the judge they'll need another month before they can update the court again. >>> as convicted murderer scott peterson is having his case re-examined, a california judge has ruled that only one item from a list of several should undergo new dna testing. liz kreutz has this update on a story that captivated america. >> we have the testimony from -- >> reporter: scott peterson appearing in court from prison, 20 years after being convicted of killing his pregnant wife laci and their unborn child connor, the now-51-year-old who is serving a life sentence without parole has the backing of the los angeles innocence project as he makes yet another attempt for a new trial. >> there's absolute
>> claudio lavanga for us, thank you. >>> new this morning, harvey weinstein may yet face new charges. prosecutors review more claims ahead of a scheduled retrial on charges of rape and sexual assault. in a shocking decision five weeks ago, weinstein's 2020 verdict in new york was vacated by the state supreme court after key testimony was ruled inadmissible. the prosecution said this time around they told the judge they'll need another month before they can update the court...
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for the latest, let's get to claudio lavanga. the court did not just target israeli leaders, though. >> reporter: that's right, frances. good morning. well, the chief prosecutors of the international criminal court also requested arrest warrants for three leaders of hamas, the leader of hamas in gaza, the political chief and also the military leader of hamas, essentially saying that hamas and israel are equally responsible for war crimes, and crimes against humanity. let's take a listen to what the chief prosecutors said. >> the crimes include starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. willfully causing great suffering. serious injury. to body or health or cruel treatment. willful killing or murder. and intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population. as well as crimes against humanity, of extermination and/or murder. >> reporter: now hamas said in a statement on their telegram channel that they criticized the decision by the chief prosecutors to equate the victim and executioner. they drew criticism as you men
for the latest, let's get to claudio lavanga. the court did not just target israeli leaders, though. >> reporter: that's right, frances. good morning. well, the chief prosecutors of the international criminal court also requested arrest warrants for three leaders of hamas, the leader of hamas in gaza, the political chief and also the military leader of hamas, essentially saying that hamas and israel are equally responsible for war crimes, and crimes against humanity. let's take a listen...
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let's go to claudio lavanga this morning. what more do we know? >> reporter: what we know from iranian state media that on sunday the president of iran was on board a helicopter flying back to tehran after he inaugurated a new dam on the border between iran and azerbaijan. during the flight iranian state media said the helicopter was forced to make a hard or crash landing in an isolated forested area, that sparked a massive search and rescue operation hampered by the bad weather, especially heavy fog, which may also be the cause of -- one of the causes of that crash. early this morning state media reported that finally that crash location, the crash site, was identified. the rescuers reached the site and they said there was no sign of life. shortly after actors on one of the state media of iran were wearing black as a sign of mourning clearly before they announced officially the death of the president of iran. what happens now? according to iran's law the vice president steps in until in the next 50 days a new presidential election will be held, b
let's go to claudio lavanga this morning. what more do we know? >> reporter: what we know from iranian state media that on sunday the president of iran was on board a helicopter flying back to tehran after he inaugurated a new dam on the border between iran and azerbaijan. during the flight iranian state media said the helicopter was forced to make a hard or crash landing in an isolated forested area, that sparked a massive search and rescue operation hampered by the bad weather,...
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for the latest let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. according to authorities in gaza now the death toll stands at 40, which is down from the previously reported 50, which was based on a report that had inflated numbers and before it was incorrect. the death toll now it's 40. although the fear is that it will rise further. now, regardless of the actual death toll, the authorities in gaza say this was a massacre, saying that there are many people with amputations, with severe burns and death, once again, among the victims there are many children and many women. now, the idf, israeli defense forces, acknowledge the attack but said that they were targeting a compound full of hamas terrorists, but the palestinian authorities say that that target, in fact, was a refugee camp full of palestinians who were finding shelter after they were displaced from elsewhere from gaza. now hamas issued a statement saying that -- putting much of the blame to the u.s. and especially president biden, saying they both bear full responsibility because israel ac
for the latest let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. according to authorities in gaza now the death toll stands at 40, which is down from the previously reported 50, which was based on a report that had inflated numbers and before it was incorrect. the death toll now it's 40. although the fear is that it will rise further. now, regardless of the actual death toll, the authorities in gaza say this was a massacre, saying that there are many...
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for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, a spokesperson for the idf says that contrary to reports, israel did not carry out attack on that humanitarian zone. well, now according to several witnesses who spoke to a nbc news crew that arrived on the scene, the aftermath of that attack, they confirm that the attack took place and that women and children are once again among the victims. but, as you mentioned, despite the fact that this is happening only days after another 45 people died in a similar attack at a tent camp in rafah, despite that, the united states says that israel has not yet crossed that red line. now john kirby sha, the spokespn for the national security council explained why. >> we're going based on what the israelis are telling us, and what they're saying publicly and what we're able to discern as best we can. we have not seen a major ground operation. >> reporter: john kirby there explaining that ard doacco accoe united states, there is no major ground operation happening in rafah. now the state depart
for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, a spokesperson for the idf says that contrary to reports, israel did not carry out attack on that humanitarian zone. well, now according to several witnesses who spoke to a nbc news crew that arrived on the scene, the aftermath of that attack, they confirm that the attack took place and that women and children are once again among the victims. but, as you mentioned, despite the fact...
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. >> let's go to nbc news foreign correspondent claudio lavanga. good morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. the spokesperson for the israeli defense forces that are briefing confirmed there is an ongoing evacuation of about 100,000 people from eastern rafah. he didn't say how long this is going to take but he said this is not a wide-spread evacuation but only effects the eastern part of the town. he also confirmed -- the idf also confirmed that they are informing residents, including dropping flyers and encouraging them to move to what they say is an extended humanitarian area, in particular throughout a town on gaza's coastline officially to allow them to have more access to humanitarian aid, but the fear is that this is in preparation for the much announced and anticipated ground military invasion or operation by israel into rafah. now, this has been discouraged several times, continuously, by humanitarian organizations and all eyes on israel including the united states that this could lead to humanitarian catastrophe. there are more than a million pale
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. >> claudio lavanga, that's going to do it for us this hour. more news coming up with katy tur next. >>> i just had an espresso so i'm doing it the right way according to the italians. good to be with you, i'm katy tur. quote, i would rather eat my own foot out of a bear trap. that's how one libertarian voter described voting for former president trump if they had to. trump pitched himself at the libertarian party's national convention, and was nearly drowned out by the sound of raucous booing and jeers from the crowd. >> there will be no more liberty for anyone in our country combined with us in a partnership. we're asking that of the libertarians. we must work together, combined with us. you have to combine with us. [ booing ] we cannot give crooked joe biden four more years. we cannot give crooked joe biden four more years. >> i have never heard him booed like that. at one point during saturday's speech, punches were thrown in the audience. it wasn't just trump's appearance there. delegates didn't want to hear his name, booing at the mention
. >> claudio lavanga, that's going to do it for us this hour. more news coming up with katy tur next. >>> i just had an espresso so i'm doing it the right way according to the italians. good to be with you, i'm katy tur. quote, i would rather eat my own foot out of a bear trap. that's how one libertarian voter described voting for former president trump if they had to. trump pitched himself at the libertarian party's national convention, and was nearly drowned out by the sound of...