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hostages this as israel's northern border heats up major towns evacuated under increased threat from hezbollah. our matt bradley starts us off this morning >> reporter: after nearly two decades of calm, the long, cold war between hezbollah and israel is heating up once again and again, the residents of northern israel are being asked to leave >> we are not running away we are leaving for, to let the army do its work >> reporter: still the fighting here remains restrained. for now it's words as well as weapons that are firing across the border [speaking in a global language israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling israeli troops, if hezbollah decides to enter the war, it will make the mistake of its life. we will cripple it with a force it cannot even imagine concerns now growing among israel and its allies that the iran-backed hezbollah militant group will escalate and drag the

entire region into war already two dozen men have been lost on the lebanon side of the border civilians already carrying a big load many who live at the border have come to this school in tyre seeking refuge, like this tobacco farmer who brought hayes fahis family here to escape the violence he says his house is fairly close to the border. the strikes started hitting some of the houses, so i evacuate might children here. it is now home to 1500 people from the border region more and more are coming every day. this region barely recovered from hezbollah's last war with israel in 2006 now it's happening again but, if there's a full-on war here, can you handle thousands more people? >> it is hard. it is hard we wish it will not reach this point. but it is hard but, even if it happen, we will

still, we will still try because there is no other way. we can't stop. the people needs our help. and we will fight to help them even if it's so small. >> reporter: bilal doesn't know when he and his four children will be able to return to their land, but when they do, he insists the land will still be his, and he'll take up arms to protect it [speaking in a global language of course i'm going to defend my land and my honor, he tells me, once war is forced upon us, we're all ready. i'll come down and check on my kids, make sure they're okay and then i'll go a former employee of the national security agency in colorado has pleaded guilty to trying to sell classified information to russia. they face d a possible life sentence, but prosecutors agreed not to ask for more than 22 years in prison. the indictment alleges that they

tried to sell information to the kremlin about the military capabilities of an unnamed u.s. ally a state-wide manhunt is still under way in tennessee two nashville police officer were shot. and the suspect, who is considered dangerous, is the estranged son of the city's chief of police. our kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: a manhunt intensifying in tennessee after the suspect killed two officer dr drake, the estranged son of nashville's police chief it happened outside of nashville outside of a dollar general store when officer were responding to reports of a stolen car >> they had contact with a subject, strug manigled with th sp

subthe subject. >> everybody was running my daughter, she was actually pulling up to the store. she came back out, said they're shooting it's a shooting. >> reporter: a shelter in place was briefly ordered for people in the area, as residents remained on high alert >> i was like, wow, i never seen anything like this all these many years, two police officers, they was able to get away i started looking around i clerkhecked the back. >> reporter: the tennessee bureau of investigation says the suspect was armed and dangerous, sharing this mugshot with the public nashville's police chief also weighing in, demanding accountability and writing i am shocked and deeply saddened to learn that my estranged son with whom i have had very minimal contact through the years is the suspect. despite my efforts and guidance in the early and teenaged years, my son john drake jr. resorted

to years of criminal activity and is a convicted felon and has not been part of my life for a very long time he has a criminal history that spans nearly 20 years and is want f wanted for two counts of atteatt attempted murder china's top diplomat arrives in washington on thursday for a long weekend visit, as d.c. and beijing publicly show that they are in contact, despite tense bilateral relations. foreign minister wang yi will meet with antony blinken and jake sullivan on a host of issues, including the war in gaza, the war in ukraine and a recent collision in the south china sea between chinese and philippine coast guard boats that's according to senior administration officials speaking to "the associated press" on condition of anonymity. an off-duty pilot is facing 83 counts of attempted murder. that's the number of lives he

put in jeopardy when authorities say he tried to shut off a plane's engine mid flight. >> reporter: held in an oregon jail, 44-year-old alaska airlines pilot joseph emerson, booked on 167 charges, including 83 potential counts of attempted murder the fbi and local police allege emerson was off duty, riding in the cockpit jump seat when he suddenly tried to pull the controls to shut down the engines at cruising altitude u taltitude the pilot and co-pilot restrained him and diverted to portland >> with 83 people on board, it's definitely frightening that somebody is struggling like that up in the cockpit.

>> reporter: law enforcement sources do not briefelieve ther any connection to terror or the middle east. other pilots succeeding in crashing planes include egyptair, german wings and possibly malaysia 370. an empty horizon jet was taken on a joyride before it was crashed, killing the pilot now they must determine the motivation behind emerson's alleged actions. >> this is not the actions of a rational human, much less a fully-trained pilot. >> reporter: they must undergoeund undergo evaluations every six months his last physical was last month. menthol cigarette may soon be taken offer the market. after years of trying, the fda

has taken a big step toward banning the products the proposal was sent to the white house budget office for approval public health groups have long argued that menthol make them more attractive to younger users because it masks the tobacco flavor tobacco companies are expected to fight the ban in court. a storm system moves through the middle of the country today, bringing the potential for severe weather, even flooding. michelle grossmann is tracking just how much rain we can expect good morning, michelle >> we're looking at a lot of rain in portion of the southern plains, even the upper midwest a very slow moving cold front will bring the chance for flooding raifl flooding rain and this is what it looks like. rounds of rain throughout the plains, two to for inches of rain, up to six in some spots.

a flood risk for texas, oklahoma it will move very, very slowly over the next few days. we'll be talking about this for a few days as it makes its way across the country and strong storms and heavy rain for the southern plains once again. that's going to add to the flooding threat. in terms of the severe threat, we're talking about the upper midwest, minneapolis, green bay, could you see strong storms. could see hail, those are the two biggest culprits there but we're looking at the chance after tornado or two on the lower side but not zero. look at all this rain stretching from the southern plains to the great lakes. could see up to six inches in some spots and

looking at storm eye weather in tstormy weather in th upper midwest. that's your tuesday forecast, guys when we come back, we have the latest on the war games in the middle east america is doubling down on support for its closest ally in the region, israel we'll take you inside the u.s. military mission she can make ts appear out of thin air. hey! you guys want to come in? my mom made dinner. make your table legendary, with country crock. have fun, sis! ♪♪ can't stop adding stuff to your cart? get the bank of america customized cash rewards card, choose the online shopping category and earn 3% cash back. you know that feeling of having to rewash dishes that didn't get clean? i don't. cascade platinum plus... with double the dawn grease fighting power and double the scrubbing power. for a no rewash clean... and a cabinet ready shine. upgrade to cascade platinum plus. dare to dish differently.

the pentagon is sending nor troops to the middle east. it comes amid an increase of attacks on u.s. forces in the region, with officials concerned over iran's involvement. nbc's courtney kube reports. >> reporter: with growing threats to the u.s. military in the middle east, the pentagon making significant moves including reinforcing their air defenses, rerouting the uss eisenhower carrier strike group to the waters off iran and telling more u.s. troops to be ready to deploy, after at least six attacks threatening u.s. troops in as many days

>> weigh >> we know iran is closely monitoring these attacks where . >> reporter: the goal is to deter a large earn conflict. nbc news recently had an exclusive look at that deterrence this is the hms prince of wales. right now we're out here to see how the british navy and u.s. navy and u.s. marine corps are all working together that includes u.s. marine corps ospreys and f-35s practicing landing on the deck of this british carrier. >> royal mareasines, we've all cooperated for many years. >> we're focussed on deterring state actors and non-state actors >> reporter: the proxies targeted a u.s. base still to come, the astros

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matt beaton is a farmer. cranberries are the state's leading crop this year it's expected to yield 1.9 million barrels, generate ago total of $70 million for about 300 farmers. >> we've had some tough years in the recent past. but right now pricing has come up a bit that helps the growers for sure. >> reporter: not surprisingly, weather has been the biggest challenge. growers were able to flood their bogs during last winter's cold snab to protect the cranberry vines, but prolonged periods of wet weather and drought have stressed them out. >> cranberries are likely one of the three native fruits to north america, so we do withstand some of these adverse conditions a little better. >> reporter: wisconsin is the country's top producer, followed by massachusetts brian wick says the industry

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