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city's union station as the parade ended. police officers responded quickly and took two armed people into custody. police have not said what led up to the shooting. they do say all members of the kansas city chiefs are safe. authorities to the white house is offering federal assistance as investigation proceeds and that there are injured people walking into hospitals. here is the kansas city mayor speaking. >> is absolutely a tragedy, the likes of which we would never have expected in kansas city. the likes of which we will remember for some time. i want to say thank you to those who are making sure we are safe today, those who are investigating this incident, and those who will continue to make sure that those who committed these acts today are brought to justice. sumi: we want to show you the moment a local reporter in kansas city noticed something was wrong as people started running. >> guys, guys, guys, guys, guys. something is going on. something is going on, guys. sumi: the witnesses who are at

the parade described those terrifying moments following the gunshots. >> we saw people starting to run. and we were like, ok, the placement into the building so we did not worry. and then someone said, it was a fire. then she comes running and she is like, no, it is shots fired. we started listening to her. >> i was telling everybody to get down and get out of the way. officers were coming around. >> all of a set on, people started rushing forward, everybody started running. there was screaming. we didn't know what was happening. but in this day and age when people run, you run. we tried to push through so people would not run on top of us. there was a woman crying, saying something about how somebody had been shot. it is hard to know if it is a singular incident or if there is an active shooter. we got pushed up to union station where they gated everything off. everybody started jumping the rails and pushing everybody over.

we got inside and we thought ok, it is calm now, we are inside and we will be safe. sumi: witnesses describing the chaos and confusion. let's go to our correspondent who is following the latest on this story. tell us what you have been seeing on this story? will: the police in kansas city have given a news conference. they said one person has died as a result of that shooting and 10 to 15 people injured. their condition is unclear. these shots were fired near the main train station in kansas city nearby. they victory parade was taking place to celebrate the local american football teams win in the super bowl. the kansas city chiefs, of course, winning that super bowl. two armed people say the police have been taken into custody. the governor of missouri released a statement saying, our hearts go out to the victims. we also to think police and other first responders for their quick and professional actions. we heard the white house, they

have commented saying, we are closely monitoring this incident. federal law enforcement is on the scene supporting local law enforcement. one of the kansas city chiefs players, patrick mahomes, he tweeted one phrase, simply say, praying for kansas city. we need to watch for further developments in terms of the casualty figures. this has already shocked the nation. there is nothing more all-american than a victory parade to celebrate the super bowl. it is the biggest sporting event of the year. 123 million people watched it last sunday, the biggest tv audience of any event since the moon landings in 1969. this was an event, a family event a positive thing, broad daylight, many families there. even an event like this has been untouched by gun violence in america. sumi: our correspondent, will run in, tracking the latest

developments on this breaking news story. thank you so much. just to remind our viewers, one person killed, nine others seriously injured in this shooting, just after the super bowl parade for the kansas city chiefs was wrapping up. we do have the latest tracking the latest development on our website. we will have analysis as well from our correspondence -- correspondents, and the dates we are getting online from witnesses who were on the scene. for the latest, head to our website, bbc.com/news. we will keep our eye on the developments. we will move on to other news now. benjamin netanyahu says israeli forces will press ahead with an offensive against hamas and rafa in southern gaza, despite mounting international calls for restraint. the israeli prime minister says civilians will be allowed to vacate the area, but gave no indication of when the assault would take place, or where this billions could go.

hundreds of displaced palestinians sheltering in a hospital in southern gaza are evacuating after israeli troops surrounded the building, ordering them to leave. hamas officials say civilians at the hospital face a potential massacre. israeli officials say they are being offered safe passage. israel launched what it calls an extensive wave of attacks on hamas', after an israeli soldier was killed by a rocket fired over the border. israeli forces and hezbollah fighters have exchanged fire since the war with hamas began after the october some of the attack. nick beake has been following to violence from jerusalem. reporter: tonight, benjamin netanyahu has doubled down. he has told the israeli people, we will fight until complete victory. that includes powerful action in the city of rafa. after we allow the civilian population to leave the battle zones. those were his words tonight.

i think what he is saying or indicating is despite all of these warnings from the united nations, aid agencies, notably from the united states, he is going to pursue this course of action. that means moving 1.5 million palestinians out of the city of rafah soviet israeli military can embark on this big military operation to try to wipe out the remaining hamas fighters. fighting continues elsewhere in the gaza strip. there has been a focus in the -- in another city around the nasa hospital, a really big medical facility. the israelis have been telling civilians who have sought shelter there to move. they are being encouraged to evacuate. they are being instructed to in fact -- to evacuate. patients and doctors do not have to move all of this makes a pretty bleak backdrop for the negotiations that continue to try to find some sort of cease fire. they have been taking place in

cairo, and we hear that representatives from hamas will be joining the discussions in the days to come. today, we have heard from the palestinian president, and he is urging hamas to do a deal quickly. he says that has to be done, otherwise there will be, in his words, another catastrophe. sumi: for more on the story, we can speak to aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, also a former middle east negotiator. good to have you back on bbc news. gear seeing the israeli prime minister vowing to press ahead with an offensive in rafah, saying civilians will be allowed to leave. do the rayleigh's have a plan for how to evacuate nearly 1.5 million people who are crammed into this city? aaron: i doubt it. i don't think the israelis are on the cusp of launching an imminent operation against rafah . too many constraints, too many challenges. i would argue, too many

warnings. there is an inconvenient fact that we grudgingly have to accept. however unhappily. and that is the two main combatants, israel and hamas, since october 7, have been responsible for the trajectory, intensification, whatever lull has happened in november, those are the two main actors in this tragedy. the influence of external actors, including the united states, when the vital and core interest of either side are at stake, frankly after five months, we are in the fifth month of this war and it shows no signs of abating. sumi: if that is the case, why do you think the prime minister keep saying that this offensive will continue and rafah rafah hamas battalions, remain in have to be eliminated? aaron: apart from legitimate military challenges, and objectives the israelis have in

rafah, it is a sad comment at a time when israel is weathering its greatest drama since the 1973 war. debts later is conflating -- it's leader is conflating with the well-being strategy of his country. that is the worst possible combination for a leader. that is part of the problem. the other reality is that you have a confrontation between a terrorist organization, the organizational and body men, an idea that the state of israel should be replaced by an islamic state, facing off against the state of israel in the wake of the october 7. i come back to the fundamental principle we have to keep reminding ourselves about. it is these two actors that have proved almost impervious to the influence of persuasions of external parties. sumi: if i can just jump in --

aaron: unique -- you need an israeli-hamas deal. sumi: if you have two sides that have been impervious, as you had said, to outside pressure, what prospect is therefore a prolonged cease fire? the six-week pause that the u.s. wants to see. aaron: i think at some point, when that is, is unclear. in response to external factors. israel and hamas will reach the conclusion that many extended pause, not a cessation of hostilities permanently, serve both of their interests. we have not reached that point. for the people of gaza, for sure, in the people of israel, that is a real tragedy. sumi: are there any conditions you think both sides would agree to right now especially with the international pressure growing? aaron: it is a question of trying to figure out how many palestinian prisoners hamas will demand in the release for the

136 hostages, 30 of whom are probably dead, and a prisoner for a hostage exchange. that is a key sticking point. urgency is the key. neither side, and my judgment, is in a hurry. certainly not on the israeli side. the party that is in the most hurry is the biden administration. because their entire policy toward gaza lasts on getting an israeli-hamas agreement, an extended six-week, two-month cause to de-escalate israeli military activity -- sumi: if i can ask you there, we have 45 seconds, where does that leave the biden administration? aaron: i think it leaves the biden administration with a major challenge. under great domestic pressure, international pressure. that is the key. paradoxically, this president seems not to be able to live with benjamin netanyahu. and he clearly can't live without him.

he needs the israeli prime minister's assent to this hostage for prisoner exchange. that is the key to this. sumi: really interesting points. aaron david miller, thank you for joining us on bbc news. aaron: thanks for having me. sumi: ukraine's newly appointed military chief has visited two command posts in eastern ukraine and called the situation at the front lined extremely complex and stressful. the general went to the front hours after ukraine's men military said it destroyed a russian warship off of crimea. pictures show the moment the worship was hit. moscow has not yet commented on the incident, although it did say russian forces shutdown six aerial drones of the box seat as well as another three over russia. u.s. military aid to ukraine has been held up in congress in washington. a bipartisan group of congressmen and women traveled to ukraine. i spoke to a member of that delegation, congressmen french hill of arkansas. you recently returned from a

bipartisan delegation trip to kyiv. . he spoke with president zelenskyy. what did he say that he needs? >> i think it is clear over the past two years, that the west, including the united states, has slow rolled certain weapon systems that would have benefited ukrainians earlier in the war. particularly in the air defense category. he reiterated longer-range artillery is close at this stage of the war to push off russian supply lines and push off russian's ability to use crimea as a base. that was certainly a key component of what we have talked about. and also basic ammunition. the ukrainians are rationing basic artillery and other ammunition. sumi: further aid for ukraine has been held up in congress. did you get the sense from president zelenskyy that he is losing faith in the u.s. as a partner? rep. hill: absolutely not.

i think he has full faith in the friendship with the united states. as an invaluable partner to the people of ukraine, and pushing putin out of ukraine. in europe itself, the eu only recently completed their work on their three-year package of support for ukraine. . and the democracies both in the u.s. and europe, how to design that assistance and in what amounts and how have been slower, in recent months. now i think there is a recognition both in european capitals, and here in washington that we need to get the military assistance the ukrainians need right now. sumi: let's talk about that recognition. the senate passed this $95 billion package that includes aid for ukraine, also taiwan. is this a bill you would support if it was put -- if it were put to a vote in the house? rep. hill: it is a bill i would support. the question is how would mike johnson get the majority of republicans to support a bill and be on the same page of trying to get democratic support too.

i think speaker johnson is looking at what is the best way to get aid to ukraine, taiwan, and israel, and get the majority of republican votes. that is what i think he is working on this week. we know mike johnson has publicly and privately supported military assistance to ukraine, taiwan, and israel. sumi: wants to see border provisions as well. domestic security has to be tied to this international security aspect. rep. hill: it has been a key point for a lot of republicans in the senate and the house, that there be change in the biden policy on the southwest border. we have tried to do that by encouragement of executive action. president biden does not seem to be willing to take it. we have tried to send a message to him, and we have tried to find a legislative solution financially in the senate. it was then not successful. sumi: that was a solution that included the aid for ukraine, but also had stricter border policy measures.

it was torpedoed by republicans. do you think that was the best chance to address both issues? rep. hill: i think it was a key chance to do it but it did not have full support in the senate. more doubtful support in the house. i think that is what the speaker is trying to find the sweet spot. i want to support him in his efforts to do both. sumi: i want to ask about something we saw john barroso say after that bill was torpedoed. he said, americans will turn to the upcoming election to end the border crisis. the insinuation is to leave the border as it is, so to say. and to allow voters to decide in november. do you agree with that strategy or would you rather see a solution now? rep. hill: my votes over the nine years i have spent in the house of representatives show you how i feel about it. i voted in 2017 -- 2018 for significant republican border reforms, comprehensive border reforms when president trump was in office. .

they did not make it to the senate. one past the house and i voted for hr to, which outlines precisely what i think needs to happen in policy change. i think we have to find a way to make these changes. i don't think we should kick it off but we ought to go more narrowly. maybe there are things both sides would agree to now and not wait for the presidential election. sumi: there is a group of republicans in the house who say they are working on an alternative bill. do you know anything about it and what it might be if both parties might support it? rep. hill: i don't. i don't know the parameters. i think going there and trying to get one major edges laid of change that would compel a behavioral change out of the biden administration would be better than not doing anything. sumi: i want to ask you, you sit on the house intelligence committee. we saw the intelligence chair release a statement. i will read out. he talked about a national security threat and said members of congress were informed and added, i'm requesting president

biden declassify all information relating to this threat so congress, the administration, and our allies can discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat. we saw jake sullivan say he will be meeting with mike turner tomorrow. we have heard from sources who spoke to cnn that this could involve russia. what can you tell us? rep. hill: from looking at the intelligence over the past few weeks, this is a grave national threat, not only a threat to the u.s., but to our allies. something we should be taking seriously. which is why chairman turner and ranking member heinz, we voted significantly for our membership to be read into this intelligence and it is why chairman turner has recommended the president to be considered declassified. sumi: should we be worried? rep. hill: i think we should encourage the president to declassify. sumi: thank you so much. next week, it will be two years since russia invaded ukraine, uprooting 10 million people from their homes.

at the start of the conflict, are special correspondent reported from the western city, as huge numbers of refugees tried to cram onto trains and escape. he returned to find out what happened to the people he met. reporter: they were fleeing europe's biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. >> people are just crushing all around me. i had to get onto these trains. a young mother with a baby screaming, because everyone is getting crushed. two years on, what happened to the people fleeing? and those helping them? >> [speaking another language] reporter: among the volunteers was a doctor, helping some of the 10 million uprooted from their homes. >> [speaking another language]

reporter: now after helping so many escape, she is still in lviv. and seeing the traumatic impact of war on her family. >> [speaking ukranian] reporter: natasha is teaching medicine, knowing any of her students could end up on the frontline. now, she is ready to fight. >> [speaking another language] reporter: you are a doctor, you save lives. but part of you wants to kill. >> mm hmm. [speaking another language]

reporter: from the beginning, at the station natasha was hearing direct testimony of russian cruelty. some of the worst stories were coming from the besieged city of mariupol. >> are you from mariupol? we met the family here, among them, the 86-year-old grandmother and her daughter. >> [speaking another language] reporter: maria fell several times in a basement shelter. a year later, we found the family living in ukraine's peaceful mountains. but haunted by memories of what they had left behind. >> [speaking another language]

>> [speaking another language] reporter: six months after we filmed this interview, maria died in exile. there aid far from her husband -- buried far from her husband and mariupol, the city she loved. the war's sadness is everywhere now.

in lviv recently, the funeral of one of 380,000 ukrainian soldiers killed or wounded. as we filmed, a veteran erected in rage. -- erupted in rage. death to the enemy, he shouts. then a and -- an end to the dying, the exile, seems very far away. sumi: we are still following that breaking news out of kansas city, missouri, where people -- where police say one person is dead and as many as 15 others injured in a shooting moments after a super bowl victory parade for the kansas city chiefs. police have said two people are in custody, but they don't know what led to the shooting.

the white house has offered federal assistance. these are pictures from kansas city. go to our website, bbc.com/news, we have the latest developments in information updating for you there. you can check with our correspondents there as well. i am sumi somaskanda in washington. thank you for watching "world news america." narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's because the free pbs app lets you watch the best of pbs anytime, anywhere.

>> good evening. >> tonight, the house intelligence chairman issues an urgent warning about a national security threat and calls on the white house to declassify the information. >> the political fallout from the impeachment of the homeland security secretary. >>