good afternoon. we are following the breaking developments in the middle east. within the last hour, we've been getting word of protests continuing across the west bank showing palestinians throwing stones and retaliating against israeli forces. at least 200 palestinians have been killed air strikes thus far. this as the fighting that has killed more than 200 people on both sides shows no sign of letting up anytime soon. we're going to bring you coverage from the region, halls of congress and the journalism and advocacy groups following this story. and we're also watching developments at the white house which at this hour is distancing itself from growing calls in congress and around the world for a ceasefire between israel and hamas. meanwhile the united states has just blocked what would have been a unanimous statement by the u.n. security council expressing calls for cessation of hostilities.

earlier when president biden was speaking about the covid vaccine efforts abroad, he hinted that he would have more to say on the situation later today after he speaks with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and the violence shows no signs of slowing down after yesterday, the single deadliest day for palestinians since israel launched its attacks on gaza. and the israeli military conducted a wave of air strikes over a tunnel network that they say was used by a militant group. it left a collapse of three apartment buildings. minister of health says that the latest death toll included 200 people, 59 children so far. 1300 people injured including 400 children. as i mentioned, the

international humanitarian group doctors without borders says that clinic that they run was also damaged in those israeli air strikes leaving parts of their facilities unusable. joining me now, richard engel. let's start with what we were talking about there, this air strike and the casualties that we're seeing, the intended target and collateral damage. what more can you tell us about the collapsed buildings? >> reporter: so israel by now is picking and choosing its targets. it is destroying a lot of infrastructure, it is destroying a lot of what hamas says -- what israel says hamas is using to launch rockets. it says that it is destroying tunnels that hamas militants hide in. and it was during one of these attacks on a main street in gaza city where the military says that it was bombing a tunnel infrastructure that three

buildings collapsed because they were supported by the road that was obliterated. and when the tunnels were destroyed, the building went down and collateral damage effectively, the killing of the people inside was not intended, but they still blame hamas they say for having put its infrastructure in civilian areas and under these buildings. the death toll for that particular incident according to health officials in gaza is somewhere around 42. although they continue to say that they will likely -- that them likely rise. they are still looking through the rubble in those buildings. and in gaza, it is important for people to understand what gaza is. it is not a country, it is not an independent territory so to speak of. it is a closed area, gaza city is one of the most populated places on the planet. people who live in gaza are not

free to leave. it is run by hamas. it is a very, very difficult and hopeless place at times to live. because the people there, we spoke to a teacher, and she said, and is this a teacher by the way who left her home under fire, the windows were blown out, flames were coming into her window, she left with her three children to take refuge in a u.n.-run school where many people in gaza city are now hoping that they can find shelter. this teacher told me that hopelessness is one of the biggest enemies. she said her students don't want to learn, they are not interested in the future because they ask why bother, why bother becoming educated, why bother dreaming about a better future when you can't leave, there are no economic opportunities and every few years there is another war and israeli air strikes destroy your home, your business. it is a situation that even a

10-year-old girl we spoke to got emotional when describing what she was seeing and what she thinks about her future. >> i feel horrible for the people. i feel horrible that we have to live like this. i feel horrible that we are even seeing this. we don't deserve this. kids maybe died in here. kids maybe died in other places. but we don't deserve this. >> reporter: and so the question, is this the final round? have the two sides in this conflict which are primarily israel and hamas, although israeli civilians are certainly caught up in it because hamas has fired about 3300 rockets towards israeli towns and cities and those rockets fall

in-ds in-discriminal natalie when not intercepted. >> and so richard, thank you. and secretary of state antony blinken has stopped short of calling for a ceasefire despite 28 democratic senators already calling for one. their statement reads in part to prevent any further loss of civilian life and prevent further escalation of conflict, we urge an immediate cease fire. over the weekend president biden alluded to the situation in a virtual statement marking the end of ramadan. >> we also believe palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live in safety and security and enjoy equal measure of freedom, prosperity and democracy. and my administration will continue to engage the palestinians and isrealis and other regional partners to work towards sustained calm. >> joining me now is congressman ro khanna of california. thank you for joining us. i want your reaction to how you see the administration's handling of this situation right now, the messaging that has been

coming out, and whether you see a disconnect between what some members of congress are calling for and what the white house is doing. >> there is a disconnect. is this not the time for platitudes. children are dying and netanyahu who is desperate to cling to power is out there saying that he is doing this with the united states' support. the president needs to make it very clear, no, you are not. we need an immediate cease fire, that means a ceasefire for israel to stop the bombing and for hamas to stop the rockets so that both palestinian lives and israeli lives can be saved. >> one of the points that is at the center of the administration has been human rights, at least that is what they claim. back in february, the secretary of state released a statement saying that this administration's foreign policy would put human rights front and center of international policies and decision making. how did you square that with the

response that we're seeing now across israel and gaza some did you believe human rights are being at the center of decision making? >> they obviously are not. you can't square it. the secretary said that the united states would uphold human rights everywhere. and i was flabbergasted when i saw the statement this morning as he said, quote, it is up to the parties themselves to decide whether to have a ceasefire. then why do you need a secretary of state? the whole job of a secretary of state is to help bring peace. and instead we have vetoed three times the u.n. security council calling for a ceasefire. that is wrong, they need to fix this now as children are dying. >> i want to play for you some video that came in on sunday. it shows the rescue effort following an israeli air strike in gaza city. it is of a young 6-year-old girl who was pulled out of the rubble

once the air strike collapsed the building on her killing members of her family and others. what role does congress have to play in this, what do you make of what you have been seeing and hearing from your members, your colleagues as well? because quite frankly, it is american weaponry that is being used on those people in gaza. >> what i hear is just anguish from people around the country, for the children who are dying, for the families that are being devastated. both in gaza and in israel. and the united states, congress, has to be unequivocal that none of our weaponry can be used in a way that violates human rights or dignity. that america doesn't stand for that. and we need to be very clear that we demand a ceasefire. if the president today calls up prime minister netanyahu and says a ceasefire needs to happen, a ceasefire happen. netanyahu is saying that it may

take more time. what does that mean? it means more people will die. the president can end this with one phone call. cease fire has to apply to israel and hamas. >> the president says that he will be speaking to the israeli prime minister. sounds like you believe that the u.s. has leverage over israel. what do you want him to say to the prime minister? >> stop it. end the violence. and the same message to hamas that we need a ceasefire. and i believe if the president says that, violence will end. because netanyahu is out there saying that he has a blank check from the united states. that is what he is saying. he said that this will go on for more time and that the united states is with him. no, we're not. there are many members of congress including supporters of the u.s./israel relationship like myself and others who are

saying that netanyahu does not have a blank check and he is doing this by all accounts including the column this morning simply to hold on to power. this is not furthering the security interests of israel or the people of palestinian or israel. >> congressman ro khanna, thank you very much to your time. and during its air strike campaign this weekend, israel demolished a building home to the associated press and al jazeera as well as other offices and apartments. it claimed had there were hamas intelligence inside of that building. and also video documented by those journalists of reporters evacuating their own building trying to grab what they can including press gear. now, the associated press has been in that headquarters in gaza for 15 years. it is an american media organization. and it does also provide video images and news reports to news organizations around the world. the a.p. says that there was no indication that hamas was

operating there. and as we've reported, u.s. officials say that they have asked israel for intelligence backing that claim and the secretary of state says that he has not seen any of it and this afternoon here is how the white house responded when asked about it. >> the prime minister netanyahu called this a perfect li legitimate target. does this white house agree with that? >> i would say that any intelligence is being handled throughchannels. i don't have a further read outof any of those details nor an assessment of that intelligence stated by the prime minister. >> joining me now to discuss this is joel simon, committee to protect journalists. joel, thank you for your time. i'm curious to get your reaction. is the destruction of news organization headquarters a departure from the norm for israeli attacks in gaza? >> unfortunately, no. this is the third building during this campaign that housed

media that has been destroyed. we've seen in other campaigns military attacks on media installations. so unfortunately, this is part of the playbook in gaza and not the first time we've seen an incident like this one. >> and what does this mean for press freedom and safety in both gaza and certainly for international news organizations to see what is happening there firsthand? >> well, media installations are civilian objects. it is not legal to attack a civilian object unless it is used for military purposes. israel is alleging that this facility was used by hamas. they have not provided any information publicly to sub be substantiate that claim. the secretary of state, the president, no one has seen that we know of any intelligence to

substantiate this claim. and there is a terrible creditability problem because there is evidence that they have been misleading journalists about their activities in gaza. so we are deeply sceptical. and there is a possibility and one that we take very seriously that there is an effort under way to inhibit the work of journalists in covering this conflict. you presented the searing images of what is happening there, the terrible civilian suffering. obviously those are images that the israelis do not want the world to see. and so we're calling on the israeli authorities, the idf, to come clean, to make public the intelligence that they have in a timely manner to substantiate their claim that this was a military object. without that, we have to assume the worst.

>> and we have seen in the past israeli government release intelligence when it comes to issues dealing with the iran nuclear program, they put their intelligence out for the world to see. they have not done so yet on this particular attack. what is it that the committee to protect journalists want to see happen as calls for inquiry grows louder? >> we certainly would want an international inquiry, but something that they could do immediately and that is to release to the public to make public the information that substantiates their claim. that this was being used by hamas for military purposes. they have indicated that they are preparing some sort dossier. we'd like to see that immediately because there are serious questions about possible violations of international

humanitarian law. >> joel simon, appreciate your time. and coming up, as a close ally of matt gaetz pleads guilty to sex trafficking a minor, gaetz and marjorie taylor green are taking their america first tour on the road. and plus we'll play you sound from gaetz appearance in ohio. ari melber will join us with his analysis. analysis with less moderate-to-severe eczema why hide your skin if you can help heal your skin from within. with dupixent adults saw long-lasting, clearer skin and significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if you take asthma medicines don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. talk to your doctor about dupixent.

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the plea documents, greenberg could serve as a witness as the justice department investigates whether the florida congressman had sex with a 17-year-old girl. despite the evolving scandal, gaetz is on an america first tour with marjorie taylor green. they are heading to arizona friday and this weekend gaetz spoke to republicans this ohio where he equate theed serious allegations with earmarks in congress saying i'm being falsely accused of exchanging money for naughty favors. joining me now, ari melber and kerry sanders. kerry, good to have you with us. walk us through what greenberg has pleaded guilty to and what does it mean for congress manage gaetz. >> reporter: it is unclear what it will mean for congressman gaetz on the front end. but this is the plea agreement,

it is a lengthy plea agreement that joel admitted to. he admits that he hired women, including one under the age of 18, to participate in ecstasy-fueled sex parties and that he on seven occasions had sex with this underage woman and others also had sex. the question is who are the others. as we know, representative matt gaetz has denied that he ever paid for sex, that he ever had sex with an underage girl, and so at this point, the investigation er investigators are doing their best to find out details of what happened at these parties. but here is the key. in this plea agreement, joel greenberg says that he will sing, he will tell them everything and will testify. so that means over the next 75 days, because that is when the judge will sentence him, the

more he speaks, the more favorably the judge will perhaps sentence him. so there is a true incentive here for him to tell everything and that is expected because the prosecutors feel confident that this plea agreement will help them with the next stage of this investigation, which is who attended those parties and did they know that there was at least one underage girl there who was being paid for sex. >> ari, what could prosecutors in terms of potential charges be looking to get from greenberg, even information? >> well, the whole issue here is what he can prove beyond just statements or allegations about what happened. so it there is evidence, we heard about receipts, venmo, he can add corroboration and context to materials that they would need to charge. whoever was allegedly in those rooms, what is new today, what makes this big news, is now have

the feds with a convicted -- a guilty plea for a sex crime conspiracy. a conspiracy of one or more people. and so the feds need to go through and pursue whoever those other people are. >> so i know it is unusual perhaps, but for gaetz not to be mentioned in the plea agreement, if prosecutors are hoping to work with greenberg on their investigation into gaetz, what does that mean for him, for gaetz somehow concerned should he be right now? >> i think that is a big question and the most careful answer is we don't know. and i would put it in two groupings. we do know that greenberg allegedly accused gaetz of misconduct in that confession letter designed to get a pardon which he did not get and other leaks from around his camp. we don't know, and this is why can't really say how worried gaetz should be, what the feds think of all that. do they look at it as 100%

accurate, partly accurate, or not accurate at all. just somebody saying something to try to save themselves. which doesn't mean that he also doesn't have other valid information. so while everybody can see sort of the smoke and the problems around this individual greenberg, gaetz and anyone near him consorting with him or otherwise, we just aren't at a level yet from the pleadings, those filing, or the public reporting to know what leads the feds find the most credible. >> so if in fact his legal risk escalates, gaetz' legal risk escalates, is there a legal argument to be made that he did not know the age of these individuals, these young women, could all of that, you know, ultimately if it gets to that point be considered? >> no, that is generally not a good argument in this kind of alleged felony because unlike other crimes, most crimes do involve intent or knowledge, which means that you have to have some requisite awarenesyoug

that is what makes it an intentional crime rather than a mistake. the types of issues we're talking about here with minors are called strict liability offenses which means that an adult's alleged ignorance is not generally an acceptable defense to the charge. >> and so where does he go from here in terms of just the pure mechanics of the proceedings and the investigation? >> well, there are 75 days for him to begin singing. to your question about what does joel greenberg now, he could have videos, audio recordings, still pictures. and all of that we asked of course of his defense attorney and this is what he had to say. >> when the statement of facts here, it says greenberg paid her to engage this commercial sex acts with him and others. who could those others be? >> i'm not going to answer that.

>> reporter: so clearly it appears that the defense attorney is privy to some information, information that is now being shared with the investigators. >> kerry sanders, ari melber, thank you both. be sure to catch more tonight on the beat. and you can catch ari in the latest episode of last week tonight where they once again recapped ari's hip hop references. >> he said i believe that there is a god above me, i'm just the god of everything else. >> that's pretty powerful. >> all right. when we return -- i'm not even going to touch that one. >> i appreciate your response. >> try to keep it safe. when we return, breaking covid news out of california. and former president trump at war with his generals just weeks before leaving the white house. what he was asking them do and why it never came to fruition.

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last night is really documenting what was the tensest moments between a president and the military in modern history. and i don't think that that is an overstatement to say that. this is in the final days of the trump presidency as a lame duck president defeated by joe biden, he gets his former body man, a 31-year-old former college football quarterback who he appointed as the head of presidential personnel office, he dispatches john mcantee to talk to douglas macgregor. and they happen this plan completely outside the normal chain of command in which decisions of this magnitude are decided. and as you laid out, you know, it is not just afghanistan. he wanted to withdraw from germany which would have fundamentally changed america's position in the world and

relationships to the nato alliance. he wanted to completely get out of africa, iraq and syria. douglas cgregor said that i'm not sure that we can get all of this done, but they did turn much of that order into a formal order that went from the president to the pentagon. it was typed up, signed by the president, and arrived by courier in the in-box that said total withdrawal from afghanistan by january 15th. total equal from somalia by december 31. and this activates this effort at the very top levels of the united states military and national security apparatus to overturn the desires of the president in his final days. >> so big picture here, how did that fit into the broader

pattern? because the president's behavior seemed there unsettling as you mentioned, but how did it fit in a broader picture of what you saw and other reporters documented over four years of covering that administration? >> well, the bizarre thing with donald trump is he came into office with very unnuanced views about american engagement overseas. sort of like he thought these weres were okay in certain respects. he basically wanted to take american troops out of every theater that we had them in. and what happened is because he was so focused on appearances and central casting, he places in these key positions generals who look like trump's sort of ideal of a 1940s military figure who he thinks shares his values. but they actually fundamentally disagree with him mostly in his world view. so what you have throughout his presidency is trump reach luck

tants to actually sign a formal order and continually being talked out of his instincts by the generals and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, defense secretary. so you get to the situation where he loses the leak and he election and he is flailing, trying to overturn the result, trying to block the transition process and he just throws these hail mayor marys. top people including general millie said that it would be dangerous if they pulled out. and this is one of the key arguments being made in those final days. >> and i know that it was an important relationship. talk to us briefly about the relationship trump had with defense secretary mark esper and the relationship that reportedly soured. >> yeah, after mark gave his speech june 3 last year where he

came against the insurrection act, trump was furious about that. and mark esper privately concluded at that time that president trump was willing to use the military to effect the election result. this is what esper himself concluded. and he concluded that there may be no boundaies there. and so that relationship broke down after that. >> jonathan swan, incredible reporting. thank you, my friend. >> thanks for having me. and coming up from clashes on the treats of jerusalem to full blown military conflict, how the situation in the middle east escalated so intensely and so quickly. so quickly

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beginning of ramadan. and let's go to beirut to break it down. walk us through the events that brought us to this point. >> reporter: as you said, let's start on april 13th at the start of ramadan. israeli police install metal barricade damascus gate blocking them after a long day of fasting. that led to confrontations between young palestinians, israeli police and then later members of a right wing israeli extremist group who come to the scene. and in another neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem, tensions are also rising. israeli settlers have been trying for years to get dozens of palestinians evicted from

their homes. and their case rests on an israeli law that allows israelis to take back formerly jewish problem in east jerusalem that was lost during the war in 1948. this law is widely seen as discriminatory because it only works in works in one direction. palestinians have no right to reclaim property that they lost in west jerusalem at the same time. so by may 7th jerusalem is boiling over the situation. young palestinians throw stones at israeli police and israeli police respond by storming the al aqsa mosque, the third holiest side and those images are beamed around the world why police using stun grenades around that holy site. by may 10th things are at fever pitch. the israeli supreme court is due

to hand down a final verdict on those evictions and tens of hundred nationalists will commemorate israel's 1967 battlefield victory. israel's government takes some steps to try to diffuse nations. the verdict is delayed. and that nationalist march is rerouted away from muslim areas but it is too late. 6:00 p.m. may 10 hamas fires the first rockets towards jerusalem. israel responds with air strikes. an enthis current round of violence erupts. ayman? >> raf sanchez in beirut this hour, thank you. while we continue to watch the unfolding situation another tense dynamic playing out has been this sectarian violence

inside israel. prime minister netanyahu vowed to restore peace. for more on this we're joined by a senior attorney and deputy general director of the legal center for arab minority rights in israel. thank you so much. talk to us about what you and your group and other organizations that are inside israel tracking and monitoring of sectarian violence. >> yeah. first of all, the summer of led to the current events were summarized very good by the reporter before me. basically, parallel to all these events that happened and like the violence that happened in east jerusalem, palestinian citizens and israel as well started to protest against the excessive violence by israeli police against palestinians. it started like peaceful

demonstrations. it started with this but unfortunately the response by the israeli police officers began to be violent toward the palestinian protesters. now violence by the police is not new. we have been confronting that for a lot of years. we have victims from police violence but one of the most newest thing we didn't confront before was mob violence by groups of extreme right wing settlers that organized themselves to enter and reef arab towns and mixed cities for the sole purpose of attacking arabs. whether physically, attacking their property, anything is related to arabs. i myself witnessed that in one of the demonstrations where we saw that these settlers were arriving accompanied by the

israeli police. basically not arresting them, not stopping them from attacking protesters but providing huge protection to be able to do their wrongs and attacks against palestinians. that was on the beginning of -- last monday and continuing until yesterday. and this is something that we hadn't seen before. one of the most extreme situations other than haifa reached all mixed cities and lod was very extreme because due to the killing of an arab citizen, by an israeli right wing extreme settler who claimed that he wanted to defend himself -- >> right. >> to protect himself a curfew for the first time was declared as a result of an order to

declare lod as a civil emergency area but only on arabs. >> so -- >> enabling the extreme right wipg to attack homes while arabs were in their own homes. >> we have just about 45 seconds left. talk about the international community here. is there a role for the international community that you want to see play with what you're seeing on the ground? >> yeah. yes, of course. for the first time we issued under the frame of the committee the highest political level that represents the palestinian citizen in israel a call for international protection. intervention in order to protect us. the police is failing to protect us. not that we trust them in any case. the violence of the settlers we issued this international call for protection and we sent it to u.n. buddies, ambassadors for

the international community. we expected that it will be dealt yesterday at the session of the u.n. security council but unfortunately other than a statement of concerns there was nothing there that was taken out of the security council. but yes. there should be an intervention for protection because basically as a national homeland minority we have no safety and protection. >> live from israel this afternoon, thank you so much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. kevin bacon here. you know me from six degrees of well... me. but it's time to expand. see, visible is wireless with no surprise fees, legit unlimited data, powered by verizon for as little as $25 a month. but when you bring a friend every month, you get every month for $5. so i'm bringing everyone within 12 degrees of me. bam, 12 months of $5 wireless.

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