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clashes with palestinians. and israeli forces opened fire on a lebanese army patrol this evening, we do not know of any injuries at this time. overnight, israel carried out 110 strikes on what it says were hamas tunnels. and hamas has fired almost as many rockets in the 50-day war. the humanitarian disaster continues to unfold in gaza, where the united nations now says that 42,000 palestinians are displaced from their homes with some sheltering in safe places like this united nations-run school shown earlier today. many participated in protests across the region, including in the occupied old city of
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jerusalem. shops closed in a strike, while there were solidarity protests in argentina, chicago, and london. richard engel joins us now. bring us up to speed on all of the developments and what you saw up close on the ground. >> reporter: so we'll work backwards a little bit. the latest development is that prime minister netanyahu of israel says the offensive will continue. earlier, he released a statement saying that israel is making progress. it is making gains. it has set back hamas' military capability by years. israel does not want at this stage to give in to pressure. it does not want to agree to a cease fire while it is under fire. which, from israel's point of
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view, from prime minister netanyahu's point of view, would be accepting a kind of defeat or giving a kind of victory to hamas. what we saw earlier today, what i witnessed myself with our team, was that this conflict is no longer just inside gaza. it is spreading to other palestinian areas. palestinians living in jerusalem, that are israeli citizens, held a general strike today. in the old city, not a single stall was open. it was a complete ghost town. then we moved out of jerusalem and went to the west bank. there we saw some of the biggest clashes against israeli forces that locals said they've seen in years. since the 2014 war, which lasted about seven weeks, in which 2,000 palestinians were killed. there were hundreds of palestinians there.
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one estimate was about 1,500. and started with slogan and protests, then palestinians started slowing stones at israeli troops, they responded to tear gas, and it escalated until both sides were firing live ammunition, and two soldiers were injured. this is an indication that things are not going along the lines or heading in the direction of a cease fire. the palestinians feel they have a bit of wind at their backs. they're getting the world's attention. even though this is driven by hamas, and many palestinians do not support hamas, they do support the general palestinian cause. and israel is facing a position where it says it's looking for a cease fire, but it does not want to have one in which hamas appears to be dictating the terms. >> richard, thank you.
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stay safe. joining me now from jerusalem, israel's national police superintendent, mickey rosenfeld. i appreciate your time. i want to start with what we were just hearing from my colleague, the latest cycle we find ourselves in. let's go back to april 13th, the first day of ramadan. a lot of people, palestinians, the international community, have blamed the police for the heavyhandedness it used, restricting access, adding metal detectors. why would you do that, why would the israeli police restrict access for hundreds of thousands of palestinians to their places of worship. >> there were no metal detectors, i don't know what you're referring to. it's going back almost a year
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ago. and you mentioned that the old city is occupied. i don't know what you're referring to, the status quo is kept. muslims are allowed to pray five times a day, jewish people are allowed to pray three times a day. and instead of thousands of muslims praying in peaceful and quiet areas, they took to the streets and started attacking police officers there. and a full scale riot took place. our law enforcement officers, to make sure to keep the peace, they responded by dealing with those specific riots, with more than 50,000 people involved in riots. that's something that is unacceptable. and any police force across the world would do the same thing, contain the riots, take control
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of the situation, and prevent injuries. >> as you very well know, those are not my words. those are the words of the international community and the united nations that don't recognize your sovereignty over eastern jerusalem and the old city. so you're saying you did not cut off the speakers in the mosque where the prayers are played out every day? did you cut the speakers? >> in connection with that incident, there were a number of steps that were taken in order to prevent incitement on the temple mount. as soon as there's incitement, there are full-scale riots that take police. unfortunately, the leaders of the muslim community, there was an increase and a surge of incitement. therefore every step was necessary.
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israel took two significant steps to prevent violence. we canceled a march taking place through the damascus gate. we prevented thousands of people from coming through that area in order to prevent muslims from attacking jews. and we made sure there would be no people coming through -- i just want to finish my sentence. thank you. >> go ahead. >> despit the positive steps we took, that is what started the violence by israeli arab, not just in jerusalem, and sadly, hamas, the same afternoon, when jewish people were celebrating in jerusalem, hamas fired rockets for the first time in jerusalem for years. and people had to take cover.
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and the idf has been responding to the situation of the hamas attacks in the cities of israel. >> that's a long way to go to say, you did cut off the speakers there. this was back on april 13th. this is video of the troops lobbing tear gas at worshippers at the al aqsa mosque. >> you said they were worshipping there. i've seen that video. people were not worshipping there. what took place, unfortunately, there were thousands of people outside the mosque on the temple mount, which you can't see on this video. they threw stones and had petrol bombs to throw at police officers. this is after police officers entered the area of the mosque,
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threw stun grenades in order to clear out thousands of people. it looks like a lot of commotion, but realistically, we were preventing thousands of people from outside from being injured and involved in a full-scale riot, initiated by palestinians inside the mosque, as you can see, wearing masks, covering their heads, and attacking police officers. >> just because i want to cover a lot of ground with you, and i know your time is limited. this video, i want to show it for you. it shows israeli police arresting a man with what appears to be his knee on the neck of that young palestinian man. we don't know what happened before the video. it's a moment that drew a lot of comparisons to what happened in this country with brutal police tactics. what do you say to members of
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the international community, who have been critical of the ways palestinians have been treated? you have people with weapons, sometimes throwing rocks and stones back at palestinians. they're not subject to these kinds of tactics? why is that? >> you're referring to settlers, and giving misinformation. these are israelis who live inside, there are also arabs who have entered inside apartments that don't belong to them. what is taing place on the ground is, we have extremists coming in and have been involved in full-scale riots and attacking jewish houses. and unfortunately, whenever necessary, our police officers
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have to respond using nonlethal weapons. there's no comparison between a 30-clip of the video. you have to understand the broader picture. the police are taking control of the situation. i was was there, about 400 people came to that area, the situation is much calmer than it was. and we're hoping that the leaders will get the message out to calm the situation down. we will do everything on a tactical level as well. >> mickey rosenfeld, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you very much. joining me now, democratic congressman from new york gregory meeks. let me first get your reaction to benjamin netanyahu continuing to, going forward with the
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operations against gaza, despite what we've been reporting, that the biden administration is call for a cease fire. your reaction? >> i think everybody in congress wants a cease fire. we need to have a cessation on both sides. we need a cease fire so we can have a dialogue and conversation can begin. but there needs to be an immediate cease fire. >> as you know, the biden administration earlier this month approved a more than $700 million arms sale to israel. the committee you chair has two more days to decide whether or not it wants to object to that arms sale, with the international community calling for a cease fire in the current conflict. is this the right time to approve another arms deal to israel? >> yeah, so, this was something that was requested a while back,
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notices had come before us on may 5th, i think, before this incident took place. before the outbreak of violence in the middle east had taken place. there was a notice that was given to the committee, as appropriate. and up until may 20th for us to review that particular process. i held a meeting yesterday with the intent of just having an open dialogue with members of the foreign affairs committee so we can hear from everyone and hear from the administration also. >> do you think it's the right time to renew the arms sale to israel? >> i think that what we need to do right now is, the problem is, the rockets that are still going and the violence that is still taking place in the middle east. and we've got to make sure that we get a real truce that is taking place there. israel has every right to defend itself. i think that is clear.
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i mean, i think that if we did not have the iron dome, for example, it would be additional mass casualties in israel. and hamas is clearly a nefarious organization, a terrorist organization. we've got to try to have a dialogue. now, the key is, and one of the things i've been hoping with the abraham accords, talking to ambassadors from the gulf states, and trying to see whether they will also get involved. i think the united states needs more than just us, so we can get to a two-state solution. and ultimately, i think that's how we'll get some peace. some dialogue has to happen there. that's what i think, how we're moving. >> in june of 2019, your committee held a hearing on emergency arms sales where you actually shared your concerns
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about selling weapons to american allies like saudi arabia for their ongoing conflict in yemen. here's what you said. >> when i think about the tragedy that continues to take place in yemen, and the killing of innocent people, in that regard, i believe it's our responsibility to also hold them in check. the concern that members of congress have had was about how our partners were using the weapons that they received and how that was fueling the conflict in yemen. and creating the worst humanitarian catastrophe possibly in the world. >> congressman, why doesn't what
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you said there, that it is our responsibility to also hold them in check, apply to israel killing innocent palestinian men, women, and children with american weapons? >> i still believe -- look, what i discussed at the meeting and what i've said is that we have to take the arms sales issue very seriously. and no longer will it be something that is just something that is -- that it is something that we've got to have dialogue and conversation about. so as opposed to what had taken place for a long period of time, where you would just look at it and say, just check off the list. no, we need to have dialogue and conversation so we understand what the sale is all about. and utilization. so i don't change from that at all. what we're talking about now is not something that was in direct response to the violence that
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has taken place in the middle east right now in israel and gaza. this was done way before the outbreak took place. but i have instructed some members of staff that sales to israel, saudi arabia, the uae, we need to make sure we have dialogue with the administration about what took place and why. and i think that what we're going to have is that dialogue and conversation later this week, which i think is important for members of congress to look and utilize our -- what our constitutional responsibilities are. but it by no means does not say we're going to make sure that israel does not have the right to defend itself, or weapons to defend like the iron dome, we
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want to make sure that arms sales are just something that are taken for granted, and you just check the box. and it won't happen under my leadership. >> congressman, thank you. we hope you'll come back and continue the conversation with us. >> look forward to it. more breaking news. andrew brown jr., why the district attorney says his shooting was in fact justified. you're watching ayman mohyeldin reports. network in america. thousands of smarter towers, with the 5g coverage you need. broader spectrum for faster 5g speeds. next-generation servers with superior network reliability. because the more you do with 5g, the more your network matters. it's us...pushing us. it's verizon...vs verizon. and who wins? you. it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting,
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we're following breaking news in elizabeth city, north carolina, where the local district attorney said no charges will be filed against the deputies who shot and killed andrew brown jr. last month. a warning to our viewers, this body camera footage is disturbing. >> hey! hey! [ bleep ].
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[ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> brown was 42 years old. his family says he was executed by law enforcement. here's what the d.a. said. >> mr. brown's death, while tragic, was justified because mr. brown's actions caused three deputies with the county sheriff's office to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others. >> joining me now, katie beck. what are we expecting to play out there? >> reporter: we are expecting to have a protest here at 5:00 p.m. tonight. calls for outrage, as we've seen before. but the brown family releasing a statement, saying the decision is a slap in the face to them as
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well as the community in elizabeth city, and they're calling on the justice department to intervene. the district attorney was very firm, saying that brown posed an immediate threat to the life and safety of the officers and to those in his community. he was using his car as a deadly weapon. and by moving forward and back in front of officers, they believed their lives were in jeopardy, and they needed to shoot into that vehicle. we spoke with ben crump, he said he feels that this is unjustified, and that the justice department has a responsibility to intervene. during this press conference, the d.a. was met with some tough questions. here's one exchange with a reporter asking him to defend his statements. >> it definitely appeared that mr. brown was trying to get away and not going directly at any
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officer that we just saw. is there something else that maybe you have seen to help you come to that conclusion other than what you showed us today? >> okay. let me ask you this -- did you see the officer put his hand, his left hand on the hood of that vehicle. >> yes. as the car was turning away. >> yes. did you see the tracks in the dirt? >> yes, sir. >> okay. if that car is on pavement, that officer is run over. >> reporter: again, calls for the full release of that videotape again tonight. no word on if or when that could happen. we're told the protest is organized for about 5:00 p.m. to demand more answers and transparency. >> catie, thank you. up next, the top house republican comes out against a bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol riot.
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kevin mccarthy is making his opposition clear. announcing that he does not support legislation to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th capitol insurrection. at the same time, a new republican amendment would require approval from both parties to submit a subpoena. joining me now, scott mcfarland
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with an update on the cases of some who have been charged. i know that andrew clyde said january 6th seemed like a tourist visit. and ron johnson questioning, how many firearms were there? how many shots were fired? what are we learning? >> reporter: let's start with the case of christopher albertson, he's pleaded not guilty to possessing a firearm. he's the only person charged with having a gun in his possession that day. but i've seen so many cases where makeshift weapons, riot shields, hockey sticks, baseball
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bats. one maryland defendant wielding a metal bat. >> and what other hearings are we watching for today? >> reporter: looking at the case of john wright, from canton, ohio. a few moments ago, a judge ordered he wear a gps tracker until his next hearing. the feds say he posted that he would fight the blue on the 6th, make war that day. and indicated he was going to keep an eye on the underground escape tunnels on the hill. also cases moving towards plea agreements, matthew miller, accused of scaling the wall, moving closer to a plea agreement. and the bustle couple from virginia, accused of posting on social media that mike pence was
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a traitor, and a plea agreement scheduled for june 14th. it's worth remembering, most federal criminal prosecutions end in plea agreements, more than 90%. some of these cases are misdemeanors, which likely means no jail time for the defendants. >> scott, thank you. more than six months after the election, arizona officials are still counting the votes. the state's largest county is in its fourth week of a so-called audit, and officials in maricopa county are speaking out, mostly republicans, setting the record straight on an audit they're calling a sham. >> i'm disappointed with leaders who actually know better. and yet they continue to perpetuate these untruths.
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>> steve patterson has been covering this for us, and joins us now. what are the election officials saying? >> reporter: at this point, it might be more efficient to break down what they're not saying. so many adjectives that our producers put together a word cloud. a con, sham, corrupt, a spectacle harmful to us all, and so many more. we hadn't heard from the board in this way until this week. and these are republicans in maricopa battling and pushing back against the republican controlled state senate. this all stemmed from trump supporters who claimed there was something wrong with the voting machines following the election. they lost that battle because the results of the election are certified. nothing in this process will change that. but they also won, because
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election materials were subpoenaed. 2.1 million ballots taken to a sporting arena, where they're being sorted and rechecked by hand. that process is being overseen by a company called cyber ninjas. contracted by the state senate, a company that has had no experience in auditing an actual election. and the election watchers that were allowed in there say there are some bizarre practices happening. using uv lights to try to find hidden watermarks, or bamboo from an asian country. these are qanon theories. there's some real malpractice here and abuse of funds. here's what some board members say is happening. >> people's ballots and money are not make-believe. it's time to be done with this craziness, and get on with our
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county's critical business. >> i supported an audit, i supported cooperating with the senate. what i didn't support is a mockery. and that is what this has become. >> reporter: cyber ninjas was awarded $150 million of state taxpayer money, and they've been raiing funds from trump supporters and dark money from unknown sources, and it could still take months. >> steve, thank you. coming up, the inequities in fighting covid around the world. the comments of the w.h.o. chief, next. you're watching ayman mohyeldin reports. u're watching ayman moh reports.
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the vaccine is really important. the percentage of patients being admitted to hospitals with severe covid is really low. just a few percent of vaccinated patients are coming to the hospital. >> and the governor offering cash incentives as part of a lottery for vaccinations. has that been effective? >> he's incentivizing all people in ohio to put their name in, and receive $1 million. they've also had incentives for college education being paid for at state institutions. >> and this is what the director general of the w.h.o. said. >> the world is in vaccine
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situation is like on the ground, and what your organization is going through? >> thanks for having me. obviously, the situation in gaza is catastrophic. as of today, there have been over 1,500 injuries, and over 200 deaths, and 30% of those are children. there is a significant civilian casualty burden. there's lots of damage to medical facilities and to the roads and pathways that lead to those facilities, making access a key concern. so patients are not able to safely move in gaza, due to ongoing sustained air fire. if they do try to move, it's difficult for ambulances to get to hospitals.
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we're not able to see patients as we check the structural integrity of the clinic. it's a very difficult time for the people in gaza. >> can you talk to us about what your organization needs right now, what does the international community need to do, to help organizations like yours? >> the international community is calling for cessation of hostilities. we need this to stop. it's destroying the infrastructure, and taking lives, and causing huge arms in gaza. we can't access gaza at the moment with supplies or medical personnel because of the ongoing activity. so we really need that to stop. and we need access to this population, to offer them treatment and support the ministry of health in their treatment. >> today, the israeli military says they halted aid trucks to the gaza strip when one was hit
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by mortar bombs in the border crossing. what is the solution if internal forces will shoot down aid? what do you expect specifically on the ground to be done? i know you're calling for a cease fire, but do you speak directly to the israeli military about getting supplies in, or to the egyptian authorities? >> the international community is working together to negotiate these issues. it's quite complex, but what we're asking for is access to the population and for supplies to come in to gaza. >> is there a breaking point, at which doctors will not be able to work? >> it's extraordinarily difficult for us to work. our staff are really traumatized, as are the rest of the population, by constant
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bombardment. i'm talking to my staff every day, they're hiding in the basement, and listening to their children screaming in response to sustained bombing. it's difficult to work under those sorts of circumstances, never mind the of leaves the ho and trying to get the medical facility to provide care. they were -- because of the supply block, and so the whole situation is becoming rapidly untenable. dr. natalie from doctors without borders, thank you for your time. i greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. last night on the floor of the u.s. senate, republican senator tom cotton accused an american news agency, the associated press, of shielding hamas militants. watch. >> why is the associated press sharing a building with hamas?
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surely these intrepid reporters knew who they were. >> cotton was responding to this, saturday's israeli's air strike that destroyed a mixed-use building, housing at the associated press. today an israel i representative and secretary blinken confirmed that israel has now provided the u.s. with some intelligence behind -- though they have not made it public. for the latest on the ground, joining me is al jazeera report, he rushed to save equipment, and i know there's a very long delay, you're also hearing the sound of drones flying above. it's good to have you with us. first of all, start by telling us what you experienced
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saturday. >> i don't know where to start from, ayman, actually. it's like everyday affairs. we had escalation that started nine days ago. we start the day be preparing the equipment, the camera editing machines, you know, positioning, deploying the team. the usual stuff. suddenly the neighbor -- i guess you know the building house is it made. it's half residential, and we were in the top of the el jalaa building. the enable just came and knocked on the door saying i was informed by the israeli army to evacuate and we have one hour. it is the last thing that you expect in such circumstances and hard conditions. so the first thing -- the first
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reaction was, like, everybody was panicking, really -- are you kidding? or something? so, the bureau chief, he informed everybody to prepare himself and safety first, to grab as much as we could from the equipment. you know, our office was like our second home at al jazeera. we had been sharing life, work and either together. so our colleagues tried to grab as much as they could. then we opened the door and we started to flee outside. there's one elevator -- there's tens of families lives in this building. we could see the rest of the neighbors panics. there were lots of children, women, everybody was try to go grab as much as they could. it would be one way, no return.
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once we managed to leave, to be outside the building, the first thing that we thought of is how to go in there again and keep reporting. as you know, we always have plan b, even plan c, d, we will never stop reporting. >> right. >> this is not the first war, not the first escalation, and between, you know, invasions and wars, including now four wars -- wars in the last ten years. so let me ask you this -- >> we started to make contacts, and then -- >> let me ask you this, if i can ask quickly. we displayed the sound bite from the u.s. senator about whether the reporters being accused of basically human shields, and israel has -- tell me what it is that you saw working in that building.
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>> yeah, i could hear that in the background, making me laugh, frankly. i have been working in this building, 11 years, ayman. i know every person in the building. those who were living here, now they have children, so we know even what our neighbors cook, you know. we could smell it. so we are familiar with every movement, every new neighbor coming in or out. we have never seen or realized that there's anyone or any suspicious office or material or human being. everything was normal, the same faces, the same routine of 11 years. never seen any suspicious thing. >> are you going to continue to report from gaza, despite having the building destroyed?
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