and the botched impeachment. >> the thing about you and your writing. you've been covering these jokers for a long long time. i can't wait for you to have you on the show and talk to you about what you have inside. dana, thank you very much for coming to the understood is -- coming to the show. don't go any where. up next with the latest on the mounting toll and damage from hurricane helene. hello everyone, we begin this hour with breaking news. the death toll from hurricane

helene has risen to 89, just days after the storm hit florida as a catastrophic category four hurricane, the most powerful to ever hit the big bend region. the storm has devastated towns across the south, particularly in north carolina, which is seen a record 30 inches of rainfall. nbc's george solis joins us now from asheville, north carolina. george, officials in western north carolina are calling this their hurricane katrina. we know what that means obviously but how bad is the situation where you are? okay, good evening, ayman, good to be with you. >> reporter: the pictures here are still flooded, even days after helene's impact. keep in mind, some water has started to proceed but now begins the search and recovery mission. we know that there's been some fatalities here in town. we know that they are still trying to find people. as we speak, there are active search and rescue is happening in those areas where the water has not receded. we've actually seen cruise on boats going to where cars are, where rooftops used to be. people that have lost everything in this community and the one thing that a lot of people tonight continue asking is when that federal help will get here on the ground.

one positive note in all of this, cell phone service has slowly started to return. not for all but for many. that was a big problem here for the last several days. you had people that were gathering outside hotels, outside of libraries. the only places in town that had any active wi-fi and that's how people were actually communicating with the outside world to get a message to their loved ones to let them know they were okay. western north carolina, not really used to this level of rain, this level of catastrophe. the last record flood of this magnitude was a century ago. put that into perspective. this obviously exceeds all of that. right now, we have seen caravans of utility workers racing in here to try to get power back on, to get water back on. that's another thing that's been a real problem here for people. there's no water. at one point, the hotels actually shut down. even though there was power, but because there's no water throughout much of asheville. this continues to be a disaster on top of a disaster. a little bit ago, i can tell you

a lot people probably nervous because it was raining here and at this point, no rain is needed, given what you are seeing here, which explains why i am a little bit wet here. but again, the situation, catastrophic. a lot of people are very concerned that they haven't seen those federal resources. that's not to say that we haven't seen people helping each other out. there are lines here outside of stores, handing out water, handing out food. we know that world central kitchen is expected to be in town to feed all those people looking for some kind of food or water at this point. it's just a very stressful situation where so many people here, many still trying to get in touch with their loved ones but again, you are looking at some cell phone service returning but the situation just continues to just be one bad thing after the other for so many, ayman. >> quick question for you, is there an effort for people who are trapped there to try and rescue them at the moment, or is the focus right now on trying to get critical infrastructure up and running to be able to communicate with people, get them what they need?

>> reporter: yeah, a good question. we have seen a mixture of both. there are shelters in town , there are efforts to make sure people are safe throughout all of this. we've seen reports of supplies being brought to town to make sure people get food, get water, but as you mentioned, i think so much of the focus right now, given the fact that there is no water is to get those utilities. we did hear from the city that they are looking to set up those excuse me, wires, satellite centers if you will to get that cell phone service back up and running for as many people as possible. that's a sign that things are moving in the direction -- towers is what i meant to say. with so many resources still without any kind of timeline to get repair, people just don't know how much more of this they can take, ayman. >> george, thank you. we will be in touch with you throughout the course of the evening as the story continues to develop. now to the continued fallout in the middle east after the assassination of hezbollah's leader and the israeli airstrike. israel

bombed a crucial poor in yemen, killing more people according to the yemeni health minister. -- in southern lebanon, -- as many as 1 million residents have been displaced with many forced to sleep on the streets with one more than thousand people have been killed in the last two weeks, including women and children although the exact death tolls killed -- expected to be much higher. -- all eyes, of course, are on iran, which earlier vouched for the killing of hassan nasrallah. anything could happen at any moment in the united states was complicit in this crime. americans in lebanon, meanwhile, are feeling confused and anxious amid the bombardment and are scrambling to find a way out at the white house national security

spokesman, john kirby, said this earlier. >> we have a contingency plans for evacuations in just about every corner of the world, martha. we are, everything we are doing, everything that secretary austin is doing the defense department is to make sure we have the requisite capability and planning and preparation available to us so we are working our way through that. i would add that rain now the state department does not feel the need for that, that there are still commercial operations, commercial air traffic that's getting out of beirut and are still available to those americans that want to leave. >> this comes as defense secretary lloyd austin ordered u.s. forces to remain on standby as tensions flare up. so the question tonight, how did we even get here? a full-scale war spanning multiple countries in the middle east. the u.s. certainly did not want to end up here but here we are. watch. >> the united states does not

seek conflict with iran. we do not want this war to widen. >> i don't think we need a wider war. that's not what i'm looking for. >> we are working around the clock. my secretary of state to prevent a wider war, reunite hostages with their families. >> so those warnings spending nearly an entire year, apparently fell on deaf ears. and the strikes ramped up in lebanon earlier in the week. u.s. officials are growing increasingly concerned. a handful of western nations led by the united states actually put forward a 21 day cease-fire plan expecting israel to accept it. in fact, white house sports person -- spokesperson john kirby said this was published after consulting with israel and the israelis were aware of every word in the statement. kirby said he thought the israelis were on board with proposals and said the allies would not have made it public otherwise. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu poorly rejected the deal on the sidelines in new york. the massive strike that killed

-- just went down hours later. the fact that he agreed in bad faith should surprise absolutely no one. especially u.s. officials who have been strung along for months. >> my hope is by next monday, we will have a cease-fire. >> that starts with a cease- fire. we've been working on and, to get there, also first requires all parties to stop taking any at school and tory actions. it also requires them to find reasons to come to an agreement. how are we doing on a cease- fire, sir? >> a little bit away. i'm not giving up. >> there's a humanitarian crisis in gaza. that's why i called for an immediate cease-fire. an immediate cease-fire, stop the fighting. >> the truth is the situation laying out right now in the middle east is being orchestrated entirely on benjamin netanyahu's terms. as my colleagues at nbc news report today and the days after the october 7th attack,

president joe biden fervently embraced netanyahu and israel literally and figure -- figuratively, the unvarnished support would result in a willingness to accede to some american vans -- demand. instead, they appear to have steadily less influence with netanyahu in the absence of an arms embargo, america's leverage over israel has been whittled down to nothing. and by sacrificing its seat at the table, the u.s. has ensured that those deciding the next next steps in this conflict are netanyahu and the leaders of iran, hamas, and hezbollah, not the american president. what we now, msnbc political analyst peter minard, being jewish after the destruction of gaza, a reckoning. also with us, spencer anchorman, offer of the forever -- anchorman. he's also a contributor.

good to have you with us. spencer, let's start with you. what you think of this and america's role. hasn't this winning influence been obvious to the administration -- any ability to influence israel's decision- making? >> if they have, that's a self- imposed constraint. without actually using the enormous leverage that israel messiah, that the united states has over israel, there is no reason for israel to stop any of these escalations alongside any of the fronts that this regional war is unfolding on. what you have heard from the region is probably more accurate assessment of the relationship between the united dates and this wider regional war, which is that the united states is acquiescing to see what israel can accomplish in transforming a region basically by asserting power on its terms

and sing to which degree that it can get the iranian coalition functionally deterred. >> peter, that's really good point. this two schools of thought, number one, or school of thought number one is that the united states is kind of winking and nodding to israel, continue what you are doing, we have leverage over you, we are not going to use it, we are kind of okay with the way you are doing -- redrawing the maps in the middle east, if you will, when it comes to the iranian sphere of influence. but the other school of thought is america is trying to actually impose a cease-fire or would like one, doesn't want to use it as leverage but wants to get a cease-fire and netanyahu is running circles around the american administration and they are boxed in politically. which one do you think? >> if you're not using your leverage, you're not really trying. when joe biden says i'm calling for a cease-fire, he's not just some guy. we are delivering many of the weapons. we are protecting the is really

national form. there's this very strange passively. if the u.s. thinks this is good for the united states, for israel to keep doing this, it strikes me as pretty insane. first of all, this will increase the risk of terrorism against the united states. people all over the middle east and the muslim world are seeing american bombs dropping and killing people, including a lot of innocent people. first of all. secondly, it's terrible for the democratic party, right? and kamala harris's chance of becoming the next president. the world is in chaos, donald trump is saying, i'm going to bring stability and lo and behold, these attacks by israel are leading to a middle east in chaos. the biden demonstration think this is good for america or god forbid, i can understand why. >> jared kushner has, and basically said that america should let israel, quote, finish the job, that this is the time not to get in israel's

way and this could be a rebirth, if you will, for a country like lebanon in the middle east. doesn't that politically bind the biden administration, which does not want to be perceived as now standing in israel's way as the head of the election? >> and what does that mean to rebate -- remake lebanon? >> all these people who are living in the north of israel who left their homes and the israeli government is on a tremendous pressure to bring these people back. but what they could have done was make a cease-fire deal in gaza, then, has below would have stopped firing, the koozies would have stopped firing and instead what they have done is they've chosen to go to war, right, and potentially to an occupied off of that border. how well does that occupation last, going to work out for israel over the long term when they face in insurgency. there's a reason israel pulled back from his last occupation of southern lebanon. this country is getting more and more overstretched in wars. they can do tremendous damage but it can't actually win. >> spencer, your thoughts? how does this affect the united states reputational he and to

peter's point, does it make the united states more vulnerable with the threat of terrorism and risks to it and its forces and diplomatically with countries that see it self, that see the knife these is not having that kind of influence anymore? >> is the united states has done anything to benefit both it's truly delusional. the middle east will never forget that we've united states weaponry, the israeli have carried out a genocide in gaza and now are decimating not just hezbollah but lebanon. this will never be forgotten. something you're going to sit tomorrow is the iraqi prime minister in the united states and washington tomorrow to talk about the future contours of among other things, the united states military presence in iraq. the united states is trying to get as close to a status quo deal to keep its forces in

iraq, which will be understood well by the iranians and by the iraq use as a staging ground for american power in the region. this is going to make the presence of u.s. forces in both iraq and neighboring syria and elsewhere throughout the middle east far last tenable, far more dangerous and ultimately in directions that were not going to be able to anticipate. >> peter, many pundits, political analyst and others have said netanyahu wants to prolong this war for his own political survival let me read for you what is really general -- for 25 years, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been searching for his everlasting legacy. in the end, it was the israeli air force that gives him. do you think this assassination actually helps his legacy and waning popularity within -- how much is he motivated by personal political ambition and his calculations? >> i think this will make him more popular. israel is deeply cumulated and

wounded on october 7th, just like america was on september 11 when you have this very potent military, you can use the military to reap tremendous destruction and politically, it will have support. until people realize it is an axis on your problems. israel's fundamental problem is it is holding millions of palestinians who lack basic rights and the many people all of the middle east who are outraged by that and some of them are willing to fight israel over address that core issue, which so much. next step, maga's new mantra of send them back. t-mobile connects 100,000 delta airlines employees. powers tractor supply stores nationwide with reliable 5g business internet. and helps red bull revolutionize coverage of live events.

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>> send them back. it is the newest maga mantra at the center of his chaotic spring for the white house. that was monday in indiana, pennsylvania, but trump took his hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric on the road all last week. he was in north carolina, falsely claiming cities like springfield, ohio and aurora, colorado, has suffered, quote, hostile takeovers by immigrants. this is from two days later in michigan. >> those people have to be taken out and brought back to their country from where they came. >> know all of this culminated last night in a rally in wisconsin where trump gave one of his darkest and most explosive speeches yet on immigration. >> they walk into your kitchen, they will cut your throat. we have some of the greatest terrorists in the world of the country right now. these people are animal. if kamala is re-elected, your town in every town like it will be transformed into a third world hellhole.

yet to get these people back to where they came from. you have no choice. you are going to lose your culture. join me now is -- msnbc political analyst and james s. mcdonnell, esteemed professor at princeton university. democratic strategist and founder of solitary strategies. could have both of you with us. eddie, let's start with this send them back chan. i'm old enough to number 2019 when the send her back chance against ilhan omar sparked a massive outrage, but now, it's become a typical day in trump's gop. >> right. first of all, great to see you, ayman. when we think about where donald trump is most comfortable, he is most comfortable on the terrain of the culture wars, and here he is translating the great replacement theory, that's to say he is appealing to the terror and panic around the so- called demographic shifts and we need to call it for what it is, not just simply anti- immigrant rhetoric, it's deeply racist and it's not just simply donald trump.

this is the key, donald trump offers a mission structure for thousands, millions of folks in some ways to buy into this and let's not think about this as something -- this is in the bloodstream of the country. this is rhetoric that harkens back to the 1920s. the thing about johnson reed. of 1924, and you think about what representative johnson and senator reid said that the immigration act of 1924 was a bulwark against, how do we put this? a bulwark against a stream of alien blood and you know, this was embraced by the and others. this is all stuff repackaged but this is definitely what donald trump is most comfortable doing. >> we been covering his anti- greek immigrant rhetoric for your spring is not new. the racism is not new. this week, though, and i know i've said this in the past, it felt even more of an escalation.

is this some kind of desperate strategy to bring in voters into his fold in the final stretch before the campaign? we are 37 days out. >> it's very intentional. sad but he's not the only one doing it. my team is working on over 20 house races across the country and you see the republicans in the house running the same ads, ayman. my firm is one the only latino owned firms, a majority of -- my business partner luis was sworn in as a u.s. citizen here in d.c. in a courtroom. these are real people with real stories who live amongst us every day, who come here seeking a better life like every staffer that i have. we see this writer as being very intentional and is intentional because he can read a poll and he knows that they are losing suburban voters by the droves. it's very intentional what they are trying to do. it's scare white people in the suburbs, thinking that people who look like me are coming to

their neighborhoods to hurt them, when it could be further from the truth because everybody on this panel knows that donald trump has a much higher crime rate than any immigrant i have ever met. >> eddie, it's a good point that chuck brings up about the polling and other republicans doing the same thing. if it's the pattern we seen from trump and republicans even before when they are pulling poorly, they pivoted anti- immigrant racism. we saw that in 2018 with the caravan scare, 2022 with the migrant crime fear mongering. of course, we are singing with the haitian immigrants. to your point, it's not new, but the problem is it's going to be wider, it's becoming more normalized in our political or leased with the republicans, their talking points. >> absolutely. part of what our task is is not to normalize it. not to treated as some sort of political strategy and describe it in these very deodorized way and terms. but to call for what it is. what he's trying to do is activate racism, activate grievance and hatred, displace

it on the black and brown body of kamala harris and use that as a way to catapult himself back into the white house. and we need to understand that for what it is. now look. he's engaged in a cynical political ploy but it points to something deeper about the u.s. public and that is something we have to kind of grapple with and we've been talking about this for a while. why is this effective? why is this a possible effective political strategy? because that r.o.t. is in the american system. we are going to have to deal with it explicitly, whether donald trump is appealing to it or not. >> such an important point, about the raanta being from within and that there is a market for it. that's why he is out there spewing it because there are people who will listen to it and take it and it brings me to this point, chuck. trump is not just using violent dystopian rhetoric talking about immigration. i want to play this sound from his rally in pennsylvania, just earlier today. >> with refrigerators, the

craziest thing and the police are allowed to do their job. if you had one really violent day, like a guy like mike kelly, put him in charge. one rough hour and i mean real rough, the word will get out and it will and immediately. >> we know -- being inside, people who have acted on that have led to violence in this country, trump is prone to hyperbole. we know that but do you worry when you hear this kind of heated rhetoric from trump, how it lands with his followers? make sure, and i see it in the numbers every day as i say, working in these races from california to new york and to eddie's point about the rot, you can always think back about not that long ago when donald trump's word inside, a guy from dallas to a walmart to kill

brown people because he thought they were caravans coming. all of your words have real, real, real things that can make people's lives horrible. and in politics, let's disagree on policy. we can have a debate all day long, but when you start demagogy people because of the way they look, then you start walking down a road that -- you scare people for political purposes, which is absolutely disgusting. >> this week, you saw far right congressman clay higgins posting this vile and disgusting and out deleted races post on x think the majority of the u.s. illegally should get there ass out of the u.s. his post, not mine. no consequences. no one is refuting him or even pushing to punish him for his racist post. >> you know, ayman, i'm sitting here trying to respond to the stuff reasonably but this is exhausting. it angers me . because, you know, they think about it is to simply political rhetoric, but we have to live this stuff.

we have to walk with our heads on swivels. we have to worry about our kids and our grandmothers and our grandfathers and our uncles and aunts. decent people. think about what happened to that family in springfield. thing about the children who can go to school. and we can talk about this in terms of an election cycle, but it, this involves people's lives and it seems to me that it becomes very difficult not to allow a deep disdain to take root in one's heart in relation to these people. it's a stark choice to go back to politics. i don't know what the underside is trying to figure out. either you going to double down on the stuff or your voting to get it out of the way, but for people like me and chuck, we, this is real. it's existential. we have to address it accordingly. >> we certainly have to do it on every front that we encounter and certainly politically, as well. eddie glaude jr., thank you so much. chuck rocha, thank you as well. really appreciate having a bowl

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the scientific consensus is quite clear, climate change is real and humans are making it worse. 2024 was the warmest summer on record. this year is on track to be the hottest ever measured in the earth's history. these are simple facts proven for data, but data be if you are the architect of the far right playbook known as project 2025. just listen to what kevin roberts, president of the heritage foundation told the new york times, wait for, at a climate event. >> that sounds like whether to me, not climate. a hot here. for 50 years, we've been

hearing from science that we have 10 years to correct the trajectory. if we take all the ideas, let's just take all of the ideas of everyone in this room and we implement them with magic wand, our estimates show what was the difference in temperature be? 0.23 degrees celsius. it is simply not going to make a difference. joining me now to discuss this attorney general of massachusetts, andre campbell. attorney general of california, -- and attorney general of colorado phil weiser. thank you so much for joining us. all of you have led the charge in your states to some degree to protect our climate and i wanted to start with you, attorney general campbell and your response to what you just heard there from the president of the heritage foundation, someone who is extremely influential in republican politics and the dangers of what kevin roberts is saying. >> thank you for having me, it's great to be on with my colleagues.

it's not only not factual, it is limited and when we say climate justice, just what we mean. it's not just about rising sea levels and of course extreme weather and extreme heat, we are all experiencing, it is also about the air quality that our constituents have to deal with it, making sure their air and water is not polluted, and it's also climate justice. that's when we transition to clean energy, making sure it's affordable for our constituents and so much more. so it's pointing out to our constituents every single day just what climate justice and of our mental justice actually means and then using our offices in our litigation tools, our legislative tools, all of our tools, our grantmaking's to address all these expenses that our constituents see themselves in every single day. we have an opportunity to not only take on the rhetoric that is ignorant and also incorrect, but also to really expand what we are talking about in terms of what climate justice actually means. >> let's talk about those litigation tools, attorney general. you've talked and led multiple -- to hold them to account for

their role in the climate crisis. this week, you sued exxon mobil alleging it had waged a campaign of deception for decades to mislead consumers about plastic recycling. walk us through that. what are the consequences of that level of misinformation about plastic waste? >> let me just say thank you for having me, ayman. great to be here with these agencies . very disappointing and not surprising when we are facing an existential threat of our time. to do more to talk about the scope and scale and speed of the problem. we need action. we need people who follow the signs. we need ag's like campbell and weiser. we need to continue doing what we're doing in california. litigation is apsley one lane and one pathway to hold those accountable who have created

the crisis we are into the deception and allies. we did sue earlier this week on monday, september 23rd, exxon mobil for leading a decades long campaign of -- that recycling the plastics is sustainable. when it's not. when they knew it wasn't, with their own internal conversations acknowledging that a plastic recycling is not fiscally or technologically musical. only 5% of plastic waste in america actually gets recycled 95% goes to landfill incineration or into our environment streams, or beaches. for that deception, we are holding exxon mobil accountable and the reason they did it was so that people would feel comfortable buying evermore

plastic, knowing that they could engage in a single use throwaway lifestyle and it would be okay. they would be doing their job, they will be responsible stewards of the environment because it would all be recycled and come back in a circular fashion into someone's living room or kitchen to be used again but it wasn't true. it was a lie they foisted on the public and we are holding them accountable for that deception, which is against the law. >> attorney general weiser, you've also sued over what is known as forever chemicals that have seeped into water sources across your state, colorado. these kinds of damages are happening on sunday levels across the country and around the world. what needs to change and how can we hold corporations in check for these damages. what can you possibly get out of them that either changes their behavior or helps pay for the damage they've already done. makes so part of the way that we meet our climate challenge is sending a clear message to companies that we need you to be responsible actors, good stewards, and as ag rob bonta said, be straight with the american public about what challenges are out there, what

opportunities are out there. in the case of these forever chemicals, there was deception. there was real harm because these forever chemicals get into your bloodstream and they stay there. we don't fully know all the damage they are doing, we have heard about cancer. we've heard about other challenges, the epa is now taking action, making clear about this day in , but for incumbents who have caused these harm, they need to be held to account and the money we are going to get from lawsuits like this, we seen this in the opioid crisis can remediate to address the harm and i water systems right now have these forever chemicals in them. those who cause the problem have to be held to account and help us fix the problem. that's why we are in court. >> attorney general campbell, i'm curious to get your thoughts on, you know, what the public needs to know about these corporations. you fought to defend the climate disclosure regulations, transparency is important here. you've got after corporations that have failed to comply with the clean air act. how widespread are these

violations of climate regulations by big companies and what you think is most important for people to understand about corporations, contributions to the climate crisis? >> the best thing about being in ag right now is we understand to address climate issues, we have to do it across state lines. i'm really proud that massachusetts was the first to have filed a lawsuit against exxon and we work with california, new york, are other democratic ag's to hold other people accountable, including in the pfas context and so much more. so when it comes to climate issues, the democratic ag are

really on the front lines using every tool in our toolkit to protect them and to protect their environment. so yes, we have our litigation tools to hold companies accountable but we have our grantmaking tools so when we get settlement dollars in restitution, we take those dollars and we put them back into communities, especially environmental justice communities that we have the burden of climate issues. we put that money back into community to make sure they have the resources to do remediation and so much more. and we have our legislative tools. we are at our state houses almost every day, pushing for legislative changes that will allow us to put resources back into our communities. also, of course, dan pfas for our firefighters and so much more. the collective acts and that we are taking is -- collection of action that we are taking is significant, but it also depends on the context of environmental justice work. >> gen z is concerned about climate change, 31% and some polling shows of their generation likely won't have enough clean water or they believe they won't have enough clean water in the future to live on a whopping 80% say politicians are responsible for addressing water issues related to climate change. walk us through how those fears become reality, if people like trump get a second term in project 2025 is implemented

with people like the president of the heritage foundation. >> let me just for say that we have to listen to gen z. they are looking out into the future and they are worried. just like my own daughter, when she was in high school, she said dad, is this. -- is this weird? we are talking about not having children because we don't want to bring new life into a dying planet. and that was a gut punch to me as someone who has always believed in making sure that we give to the next generation something better than we have. the next generation is not sure that they are receiving something better than what we had when it comes to a sustainable planet, a planet for tomorrow. the contrast could not be sharper with respect to project 2025 and the heritage foundation and their view of the world, the future of climate action or rather the lack thereof. they deny the signs. they are putting their head in the sand. they want to rollback critical

environmental regulations. they want to take steps that will increase global warming more than its current trajectory. they are not the solution and democratic ag's, the democratic ticket right now, they will face the problem in order to fix it. well, except -- be guided by science and evidence and data and seek bold action to make sure that all those worries that gen z has about the future does not come true and that we do fulfill our responsibility to give them a better life and future than what we had is a next generation. >> and you are on the front lines of this good and important flight for the future. attorney general andre campbell of massachusetts, rob bonta of california, and phil weiser of colorado. we greatly appreciate you joining us today. next step, the death toll from helene is rising and their growing threats of more flooding across the appellations

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as we near one year of war in gaza, there's an escalating threat facing journalists on the ground. last sunday, is really forces storm al jazeera's office in a live broadcast. they confiscated equipment and ordered that network to shut down for at least 45 days, claiming without any evidence that the offices are being used to incite terror and support terrorist activities. al jazeera refused and condemns the closure, calling in and out front to press freedom. now since the war began, israel has blocked international and israeli journals from entering the strip apart from rare orchestrated embeds with the military. according to the international -- one 100 reporters have been killed.

this is part of the months long investigation. nbc's hala gorani takes a look at the journalists who been caught in this crossfire we want to warn you that what you are about to see is extremely hard to watch. >> reporter: journalism has been a particularly deadly occupation since october 7th. in fact, the deadliest conflict for the profession since the committee to protect journalists started keeping records. at least 116 media workers have been killed and dozens more injured. nearly all of them palestinian. two were israeli, three died in lebanon. our journalists -- or are they becoming targets? left the deceased enclave in april. escaping with her life but losing friends and -- we caught up with her in cairo, her new home in exile.

>> no one is safe in gaza. it doesn't matter if you are a man, woman, and child, if you are a militant fighter or if you are a civilian. if you are a doctor or a journalist, as long as you are in gaza, you could get killed and targeted. >> >> reporter: among those killed in gaza, al jazeera's how cool -- ismael al-goul. >> we do everything. we wear our press jackets. we wear our helmets. >> reporter: their colleague breaking down on air announcing the deaths . the israeli military said that he was hamas terrorists and even took part in the october 7th -- massacre. but hasn't provided nbc news with any proof that he was involved in the committee to protect journalists accuse israel of eight -- >> so if israel believes him to

be a terrorist, i think we have to ask why he wasn't detained and held at that point. this is an individual who has been on air almost every day, 24/7 since october the seven. >> in a statement to nbc news. >> reporter: the idf says it has never and will never deliberately target journalists. since october 7th, at least four al jazeera reporters and their families have died in attacks by the israeli military. the networks veteran gaza correspondent was injured and it is really -- in and israeli attack. they forced the qatari network to shut down in jerusalem last may. and armed troops stormed it's offices last weekend in the occupied west bank, ordering its closure for 35 days. in response, al jazeera call it an affront to press freedom.

inside gaza, there are those who decided to stay. living in a tent a few -- from her live position at a nearby -- >> i call it nour villa. for displaced gaza woman, -- >> we spoke to her via zoom. >> reporter: and what makes you say that? >> because too many of our colleagues have been targeted while they were in duty. they were making their job and they were targeted. >> reporter: but the journalists operating out of this makeshift press center hit by a drone strike last july say they are staying put. risking their lives every day to tell gaza stories to the world. >> are thanks to nbc's hala gorani for that report. a new hour of ayman starts after a quick break. that is taken once every 8 weeks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems

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