yes so actually it's not very common so just recently i just spoke to the had of journalist association here in nairobi and he told me it's actually quite. uncommon that this things happen and also you know reporters without borders actually ranked. kenya recently position 100 in 2 which is one of them you know among the worst positions in recent time so yeah there are attacks but they're not very common it's not normal here so . there are beatings by police officers confiscations of equipment and all you know if they even get in jail but it's not kenya compared to other east african countries that's not very known for these kind of cases but it does happen especially on protests especially in opposition gatherings all you know political gatherings which political gatherings are actually at the moment banned also because of the covert pandemic and that's also why they the police is probably you know attacked to disperse the crowd ok well thank you for sharing your story. reporting from nairobi. here in germany doctors are calling for people living in disadvantaged areas to be moved up t

seeing ownership issues in hong kong and there's been efforts to self regulate through the journalists associationin addition to the security law, you are getting the rise of indirect bureaucratic and legal attacks on the press if you look at the case of a freelancer who was held in court for using public records to investigate the police action during a mob attack in 2019. i imagine we are going to see more imaginative and innovative ways for going up to journalists in hong kong. at the same time as these new laws are coming in to regulate so-called fake news and such, but these are not things i think that any of authority or international here should be seeking to regulate. they should not be the self-appointed arbiters of truth . it can cause problems, clearly, having press freedom, but it should not be upon governments to be seeking to regulate the disputed information. >> we got to a point where governors in the philippines and indonesia and different parts of the world, using the emergency laws for covid-19, are putting into place all sorts of mechanisms and punitive laws that would consider

stoddard washington journalist, associate editor and columnist for real clear politics, and barber mcquade, federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. she worked with doj during the biden transition. she's a professor at the university of michigan law school cohost of the podcast, sisters in law along with joyce vance, joe when banks and kimberly atkinson. good evening and welcome to you all and counselor indeed i need to begin with you to go over at tonight's news about this grand jury. the washington post, barb, adds this detail. the panel was convened recently and will sit three days a week for six months. it is likely to hear several matters, not just the trump case during the duration of its, term which is longer than a traditional new york state grand jury assignment. so far, what can we glean about this investigation? >> well i think it is a significant step in the investigation of the trump organization. we've known for a while now that cy vance, the manhattan district attorney has had his hands on documents and has been reviewing those docume

a b stuttering, veteran washington journalist associate editor and companies for politics and neil, is back with us department of justice veteran, former acting solicitor general during the a bomber administration. he has argued dozens of cases before the u.s. supreme court and indeed counselor, we must begin with you. given tonight's breaking news, what does this change, this development mean that the trump organization is now under criminal investigation? what must have been discovered or unearthed to lead to this categorical change? >> so, cray cray is back for i think the last 120 plus days we forgot about the constant lurches and the new cycle every day and night with donald trump but it's back now with its official letter. this letter is not like ordinary -- it's not some statement from nancy pelosi or joe biden or kamala harris. it's not even's supreme court loss from which trump had many or civil fine, for which trump has paid many. this is a letter talking about jail time. just to give you a sense how significant it is, if you're going the trump organization website and pardon

yes so actually it's not very common so just recently i just spoke to the had of journalist association here in nairobi and he told me it's actually quiet you know uncommon that this things happen and also you know reporters without borders actually ranked. kenya recently on position 102 which is one of them you know among the worst positions in recent time so yeah there are attacks but they're not very common it's not normal here so the use is there are beatings by police officers the confiscations of equipment and you know you even get in jail but it's not compared to other east african countries it's not very known for these kind of cases but it does happen especially on protests especially on opposition gatherings all you know political gatherings political gatherings actually at the moment and also because of the culvert pandemic and that's also why they put these probably you know attacks to disperse the crowd ok well thank you for sharing your story. reporting from nairobi. and most of those parties have been out of the question for a long time but in the british city of liverpoo

and then of course, we'll see a lawyer with the association of journalist. thank you. very much for talking with us now, an investigation by the association press news agency has revealed the myanmar hunter's use of dead bodies to terrorize citizens into submission. the investigation uncovers the military's practice of clearing away bodies of people, shot dead by security forces, often in broad daylight to instill a sense of fear among people, acting to say more than 800 people have been killed since protest began in february against the military's takeover. some viewers may find some of the images in the following report. distressing images like this circulating on social media, osha, something similar, security forces taking away bodies of people who were shot such unusual scenes have started to become a pattern. what is new is that this is taking place on the street and in public view. and it is intended to create anxiety, uncertainty and alarm among the population most effective when it happens out in the open during the day, often filmed and shared on social media

. >> reporter: over the weekend, journalists at the associated press in gaza were amongs residents ofrise building given a warning to get out. you can see them getting ready to evacuate right here. they were told their building would be struck shortly there. were scenes of panic. what do you take in such an event? everyone made it out safely. in an angry statement, ap, which is an american company, asked for proof that there was ah ha mass target inside. they they say they they were not aware of a hamas presence in the building. >> they plot and organize terrorize attacks, so it's a perfectly legitimate target. >> reporter: now, of course the calls for proof of that evidence do continue and the journalists including the associated press really do believe that they were targeted, their building was targeted anyway in order to slow the flow of information and images out of the gaza strip. you heard prime minister netanyahu, he insists there's was some sort of hamas presence inside the building. jillian and todd, back to you. todd: amy, great work. please stay safe. jillian: former secre

an attempt to silence journalists and associated press's president has said it's an incredibly disturbingthe israeli military that they would target and destroy a building housing ap�*s bureau. what do you say to that? the housing ap's bureau. what do you say to that? ., ., housing ap's bureau. what do you say to that? . ., , ., to that? the idea that israel doesnt to that? the idea that israel doesn't respect _ to that? the idea that israel doesn't respect freedom - to that? the idea that israel doesn't respect freedom is i doesn't respect freedom is ludicrous. israel is the only country in the region with a free press. even our critics would acknowledge that the media is free and open and competitive, and journalists enjoy full press freedom. it's a bit much hearing criticism of israel's press from someone who works for a qatari network, not known for having any sort of repressed. —— free press. i think we heard a tirade went from somebody with opinion then fax. amongst the f0 created press, other media outlets as well, what is your justification for that? it media outlets as well, what

journalists for the associated press and al jazeera were warned to evacuate about an hour before thatal jazeera english had this emotional response on air. >> this channel will not be silenced. al jazeera will not be silenced. we can guarantee you that right now. >> al jazeera's acting director later called the attack a, quote, war crime. and it provoked this response from the biden administration. on twitter, press secretary jen psaki wrote, ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility. but israeli defense forces maintain that the building also housed a research and development unit for hamas that was operating technology equipment against israel. cnn's ben wedeman has the very latest now live from the west bank. ben, what more have you learned about this attack? >> well, what we understand is that even the ap, in addition to putting out an earlier statement, has added that the bureau has been in the building for 15 years. we have had no indication hamas was in the building or active in the building. now, it's important to keep i

it is ridiculous and i will read the statement from the association of hispanic journalists and the ironic it. it says the mask association of hispanic journalists said it is important to address newsroom inequality, and aha does not condone restricting press access based on race or ethnicity was any action that threatens the cornerstone of our democracy and first amendment rights is unacceptable. our own black and brown journalists in america are saying this is wrong. it is ridiculous. >> he seems to have no allies in this. we will see if she backtracks. please come back and visit us again, appreciate it. steve: residents of venice beach speak to lawrence jones is california's famous destination becomes a hotspot for the homeless. plus joe conch abe and ken cuccinelli both on deck. . >> it is thursday may 20th. the caretaker of that 4-year-old dollars boy speaking out is video shows the terrifying moments he was taken straight from his crib. what we know about the suspect in his murder. >> israeli prime minister benjamin the undefined is president biden calls for a cease-fire. the latest

people who work in the building, international journalists, associated press and bbc and others, i've many times say that it was not a military target, that there was not a hamas presence. now it is possible that things were going on in the building that we don't know about, but it is the kind of thing that you would probably notice. so this has been widely condemned by the people in gaza, widely condemned by journalists and they say it is because israel is punishing those who are in gaza. they don't want this coverage getting out. they don't want reporting about the scenes in gaza to spread far and wide and potentially cause more disruption, more anger in the wider arab and islamic world. if you look at how this current state of violence began, it was because of imagery that spread out. it was during the month of ramadan, and we are in the last bit of eid which is the culminating period, the final part of ramadan. it was during ramadan that palestinian worshippers were at the al aqsa mosque and they were dispersed with force by jewish security forces and they were responding to stone

follows an earlier israeli air strike on an gaza city that housed offices for the associated press and al jazeera. journalists from the associated press and al jazeera got an vacation warning an hour before that building was reduced to rubble. tonight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying his country's actions are a necessary response. >> we'll continue to respond forcefully until the security of our people is reinstated and restored. >> cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in israel tonight. >> reporter: the associated press say they have appealed to the israeli government for more information about why the building that journalists were working in were targeted. complaints also from al jazeera. they're saying they go out of their way to avoid civilian casualties, that they gave advance warning so everyone could evacuate from the build. indeed, that was something that was repeated by prime minister benjamin netanyahu when he had a phone conversation late in the day with president biden. he said that he laid out the actions they'd taken against hamas and other groups in gaza and a

it was home to journalists from the associated press and al jazeera tv.er, they had been told to evacuate. israel says the building was a target because of links to hamas, the militant group that rules gaza. israel is doing everything possible to protect our civilians and keep palestinian civilians out of harm's way. we demonstrated this yet again today when we warned civilians to vacate the building used by the hamas terror intelligence. they vacated the premises before the target was destroyed, and that's why you don't hear of casualties from these collapsing terror towers. there have, though, been civilian casualties on both sides. early this morning, israel targeted a house in gaza that it says belonged to a hamas leader. palestinian health officials say that at least three people died and many others were injured. in an earlier israeli attack, mohammed al—hadidi lost his wife and four young sons. his baby son, omar, who's just five months old, was the only survivor. in ramat gan, a suburb of tel aviv, a hamas missile killed a man in his 50s. he was r

journalists who applaud lightfoot for drawing attention to the problem. maybe not necessarily in the way she decided to do it. in a statement, the national associationwe cannot support the tactic, we applaud the mayor's sensitivity to the lack of diversity among the people who governor city government. the national association of hispanic journalists tweeted while it's important to address longstanding newsroom in equalities and imperative that leaders in power help hold news organizations accountable, nahg does not -- we have madeline, a columnist and staff reporter for the chicago sun times with us. did i say your name right, first of all? >> thank you. it's e-hedge-rick-a. >> thank you. she is the president of the chicago chapter of nabj. we heard from the mayor there as to her reasoning for this. there didn't seem to be a real consensus in the media necessarily regarding how to receive this. what is the lingering effect that you can tell of this decision that she made? >> i think that, in general, journalists of color applaud the concept and behind the decision because journalists of color understand that systemic racism also plagues the media s

. >> ashley parker, veteran washington journalist and associate editor and columnist for real clear politics and a law clerk on the federal bench. good even to welcome to you all. ashley i would like to begin with you and your sunday piece contains some remarkable reporting and this remarkable quote contained therein. a republican organizer in michigan and fervent supporter of donald trump said she has good reason to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen. i think i speak for many people in that trump has never actually been wrong and we learned to trust when he says something that he is not just going to spew something out there that is not wrong and not verified. 70% of republicans surveyed believe that the election was stolen and goes a long way of how deep that the bellerive runs. >> that is exactly right. one of the things that we set to document in this weekend's story is that it is not just a question and a fielty test. the truth is they generally know better. when they refuse to accept the election result that is more an indication of their unwillingness to take on former

journalists evacuated a 12-story building in gaza. later leveled, by the way, by israeli war planes. the associated press is calling for evidence from the idf that hamas military intelligence assets were also inside. >> yeah, al gentthe biden administration is facing growing international pressure to step up its intervention. president biden saying in calls with leaders in the region, israel has a right to defend itself but also he's concerned about innocent palestinians, including many children losing lives. benjamin netanyahu vowing the air strikes will continue if the rockets being fired by hamas continue. >> israel has responded forcefully to these attacks and we will continue to respond forcefully until the security of our people is reinstated and restored. >> and notably secretary of state antony blinken calling the head of the associated press offering quote his unwavering support for indemnity journalists and media organizations around the world and noted the indispensability of their reporting in the conflict zones, and expressing relief that the team on the ground is safe. > >> i want to

you guys stay that way and again thank you so much. >>> as nic just mentioned, journalists from the associated press and al jazeera were among those forced to flee their offices right before an israeli air strike reduced their building to rubble. the israeli military claims that building, as nic said, was being used by hamas intelligence agencies and the media offices were being used as, quote, human shields. now, take a look at this new video that's just into cnn, that the ap recorded as they cleared out their offices. here it is . remarkable to see them just gathering as much as they could and getting out as quickly as possible. in the next hour, i'll be getting some more information on that air strike from gary pruitt, he's the president and ceo of the associated press so we hope to learn some more details there. meantime, the deteriorating situation in the middle east brings a fresh challenge to the biden administration. as mahmoud abbas asking president biden to intervene. abou arlette saenz joins me now with the latest. we know that president biden spoke with the israeli prime minister t

in imtiaz's piece, that building that was leveled contained the associated pre al jazeera, and other media outlets. now, the journalistsable to get out but they lost their archives and heavy equipment. the associated press said in a statement earlier today people will know less about what's happening in gaza because of what happened there today.z: che >> diaz: christina, does the u.s. or the international community have much influence to push for deescalation?te >> reporter: like most things in the region, it's complicated.at prime minister netanyahu and president trump had a very close relationship. that relationship is not the same under president biden. as you remember, there were those abraham accords where four muslim-majority states normalized relationships with israel. now analysts seem to be arguing in equal measure over the last few days whether those set the stage and kept the lid on violence or whether they set up what we're seeing now, whether they helped or hurt. the relationship with president biden is not as warm because there was a very contentious past when president netanyahu very, very strongly oppos

gaza, a strike on that tower block in gaza city, which was home to many international journalists, from associated on the front of— on the front of a paper, on the front of the _ on the front of a paper, on the front of the observer as well there is a picture — front of the observer as well there is a picture of a child being picked out of— is a picture of a child being picked out of the — is a picture of a child being picked out of the rubble, you know, it is hard _ out of the rubble, you know, it is hard to— out of the rubble, you know, it is hard to sum _ out of the rubble, you know, it is hard to sum up. it is myjob to come on here _ hard to sum up. it is myjob to come on here and — hard to sum up. it is myjob to come on here and do that, but i don't live the — on here and do that, but i don't live the lives of those people live over there — live the lives of those people live over there. what i can say is that over— over there. what i can say is that over the — over there. what i can say is that over the last seven days, i have seen _ over the last seven days, i have seen tremendous suffering

but the main. >> here is from us. >> the associated press tonight calling the airstrike an attempt to silence journalists who are on the ground covering the conflict. hamas has fired more than 2000 rockets into israel since monday. as the tension in gaza has escalated in the past few days. leaders across the globe now worrying about how to ease the conflict. we've learned that president biden has talked to both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas today. joining us to talk more about the escalating violence in the middle east as u c berkeley put a political science professor professor ron hasson professor hassen or thanks for joining us tonight here on kron. 4 news at 8. ty so we know that this has been an ongoing escalation for decades. things seem to have calmed down in recent years. what was kind of the tender box. then lit. this escalation. >> so jonathan, it's really heartbreaking violence, as you said, more than a 100 dead israelis and palestinians. hamas has fired more than 2000 rockets into israeli cities in the last 3 days. there are israeli and pales

hard, not just those taking part in the protest, but those reporting on the delivery. stan association of journalist says that nearly 30 media work as a currently in prison awaiting trial of serving a sentence. foreign correspondents don't get accreditations and even if they have official permits, they are always safe. less than 2 weeks ago, alexander borrego, w correspondent, was sentenced to 20 days in prison. after attempting to report on a trial of opposition, politicians. he says he was subjected to torture in humane treatment in the detention facility, local journalist and media outlets have fed even west. one of the country's most popular independent new sites took by was stripped of its official media license last autumn. this is actually nice. it was impossible to normally our gen and should be arrested after the events in august out janice with constant this is written by the editor in chief was summoned to the home department for a conversation and so on. when i got up in march this year, one of 2 by journalists was sentenced to 6 months in jail. finally, last week, police raid at the off

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our jazeera and the associated press the building was evacuated after receiving a warning an hour before the strike al-jazeera has condemned the bombing as a clear act to stop journalist reporting on events the associated press says released a video of its staff evacuating the building in gaza before the israeli airstrike a president a c.e.o. of the news agency gary pruitt says the company only narrowly avoided a loss of life he told others there you would like to see proof that hamas had a presence in the building. i can tell you that we've been in that building for 50 about 15 years with our bureau we certainly had no sense that hamas was there we would like to see the evidence we're not sure whether hamas was there or not we don't know but i can tell you the impact will be that the world will know less about what's going on in gaza because that building was leveled it had great sightlines to show the world what was going on in gaza and that will be lost. a 5 month old baby is the only survivor from an israeli airstrike on a house in the shuttle refugee camp in gaza baby omar is being treated in hospital for a broken leg ah and throat injuries and bruising his mothe

about the safety of journalists in the impound region on saturday and israeli airstrike in gaza destroyed a highrise building that housed several media offices, including the associated press originally no journalists were injured. but the u.s. secretary of state said they requested additional details regarding justification for the attack on that building leaders most concern. it is clear journalists who operate in gaza need to be able to do so without. >> of of harassment destruction of their offices either israeli troops. loss, militants willing to retreat in the fight. us diplomat met. >> with the palestinian president on monday to push for an end to the violence. also meeting with israeli officials but hamas leaders and made it clear they're fighting for secret land with a member of the militant group saying today on a boy. >> said to netanyahu, do not play with fire because we know and grasp what jerusalem means to us. >> all tough situation there and we're going to switch gears bring it back to the bay. take a peek outside. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge of course, >> monday in a little bit of cloud cover out there. kind of a cool day yeah, pret

associated press have their offices. gary pruitt said -- we are shocked and horrifyied they wil long known the -- and knew journalists were there . into silenced. we can guarantee you that right now. >> reporter: well, al jazeera and associated press will not be aisleented, but they're now homeless. now, of course -- now the israeli military has said the reason why they struck that building is that it contained some sort of offices affiliated with a hamas israel does not have to bring down the entire building, they have technology to nod do that. and keep in mind, jim, when you destroy an entire building, this is gaza. there are buildings further of people all around it we spoke to someone who said even though everything in side was destroyed. this is just one small aspect. the death toll continue to say rise the fighting continues. >> it certainly does, ben. we heard what sounded like activity behind you just a few moments ago. please stay safe. congressional leaders have struck a deal for a 9/11-style commission, a news coming after a -- cnn's ryan nobles has details. >> reporter: the house republican conference present

about the safety of journalists in the impound region on saturday and israeli airstrike in gaza destroyed a highrise building that housed several media offices, including the associatedss originally no journalists were injured. but the u.s. secretary of state said they requested additional details regarding justification for the attack on that building. leaders most concern. it is clear journalists who operate in gaza need to be able to do so without. >> of of harassment destruction of their offices either israeli troops. loss, militants willing to retreat in the fight. us diplomat met. >> with the palestinian president on monday to push for an end to the violence. >> that was kareen wynter reporting one hamas leader says that while the u n and other world leaders are pushing for a cease-fire they won't stand down. they say until there's a fair and long overdue resolution for the people of palestine. >> take a break from the headlines tonight to talk weather. a live look courtesy the mount tam kim a gorgeous day outside, but you can see it is pretty windy out there. yeah, it's beautiful john. jonathan, as you know, the windies talk >> is a concern, lawrence. it's lov

destroyed a tower that was home to international media outlets, including "the associated press" and al-jazeera. journalistingere warned t leave ahead of the strike that is being called an assault on press freedom. associated press president gary pruw pruett se says they won't be silenced. >> that building provide the best vantage point for people to see what is going on in israel. >> reporter: it was an unprecedented attack. one landed in this busy intersection, badly damaging this street and killing one person. >> never has a hamas rocket struck the heart of tel aviv quite like this, and never have we seen damage like this, islander. diplomatic attempts to contain the conflict in gaza are ud ere this all began, israeli soldiers continued to confront protestors angry at the looming evictions of six palestinian families by jewish settlers. this woman, who could lose her home says, it is time for this catastrophe to stop. it is hard to imagine there are potentially more serious problems unfolding amidst all this unrest, but across israel, there have been several nights of horrific neighbor versus neighbor viol

also, for organizations like our own, if we were in that area the associated press is a cooperative which allows for member journalists and nbc is a member of the cooperative that is the associated press could also use those facilities. so that's where you have a much wider potential of other kinds of journalists who could be reporting from a facility that is operated by the associated press. tv studios, print, photo journalism all housed there. for example some of our colleagues would use those tv facilities if reporting in gaza. that is the kind of nature of that building and it's been there for a long time as a media location. therefore, known to the israelis who did do the notification. so this is a tense, delicate situation for president biden in trying to support israel, which is the u.s. long standing position, and, also, not see this escalate further. >> we could plainly see the cell towers on top of the building before it toppled. a lot of satellite dishes there. so your description of the building and its use there is perfectly apt, kelly. it was extraordinary talking to that al jazeera journalist though, he

bombing of a high-rise that housed international media organizations including the associated press. those journalists receiving an hour's notice before it was destroyed. >> we can't have the targeting of buildings with press organizations. we can't continue to see this loss of civilian life. it's got to come to an end. >> reporter: netanyahu claims the building housed hamas assets. >> the intelligence we had, it is about palestinian terrorists, an intelligence office for the palestinian terrorist organization housed in that building, that organize terrorist attacks against civilians it is a perfectlythat building, that organize legitimate target. >> reporter: the u.n. security council held a meeting, international pressure is building and diplomatic efforts are taking place behind the scenes to try and broker a cease-fire, jericka. >> duncan: not an easy situation at all. i want to pivot to some new polling by cbs news, on the state of the republican party. what did you find there? >> yeah, jericka our polling shows actually that president trump-- former president trump has a stronghold on the gop. 8

journalist. the international air association says they have strongly condemned the plane diversion, and the director spoke to bloomberg tv. >> in the current environment, it is not as important as you might think, and that is because of a disruption caused by the coronavirus. a lot of flights that would have traditionally gone through that part of airspace, many of those flights are not operating at the moment because of the significant scale back in operations, but in a normal operation, for europe into asia and russia, it is important. >> if anyone is having to diverge, they have to go a different route, isn't that the companies and consumers who have to pay for it rather than belarus? >> exactly. the airlines have to avoid the airspace, which could be complicated because there are other areas that are closed or recommended not to travel through. the important thing is we have to strongly condemn the actions of the government of belarus. what they did on sunday, intercepting a commercial, civil aircraft, clearly putting the passengers and crew at risk, and forcing them to divert his unacceptable b

the weekend of one of the buildings that house not just al jazeera journalists but also journalists from the associated press and others the secretary of state antony blinken saying that he has seen no intelligence that would back up israel's claim that in fact this was a legitimate target take a listen further we call on all parties to ensure the protection of civilians especially children to respect international humanitarian law to protect medical facilities protect media organizations and protect you and facilities where civilians are desperately seeking shelter and we are ready to lend support if the parties seek seek a cease fire. well this means more pushback from members of his own democratic party over his handling of the situation will work you tell us about balance. if this is to be a real division that is growing within the democratic party not only did we hear from members of the president's party in the house of representatives late last week calling for the biden of ministration to stop siding with the occupiers as one congresswoman put it but now we're hearing also from democratic senat

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journalists in their organizations also mounted a on their high horses against israel. h but the story didn't add up. we asked a few basic questions here yesterday afternoon. mainly, why was the associatedss sharing the building with hamas in the first place? did it knowingly allow it to journalists to be used as human shields by a u.s. designated terrorist organization? they declined to report for years on hamas. one of the things these are simple and reasonable questions but i have directed them to a media organization. the usual suspects circled the wagon expressing more outrage and my identity to question sttheirad leadership than they t hamas trying to kill jews by the thousands. they pulled me in, and the constitution, anti- free press, gracious and fascist. one reporter wrote that i was making deranged insinuations going against the war zone even the civilians had beenvi armed n the airstrike. the constant reframing of criticism was that i was attacking brave reporters in the associated press. my claims are basis, breakfast and no evidence, they claimed there is plenty of evidence that some media outlets and because allow themselves to be used as pawns by hamas. according to an a

the strike was aimed at silencing the media and preventing journalists from reporting on what is happening in gaza the president of the associated press also strongly condemns the israeli airstrike this is an incredibly disturbing development we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life a dozen a.p. journalists and freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time the world will know less about what is happening in gaza because of what happened today and now let's bring in jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer for more so i know you have been reporting on it the media building in gaza brought down this afternoon and bring us up to date on what the israeli army is saying. well this early military released a statement shortly after and i think i will quote from it they're saying that it has a quote contained military assets belonging to the intelligence officers off the hamas terror organization it continues saying that the building contained civilian media offices which hamas be a used to hide behind and uses as human shields and that hamas deliberately that's a quote places military targets

how is the dvc associated press. no journalists were killed after receiving an hour. they said it's being described as an assault on press freedom. a sale is home to that intelligence. something that they the night. >> after six days of fighting, and 10 israelis that, it's hard to imagine that there is a potential for serious crisis unfolding. but, across israel, there's been several nights of horrific neighbor versus neighbor violence. threatening to push israel there as well. >> arriving in tel aviv for those de-escalation times. but they have made it clear that they are not interested in any kind of cease-fire. >> in san francisco hundreds marched here and waved flags to show their support this weekend. a new mural also surfaced here that is one of hundreds across the nation expressing outrage. president biden says he supports israel's right to defend itself. >>> some local infectious disease experts believe a few parts of the bay area have already reached "herd immunity. while that may be elusive, they say it's attainable here in the bay area. >> here in alameda c

the "associated press" offices were us on housed in that building. whenever you see journalists doing live updates from gaza, they're usually standing on the roof of that building which has now been flattened in an air strike by the israeli military. >> just astonishing to see that. for context on that strike, gazette city is a very dense area. "the washington post" reporting gaza is more densely populated than nearby israeli areas in other major rural cities like london or even shanghai. that means that even targeted air strikes in gaza have a very high likelihood of hitting civilians. children are especially at risk in the area with kids making up about half the population of the gaza strip. with that i want to bring in ralph sanchez and steve hendricks for us, "washington post" jerusalem bureau chief. welcome to you both. thanks for joining us. i want to start with -- to give the opportunity to give us details on this. how much heads-up do the folks inside that building actually get, and what do we know about possible casualties after the crumbling of that building? >> this w

before today's event at “george floyd square,” an associated press journalist captured the sounds of said were 30 gunshots a block away from the intersection, a reminder of the challenges facing the neighborhood. >> woodruff: and yamiche joins me now from the white house. so, yamiche, as you reported, george floyd's family met with president biden today. what more do we know about that meeting? >> reporter: well, this was an hour-long, private meeting between president biden who has known tragic public loss, and the floyd family that, of course, also knows tragic public loss of course at the hands of police. president biden, i'm told was very personal with this family. he's gotten to know this family over the last year. he's had multiple conversations with them before and after the verdict. he's talked a lot about the family's well being asking them how are they doing, how are they coping, do they have the resources they need. the president also released a statement, and i want to read part of it to you. he said, for any family experiencing a profound loss, the first year can feel li

secretary of state antony blinken apparently calling the head of the associated press offering this his unwavering support for journalists and media organizations around the world, and he apparently noted the indispensability of their reporting in conflict zones. he expressed relief that the associated press team on the ground in gaza remains safe. >>> i want to go live to israel now. cnn's hadas gold is in the city of where rocket sirens have gone off again this morning. hadas, talk to us about the pattepat pattern you're seeing there of some of the sirens going off. glad you're all okay but what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: we're 15 miles away from gaza to the south behind me. this city, according to the military has received the highest number of red alert sirens since the conflict began just about seven days ago. as you noted, already this morning, we got a red alert siren. when you hear it go off, took about 45 seconds to get to a shelter place. we got to our shelter, heard at least four explosions. some of them could have been impact, some could have been the iron dome intercepting them. about 90% of t

it was home to journalists from the associated press and aljazeera tv.n hour earlier, they had been told to evacuate. israel says the building was a target because of links to hamas, the militant group that rules gaza.— that rules gaza. israel is doing everything _ that rules gaza. israel is doing everything possible _ that rules gaza. israel is doing everything possible to - that rules gaza. israel is doing everything possible to protect| that rules gaza. israel is doing i everything possible to protect our civilians and keep palestinian civilians and keep palestinian civilians out of harm's way. we demonstrated this yet again today when we want civilians to vacate the building used by the hamas terra intelligence. they vacated the premises before the target was destroyed, and that's why you don't hear of casualties from these collapsing terror towers. you have, thou~h, collapsing terror towers. you have, though. been _ collapsing terror towers. you have, though, been casualties _ collapsing terror towers. you have, though, been casualties on - collapsi

it's worth underscoring the only reason we know about this video is because of the journalistic efforts of the associateds. i mean, the louisiana state police and louisiana officials did not make this video, you know, available voluntarily. sam brock, great reporting as always. we appreciate you. >>> still ahead, welcome back to 2016. tonight paul ryan will reboot his fight with donald trump over the future of the gop. but will version two prove any different? >>> later, china calls president biden's intelligence probe into the origins of covid-19 a smear campaign. >>> but first, the mother of fallen capitol police officer brian sicknick is on capitol hill to plead with republicans to investigate january's insurrection. >> usually i'm staying in the background and i just couldn't stay quiet anymore. and i just t stay quiet anymore ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ ♪ you wanna be where you can see(ah-ah) ♪ ♪ our troubles are all the same (ah-ah) ♪ ♪ you wanna be where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ you wanna go where people know ♪ welcome back, america. it sure is

but often the targeting is personal, the bella roofing association of journalists says, $477.00 war detained just last year. and 62 acts of violence against reporters were recorded by the union in 2020, many of them during the tension in 3 incidents that rubber bullets were directly fired at during the lists. robert mahoney is that with he executive director the committee to protect journalists and he joins us live now from nova scotia in canada. sir, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera and the c. p. j's already been calling for further sanctions on the belive, ruffian government called on the council with the european union to approve more measures to hold the bell of roost accountable. why do you think it's so crucial to send that message and to hold them accountable for what's happened? well, because if you do not, then it becomes a new normal. that dictators can just pluck reported. is that a writing content that they don't agree with out of out of the air and disappeared into a prison system? where extruding my concern for the, the safety of my proper savage. he has not

about the safety of journalists in the impound region on saturday and israeli airstrike in gaza destroyed a highrise building that housed several media offices, including the associated press no journalists were injured. but the u.s. secretary of state said they requested additional details regarding justification for the attack on that building. concerned. it is clear journalists who operate in gaza need to be able to do so without. >> steer of of harassment destruction of their offices either israeli troops norm loss militants willing to retreat in the fight. us diplomat met. >> with the palestinian president on monday to push for an end to the violence. also meeting with israeli officials but hamas leaders and made it clear they're fighting for secret land with a member of the militant group saying today on a boy. said to netanyahu, do not play with fire because we know and grasp what jerusalem means to us. >> kareen wynter reporting for us tonight. one hamas leader says that while the other due in while the un and other world leaders are pushing for a cease-fire. they won't stand down until there's a fair and long overdue resolution for the people of palestine. >

journalist. the international air transport association has added its voice to those who condemn the move. >> wegly condemn the actions of the government of belarus. what they did sunday, intercepting a civil aircraft, clearly put the passengers and crew at risk, forcing them to divert, it is unacceptable behavior. mark: russian officials who were allies of belarus have dismissed the european union and american rub -- american uproar. members of george floyd's families and others who have lost family members to police, gathered to march to mark the one-year anniversary of mr. floyd's death. hundreds joined the rally at a courthouse in

and to hold the government of israel accountable for deliberately targeting journalists gary pruitt is the c.e.o. of the associated press he says israel bombing the media building will impact information coming out of gaza but he said the a.p. will continue to report the story. i can tell you that we've been in that building for 50 about 15 years with our bureau we certainly had no sense that hamas was there we would like to see the evidence we're not sure whether hamas was there or not we don't know but i can tell you the impact will be that the world will know less about what's going on in gaza because that building was leveled that had great sightlines to show the world what was going on in gaza and that will be lost our brave staff was able to get out in time and to salvage most of our equipment so a.p. will continue to report the story it will impair our ability but we will continue to report to the world what is happening in gaza we had 12 journalists in that building but all got out safely you know were the associated press and we deal in facts so i can't speculate as to what the motivation was but i can te