dbut you may not read it these days in the associated press.ielded the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the attack on the u.s. capitol several committees are already looking to what happened and how security could be improved. the senate homeland security governmental affairs committee heard testimony on gathering and sharing intelligence. >> the committee will come to order. today we will hear from a former homeland security intelligence official as well

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just the remnants of the associated press and the al-jazeera offices in gaza that rubble really does. is all that's left of the homes and offices of these families and residents in that area there is a lot of focus though you know on the fact that this is the media has not been directly targeted here the international media has not been directly targeted by its really forces in the middle of this assault but this is the 1st time is it this isn't the 1st time that organizations like al jazeera have come under attack in gaza just seen for us tell us more of the sort of the pressures there are when it comes to being a reporter working in gaza and the the the things that you have to deal with the violence that you have to deal with us are journalists trying to tell stories from gaza. that violence is great i mean. despite despite israel claiming that it is not targeting international media or it's not targeting media office in gaza i mean with 3 towers where they hold media offices in gaza being totally destructed i think there is there and there needs to be another just occasion for this

this is one of these pictures the associated press retired. we're talking it was published in life magazine a couple weeks later. you can see the soldiers outside here. there's actually some members of the japanese press there some japanese policemen are there who've been assigned to guard tojo. so nobody would assassinate him and told joe slams the window after the photography start taking pictures and their flash balls go out and about a minute later. they hear a muscle gun shot from inside the house jack wilpers. a major crowds rush to the front door. it's locked they break that down now they're inside in a hallway. and they look to the left and there's another door that's locked. and according to what this jack this george burns photographer wrote afterwards the kind of jack burns of saratoga new york stepped back and kicked his big gi boots through the door panel. they rushed into the room. and there's tojo. sitting in a chair holding a gun and the room they're in it turns out to be told joe's like a den. he had a writing desk in there and

associated press is demanding any independent investigation.d they know of no evidence ohamas operating in the building. if a reporter for the associated press and the gaza strip who's been covering israel's attack on gaza over the past week. you work with al jazeera as well. talk about what happened to the building. talk about where you work. >> i am reporter at the associated press and al jazeera. while we were at the building, a normal day of work, reported what is happening on the gaza strip, we suddenly got a call by the owner of the building saying he was called by the israeli army and asked to tell the residents of the building to immediately evacuate in an hour. the building would be targeted. an emergency situation for us. everyone was frightened of what was going to happen. usually when we get calls, there is a targeting by warning missile that is close to the building or in an empty apartment building. that is what we were afraid of. a warning missile was targeted next to the building. we were running around on the stairs. the buildi

but there's been a lot of condemnation, not only from "the associated press," from organizations like the foreign press association here in israel, as well as the committee to protect journalists, about this situation. "the ap's" saying now people will know less about what is happening in gaza because their offices were destroyed. president biden and secretary of state blinken have, also, expressed concern. biden speaking to prime minister benjamin netanyahu, recently. raising concerns about the safety and security of journalists and reinforcing the need to ensure their protection. but, kim, for a lot of people, there is a question about the sort of risk-reward. about targeting a building. about targeting a lot of these buildings in gaza because especially when it comes to the media, what was the intelligence assets they say hamas was host inning this building? when and if we will see the evidence from israel about why they decided to destroy where media is housed, versus some other sort of strike. but -- but the action here continues. israel says it's continuing to target military lo

talk about what the oppose -- the associated press that you before you join.as dennis agree were part of -- you are a jewish student and part of jewish voice for peace and also you were a part of the group for justice in palestine. >> i think the post is absolutely right, especially considering my post and a the western united states might be totally unrelated to the middle east. yes, i have opinions about the israel-palestine conflict, as a citizen of the world, but also as a jewish-american brought up in a jewish community and have history of activism on that issue. neither of those facts prevent me from doing fair, credible, fact-based reporting, especially when it is entirely unrelated to the middle east. i want to take it a step further and say the values that led to my activism, the values of compassion and justice that can help me to speak out loudly and advocate for palestinian human rights, those values are powerful assets in my reporting. i do not think they should try to get me to yield those values and i hope i can continue to challenge those in jo

hour from the associated press news agency we have a lot of equipment including the cameras and other things just give me 15 minutes and i can bring them all out. let's also that if you would. hold out at the 7 we need 10 minutes and you can see they're all around the press not people who are going to get weapons out well anything white says the sound of the ethical journalism network we spoke to him just a little earlier on the telephone from london he condemned the bombing which he described as unacceptable these images of shocking disgraceful and worst of all the illegal. reckless threat to civilian life is completely unacceptable fortunately highlights once again the perilous risks facing journalists and media who are caught up in conflict zones in order to understand what's going on in a conflict people need access to information directly from the area where the conflicts taking place you know media are immune from all attack in conflicts like this and so on and israel in particular has been reckless in the past in its conflicts that have been instances where. foreign and interna

association related off suspicion including those with the governmental press office they condemned this attack on al-jazeera office or in our building and other media outlets as well because also 3 days ago they hit another building which was right behind our office which i'll show it off where there were more of that international and local media offices as well so. we have received lots of sympathy also from other palestinian journalists the other palestinian media group they all even they get we receive phone calls from many of them even offering their how to keep us on add to keep us reporting yes that is a big sympathy here in gaza they all condemn. such as really action. from hamas and other fighting groups or on the political groups said we have not received. any related to statement or reaction as we are having our conversation with the israeli military is repeating again is justification for taking down the building the al-jazeera used me based in alongside the associated press this saying they had evidence i guess would be the word they would use the. paramilitary and military

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 also other planned actions. israel's defense minister has also said that more actions are plann

been steadfast in his support of israel but this isn't just the al-jazeera offices this is the associated press let's go back to what the biden ministration said he was going to make the centerpiece of his foreign policy and that is human rights democracies need a free and fair press and it's going to be very hard 'd for israel to justify bombing me. that's obviously something that the president says is a fundamental part of democracy so this will likely increase the pressure we expect to see many protests across the country today in favor of palestine thank you very much it's a it's a particle here in their life form a washington d.c. this is our news are wrapping up at the moment but we will be bringing you continuing coverage after the latest strike in gaza where the tower which houses the associated press. or several civilian offices put us residential apartments house. by the israelis as part of their on going assault on gaza here and i'll just 0 i'll be back with you with more after this very short break. a weekly critique of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left

news agency the associated press and the al jazeera network. once more a massive building in gaza is reduced by israel's version of awe to rubble and dust. this israeli air force claims the building contained what it called hamas military intelligence assets, which it alleges, were using media outlets as shields. the air and artillery campaign against gaza continues with mounting intensity as hamas and other militant factions fire barrage after barrage of rockets into israel. gaza's cramped confines, israel's claims to be avoiding civilian casualties aoften seem to ring hollow. early saturday morning, israeli war planes struck a home in the crowded camp, killing at least ten people, eight of them children. among them, four of mohammed's five sons and his wife. the only son to survive, found under the rubble, was his 5 month old. they destroyed the house without warning at 1:30 in the morning. the children were sleeping. saturday saw more confrontations in the west bank between palestinians and israeli soldiers. may 15th is catastrophe day, mark

al-jazeera buildings in gaza hazing media outlets including al-jazeera media network and the associated press have been evacuated following a warning from the israeli military journalists have to leave their offices so after being told the building will be targeted in one hour this is the building that has been threatened. well israel's so ambulance service says one person has dies and one person has been badly wounded in tel aviv after 30 rockets were fired from gaza one of them fell in the middle of a streets nearby buildings were damaged by the shrapnel one of the rockets hit ben gurion international airport's. protests are underway in the palestinian territory as israel continues to bombard gaza from the air and the grounds kranz have gathered in al bayda in the occupied west bank for anger over past and present injustices has been building the abraham has more from our better in the occupied west bank. many palestinians. it's not just an incident 73. but all of. the. just remind them. that they are living under these circumstances. and. killed. and. this is not something new this is a. k

the associated press statement saying this is an incredibly disturbing development. we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. it's the latest in a week of escalating conflict, according to palestinian officials, so far 139 people have been killed and at least 100 injured. meanwhile, the rocket fire from gaza continues. the israeli military says at least eight civilians have been killed in the last week. rick robertson joining us now israel. what are you learning about this latest strike? >> reporter: well, literally as you were speaking to me there, i'm watching drone intercepts just behind the camera in the sky. they just intercepted another two rockets. they enterintercepted six befor. hamas said they would fire rockets at tel aviv tonight. that's where they said the retaliation should be. i'm listening to the thumps of those iron dome intercepts. the israeli defense forces say they targeted that building because there are military installations there belonging to hams's military intelligence that were in the building. what "associated press" are saying, what we

this is a building that had associated press, us—owned news agency, one of the world's renowned newsssociated press would be in a building that had hamas commanders in it? it is offensive to give that any sort of a reference. aljazeera, one of the companies using that milled media building in gaza. we mentioned earlier on what the white house had been saying about this attack on that media building. the quote, we have communicated directly to the israelis that ensuring the safety and security ofjournalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility. that from the white house press secretary in the last few minutes after that gaza tower block housing media offices was destroyed by the israeli military. israel saying it also housed hamas intelligence. the headlines on bbc news... the white house tells israel that ensuring the safety ofjournalists is of paramount responsibility, after an israeli air strike destroyed a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza, including associated press and aljazeera. here, huge crowds of pro—palestinian protesters hav

they said they were offices yes there are enough associated press and this is precisely the problem with behavior of some us is that they all did look at the clothing. in them so 'd in civilian populations civilian institutions in mosques in hospitals. and in this particular case in a building which also housed june of this the he taught the goal of yeah is the road military infrastructure of. terror organization while minimizing as far as possible civilian cost i think that the point that you didn't mention which which really needs to be emphasized is that there will minority civilian casualties in the sequence that you talking about and the reason for that is because we gave if anybody that is at fault is noticing now with advance notice in order to make sure that no june of this no civilians would be in that particular checklist and we appreciate it. if if i can just follow up in there so we certainly appreciate the word i'm hearing from you but as you well know the israeli military has so far provided no evidence of hamas activity in the building associated press says it was in that

the associated press president and ceo gary pruett said he was shocked and horrified at what happened. the foreign press association in the country has written to the idf expressing its concern and dismay. the attack shows the idf determination to take out targets no matter what the fallout is. including the international media, and clearly taking out the bulling building belonging associated press is not going to do itself any favors in the eyes of the international media. i think this just shows it is determined to fulfill its objectives, hitting targets that are going to degrade hamas' abilities to fire rockets at israel, to take out leaders and other bits of their infrastructure, underground missile launches, rocket launches, underground tunnel networks, weapons manufacturing facilities, and anything else they deem to be a target. as prime minister benjamin netanyahu said, you know, this is an operation that will go on as long as necessary. i don't know if you hear in the background, but we can hear the booms in the sky of rockets apparently being taken out by the iron dome defens

earlier today, an israeli air strike on a building that housed offices for the associated press and al jazeera. journalists got an evacuation warning an hour before the building was reduced to rubble. and tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying his country's actions are a necessary response. >> israel has responded forcefully to these attacks and we will continue to respond forcefully until the security of our people is reinstated and restored. >> cnn's internastional diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me with the latest. nic, we are hearing about a new round of rocket attacks on tel aviv tonight. what can you tell us about that? >> tel aviv and north of gaza. hamas said it would respond for that strike on the building where the associated press and al jazeera were working in gaza. they said they would target tel aviv and later in the evening, they said they wouldn't target it between 10:00 p.m. local and midnight local. and right after midnight, the sirens went off and a huge barrage of rockets were fired out of gaza. the iron dome intercept defensive system kicke

that was gary - pruitt, ceo and president of the associated press.the palestinian people. a large crowd moved through hyde park to the israeli embassy. similar rallies have been held in other cities in the uk and elsewhere in the world. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse watched the protest at kensington high street. so this is the final destination for the protest, if you like, kensington high street. because of the ways the roads are designed, the israeli embassy for the exits further down to the left there down a private road, with police guard as you would expect with different kind of embassies, but that has not stopped people here wanting to be seen and heard. you speak to people here, they don't see it as a conflict, they don't see it as a conflict, they call it out and out oppression in terms of what is going on in the gaza strip and other palestinian territories. the core message is for the israelis to stop the air strikes that are currently taking place and for the uk government to intervene. now, as people are taking to the streets, they f

of the associated press news agency he joins us from their headquarters in new york gary pruitt welcome to al-jazeera a difficult day for your staff in gaza can you just share with us your thoughts at this time yes we were shocked the sworn into good news that our building was being targeted we had a short warning we were able to get our folks out to avoid a loss of life but then the building was leveled by an israeli missile. an organization such as yours mr pruitt i'm sure you do safety training quasar military training to make sure that your staff when they're in a dangerous situation know how to react to that the central accusation from the israeli army i have to ask you this pointless to prove the central accusation from the israeli army is that either in the building or very very close to that building there were how mass assets what do you say to that. we've heard that from the israelis 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

besides i must observe why is the associated press sharing a building with hamas. surely, these intrepid reporters knew who their neighbors were. did they knowingly allow themselves to be used as human shields by a u.s. designated terroristan organization? didor they decline to report for years on the misdeeds. they have some uncomfortable questions to answer. the ap and the journalists about the whole the appropriate airstrike. leave it to the whiny reporters to make themselves the story and the victim when terrorists are shooting missiles at innocent civilians. the moral standing of the forces is simple and clear. most americans know which side they are on. i speak for them. many democrats heralded these representatives as the future of their parties. 27 democratic senators have called for an immediate cease-fire to the conflict. calling for an immediate cease-fire. the calls for cease-fire are tantamount to the propaganda. both sides are not the same in this conflict no matter what the democrats imply. there would be no israel. thankfully, israel's a leadershp i

also the foreign press association in this country has written to the idf expressing its concern and dismay atting it raises questions about israel's willingness to interfere with the freedom of the press to operate and saying its urgently seeking a meeting. what it shows i think is israel's willingness to attack targets that it feels it needs to in order to fulfill its mission no matter when about the fallout might be including in the international media and in terms of these objectives these include reducing rocket fire from the gaza strip and also taking out hamas militants and infrastructure such as underground rocket launches, the underground tunnel network and also weapons manufacturing facilities and the like. the idea israel want to get as favorable coverage as possible in the international media, they clearly in this instance feel the need to attack this target took precedence. >> and as we watched these images, how has domestic politics played into this latest cycle of violence and recriminations? >> reporter: yeah, domestic politics is never far away. we were already kind o

i don't know what floor associated presses in, but that's going to take time.fficult moments covering this conflict. now, the associated press has added to its earlier statement, and they point out that a.p.'s bureau has been in this building for 15 years. we've had no indication that hamas was in the building or active in the building. of course, as i pointed out in the last hour, everyone knows israel possesses the technology -- if it believes, as they have claimed, that hamas had some sort of intelligence or research and development unit in the building, that they could have taken out that office or ives. but in this instance, as we have seen basically this week, starting monday, they are taking down entire buildings. just to add to sort of the press angle to this, the committee to protect journalists has put out a same saying they believe this incident and other are an indication that israel is trying to silence the media in gaza. jim? journalists need the space to be able to report on what's going on with such a critically important story. obviously, ben,

but i have to be clear, the ap obtained, the associated press obtained this videocam video.-- you have been shown, i understand, what happened before, the entire video. what else is on that tape that we don't see, lee? >> well, pieces of evidence have been leaking out probably for the last two years. it took us almost a year and a half to see the video for the first time, only after a audio recording of one of the troopers bragging about beating ron to death was leaked out by someone within the louisiana state troopers office. since then, on that video, you hear ron, as you hear in the video, him begging. but what you don't see is the pepper spray, them washing the blood from their hands using bottles of water, and literally bringinging and smiling about what they were doing, while he was still there writhing in pain. >> were they actually told, initially told that he had gone through the windshield and died of a head injury? >> that's what the family was initially told, that he had died from a head-on collision with a tree, and because of brain damage as a result of the col

in the aftermath of this attack, gary pruitt, the chief executive of the associated press, put out ament in which he says -- we are shocked and horrified that the israeli military would target and destroy the building housing ap's bureau and other news organizations in gaza. they have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there. also very soon after the building collapsed, an al jazeera english anchor had this to say. >> this channel will not be silenced. al jazeera will not be silenced. we can guarantee you that right now. now the israelis saying the building contained -- or there were offices of some research and development unit. that's why the building was struck. now, i can tell you, as somebody who has covered this conflict for decades, i can remember going back to the summer of 2001, i was in ramallah just down the street from a building where a very specific office was hit on one floor. the rest of the building was unharmed. there's no secret that the israelis have the technology to specifically target a room in a building. why they would take down t

associated press president gary pruw pruett se says they won't be silenced. >> that building providehe 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 violence not seen for decades. it is yet another complex issue for a country that is also politically paralyzed. after four elections in just two years, israel political parties remain unable to

this the office of the associated press as it staff made instant decisions about what they needed to salvage to keep on working across the lift lobby staff from the al-jazeera bureau were doing the very same thing that's on the street outside the building's owner pleading for a stay of execution home not that that's ever we need 10 minutes as you can see there all around the press not people who are going in to get weapons out but there was no arguing not even about the timing. and it's. about al-jazeera gaza journalists off what was live on air as he watched his workplace of 11 years vanish in front of him we partake frankly everybody ultimately we were going to leave what the great work of all these are like that which under trusting that you won't drink or when something very dark up in this building was home to families as well as media companies more to add to the list of homeless in the besieged and played during days of intensive attacks from the sky oh. in a statement al-jazeera said it condemned in the strongest terms the bombing and destruction of its offices by the israeli

i5 press association, there are talks. , . , press association, there are talks. , ., , press associationon to believe that _ talks. is there any reason to believe that they _ talks. is there any reason to believe that they will - talks. is there any reason to believe that they will get . talks. is there any reason to i believe that they will get over this? there are plenty of other awards anyway who do their own thing and do them very well, is the golden globes' time done? it may be unless they make these changes. they have issued a response, saying we're not going to spread this out of 18 months, we understand now is the time. so now they are saying they are going to enact all of the changes by august the second and they have detailed a list of every single week, how they are going to make those changes and the two significant changes are they are getting rid of their current board and they are getting rid of their ceo. say they are bringing in new members, a new board and a new ceo and they are hoping if they can sit down with the various networks and public relations agencies and jour

both al jazeera and the associated press have come out fiercely against the strike. they say the u.s. military warned them to evacuate before this happened. the building collapses into rubble just a few seconds later. an al jazeera english anchor said this on the air -- >> this cham will not be silenced. al jazeera will not be silenced, we can guarantee you that right now. >> the associated press put out a strong statement, saying this, quote, we're shocked and horrified the israeli military would target and destroy the building, housing aps, associated press bureaus, and other news organizations in gaza. they have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there. and it continues to say, quote, this is an incredibly disturbing development. we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. the world will know less about what's happening in gaza because of what happened today. so it is the latest in the week of escalating conflict. palestinian officials say 139 people have been killed in gaza this week, with another thousand-plus wounded. at the same t

a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza — including associated press andazeera has collapsed after being struck by israeli missiles. it had been evacuated. here, huge crowds of pro—palestinian protesters have gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the indian variant of coronavirus is spreading are urged to get a covid vaccination. wreath laying services have been held across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. and it's fa cup final day — chelsea play leicester in front of 20,000 fans at wembley. leicester are looking to win it for the first time, chelsea are hoping to win it for the ninth. good afternoon. hamas militants have fired dozens of rockets at israeli cities, killing one man. it followed an israeli air strike overnight on a gaza refugee camp, which palestinian officials say killed at least 14 people, ten of them from one extended family. in the latest air strike, a building in gaza city housing international media has been targeted by israeli warplanes. 0

occupants of the building, which housed the associated press and aljazeera, were given an hour to leaveel claims the block was used by hamas�*s military intelligence. it follows rocket attacks by hamas militants, which killed one man in tel aviv. an israeli strike overnight on a refugee camp, killed at least 14 people, ten of them from one extended family. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from the west bank. within seconds, another tower block erased from gaza's skyline. journalists for international networks who worked inside rushed out after a warning from israel that it was about to strike. it says hamas intelligence used the building. earlier, a barrage of rockets hit tel aviv for the first time in two days, with deadly results. emergency services unable to save a man here. in gaza, there has been almost no time to mourn as the numbers killed mount up. mohammed lost almost everyone in his family. his wife and their children were staying with her brother when the missiles struck their home in an overcrowded refugee camp. little omar is all he has left, found in the

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 go live to israel. she again had to take shelter. that again happened a short time ago a

we, again, are relying on what the associated press has released. but what they describe and what these videotapes show is apparently an incident that lasts more than nine minutes where mr. greene is face down, shackled, handcuffed, unattended, and basically unresponsive. that's part of what's going on for the time that the officers are spending time wiping his blood off of themselves and talking to each other about how they hope he doesn't have any infectious diseases given the amount of his blood that they're bathed in. what should the officers have been doing during that nine-minute stretch of time? if he was dying during that nine-minute stretch of time, what were the officers trained to be doing at that time? >> hypothetically every officer within the louisiana state police department knows, and we've all learned on a national level from the chauvin trial, that you can't leave a suspect who has been injured the way mr. greene has been injured, in a prone position. they have him hog tied. as you mentioned, they have his legs and arms shackled be

the building that also house the associated press. an hour before the airstrike on the israeli military called them and other civilians in a complex and warned them to depart. this precaution once account allows the terrorist to escaped but also allowed at the aireporters and other civilianso vacate the premises before the airstrike occurred. as a result, no civilians died in hamas lost a terrorist haven. now any other country with any other military, and except i have to add. one would hear the restraint and the commitment to the laws of war. because as military as the idf, in the country of israel, and the pump but the people of the jews, they are widely condemned around the world. in the left, and in america. if you cut through the hysterics and hyperbole, you can see the truth clearly. one side 60 makes my carnage in the other, to minimize civilian casualties. besides, i must observe why the associated press sharing a building it with them, surely these intrepid reporters knew who their neighbors were read they knowingly allow the

besides, i must observe why is the associated press sharing a building with hamas? surely these intrepid reporters knew who their neighbors were. did they knowingly allow themselves to be used as human shields by a u.s.-designated terrorist organization? did the a.p. pull its punches and decline to report for years on hamas' misdeeds? i submit that the a.p. has some uncomfortable questions to answer, yet the a.p. and its fellow journalists are in high high -- about israel's wholly appropriate air strike. leave it to whiney reporters to make themselves the story and the victim when terrorists are shooting missiles at innocent civilians. in any event, the moral standing of the competing forces in this conflict is simple and clear. our greatest ally and the only democracy in the region against an islamist theocracy and its terrorist partners. most americans know which side they're on. i speak for them when i say that we stand with israel. unfortunately, too many elected democrats have taken a different stand. members of the so-called squad in the house of representativ

the tower housed the bbc, associated press, and al jazeera. rnalists were killed after receiving an hour's warning to leave. the building's destruction is being described as an assault on press freedom. but israel says it was home to hamas intelligence, something the tower block's owner denies. after six days of fighting and over 140 palestinians and 10 israelis dead, it's hard to imagine there's a potentiallyagy more serious crisis uncoldi more serious crisis unfolding in the background of all this unrest. but across israel, in mixed arab and jewish cities, there have been several nights of neighbor- versus-neighbor violence, a crisis threatening to push israel over the edge. an envoy for the state department has arrived here in tel aviv for deescalation talks, but the israeli government has made it clear-- it's not interested in and kind of cease- fire with hamas. adriana. >> diaz: imtiaz tyab in tel aviv, thank you. tens of thousands of people took to the streets in europe today, protesting the middle east violence. in london, thousands supp

he did some of his very best work for none other than the associated press.yle was the farthest thing from an old press hack. he described the fighting up close and advocated for better pay and conditions for the troops. he could be critical of the services when they were wrong, but he never forgot whose side he was on and he never gave up his commitment to telling the stories of normal people in the -- and the hardworking troops on the front line. before america's entrance into the war, pyle reported on the streets of london during the blitz recounting terrifying scenes for readers in the states. he told a story of people under siege and forced into bomb shelters by an indiscriminate and evil attacker, people unbent and unbroken by terror. dedicated to victory no matter the adversariesty. -- adversity. we all can learn from reporting like that, but you may not read it these days in the associated press. mr. president, i yield the floor. noalt the absence of a quorum -- note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum

they also completely destroyed a high-rise that housed the associated press.tests exploded across the world and israel turned a deaf ear. >> israel has responded forcefully to these attacks. we will continue to respond forcefully until the security of our people has been reinstated and restored. >> we have new video of associated press staffers evacuating their gaza strip office just hours ago. the israeli military called in a warning giving those inside the building one hour to get out before this happened. >> everyone was able to get out before three missiles struck th g. d you happened it collapsed into a giant cloud of dust. they strike working in a chapter in the rocky relationship between the israeli military, which gets $4 billion a year from the u.s. and international media. >> reporter: and israeli airstrike destroys 12 story building in gaza that housed residential apartments and offices of media outlets including the associated press. >> this channel will not be silenced. we can guarantee you that right now. >> reporter: the building also housed a h

that airstrike air on that strike out on the building housing al-jazeera and associated press in gaza the president of the strongly condemned the israeli airstrikes saying quote 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. well our near our drew some correspondent tanya came up told us how israeli authorities have responded to international criticism over the bombing of the gaza tower statements came out 1st of all by the israeli military there were actually 2 statements so they were saying and i will quote you through a few lines from them if they said that the building contained military assets used to be longing to the intelligence office of the hamas terrorist organization as it was in the statement they later said it was an r. and d. office in the 2nd statement and that hamas hyatt's according to the statement behind civilian media

housing apartments and offices of international media organizations including al jazeera and the associated press. another israeli airstrike and passes the gaza strip this time it's the home of hamas as leader in the territory yassin was. the response comes soon after rockets launched towards israel. it follows a day of destruction in gaza. this building housed international news agencies reduced to rubble in seconds. israel's defense forces claim hamas intelligence was using the media as human shields. there was no evidence that hamas had a presence in the building. about the attack journalists pleaded with an israeli intelligence officer for more time. we have from the a.p. news agency all of our equipment is in there including cameras and editing equipment give me 15 minutes to get it out the pleading fell on deaf ears. the air strike went ahead as planned. in another part of gaza a family of 10 had no warning before bombs flattened their harm they were killed in their sleep all except for a baby. in israel hamas rocket attacks are also killing civilians one man died when a rocket struck his b

one israeli airstrike on gaza destroyed a building that housed the associated press and al jazeera.no reported injuries. it was mr. biden's first call with mahmoud abbas. the white house summary said the president “underscored his strong commitment to a negotiated two-state solution as the best path to reach a just and lasting resolution of the israeli-palestinian conflict.” as of this afternoon, israel has reported at least seven deaths since the start of the conflic in gaza, the death toll is now reported to be at least 126. for more on the conflict, i spoke with npr correspondent daniel estrin who joined us from jerusalem earlier today. so, daniel, let's start with the latest. what have you been experiencing in the past few hours? >> well, the latest news is that the associated press bureau in gaza city was flattened in an israeli attack. the ap bureau was located in a high rise building along with al jazeera and other offices, and the owner of the building received a call from the israeli military notifying him that the building would be attacked and evacuate now. it attacked th

israeli bombing of that building yesterday which houses the media outlets al-jazeera and the associated press it's drawn a lot of international comment on them now. what do you think israel's strategy was behind that well officially israel's strategy is not to target civilians or civilian targets but we need to keep 2 things in mind when we discuss gaza 1st that this is one of the most densely populated places in the world so it's really hard to keep it separate when you bomb one building the surroundings of it of course is very much severely injured as well and when to keep also come us is using that fact that it's so dense to to operate among civilians and within residential areas and town and israelis have shown the i.d.f. it's shown that as much as it does not do it on purpose it still doesn't deter him you know if they know there are civilians that will be hurt sometimes it's a calculated damage of they're willing to take we've seen it again and again also here within you know the last couple of days we've been seeing them targeting for example of a model of the presidential quarter of g