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blinken's travels to egypt.eon: egypt faces an economical catastrophe, and -- the question is is it one who needs the american taxpayers money, or is it egypt where people are really starving. what's happening in egypt is a humanitarian catastrophe. i hope blinken will do something , and keep promises obviously. and obviously they will discuss iran. this is an issue that is above everything else. and, in one sentence, we've mentioned again the two state solution and i would like to suggest that the two state solution doesn't mean to serve anything. a continued talk about the two state solution, as there are 7000 -- 700,000 jewish settlers in the territories is nothing more than a joke. you have to understand, the two state solution, i don't think it was ever born. but now it is very dead. and we should dispose of its courts. mohammed: how much has u.s. policy changed in the region since the administration of former president trump? jehad: the administration of former president trump has accelerated a lot of the

on the other hand, antony blinken and the other hand, antony blinken and the biden administration canerms of playing the violent stone. he can help by a certain degree if he gets the right message to the right people. it limits his capacity on major issues, but there really are very few issues that are more important than stopping this wave of violence that is already extremely troubling. it violence that is already extremely troublina. , , ., , ., troubling. it seems as though the dialo . ue, troubling. it seems as though the dialogue. the _ troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone _ troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone of— troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone of it, - troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone of it, is - troubling. it seems as though the | dialogue, the tone of it, is without a doubt hardening. on the israeli side, you have the israeli prime minister vowing to take tough measures in response to the rockets being fired from gaza and the attack on the synagogue in eastjerusalem from the palestinian side you have t

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secretary of state tony blinken arrives in israel. israel has killed at least 35 palestinians since the beginning of january. on friday, a palestinian man shot dead seven people at his synagogue in an israeli settlement in occupied east jerusalem. settlers carried out scores of attacks over the weekend. we will speak to columbia professor rashid khalidi and the israeli journalist and activist orly noy. in protests continue in memphis and across the country after the release of police body cam footage showing the fatal police beating of tyre nichols, an unarmed 29-year-old black man who was pulled over in a traffic stop next to his home. >> we want equal justice under the law. tyre deserves it. all of our children. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. tensions between israel and the occupied palestinian territories are reaching a boiling point following a spate of recent attacks, which have escalated since israeli forces raided the jenin refugee camp

secretary of state antony blinken has appealed for calm between israel and the palestinians.attack on a mosque in the pakistani city of peshawar has killed at least 59 people. in the u.k., prime minister rishi sunak has talked about his decision to sack one of his top team. he said he acted decisively after an investigation found he broke the rules top officials should follow. he was asked about his handling of all this. >> i asked an independent advisor to get to the bottom of all of it and provide me with the facts. on the basis of the facts, i was able to make a quick decision. it was no longer appropriate for new -- the dean's ari to continue. >> rishi sunak made him conservative party chairman in october. his highest position was chancellor of finance minister under forrest johnson. while he was chancellor, he reached a multimillionound tax settlement. sunak asked a top adviser to investigate. he found zuhari had been in contact over his taxes since april 2021 and had not done enough to declare this public. rishi sunak agreed with the inquiry and said he had committed a

. >>> turning overseas now, secretary of state antony blinken urged israelis and palestinians to ease tensions today after one of the deadliest weeks of fighting in years. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports tonight from inside israel. >> reporter: after days of deadly violence that saw seven people killed, including six israelis outside a synagogue in east jerusalem, a massive raid by israeli forces in the occupied west bank city, had a series of punitive measures, that would see the houses of palestinian attackers welded shut and their families stripped of their rights. the backdrop for secretary antony blinken's meeting with benjamin netanyahu couldn't be more tense. >> we're urging all sides now to take urgent steps to restore calm, to de-escalate. >> reporter: as the biden administration tries to contain this latest surge of israeli/palestinian violence, it's also trying to navigate relations with israel's new government, a coalition described as the most extreme right-wing in the country's history. there have been huge treat protests over fears democracy could be at risk after plans to pu

. -- antony blinken. but does come u- well. -- antony blinken.ery _ well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every time _ well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every time britain - well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every time britain meets| come up every time britain meets with the us counterparts. the biden administration made its position very clear, any solution to the northern ireland protocol must not interfere with the good friday peace agreement. it never misses a chance to repeat that, and there has been speculation that president biden may visit ireland this year. that hasn't been confirmed in any way and that is certainly something that's been rumoured in washington, so maybe even more of an interest. the americans have also just filled the position of northern ireland's representative. you'll remember that was a political position very focused on in the first instance of achieving the peace dale and maintaining it. filling it was somebody... that was a move that was made just for christmas, so there is a little bit to talk

blinken: good to see you. pm netanyahu: good to see you, tony. sec. blinken: you as well. the u.s. now downplays any chance of diplomacy with iran. that helps align the two countries' regional goals. for that to continue, the u.s. has to manage any disagreements and try and ensure that this violence doesn't erupt any further. for the "pbs nshour," i'm nick schifrin. amna: prices have risen for lots of foods, but the cost of eggs climbed the most in the last year. and nsumers and businesses have scrambled to keep up. what's behind so-called eggflation? economics correspondent paul solman takes a look. paul: breakfast time at in a pickle in waltham, massachusetts, which means egg tim: i would say 70% of our menu either has eggs in it or revolves around eggs or is egg-centric in some way. so, omelets, scrambles. it's in our pancake mix, in our waffle mix, in the french toast mix. people even put eggs on hamburgers too, so it even crosses over to lunch. we have hard-boiled eggs in our salads. just a lot of eggs. paul: eggs that, says chef owner tim burke, have -- yeah, you kno

blinken.rnment will resume talks on a two state solution. but the framework allows the us government to say it is not a good time to build more israeli settlements. it�*s not a good time to change policies on the status of palestinians in the west bank. but it is basically conflict management. it is stopping things getting worse. it is stopping things getting worse. it is stopping things getting worse. it is not an expectation that there will be a peace agreement. but it may be designed to keep the idea of a two state solution on life support so that perhaps in the long—term future, things could change. that is really interesting. _ future, things could change. that is really interesting. i— future, things could change. that is really interesting. i want _ future, things could change. that is really interesting. i want to - future, things could change. that is really interesting. i want to come . really interesting. i want to come now to this tension, the violence, of course, because on both s

. -- blinken. we have seen — arrives on monday. -- blinken.monday. -- blinken. we have seen a lot of engagement - arrives on monday. -- blinken. we l have seen a lot of engagement from the biden administration. what you've worked... you work for both sides in state, what would you advise antony blinken to say or do in the next few days?— in the next few days? whatever levera . e in the next few days? whatever leverage i _ in the next few days? whatever leverage i think _ in the next few days? whatever leverage i think has _ in the next few days? whatever leverage i think has dissipated l in the next few days? whatever i leverage i think has dissipated as in the next few days? whatever . leverage i think has dissipated as a result of the terror attack last night injerusalem. the worst incident in 15 years. if we're lucky, he can temper the response and he's going to engage with palestinian president. now in the 18th year of a four year term in an effort to get him to re—engage with the israelis on security cooperations, something that he has su

guest: blinken himself did not have any strategy.e talked about reducing tensions, but he did not say how we reach a two state solution. abbas, on the other hand in ramallah was very clear, he said the key is to follow the arab initiative. the arab initiative talks about israeli was brought to the 1967 borders. the establishment of a palestinian state with east jerusalem being its capital. this would be the key for normalization with the rest of the arab countries and with the rest of the muslim world. the other hand, netanyahu put a different perspective. when he was speaking yesterday he was saying that first of all, israel has to engage with the arab world and reach for normalization with the arab countries. and then the palestinian question would be solved. he does not say how. and with this government that supports more settlement, clearly a palestinian state is not the agenda. nicole: how important was antony blinken's visit to ensure further influence over the course of events in the middle east, including working towards a so

blinken wanting what ill afofor to giving. wanting what blinken can't give, either, parody with u.s. support saying our people will not accept a continuation of the occupation forever. blinken offering a small bump in aid, help with a legacy phone network and a warning for israelis and palestinians not to threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. >> we oppose any action by either side that makes that goal more difficult to achieve, more distant and we've been clear this includes things like settlement expansion and of course, incitement to violence. >> reporter: stronger words than many expected but here actions speak loudest. >> the fact is israel has this story, the two state solution. israel is making sure there is no viable sovereign palestinian statement expanding settlements, stealing more land. >> reporter: for the young, blinken's dip lomacy a double whammy. no faith in the leadership and no hope blinken can deliver. our leadership is incapable of delivering what we want the 18-year-old tells us. i don't see a

blinken said all civilian casualties are deplorable. pakistan, a suicide bomber killed at least 59 people and wounded 157 others today at a mosque inside a police compound. it was the deadliest attack yet in escalating violence. ephanisy has our rt. stephanie: in the city of peshawar today, a man blew himself up among a crowd ofpper the expl it caused the mosque's roof to collapse, the wreckage landing on the nearly 400 worshippers below. rescue workers scrambled to the scene. they used machinery and their bare hands to pick through the rubble in search of survivors. khawar: we reached the site after the blast and there was chaos. i rescued seven people, and put them in ambulances. one portion of the mosque had totallcollapsed due to the blas stephanie: police say they're investigating how the attacker managed to slip through several barricades to enter the secured compound, and whether he had inside help. the pakistani taliban claimed -- formally denied responsibility for bombing in country's northwest. this after a commander claimed r

blinken has a full agenda including discussions on iran and the war in ukraine.ut the violence in the west bank and the israeli crackdown has cast a shadow over the trip. imtiaz tyab is there. >> reporter: secretary blinken's visit comes as violence continues to sweep across israel and the occupied west bank in violence so deadly we haven't seen it on this scale in several years. yesterday saw the funeral of a married cull who were shot dead alongside five others by a suspected palestinian gunman just outside a synagogue on friday. the alleged 21-year-old attacker's family home has now been sealed shut by israeli police as part of a series of punitive measures passed by recently re-elected prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet, who are described as the most extreme right-wing government this country has ever seen. the new measures, which follow a massive israeli raid on the palestinian city of jenin in which nine palestinians were killed also includes taking a i suspected separately, blinken's visit to the region comes as iran says bomb-carrying drone

antony blinken was speaking after talks in israel with prime minister benjamin netanyahu.department in the us city of memphis says it has suspended three people in connection with the death of tyre nichols. five police officers have been fired and charged with murder over the incident. a further two have been suspended from their roles. security has been stepped up in the pakistani capital islamabad after a deadly attack on a mosque in the city of peshawar. at least 59 people, many of them policemen, were killed and many others injured.

. >>> secretary of state antony blinken walking a diplomat tightrope as vie less is escalating in the middle east. he is meeting with the palestinians. >>> another suspicious incident at the dallas zoo. two monkeys believed to be stolen, also this. ♪ ♪ >> hollywood losing another tv icon. "laverne & shirley" star cindy williams died at 75. her family remembering her as kind and generous with a, quote, brilliant sense of humor. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ >>> we are going to begin with the dangerous ice storm freezing the south from texas all the way to west virginia. nearly 40 million americans under winter weather alerts. this is a live look in arkansas where the declared a state of emergency. the national weather service says this is going to be a prolonged and significant ice storm which will last until at least thursday. 1,000 flights already canceled, including hundreds of flights out of dallas. >> we had a flight this morning at 9:20 and they canceled that flight due to weather. >> we were taking a trip to a conference in orlando and i looked at the weather before we

what would a successful trip look like from blinken's perspective? is a bit of a mythology about that in the region and i think a tendency to overstate that. so i think that's part of the administration's interest. and then they have much more practical interest in, for example, getting israel closer on board with policy towards ukraine, which has not been so easy. and i think they've made some progress on that. 0k. what about the two—state solution we outlined briefly at the top of the show what it was. what do you think its chances are right now? well, the chances are not very good. this is clearly something that has been a cornerstone of american policy and the peace process for decades. it has on and off been a cornerstone of israeli policy as well. it is not for this current government in israel, and i think the biden administration is very keen to assert the fact that we're still very supportive of this approach. we favour the abraham accords. and the prime minister referred to this the tendency for a wider set of arab countries to come into cl

so antony blinken urging both sides to take urgent steps to restore calm. what steps is he slugtsing and how will that ease the situation? >> reporter: yes, i think i was able to catch your question there. look, secretary blinken is coming here and hopes where we are in the west bank are not particularly high at the moment. not high that he can make a difference, that abbas can make a difference. very likely secretary blinken will be asking him to restart the security cooperation with israel, that is an important step for the united states because that will help ease tensions, they believe that it is helpful for both sides. but equally antony blinken is likely to hear that they would like pressure on israel to not go ahead with settlement expansions and to curtail their incursions and into the cities here in the west bank. these are issues that are live issues here for people. but when you talk to people here, although they don't have a great expectation that antony blinken could make a difference with this visit, they do hope and believe that there is stil

now, as secretary blinken prepares to meet with palestinian president mahmood abbas tomorrow, he calledurgent steps to stop the violence." violence, which has made this the deadliest month here in several years. norah. >> o'donnell: imtiaz tyab, thank you very much. well, a suicide bombing today killed nearly 60 people inside a crowded mosque in pakistan. the attack took place in a compound that houses police headquarters in the city of peshawar. many of the casualties were police officers. more than 150 others were wounded when the roof collapsed. a pakistani taliban commander claimed responsibility for the bombing, before a spokesman denied the group's involvement. turning now to the war in ukraine. president biden said today the u.s. will not provide f-16s, denying a request from president zelenskyy. and it comes as russian president putin is mobilizing more than 200,000 troops and russian forces have been pounding cities in eastern ukraine with air attacks. cbs' debora patta is there in battle-torn bakhmut. >> reporter: once home to 70,000 people, nearly a year of war has left bakhm

that sort of thing is what blinken is likely to hit. but talking to the people on the streets here, this all-important issue of a two state solution, people will say yes, we want that, we hope it is there, but we really are beginning to wonder if it is possible. in fact talking to the young people here, an 18-year-old said look, i don't see this, i don't see it happening. the one thing that they think can make a difference to help the palestinians is international pressure and international recognition that they need support of their legitimacy, that they need help. so in a way secretary blinken's visit is an affirmation of that. but can he really change this ongoing increasingly tense dynamic, that is not clear. >> nic robertson for us, thank you so much. >>> to memphis now and the fallout from the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. two more police officers have been placed on leave. three fire department personnel have been fired for not following policies and protocols. more from nick valencia. >> reporter: seven memphis police o

blinken criticized netanyahu for the progress with the weakening of the judiciary. >> blinken did most of all call for calm and this current situation. how big our fears of a further escalation of tensions? >> there is a fear here. i would say there is fear for both sides. israelis are saying there could be more attempts to launch attacks and palestinians are saying with the way israel is collectively punishing families of perpetrators and also launching a campaign of demolitions of houses and east germany and so forth, all of this will push toward more violence. the fear is there. >> this was the first tiebreak since netanyahu formed the coalition with far-right forces. has this impacted u.s. israeli relations? question relations between israel are very strong. when it comes to military exchange of information, intelligence and so forth. i know that when it comes to other issues such as the kind of legislation israel is going to be passing and turning the judiciary weaker, these are the kinds of things we consume. not only the administration but the circus in american public opinion.

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. >>> secretary of state antony blinken will meet today with the palestinian president. blinken is urging calm between israelis and palestinians after one of the deadliest weeks of fighting in years. imtiaz tyab has more from israel. >> reporter: after days of deadly violence that saw seven people killed including six israelis outside a synagogue in east jerusalem, this area where ten palestinians were killed and a series of punitive measures issued by israel's new far right government and people shot and families stripped of their rights, antony blinken's meeting with benjamin netanyahu couldn't be more tense. >> we're urging all sides now to take urgent steps to restore calm, to de-escalate. >> reporter:ed a the biden administration is trying to calm things, it's also trying to navigate relations with israel's new government, a coalition described as the most extreme right-winged in the country's history. there have been huge protests that fears of democracy could be dismissed. >> the commitment of people in both of our countries to make themselves heard is one of the

i sure hope| so but antony blinken's colleagues, so but antony blinken�*s colleagues, the cia directorational security adviserjake sullivan visited adviser jake sullivan visited earlier this adviserjake sullivan visited earlier this month and that did not prevent these escalations. i do think us diplomatic engagement can make a difference but clearly those two previous visits did not and it's a tinderbox right now. there were incidents overnight including with settlers being attacked so i think it requires more attention and time that i think the biden administration has dedicated to the middle east because of the ukraine more and the challenges with china. you mention is not enough time being dedicated. what do you think needs to be done to restore calm in the region? i to be done to restore calm in the reuion? ~ , , ., , region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, _ region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some _ region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some basic- region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some basic steps| and pale

secretary of state antony blinken trying to turn down the temperature between israelis and palestiniansoutbreak of deadly violence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and let's get right to the breaking news on the firing of three memphis fire department personnel who responded to the fatal police beating of tyre nichols. cnn's crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz is following all these late-breaking developments for us. shimon, tell us what we're learning about these employees and why they were let go. >> right, wolf. this just happening in the last few moments. the memphis fire department and city hall officials announcing that they have concluded their investigation of the response there by the emts, and have terminated, fired three personnel, two emts, and a lieutenant they say have been terminated from the memphis fire department. they say that their actions or inactions on the scene that night do not meet the expectations of the memphis fire departmen

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antony blinken met with benjamin netanyahu in israel. his visit comes after days of violence in the occupied palestinian territory. a mass funeral has been held for some of the 62 people killed in a blast in the pakistani city of peshawar. many who were killed were part of pakistan's security services. peru's congress has postponed a debate over whether to move elections forward to this year. parliament rejected a similar motion on friday. protests calling for elections and the removal of the president have been ongoing for weeks. there has been more fallout from the beating death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police in the u.s. city of memphis. three more people have been fired. tyree nickel died three days after the confrontation with police. every elizondo joins us live from memphis. what role did these three play in his death? reporter: this investigation is very much continuing in memphis. officials say they are still in early stages and more charges could be pressed against officials or people that were involved. in terms

what are you planning to hear from blinken and netanyahu there? >> well, there are empty podiums now, but at any moment, we are expecting them to address the members of the press after meeting with each other for several hours. blinken when he landed in tel aviv said it is a pivotal moment, but really, kate, it is more, because it is a high stakes crisis moment for this region. as you said, a spate of bloodshed over the last few days and last thursday was the deadliest day in well over a year, and then friday night a shooting outside of a synagogue that killed seven and then another shooting saturday morning and since then, smaller incidents of violence throughout the west bank that are causing concern. secretary of state blinken's main goal in this trip is to really try to calm it down, and bring a sense of calm, but i have to tell you that from speaking to the officials here on the ground, there is optimism that he is going to help sort of dial down the tensions here, but there is not a lot of optimism that what he is going to be able to do is g

antony blinken goes to ramallah and says the u.s.oses any action which makes it to state solution more difficult and he calls for calm to be restored. >> the most immediate challenge is diffusing the cycle of violence that has people here first and foremost but around the region deeply concerned. laura: the death toll from the pakistan mosque attack has risen to 100 as the search-and-rescue operation has ended. we look at the secretive world of executions in saudi arabia. they have almost doubled under the kingdom. the princess of wales launches a campaign about the importance of early childhood. she's in the spotlight after weeks of revelations from harry and meghan. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin with the visit of the u.s. secretary of state to the middle east. antony blinken called for a de-escalation of the violence between israelis and palestinians. he went to the west bank today and met the president of the palestinian authority. he acknowledged palestinians are seeing what he called a shr

about what secretary blinken says about the importance of a two-state solution.articularly young people, i talked to an 18-year-old man, we don't think this two state solution is viable or is going to happen. another thing you hear from a lot of people here, they feel the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas is no longer fit for the task, fit for the job. these are accumulative issues. for secretary blinken, that's a lot of heavy diplomatic lifting to shift this in a meaningful way. >> there's a lot of questions about what action can be taken and what blinken can actually do in this situation. we'll hear from him in just about two hours during that press conference. nic, thank you very much. >>> also this morning as former president trump is embarking on his third presidential run in 2024, he is still facing several ongoing investigations. there is the investigation led by the special counsel jack smith, looking into two cases, the importantly mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago, and trump's actions during the january 6th attack on the capi

anthony blinken clearly talked about the two state solution. equal support for israelis and palestinians but in fact when benjamin netanyahu was speaking he talked about a workable solution, was the expression he used with our palestinian neighbours when he says that he does not mean a two state solution. as you rightly say his new right—wing ultranationalist coalition partners, the people who enabled him to become prime minister again after a period out of power, they do not want to see a two state solution. that is not their future vision for israel. he really saw on that point quite a divergence obviously anthony blinken was very keen to set out the us position and in the same way benjamin netanyahu was equally keen to not be seen to be embracing it in the same way. in pakistan, at least 59 people have died and more than 150 have been injured in an explosion at a mosque in the city of peshawar. the attack is thought to have targeted members the prime minister described the bombing as an attack on pakistan itself. the attack has been linked t

blinken reaffirming today the way forward is through a two-state solution.ing that would be impossible critics say given netanyahu's new government policies, limiting palestinian rights and expanding jewish settlements into palestinian territories. >> west way to achieve it is through preserving then realizing the vision of two states. as i said to the prime minister, anything that moves us away from that is detrimental to israel's long-term security and long-term identity as a jewish and democratic state. that's why we're urging all sides to take urgent steps to restore calm. >> joining me now from jerusalem, kelly. secretary of state blinken calm after those deadly attacks over the weekend. that's happening tonight? >> reporter: well, andrea, israel is on its highest state of alert. that alert raised after the shooting outside the synagogue on friday. police are on 12-hour shifts. security forces across jerusalem to maintain calm. there have been some skirmishes late in the night on saturday night. sunday night between palestinians and israeli police and a

[applause] secretary blinken: thank you very much. thank you. please, take a seat. good morning, everyone. audience: good morning. secretary blinken: wonderful to be with you. mr. mayor, thank you so much for that introduction. it's good to see you in person. i've seen you on tv a few times. [laughter] i want to thank the mayor again for his leadership of the u.s. conference. and thank you to tom cochran -- i was just backstage with him -- and the entire team for having me here with you this morning. so in washington, we have an old bad joke about the worst words that someone can say that you all know very well, "i'm from the federal government -- i'm here to help." for more than nine decades, the u.s. conference of mayors has harnessed the incredible power of american cities to advance a stronger and more secure america. in the earliest days of the depression -- when millions were unemployed, bread lines stretched for blocks, banks had run dry -- america's mayors forged this coalition to secure the first-ever direct assistance package to cities. if you go back and

what do you think will be a priority for antony blinken on this visit?— this visit?ral priorities. _ this visit? so, tony will have several priorities. first - this visit? so, tony will have several priorities. first of. several priorities. first of all, he will aim to reduce tensions on both sides of the palestinians and the israelis which he is customary to doing, but he has also got another challenge on his hands, which is the interference in the judicial system that the netanyahu government that has just taken office has just proposed. now, this seems to be a sort of revenge, appeasing his far right government partners, because of course he just sacked one of the ministers at the request of the supreme court recently looming over all of this is the fresh strength that the israelis engaged in in iran and that is something that is helpful to ukraine, something we can discuss. , �* , ., ~ ., ukraine, something we can discuss. , �*, ., ~ ., , discuss. yes, let's talk a bit more about _ discuss. yes, let's talk a bit more about that. _ discuss. yes, let's talk a bit m

secretary of state anthony blinken arriving during the mideast trip this week.prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his far right coalition have already responded to the palestinian violence. having the home of a palestinian gunman who murdered seven israelis friday sealed. also with collective punishment. threatening to revoke residency rights of attackers families and strengthening settlements, itself already a condition of netanyahu's far right political partners. >> blinken's message to netanyahu who also faces strong israeli opposition to many of his coalition policies will be to deescalate tensions with the palestinians. >> whatever he gets is a promise from netanyahu. i don't know if netanyahu will be able to deliver domestically. >> why not? >> because his government isn't interested in it. they're not interested in calming things down. they were elected on plate form of we will have an iron fist, a strong response to violence to terrorism. >> reporter: by the time secretary blinken gets here to the west bank, he'll have had several meetings with israeli

blinken meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he leads a new right wing government there. tomorrow, blinken will meet with palestinians in the west bank. it comes after one of the deadliest cycles of violence between the israelis and palestinians in years. and these meetings come in the wake of a mysterious drone attack in iran, as well. israel reportedly targeting a weapons factory. >>> in pakistan tonight, the terrible toll from a suicide bombing at a crowded mosque inside a police complex in peshawar. officials say the blast killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 150 others. most of the casualties were police officers. the pakistan taliban claiming responsibility. it's unclear how the attacker gained entry into the high security zone. >>> back here at home, and in new york city tonight, we have learned this evening of a new witness appearing before a grand jury weighing criminal charges against former president trump over hush money paid to stormy daniels. sources telling abc news tonight that david pecker, the former

right now secretary of state antony blinken is in the west bank, set to speak at any moment. this at the end of his three-day tour of the middle east, the trip gained new urgency following an outbreak of deadly violence. he met with mahmoud abbas earlier today and met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday in an effort to get both sides to work together to end the bloodshed. >>> also kevin mccarthy will meet tomorrow with president biden at the white house for the first time since becoming house speaker. top of his agenda the debt ceiling. republicans with that slim majority in the house are holding the threat of defaulting on the nation's debt to demand budget cuts. >>> and this morning two more memphis police officers have been put on leave in connection to the death of tyre nichols. that in addition to the five officers who have already been fired, charged with second-degree murder. >>> plus, the memphis fire department has also fired three employees for their response or nonresponse to the beating. we will be live in memphis just ahead. >>> we are keeping a close watch on the

i have faith with tony blinken, and the president to make sure we are tough.hat the armed invasion of taiwan will not stand, but that we affirm the one china policy, talk about economic rebalancing. this is a time for statesmanship, and i believe statesmanship will prevail. >> congressman ro khanna, thanks as always for being with us. we appreciate it. >> and secretary of state antony blinken reaffirmed his call for a two state solution in israel as he stood alongside prime minister netanyahu. it's the first time they met set netanyahu returned to power. the return comes after the deadliest attack in decades. 17 people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy when a palestinian gunman opened fire on sabbath worshippers on friday. a palestinian teen shot an israeli father and son in a palestinian neighborhood in east jerusalem last week. the israeli military killed ten people in a raid on the occupied west bank. seven of whom the israeli government said were militants. nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella has more from israel. >> reporter: israel is st

the visit marks blinken's first with benjamin netanyahu since his return to office and as the region an uptick of violence not seen in years. joining me now from jerusalem is nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella, what else did the secretary say today about these tensions between israelis and palestinians? >> reporter: yeah, he actually addressed this in the days of violence just minutes after arriving here in israel, stepping off the plane, and up to a podium to talk about the lives lost. he offered his condolences to families of the victims of that synagogue attack, and he also said too many lives have been lost, palestinian lives, and israeli lives. he said both sides need to take steps to stop what he called a rising tide of violence. take a listen. >> we condemn all those who celebrate these and any other acts of terrorism that take innocent lives, no matter who the victim is or what they believe. calls for vengeance against more innocent victims are not the answer. and acts of retaliatory violence against civilians are never justified. >> reporter: so in terms of those

blinken met prime minister netanyahu, and said afterwards his immediate priority was to restore calm.ateman has more. reporter: in jerusalem, the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel's new far right police minister vowing to step up demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home was bulldozed yesterday, but it was the brother of the owner who did the crime. this has been the worst period of violence in years and now you have some of the most radical voices in israeli politics in the government calling for more of this, the families of attackers, evictions, expulsions and home demolitions. the u.n. calls it collective punishment, banned under international law. the israeli government says it deters further attacks. the top u.s. diplomat landed amid what he called what he called a pivotal moment. mr. blinken called to prefer -- to preserve this to state -- of the two state solution but that is a fitting ambition. he met mr. netanyahu amid one of the worst periods of violence in years. >> we want all sides to restore calm and de-es

what is blinken hoping to accomplish on this visit?: i think the best hope here of people on both sides, palestinians and israelis is that he can lower the tensions at the moment. how does he do that? well, he's very likely to appeal to prime minister netanyahu to reconsider some of his cabinet's decisions over the weekend on how to respond and react to that deadly shooting outside a synagogue on friday where seven israelis were killed. one of the proposals that's being considered by the government is to remove the rights of palestinians' family members of attackers. that is something that could potentially further inflame the situation. the prime minister has also said he's considering what he describes as strengthening the settlements and we know that within his far right coalition there's heavy pressure on him to expand settlements and at a tile of increased security, both of these measures become sort of more open to the prime minister, so if the secretary of state can influence him to dial back on that, that may help lower tension

turning overseas now, is of state antony blinken urged israelys and palestinians to ease tensions today after one of the deadliest weeks of tighting in years. imtiaz tyab reports tonight from inside israel. >> reporter: after days of deadly violence that saw seven people killed including six israelis outside a synagogue in east jerusalem, a raise by occupied forces where ten were killed, and measures announced by israel's far right government that would see houses welded shut and families stripped of rights, the back drop of secretary blinken's meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu could not be more tense. >> we're urging all sides to take steps to urge calm to deescalate. >> reporter: as the biden administration tries to contain this la latest surge of israeli palestinian violees scribed as thetrement,atins right wing th country's overrs draano put mco judiary cmittee have a move bploth of oo math heard is one of our strengths. >> reporter: blinken was complicated after an iranian facility was targeted with a drone attack. israel has not claimed a responsibility but has previo

the brand i trust. >> tonight, the secretary of state antony blinken is in jerusalem on a high stakesme time in the middle east. on saturday, israel carried out a drone attack on an iranian military facility in the city of estefan, which is home to approximately 2 million people. that's according to senior intelligence officials that spoke to my next guest. in a statement share with the islamic republic news agency, iran's foreign ministry said that three quad cop her style drones were downed by defense systems at the military facility. this comes as violence is flaring once again between israel and the palestinians. over 30 palestinians have been killed since the start of the year, including at least nine during a raid by military forces in jenin on thursday of last week. it is the single deadliest when israel -- it led to potentially ending a shaky security agreement with israel. on friday, seven people were killed by a palestinian gunman outside of a synagogue. on saturday, two more israeli shot and wounded by a 13-year-old palestinian boy. newly elected -- secretary of state blink

let's get back to secretary of state tony blinken's visit.t you to update our viewers on what we know so far. >> reporter: he made a security commitment, ironclad security commitment to the people of israel. his message, his real message here was to try to reduce tensions that are speaking at the moment. >> urging all sides now to take urgent steps to restore calm, to deescalate. we want to make sure there's an environment in which we can i hope at some point create the conditions where we can start to restore a sense of security for israelis and palestinians alike which is sorely lacking. >> reporter: he said the most important thing was to keep alive the idea of a two-state solution. he says any moves that moved away from that will show the international community, show the world that israel perhaps losing some of its democratic values, and that i think a hint that prime minister's netanyahu's government, it is a far right government, the message there, stick to democratic values, wolf. >> nic robertson in jerusalem, thank you very much. >>