as our own richard engel found out earlier today. >>> back with more on this storm, nbc's richard engelgot up above the city of new york in a police chopper today to see the damage and the challenge that now lies ahead. here now, some of that vantage point. >> reporter: from here, you can see the skyline, the iconic image. new york city, surrounded by water, and now partly under water. there are the pumps, you see the pumps. at the tip of manhattan, the south ferry subway station is simply out of commission. >> from where we are at the top of this water, the top of the flooding to the very bottom, how deep is this pool? >> i would say we have about 20 feet to get to the platform. >> reporter: there is a plan to get the water out. so you're sending a train that also pumps water? into the under water tunnels? >> we'll bring it in, submerge it slightly, and we'll have a hose. and we'll begin sucking the water up this is the longest of its kind in america >> reporter: this now holds 40 million gallons of water that must be removed with care. >> some places we could probably pump out quicker

our richard engel is in gaza, we want to begin, though, with martin fletcher in tel aviv. >> reporter: good evening, they met on the agenda escalating in gaza and a possible ground invasion. the militants are challenging israel, by firing rockets where they never fired them before. a complete surprise, jerusalem, israel's capital, was attacked for the first time today. this picture on the internet, two rockets fired from gaza fell harmlessly outside the city. tel aviv, too, for the second time in two days in two days, the second time the rocket fell in the sea. hamas showing its back has not been broken. there is no rest for the south, either, even while burying the dead from yesterday's raid that killed three people. mourners went into panic, at yet another siren warning for yet another rocket attack from gaza. there is a sharp spike in violence, 100 in the week before this outbreak, and 500 the last three days. the goal of israel's air and sea assault on gaza is to stop the rockets. it is not working. so what is next? we are prepared to escalate in a big way, says israel's prime min

and our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel is in gaza city, let's begin with you, richard. >> reporter: good evening, kate, israeli drones are still in the sky here, but for the first time no air strikes. and hamas is considering this a major victory, which it earned in blood. moments after the truce announcement, they came with flags, and drums and lots of guns, cheering death to israel, with a few deaths to americans mixed in. after a war hamas believes was its return to the world stage. people are coming out of their homes to join this spontaneous celebration. gaza has paid a heavy price, but here, they are convinced that hamas forced israel to accept the cease-fire. >> reporter: that price, more than 160 dead, health officials say, including 42 children. over 1200 injured, and dozens of buildings destroyed, many of them just hours before the cease-fire. >> this was israel's biggest target by far, the massive government complex, where hamas distributed all social services to the gaza strip. >> reporter: as we filmed, a sense of what the people had to endure. and the israeli

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, trying to get richard engel back, thanks to you, stephanie and ayman. richard, we heard your reporting about a two-step process. what more can you tell us about the negotiations an the terms each side is trying to negoti e negotiate? >> we have some new information. i'll go through it quickly. israeli drones in the sky which are wreaking havoc with our equipment. what we've been told by negotiators is that israel wants a two-step process. first, for hamas to immediately stop firing rockets in exchange israel will also stop firing. that will be an unconditional cessation of hostilities. then, israel and the palestinians would engage in negotiations over the next two weeks to one month to talk about lifting the siege on gaza, making it easier for palestinians to travel and trade and potentially discussing also stopping future israeli assassinations of militant leaders. hamas doesn't want to proceed this way. they want a one step process, that in exchange for stopping the violence, israel will immediately lift the siege on gaza, allowing palestinians to tr

, if i said that we don't mean that at all, about our friend and colleague, richard engel. many were forced to go to bed, the hour was so late, before they heard the speech the president delivered to many in chicago. in case you are among them. here now, a portion of the president's victory address last night. >> while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long we have picked ourselves up. we have fought our way back. and we know in our hearts that for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time, whether you held an obama sign or a romney sign, you made your voice heard. and you made a difference. democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. it necessarily stirs passions. stirs up controversy. that won't change after tonight. and it shouldn't. these arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. i had never been more hopeful about america, i have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all of the evid

with our team on the ground covering the story we begin with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel, good evening, richard. >> reporter: good evening, brian, israel is continuing its air strikes in gaza. in fact, it still smells of smoke here from one not far away a short time ago. a truce could be coming but it seems that the two sides will fight right up until the moment it is signed. one of gaza's tallest buildings on fire. witnesses say it was just attacked by an israeli drone. inside this building are the offices of hamas's television station, the second time in two days it has been targeted by israel, and this time there are casualties. as fire trucks put out the flames, word came from a militant who was killed inside. israel has details about the palestinian militants and seems to be ticking off its hit list, but not always with such precision. palestinians today buried 11 people, including children from the same family, and this morning, israel fired here, killing three people. >> in two minutes they destroyed all of these houses. >> reporter: hamas is not saying how many of

richard engel reports. >> reporter: hamas is still firing rockets. about 40 today launched from this area in gaza and into israel. the military has the upper hand. israeli drones and ships have been targeting hamas military leaders killing them in their houses and on motorcycles and in their cars. there are civilian casualties. we went to a funeral for 11 people who were killed inside a home when israel targeted the home of the hamas military leader. he was killed in the home. some were many members of his family. there seem to be efforts to achieve a serious cease-fire. >> i hope over the coming days we can achieve cessation on a bases that is sustainable. >> reporter: the egyptian foreign minister is expected to visit gaza tomorrow. a source close to the israeli prime minister he would prefer a diplomatic invasion. here in gaza, people don't know which way it will develop. a full military assault with israeli tanks coming from that direction behind me or there will be a cease-fire. to go out on a limb here, i would say many gazans believe a cease-f

>> richard engel inside gaza for us tonight. richard, thanks. >>> because this is all moving fast, because it now truly involves the united states, we thought we'd talk a bit more with our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom. andrea, the significance of the american president ordering the american secretary of state into the breach at this hour? >> it's very important, it's very significant. this could be one of hillary clinton's final trips, only in the closing months of the administration, she's being sent in as a closer, to try to negotiate, if not a cease-fire, at least a cooling off period, a de-escalation, to try to win more time and prevent israel from invading. there really does seem to be very close synchronization with israel. there's no distance here between israel and the united states. netanyahu tonight in meetings with her thanked her profusely, thanked the united states for the iron dome defense system. the most important meeting is tomorrow with egypt's president morsi. morsi

nbc's richard engel got a look from the sky. >> reporter: from here you can see the skyline, that iconic image. new york city surrounded by water and now partly under water. >> there's the pumps. >> reporter: at the tip of manhattan, the south ferry subway station is simply out of commission. >> from where we are at the top of this water, the top of the flooding, to the very bottom, how deep is this pool? >> i would say we have about 20 feet to get to the platform. >> reporter: there is a plan to get the water out. >> so you're sending a train that also pumping water into the tunnel. >> we'll bring it in, submerge it slightly. it will have a hose and suck the water up. >> reporter: and the tunnel connecting manhattan and brooklyn, the longest of its kind in north america, now holds 40 million gallons of water that must be removed with care. >> some places we could probably pump out quicker, but we don't want to collapse the tunnel. so we have so pump it out somewhat slow since pressure is equalized and the tunnel doesn't collapse. >> reporter: even the dock on liberty island has been was

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joining us now live from gaza is richard engel, nbc's chief foreign correspondent. richard, thank you for joining us again tonight. it's nice to have you here. can you tell us what it's been like in gaza since the announcement of the cease-fire? >> reporter: there has been a tremendous celebration here, but it is not because people are celebrating that the violence is over. certainly, people are thankful for that. but mostly, they are celebrating because hamas believes it has scored a victory. that hamas has been able to force this cease-fire on the israelis. look at what happened four years ago. four years ago, there was a similar round of violence. much more serious, because the israelis entered, destroyed a lot of territory, and then at one stage, the israelis just said, we're done. and never communicated with hamas. right now, there was a negotiated settlement between hamas and israel. it didn't take place directly. it took place through egypt, the united states, but hamas feels it gained recognition. there were more than a dozen foreign ministers who came here,

thank you, richard engel, appreciate it. to latest on general david petraeus. on friday, he testified on capitol hill about the deadly attack of benghazi, libya, as new information emerges about the women involved in the scandal that ended his career. kristin welker is in our washington bureau with the latest. >> reporter: general petraeus snuck in and out of the capitol on friday, but his testimony is still making waves with lawmakers, some saying it only raises more questions about the way the administration handled the benghazi attack. we are learning that both women at the center of this scandal have tie tas go all the way to the white house. general david petraeus was whisked to capitol hill friday to testify about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. due to the fire storm surrounding his life, reporters were blocked inside the building to "spare him embarrassment." >> general petraeus's briefing was comprehensive. i think it was important. >> reporter: but his testimony is raising more questions for some congr

joining me nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engelle. what is the reaction in gaza? >> you may be able to hear the mosques behind me, they are celebrating, declaring this a victory, saying that hamas has avenged the death of the militant leader, his assassination starting this latest round of violence according to the palestinian side and think this was a great victory. today we spoke to hamas leader and he said that despite the air attacks by israel on the gaza strip, hamas was still able to launch rockets into israel. hamas also believes it has gained considerable political legitimacy because of this and a steady stream of arab and middle east leaders have been coming to gaza to visit the hamas prime minister who was until recently considered a pariah. so yes, they lost more people here, about 130 in gaza, a considerable amount of damage, but from hamas' perspective they consider this a victory. in the last few moments hamas has issued a statement on local television telling people to not let their guard down, that in the last few minutes, the israelis could still

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel brings us.e of the regime echoing throughout the square, what exactly in the constitution are they so upset about? >> reporter: they are upset not only at the constitution, but also because president mohamed morsi, last week, gave himself extraordinary powers. he made all of his decision final and that they are not subject to any kind of judicial oversight. and then once he gave himself these extraordinary powers, he had his allies, a group of islamists, write a new constitution. imagine in the united states if a freshly minted president five months into his term suddenly came out and made an announcement, he said, by the way, the supreme court doesn't matter anymore. congress doesn't matter anymore, and a bunch of my friends have just written a brand-new constitution that gives islamists a great deal more power. that's what brought people out on the street. they are specifically annoyed that certain clauses in the new constitution give more role to sharia law. they are open to interpretation. t

joining us live from gaza is richard engel. richard, earlier today we were hearing reports from jerusalem that a cease fire might be possible by tonight. that did not happen. what did happen today? why did the prospects change? >> reporter: i think it goes back to what you were just talking about. the historic picture has changed here and the two sides basically didn't want the cease fire. they have a strong hand right now. hamas for decades really, before hamas was hamas, has -- when hamas came to power in gaza, president mubarak treated it like a criminal organization. now you had 13 arab foreign ministers coming to gaza visiting the hamas leader. and the hamas leader has often had to run around the world as if he was a terrorist. now he's receiving all these dignitaries. the hamas position is that there should be a cease fire immediately and that along with that cease fire, there should be an open -- or the siege on gaza because i'm glad you showed that map. gaza doesn't have any external border. it's surrounded by egypt or

you can ask about sharon engel if polls are right.verwhelming majority of the time when someone holds a lead of this magnitude, this consistently, they wine up winning. and, you know, there are reasons to think the polls could be off. it's tough to talk to people on cell phones. assumptions about turn out are more important than ever. but, yeah, you're right i think the polls have to be wrong at this state level. >> polls ask who are you going to vote for but there's data around polls who do you think will win and that's extraordinarily predictive. why is that question so predictive when we make people into mini anthropologists. >> it's what people are hearing. people are hearing stuff about romney. the average person, you know, has an idea that the president is still pretty popular. that makes them think that, you know, most voters or swing voters will tilt a little more in obama's direction. that has an effect on swing voters. not in a direct sense that they think obama will win but the balance of information that people are hearing

richard engel joins us now.blogger tom ricks about whether a potential strike on iran has anything to do with the fighting going on right now. >> some people think that what this is about is in preparation for a likely war with iran, israel testing the rockets that would be fired against it from gaza. so we may something with lebanon soon. it's a preliminary. this is a warm-up round for the real conflict ahead. >> you really think there's a chance that israel would strike iran and try to take out those nuclear? >> yes. especially given the time of the gaza thing. now they are getting down to business after the election. >> i guess that's the question that calls for some speculation, but is it possible that benjamin netanyahu has decided the best way to deal with iran is to get involved in a hot war and then obviously iran's role going for the source of the problem and bombing them as part of a hot war situation. >> reporter: it does require some speculation, but it also requires some analysis. and i think it mak

that was because sharon engel's campaign was so egregious when it came to the latino votes. pollsters feel that la tyne notices won't turn out, and a lot of working class latinos are cell phones. this is the dreary part of polling. you often miss a big swath of potential when it comes to voting to the new voter, which is not only latinos but women and youth. what we're going to see is the not only is nevada up in place, it's a safe bet it's part of the obama camp, but because we have to modernize our polling system the same think in ohio, virginia and florida where you have big numbers of la tonos numbers were there in 2010 and pollsters are missing as well. >> mccain, bush hispanic vote, john mccain 31% of the latino vote and 2004 george w. bush took 40%. mitt romney in the latest polling 24%. it is not just about immigration we see this regression, if these numbers are correct. >> it's not just about immigration. mitt romney walked into the selection with the latino vote up for grabs. had he made a case for the economy and education and small business talking directly to t

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nbc chief foreign affairs -- chief correspondent for foreign matters richard engel is with us along with david ignatius of the "washington post." let me go with you, richard, what do you make of this? it didn't seem -- what's the right word? it didn't seem to be freighted right. he's quitting over an extramarital affair, but why is he telling us about this? it doesn't seem like the normal washington scandal developing here. what's going on? >> well, the timing, we may have some new indications about the timing based on the information i'm about to say. this is what we know so far and what we've been able to confirm and is reportable. of course, the cia director today resigned, and he cited that extramarital affair. also we have learned from law enforcement sources and law enforcement officials that the fbi is now investigating, and this is an ongoing investigation, into paula broadwell. she is someone who has had close access to general petraeus. she was his biographer and wrote a book on general petraeus called "all in." she's spent extensive time with him in afghanistan, has made numer

nbc chief foreign affairs -- chief correspondent for foreign matters richard engel is with us along withid ignatius of the "washington post." let me go with you, richard, what do you make of this? it didn't seem -- what's the right word? it didn't seem to be freighted right. he's quitting over an extramarital affair but why is he telling us about this? it doesn't seem like the normal washington scandal developing here. what's going on? >> well, the timing, we may have some new indications about the timing based on the information 50i78 about to say. this is what we know so the far and what we've been able to confirm and is reportable. of course, the cia director today resigned, and he cited that extramarital affair. also we have learned from law enforcement sources and law enforcement officials that the fbi is now investigating, and this is an ongoing investigation into paula broadwell. she is someone who has had close access to general petraeus. she was his by fer and wrote a book on general petraeus called "all in." she's spent extensive time with him in afghanistan, has made numerous

nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us live from cairo with more on this.morsi, richard, is expected to address the nation at the top of the hour. do we have any information about what he's going to say basically trying to calm the crowds that are expected to protest? >> reporter: yeah. i think what he's going to say, however, is not going to calm these crowds. it is only going to make them more angry. he's probably going to set a date for a referendum on the constitution. as you said, a week ago today, president morsi gave himself extraordinary powers. he made himself more powerful than any previous egyptian presidents. more powerful than the kings of egypt, in fact. he said that his word was law. that in decree that he issued could not be overturned by the supreme court, by any court in this land. his word was god's word. and people here became very upset. they couldn't exactly figure out what he was trying to do. now it's become clear what he was trying to do. the constitutional drafting body that is writing the new constitution for this country, like th

. >> joining us on the phone right now, nbc news correspondent richard engel joining us on the phone from gaza. what's the latest, richard? >> reporter: according to the israeli government and according to egypt, a cease-fire has been reached. what's interesting is a statement that comes from israel that says prime minister netanyahu a short while ago spoke with president barack obama and agreed to his recommendation to give the egypti egyptians a chance to stabilize the situation and calm it down. the israeli prime minister says, yes, in doing it, we are giving it a chance and that he accepted this by president obama's recommendation. so, yes, they're agreeing to it but doesn't sound like a great degree of confidence coming from the israelis. >> this doesn't sound like it takes invasion off the table? >> it does take invasion off the table for now. they said we are going to agree to this, that all parties, according to this deal brokered by egypt, are accepting it. but it sounds like the israelis are still in a wait-and-see mode and are saying, yes, we have accepted this cease-fire

richard engel, thanks. good to see you. this disaster has been a great equalizer. the water rises, the power goes out, that makes you just like everybody else. those who can try to help and because you never know who you're going to meet on the streets of new york, here's what happened when we met up with alec baldwin and his wife. that encounter from nbc's natalie morales. >> reporter: we're used to seeing alec baldwin like this. >> it's good to see you back at work. >> reporter: or as the popular target of the tabloids. but that's not how a lot of new yorkers know him. they know him as their neighbor. he and his wife live in lower manhattan, an area that has spent the week in darkness. >> as you can see, there's no power here in the east village anywhere. so in our building, you can assume that people who are elderly can't go up and down the stairs to get meals, water, any prescriptions, walk their dogs. >> reporter: they wanted to help their neighbors but not intrude on them. so they did it out of the sight of cameras. >> so we volunteered to come today to stand

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near engel street. firefighters say origin is suspicious because there was a strong necessarily of gasoline. the fire did couple $20,000 of damage to the building and $25,000 to three cars. >>> san francisco 49ers head coach said that his recent heart health problems are under control. >> yeah, yesterday, i saw my doctors, i got an evaluation and um, believe we got that one licked. so i feel good about that. >> last week, harvo underwent a procedure, to treat an irregular heartbeat. he did discuss his quarterback again, but refused to say if alex smith or pepper -- >> >>> a show of support for workers ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. rob roth tells us where you could see similar disruptions and employee walk-outs this holiday weekend. >> when do they need it? >> reporter: a know march in the middle of walmart this morning. the protest is part of a nationwide campaign to pressure walmart into paying their workers more and providing benefits. it caught shoppers off guard. >> i understand the pro

we have our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel with more. >> reporter: brian, this mission was classified. the predator drone was not even hit, let alone shot down. so why talk about it now? it seems that the pentagon is trying to give a very public warning to iran that if this kind of thing happens again, the u.s. could respond militarily. they may also want the american public to know this is going on in case we wake up one morning and hear there has been an exchange of fire between the u.s. and iran. all the indications are that iran, containing their nuclear program will be a big prioty for the term of this president >>> well, this incident certainly is on the record now >> thanks for your reporting on it tonight. >>> out west, high drama in a courtroom in arizona, as the man accused of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head, wounding a total of 13, killing six others, received his sentence today. he looked the victims in the eye as they told him how he hajed their lives nbc's miguel almaguer in tucson, good evening >> reporter: brian, good evening, jared lee

. >>> breaking news out of san francisco's engel side neighborhood where there is a two-alarm fire. a three-story building on capital avenue is burning. the fire cruise evacuated a child. no one needed to be taken to the hospital. crews now have the fire under control. the cause is under investigation. tom -- >> a man and two women died in a head on collision. they released the names of the victims. thisy are 49-year-old dong two others. the california highway patrol says they died when another vehicle swerved to avoid an overturned semitruck and collided with their honda head on. >>> a third woman has filed a $10 million claim against the moraga school district over sex abuse allegations. the victim who is now 29 says former moraga inter median science teacher sexually abused her when she was 13 years old. she says three former district administrators failed to report him to proper authorities and then lied to past complaints. three other women filed complaints. he killed himself after several girls came forward in 1996 with alsegations. >>> prosecutors are charging a 15-year-old b