john: good evening, i'm john yang.from the very beginning of the israel-hamas war seven months ago next week, aid groups have been warning that gaza was a humanitarian crisis in the making. and now, cindy mccain, head of the u.n.'s world food program, tells c's "meet the press" the situation has reached a perilous phase. cindy mccain: what i can explain to you is there is full blown famine in the north and it's moving its way south. i just want to be very clear >> because what you're saying is significant and i believe it's the first time we've heard it. you're saying there is full blown famine in northern gaza? cindy mccain: yes, i am. yes, i am. >> and there has not been an official declaration that there is famine, but you are saying that based on what you've seen? cindy mccain: yes, it is. based on what we've seen and what we've experienced on the grinded, yes. >> which is? cindy mccain: it's horror. it's so hard to look at and it's so hard to hear also. john: in southern gaza today, an israeli airstrike se plumes

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i'm john yang.l storms have killed at least 14 people, including two children, and left a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma and arkansas. the storms crossed texas highways, tossing trucks and demolishing roadside structures and small towns. a local sheriff assessed the damage in his community. >> we can rebuild property and you know, as horrible as this looks, probably in two or three months, it, it won't look like this. it'll be better. but, the loss of life is just tragic -- it's always tragic, and that's what hurts the most. john: at least seven of the dead were in cooke county, texas, near the oklahoma border. in arkansas, massive trees were uprooted. across the regn, hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. severe storms delayed the start of today's indianapolis 500. race officials evacuated about 125,500 people who had gathered for the annual memorial day weekend event. the national weather service says there's a high risk of severe thunderstorms tonight from the ozarks

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john: good evening, i'm john yang.onight, israeli forces are again fighting palestinian militants in northern gaza, an area the military sa it had cleared months ago. but israel's earlier operations left a security vacuum there, and hamas has taken advantage of it to regroup. in southern gaza, israel further expanded operations. the military describes what it's doing now as targeted and precise, not the all-out offensive it's been promising. and today was memorial day in israel, the first official commemoration of fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism since the october 7 attacks killed about 1,100 israelis, mostly civilians. in gaza, the hamas-run health ministry says 35,000 palestinians have died since the start of the war. they don't distinguish between civilians and fighters. russia says part of a 10-story apartment buildiing in the border city of belgorod collapsed under ukrainian shelling. at least eight people were killed, and 20 others were hurt. in the kharkiv region of northeastern ukraine, russia continues

john yang am's to the point it's 2nd spice satellite. despite being banned by un resolutions, tornadoes and severe storms in the us have killed more than 20 people across several states. kentucky, oklahoma, arkansas and texas had been the worst hit. kentucky governor andy bashir has declared a state of emergency. hundreds of homes were destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people faced power outages. italian media, se pope francis used a derogatory term about, gave people while in a meeting with bishops. they say he jokingly use the word to repeat his opposition to let him d man train for the priesthood. in the past, po francis has spoken publicly about being respectful toward the eligibility to community and french president and monument. my call is in germany on the 1st state visit by a french leader in 24 years. he used the opportunity to address not only germans, but all europeans in a speech and drugs, tennessee warrens that europe's future could be at stake, pointing to the war and ukraine ends. the rise of the far right. the french president of monitoring my call deliberately le

john yang is away. tonight, there is oil within israel's government. benny gantz, a centrist in beamin netanyahu's war cabinet, is threatening to quit if the government does not adopt a new plan for the war in gaza by june 8. it comes as a ceasefire deal remains elusive and no new hostages have been released since november. and earlier today, israeli airstrikes fell in northern gaza, toppling buildings in jabalia, the largest of gaza's refugee camps, killing 15, and wounding dozens more. meanwhile, national security advisor jake sullivan is in saudi arabia tonight to discuss the war with crown prince mohammed bin salman. he travels to israel tomorrow. back here at home, deadly storms that killed seven people this week in the houston area have moved on, but a new threat remains, dangerous heat. temperatures are expected to go above 90 degrees, and in many places, including houston, it will feel abov100. the heat and humidity throughout the weekend could be dangerous for the nearly half a million homes and businesses in the state of texas that remain wit

john yang is away. in iran tonight, a frantic search and rescue effort is underway after a helicopter carrying the country's president, ebrahim raisi, and his foreign minister apparently crashed. state media described it as a "hard landing" somewhere near the country's northern border with armenia and azerbaijan. president raisi had traveled to the border to inaugurate a new dam. conditions were foggy and rainy as rescue teams scoured mountainous terrain and dense forests for the helicopter. elsewhere in the region, national security advisor jake sullivan met today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to discuss the war in gaza. their meeting follows sullivan's visit with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman yesterday, and comes as israeli leaders are split over their plan for the war. amid the debate, israeli airstrikes on gaza continued. 27 people were killed in an urban refugee camp in central gaza. hospital officials reported most of the dead were women and children. back home, president

as john yang explains they could , be some of the most consequential cases of the year. of those decisions : will shape policies nationwide on divisive issues like homelessness and reproductive rights and some could even affect the presidential election. the passion surrounding these issues were reflected at protests outside the court on oral argument days. now, inside the court, the justices are spending the next two months or so searching for agreement among at least five of them in the 43 cases that remain undecided. watching all of this are two supreme court analysts, newshour's marcia coyle and joan biskupic of cnn, author of nine black robes. joan, marcia, thanks for being here. 61 oral arguments this session. was there any common theme? >> there were a number of themes but i would step back for a moment and look at the court a little bit and say that this appears, especially this term, to be a very confident court, willing to step in to some of the most divisive issues, maybe even eager by some of them to take on these questions, and we see it in the arguments we l

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yang with the latest denied from the type a william, thank you us. and here's the look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world, either by john has taken control of for villages close to the border with armenia as part of an agreement between your divine and barcode. last month or media said that it would return uninhabited villages to either by john. both sides see it as a step towards peace between the 2 countries. at least 4 people were killed when the roof of a restaurant collapsed on the spanish island of maia worker on thursday. with a dozen others were injured. rescuers were still searching the rubble for survivors . according to the police to german nationals were among those 2. as indians, mass of national elections draw it to closing the coming days, the campaigns could well turn out to be the biggest experiment in the use of artificial intelligence that we've ever seen. hundreds of millions of voters will have seen deep fate videos peddling this information or enhanced versions of some of the candidates. the board economic forms, global risk report this year rate india most at risk from this. and this information d