john: good evening, i'm john yang.ht, iran is saying that it might not respond in kind to israel's first ever open attack on its soil if there's a ceasefire in gaza and lebanon. more than 100 israeli fighter jets and unmanned drones struck iranian military targets. iran's state run news agency said 4 members of its military were killed. >> the long anticipated retaliatory attack came early saturday morning. israeli defense forces that it struck targets where missiles are billed and stored. their answers were in april and earlier this month. those follow the killings of iranian and hezbollah leaders which iran blamed on israel. on state tv, iran's ruling regime played down the damage. >> although the country's integrated air defense systems successfully confront of the act of aggression, committed damage has been caused to some places. the scope of the attack is being investigated. john: idf spokesman daniel hug ari indicated israeli retaliation was done, for now. >> we are focused on the targets of the war in gaza and

john: good evening, i'm john yang.vernight, israel carried out the heaviest bombardment of beirut in its air campaign against hezbollah. massive explosions lit up the skies and plumes of thick smoke covered the city. civilians had been warned to evacuate their homes. they returned to ash and rubble. >> let all the countries talk to them and put pressure on them to stop the war and negotiate with each other. let them deal with it. what is the fault of the people? and those children who died? they left us with nothing, and we have become nothing. john: nearly a quarter of the lebanese population has been displaced in beirut. some live out of their cars or tents. special correspondent leila moana allen is in beirut tonight. leyla, the israelis have intensified both the scope and the intensity of their bombardment of hezbollah in lebanon. where is the sense of where this goes from here? leyla: they have. and what's really been clear over the last few days is just how much that bombardment has intensified. a week ago, we we

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i am john yang.eath toll and destruction are growing in the middle east amid more fighting on both of israel fronts. in northern gaza, there was heavy bombardment after 22 people were killed and airstrikes. they say supplies are dwindling and bodies remain uncollected in the streets. in southern lebanon, the israeli military ordered residents of 23 viages to evacuate for their own safety. they claim hezbollah is hiding weapons and launching attacks from the area. the group denies it. in syria, the u.s. military says it has conducted a series of airstrikes targeting isis camps. central command says they will disrupt the terrorist group's ability to plan and carry out attacks against the united statesnd its allies. the military said there were no civilian casualties. they are working to assess the damage from hurricane milton claimed for at least 10 deaths. more than one million people remain without power. governor ron desantis announced the opening of state run sites in the tampa area where people ca

the drills come amid high tensions with north korea, after reports of john yang had sent some 3000 troops to support russia's war in ukraine. so i clone. dana is growing and strength as it heads towards the east coast of india. authorities have close schools, cancel trains, and evacuated hundreds of thousands of people in preparation for us land fall late thursday. climate scientists say severe storms are becoming more frequent in south asia. russia is paulette president, platinum and 13 is expected to meet with you and secretary general, antonio gutierrez, for the 1st time in more than 2 years. the meeting is due to take place on the final day of the break summit in the russian city of cousin or gutierrez, arrived there on wednesday to attend the summit hosted by booting keeps. foreign ministry says the meeting damages the u. n's reputation. world leaders from $36.00 countries are attending the event, which is the largest diplomatic gathering in russia's census full scale invasion of ukraine began. you might be 2 point oh, i spoke earlier about the break summit with our ukraine correspon

i'm john yang. the pentagon said today it's sending israel an advanced missile defense system and the 100 u.s. troops needed to operate it. the announcement came just hours after iran warned the united states to keep forces out of israel. the move bolsters israel's protection against a mislle barrage like the one iran launched two weeks ago. it comes as israel steps up its assault on gaza and lebanon. in gaza late today, at least 13 people died when a tank shelled a school sheltering displaced people. overnight in central gaza, an airstrike killed a family of eight, including six children. israel warned people in northern gaza to leave, but residents say there's nowhere to go and they're running out of supplies. in southern lebanon today, an israeli airstrike on a century-old market killed one person and wounded several others. israel said it struck more than 200 hezbollah targets as it told more villages to evacuate. doctors in southern lebanon report an increase in premature births due to stress.

and he took serious issue with criticisms of the strategic partnership between moscow and john yang for sending the bed. and the ben z a says that the west seems to think that they are the only ones who are allowed to cooperate militarily with their allies. and that even if the p r k, troops were helping the russian military and ukraine, that would be within the framework of international law. after all, the after up young yang and moscow signed their own comprehensive strategic partnership back in june. and that had a clause for mutual defense. so according to ben z a, this is all just kind of a distraction from the terrible state of ukraine's war effort right now. there's an immediate cease to be unfounded. claim of an absence of convincing evidence and the desire to divert attention from significant problems that threaten international peace and security. a once again here today as we listen to the statements of the united states and its allies, we see the only goal of this performance to try to justify their own decisions. in retrospect, by sending nato troops to support the regime

john yang is here with more. , tadarrius bean, demetrius haley, and justin smith, all convicted of trying to cover up their actions. haley was also convicted of violating nichols' civil rights by caung bodily injury, and bean and smith were acquitted of civil rights charges. they were among the five former officers who fatally punched, kicked, and hit nichols in 2023 after he ran from a traffic stop. police body-cam and surveillance video of the fatal encounter was shown almost every day of the three-week trial. after the verdict was read, tyre nichols's father said the family was elated. he said this was justice and a long time coming. the three also face state murder charges. thaddeus johnson teaches criminal justice and criminology at georgia state university, and is a former ranking memphis police officer. what do you make of this verdict, this split decision? thaddeus: it makes sense. this is actually what we want in our current system, to cater the punishments or the charges for the actual crimes. based on t

. >> andrew yang finally broke from john edwards and wrote a book in which he came out and acknowledged cover up more than that, he named john as the mastermind of it all. >> what is this politics is almost cult-like. i worked for john edwards for ten years and here we were on the verge of possible presidency the senator called man said, my wife, samantha dei. will you consider helping me cover this up so this is not on the front page of every newspaper in the world. >> so as federal investigators circle john edwards was out of options except one, john edwards now admitting he is the father of the child born to campaign aide, rielle hunter. it's sort of maury povich for the upwardly mobile, you are the father brought those are disappointed and hurt these words will never be enough. >> but i am truly sorry. >> and what about edward's wife of 32 years, elizabeth, she's not only had to deal with her husband the trail, she's dealing with a cancer that threatens to take her life. >> john edwards confession to elizabeth was reportedly done privately she added an afterword to her memoir, resil

as you say, there was a, there was a question from an american john list who were doing about these allegations of north korean troops, yang and russia, positively preparing to go into the price and food and said, well, if there are pictures, perhaps that means something, yeah. yeah. and the question also was whether or not, if that would happen, would that escalate the situation? but he said again, what really escalated the situation? was it not to of so 2014. and then was it not the training of the previous soldiers and all of these funds and weapons pouring into ukraine? and then she also reminded again about the midst agreements and then how you are being partners. then openly, you said that they were just, you know, waiting for the end to give time to you credit the you're getting ready for. oh yeah. yeah, exactly. so i mean that was, was it just portion co came out front will alone came out and go a mug. oh, they all came out. i want to be admitted to mr. quotes with just and illusion. i even pushing the i blame myself to being i eve for trusting, trusting them. yeah, that's true. well that was a all to political cor

yang is a professor and provost of uc san diego's muir. muir college, named after the environmentalist writer, founder of the sierra club, john viewer. right, professor good to see you. you spearheaded this initiative why was this important to uc san diego right. >> thank you so much, fredricka want many people on the shoulders of giants uc san diego started with started climate change science with the keeling curve. >> so is charles david keeling, who's that's why we know how much carbon is in atmospheres because of his work. so but this is really a student-driven initiative. it was the number one issue with our students before covid. and this requirements unusual because it's the only time we've ever asked you to south for their opinion to be honest, we don't ask them if they want to take calc sign it. but this went before our students for a vote. it was unanimous and there trying to spread the word to other universities so far i will say yeah but, you know, we've given them a big problem and we feel like we should give them every solution possible. and so we would like them to have the full backing of their education to solve clim