>> josh lederman on the ground in israel. thank you. >>> now in the latest twist between the court battle between special counsel and former president trump. his legal team asking an appeals court to dismiss the federal election interference case against him. it comes after the supreme court declined to fast track the case. mr. trump has argued that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election >>> and in california outrage tonight after a mother was fatally shot when sheriff's deputies responded to her domestic violence call liz kreutz spoke to her father and has late details tonight >> reporter: tonight questions mounting over the death of this 27-year-old mother. her family says she was shot and killed by police in front of her 9-year-old daughter after calling 911 seeking help for domestic violence. her family has filed a legal claim, the first step to filing a lawsuit. in it they allege in early december she called for help after her estranged boyfriend would not leave

and for the hostages that remain in gaza, few signs of hope for new negotiations josh lederman, nbc news, tel aviv >>> all right, back here at home, and to politics now republican presidential candidate nikki haley on the defensive tonight for what she left out when she was asked about the causes of the civil war. ryan nobles has this one. >> reporter: tonight, republican presidential candidate nikki haley in cleanup mode after leaving out slavery as a root cause of the civil war during a town hall in new hampshire on wednesday. >> what do you want me to say about slavery >> i think you've answered my question thank you. >> next question >> reporter: haley spent thursday attempting to explain what she meant >> of course the civil war was about slavery. >> reporter: and made clear the role slavery played in american history. >> we know the civil war was about slavery. but it was also more than that. it was about the freedoms of every individual >> reporter: her opponents seized on the comments president joe biden responding, quote, it was about slavery. and gop rival ron desantis arguing

officials, working to hammer out those differences with israel's closest ally. >> all right, josh lederman joins us tonight from tel aviv. josh, there was an explosion near israel's embassy in new delhi. what do we know about that >> reporter: well, israel's national security council says it was a potential terror attack. and while no one was injured, with tensions so high over this war globally, israel is warning its citizens to be on high alert. tom? >> all right, josh, thank you for that >>> now to the war in ukraine, where that country's military says it launched a cruise missile attack that destroyed a large russian warship at a port on the black sea. the moment of impact, you see it here in this video, taken in russian-occupied crimea one person was reported killed. >>> back here at home to our south, where thousands of migrants have joined a caravan in central america that's making its way to the u.s it comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to visit mexico's capital tomorrow morgan chesky reports from the border. >> reporter: tonight in southern mexico, a new migrant c

first look at what israel calls the largest hamas tunnel it has uncovered so far in gaza nbc's josh lederman takes us inside. >> reporter: we start our journey into gaza at this crossing, the border checkpoint ransacked by hamas on october 7th, now in shambles entering northern gaza on foot, the sounds of gunfire ricochet across the desert. as we pass a vast wasteland of mangled steel and concrete blocks, tanks rolling by and the hum of israeli drones overhead the gazans call them mosquitoes, and they are a daily reminder that everyone here is being watched. the israeli military has brought us here to see what it says is evidence of how hamas has burrowed itself into gaza's population you've got reinforced concrete they have electrical wires. there is plumbing overhead i'm about 5'8", and you can see this goes way above my head. so, it's probably about ten feet tall. nbc news can't verify what this tunnel was used for or when, but israel is under increasing pressure to prove its allegations about hamas, especially after its deadly onslaught at gaza's largest hospital last month. several inde

josh lederman, nbc news, tv. >>> a report is alleging meta is censoring pro-palestinian voices. that's according to human rights watch. it reviewed thousands of cases. in a statement, meta says that, quote, it ignores the realities of enforcing policies in a conflict like this, which is fast and evolving. meta also said using 1,000 examples out of so much content is misleading. nbc news has not been able to verify this report. >>> contra costa county health inspector rs will return to a martinez oil refinery today after they started an inspection which they say could last for weeks. health leaders want to know what caused dozens of flaring incidents since late last year. the last one went on for hours and released a thick layer of dust which spread across homes, gardens, and vehicles on thanksgiving. officials hope the extensive surprise inspection leads to more accountability and prevents future incidents from happening. county supervisor who sits on the air quality advisory board, plans to hold face-to-face meetings with refinery executives to discuss the issues. the refinery

josh lederman reports. >> reporter: from the gaza darkness, an air strike has ripped through rafah. palestinians dig for survivors with their bare hands, and then there in the rubble, a child is found, just 10 months old named tala. she's covered by a mattress, unconscious but breathing. they chant, she's alive, she's alive. her father ahmed buried feet away is freed. seconds later, baby tala is freed too. she clings to life carried by a neighbor to the hospital. the child survives, but her mother, siblings, grandmother and three uncles did not. the next morning, ahmed has yet to see his daughter. her cousin collects her from a nearby tent city. her leg is broken, but she's okay. "where is your brother and sister," he says? a father and daughter now united in loss. he tells her, there's no one left for us, no one but each other. josh lederman, nbc news. >> we thank josh and his team for that moving report. >>> we'll be right back in 60 seconds with an nbc news exclusive about that chinese spy balloon shot down earlier this year. >>> plus, the new technology to keep new year's celebr

here's josh lederman. >> reporter: tonight, in a rare move, israel's military admitting serious mistakes. acknowledging a christmas eve strike on a central gaza refugee camp unnecessarily killed civilians. israel saying its fighter jets were targeting hamas sites, but also struck nearby buildings, adding the idf regrets the harm to uninvolved individuals. the idf also concluding an investigation into how israeli troops mistakenly killed three hostages this month, saying their deaths could have been prevented. a spokesman saying, we are responsible for what happened. meanwhile, another american family is grieving tonight. 70-year-old judy weinstein, a u.s. citizen, was believed to be held hostage in gaza. but her kibbutz announced she was killed in the october 7th terror attacks and her body brought to gaza. her 73-year-old husband suffered the same fate. there are now six americans presumed captive in gaza, including idf soldier edan alexander from new jersey, who turns 20 tomorrow. >> he's my boy. and every day, every minute of the day i'm just -- i'm terrified. >> reporter: and a forme

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nbc's josh lederman is in tel aviv with more. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been meeting with the families of hostages in the gaza strip, saying that talks for their release are ongoing but not giving any details about progress. we learn one of those hostages, an american citizen, is no longer alive. 70-year-old judy weinstein had been believed to be a hostage in gaza, but now the kibbutz where she's from said she was murdered in israel during the october 7th terror attacks and her body brought to gaza, this as we are also hearing about new israeli air strikes in rafah in the gaza strip that the palestinian health ministry run by hamas said killed dozens. israel has also been acknowledging some serious mistakes in this war, including acknowledging another air strike on christmas eve that killed civilians at refugee camp in central gaza. and in the meantime, there are new tensions that have been breaking out really throughout the middle east with the u.s. navy saying that it shot down a ballistic missile overnight that was launched by iran-packed houthi rebels from

josh lederman, nbc news, the gaza strip. >>> all right, back here at home to that incredible story of survival from indiana where a man trapped in his pickup truck was finally rescued after six days thanks to a couple of fishermen who came across the vehicle by chance. shaquille brewster picks up the story. >> reporter: indiana state police tonight celebrating two fishermen who discovered a man in a mangled truck stuck under a highway for six days. just before sunset tuesday police say mario garcia and nivardo delatorre were scouting for fishing holes along salt creek when they spotted something under this i-94 overpass. you didn't even know it was a car. >> i didn't even know -- it looked like a bunch of metal at first. it was that mangled up. it's a pickup truck. >> reporter: they say they found 27-year-old matt reum pinned inside. police say the car narrowly missed the guardrail, drove on the grass shoulder, went airborne, likely rolled around for a bit ending up on this side of the creek. >> i woke him up, and he turned around and looked right at me with his eyes wide open. like t

nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman joins us now from tel aviv. josh, quick question to you, the u.n. assistant secretary general is renewing calls for an immediate cease fire between israel and hamas. saying the humanitarian crisis in gaza is, quote, deteriorating. what is the latest you're finding there on the ground in israel? >> certainly no signs that a cease-fire is imminent, michael. in fact, over the last few days the focus of israel's campaign has really been on central gaza where it says it is working to clear out hamas from some of the refugee camps as well as southern gaza in khan yunis and rafah, some of the populated areas there. today the israeli military saying once again it is creating a window today where it says the ball stopped bombing in rafah to allow civilians to exit that city. which has really been packed with hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled from the north. and as these refugees are being told to evacuate to different places, and then evacuate the places to which they just fled to, the areas for them to go t

josh lederman joins us.ce at this refugee camp in central gaza where the hamas-run health ministry says at least 70 people were killed. israel's military tells us it is reviewing the incident, but it comes after one of the deadliest stretches of the war so far for israel with a dozen troops killed over the weekend and another two killed just this morning. israel is also releasing new video of a sprawling network of tunnels that it says it discovered under northern gaza, complete with a shower, a toilet, electrical gear, and even a water cooler. israel also says five hostages were found dead inside, and this conflict is now spilling out of gaza across the region with the u.s. navy ship shooting down drones launched toward it in the red sea by iranian-backed houthis in yemen, and for the first time in this war, the u.s. is also accusing iran directly of striking a chemical tanker in the indian ocean iran is now denying that claim, and on this christmas morning, all of the festivities in the occupied west bank

josh lederman joins me, and also with me is admiral stavridis, former supreme commander of nato. josh, i want to start with you. we know that israel is regularly coming un -- under attack, to give us the latest from both places. >> reporter: a lot of those attacks are coming from the north, from hezbollah, where some 30 rockets last night targeting the northernmost city in israel. additional strikes today, drones coming over the border with israel warning it may not be able to prevent a second front in the war there. we are also learning within the last hour or so that another american citizen is now dead as a result of this war. a 70 years judy weinstein has been believed to be held captive in the gaza strip after being kidnapped on october 7th. now her kibbutz says they have learned she was actually killed on october 7th, and her body brought to the gaza strip. that's also the case with her husband, who we learned several days ago was also in the same situation. it turned out had also been killed in israel, brought to gaza. now the number of american citizens believed to be held

since friday, and still no progress on negotiations to bring home hostages or stop the fighting josh lederman leads us off tonight from tel aviv >> reporter: under pressure to wrap up the war, a defiant prime minister netanyahu tonight saying not a chance. slipping into gaza for a secret wartime visit. telling israeli troops there, "we don't stop. this war continues to the end. the visit came just hours after one of the deadliest strikes in the war. the hamas-run palestinian health ministry says 250 people were killed over 24 hours, including at least 70 in a strike on a central gaza refugee camp and potentially many more. this man, ibrahim, says his wife and four children were among them, still buried under rubble "the world watches us as we die and are slaughtered," he says. israel's military says it's reviewing the incident israeli families are also in mourning 17 troops have been killed in battle since friday, the idf says, and thousands more families wondering whether loved ones will come home >> hi. >> reporter: like raffi and shaili lipa whose 20-year-old son itamar has been fighting i

no one but each other josh lederman, nbc news. >> thanks, josh lederman for that report.ichael beschloss is back with us, michael, you wrote presidents of war. how is president biden holding these few conflicts, the ukraine and israel's war on gaza? >> well, first of all, i hope everyone paid close attention to josh lederman's report because no seen person can feel to be stirred by civilian casualties like that. in terms of president biden, this is a case of a president of war, and it's not his war. it's true of ukraine. in terms of ukraine, one of the toughest things for an american president to do, especially nowadays in the wake of two wars of so many americans feel failed in afghanistan and iraq, is to get americans to agree to give resources to, for instance, zelenskyy and ukraine to defend himself and his country against the russians. biden has help to make the case and build an alliance that says we are going to do that, a, because we help people who fight for freedom, and be, if ukraine falls, that could be the end of other states in europe, even endangered my wes

. >> nbc's josh lederman is in tel aviv for us. rough this critical vote at the u.n. today and particularly what it might mean to the people in gaza. >> well, chris, it is a significant diplomatic development that the u.n. security council is now able to speak out in one voice about the gaza conflict because up until now, the u.s. has really been blocking these resolutions, in large part out of concerns about the call in previous drafts of these resolutions for a complete cessation of hostilities in the gaza strip. the u.s. said they didn't think that would help accomplish the goal of ensuring israel's security, and so this resolution was watered down so that there's no call for a cease fire, but it does say that nations should work toward building the conditions for an eventual cease fire, and also critically important to the arab nations that supported this resolution includes calls for expanded humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. i want you to hear what u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas-greenfield had to say about why th

let's get right to nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman, live for us in tel aviv. , welcome, good to have you, despite some recent talks here of israel potentially winding down, or at least transitioning its ground offensive, it appears that things right now are only ramping up. >> reporter: that's right, that's certainly the public message from israel's government, sam, in fact, during that visit to the gaza strip that you were just mentioning that prime minister netanyahu paid today, he addressed this very specifically, he said, look, to those who are saying that we should be pulling back now, there is no such thing, we are going to continue with this war until we finish, until the very end, and not one minute sooner. and so clearly the israeli government trying to send the signal that it is not succumbing to any global pressure to end this war, but that having been said there are shifts in the way that this is playing out kinetically. at the beginning of the war we saw those intense air strikes and other attacks in the northern part of gaza. in recent days the at

nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman is in tel aviv, israel for us. , what appears to be goal of today's meeting between top israeli and u.s. officials over there in washington? >> reporter: well, jacob, i just spoke with an israeli official here in israel who told me there are really three priorities for ron dermer's meetings in washington today, one, israeli u.s. cooperation. they also plan to talk about the current state of progress in this war. but they also plan to talk, according to this israeli official, about the day after hamas is ultimately defeated, which has been the israeli goal here all along. and so both the u.s. and israel are trying to portray this as a meeting among friends where they're going to trade notes and talk strategy together. but it's clear there is a lot of tension right now because the u.s. has been disappointed that israel has not, so far, taken the kinds of steps the u.s. has been asking to limit the civilian casualties as we continue to see these disastrous strikes by israel in the gaza strip, killing hundreds of people

joining me now from tel aviv, and with the news foreign correspondent josh lederman with more. now, quote, at its height. we are do things stand with israel's goal to eliminate hamas as netanyahu is warning that this war will continue for a long time now? >> reporter: right now, the focus of israel's military campaign has really been in central and southern gaza, with additional airstrikes just in the last few hours targeting that area. and israel says that while it obviously wants to resolve this conflict as soon as possible, it's just not there yet. prime minister netanyahu telling the israeli public international address that the idf needs more time to accomplish that goal of eliminating hamas. so, this is going to continue for many months according to the prime minister. at the same time, israel is trying to make some adjustments to make this feasible for the israeli public going forward, including starting to call back some of the reservists who have been a key part of this war. because when you think about it, there are some 300,000 people who have been called back into t

josh lederman is reporting from tel aviv. josh?reporter: israel is admitting serious mistakes in its war against hamas, saying a christmas eve air strike in alma ghazi likely harmed civilians. at least 70 people died in that incident. israel says while they were target hag mas sites that i recollect struck nearby buildings, likely harming civilians who were uninvolved. israel says it regrets those deaths and it is working to learn from this incident to prevent it from happening again. also, israel has released the results of an investigation into that friendly fire incident from just a few weeks ago when israeli troops mistakenly killed three hostages. that investigation concluding that the shooting should not have happened and that the deaths could have been prevented. now, it is very rare for israel's military during this war to admit mistakes of this magnitude, but it comes as we are learning an american citizen believed to be held hostage in the gaza strip is actually dead. 70-year-old judy weinstein was believed to have been c

want to bring in josh lederman from tel aviv to talk us through more on what we're hearing from on theosh, if you will, walk us through it, what happened there in the last 24 or so? >> reporter: well, yasmin, it has been pretty rare in the course of this war for the israeli military to admit mistakes in the way it executed this war. but over the last 24 hours, we have heard from israel acknowledging fault on several points. both in terms of that friendly fire incident you mentioned, three hostages that were shot earlier this month by israeli troops with investigation concluding the shooting should not have taken place. and that those deaths could have been prevented, but also israel's military acknowledging that in an air strike on christmas eve on the central gaza al maghazi refugee camp, that civilians were likely killed. the military saying they were targeting hamas, but that an investigation concluded that they also struck with their fighter jets nearby buildings where civilians were, the military saying they regret that, they're trying to learn lessons from it. but it comes as we

nbc's josh lederman is following that story for us. french police say this man was already on their watch list. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, chris, right now paris and frankly, western europe are reckoning with how yet another terror attack was carried out without being stopped in advance. because the list of red flags here was very long. you mentioned he was on a watch list. he was put on that terror watch list after he was previously imprisoned for four years for attempting a previous failed terror attack, and authorities in france say that not only was he known to have severe psychiatric illness, but he had also been in contact with jihadis in france that plotted other terror attacks, and it's becoming more and more clear as police carry out this investigation that while he had a long and troubled history, that more recently he had been very agitated by the events in the israel-gaza war. this suspect is said to have shouted allahu akbar as he was carrying out the attack, and told police after he was tasered and apprehended

joining us for more, josh lederman from tel aviv.e can you tell us about the situation unfolding right now? >> reporter: well, steven, the hope from the u.s. and certainly from some palestinians is that israel is going to be moving into a lower scale intensity version of this conflict. away from the kind of widespread air strikes we saw in the early stages of the war, as they have made a lot of progress in eliminating hamas, particularly in the north where israel says it is nearly finished clearing hamas battalions from the northern part of the gaza strip. we really have not seen a reduction in the the tensity of the war that israel is waging. in fact, we have seen these continued air strikes you mentioned that have killed dozens of people, sometimes even larger numbers. including according to palestinian health officials, a large number of civilians. and as the war continues to grind on, with few opportunities for humanitarian aid to get in or for civilians to get to safety, the health crisis is really deteriorating, with new statis

want to bring in from tel aviv josh lederman. an inside look at these tunnels, not far from the israeli border. what did you see? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. it is only about a ten-minute walk from this tunnel that i went into today to the border crossing with israel, where before the war, thousands of gazan palestinians would go into israel every single day to work and now that border crossing is essentially a pile of mangled steel and broken concrete after damage from the october 7th attacks. and israel is able to bring journalists like myself into gaza, into northern gaza specifically to see the tunnels because it has largely finished clearing out hamas battalions in the north while in the south and in central gaza, israel's military says the war is far from over. take a look. this morning, israel is grinding ahead with a war it says will last many more months. inside the gaza strip, the heavy fighting continued overnight. israel saying it hit more than 100 sites on tuesday. gaza's health ministry saying 241 people were k

nbc's josh lederman has more. >> reporter: there were really high hopes for ukraine's counter offensivea whole lot of coordination with the u.s. military and with other ally, and the hope was that ukraine would be able to repeat its successes from its last campaigns last year when ukraine was able to take back a whole lot of territory, especially in southern ukraine. but this year, the counter offensive has largely fallen flat for the ukrainians, and now as we move into these cold winter months, that window of opportunity to take back territory from russia is largely gone. ukraine did make some territorial gains but they were extremely modest. about a couple hundred square miles according to a "washington post" analysis. at the same time, russia has also captured other land, and so right now, the battlefield largely looks like a stalemate, and that is hugely concerning for the ukrainians because they are already seeing the world's focus start to shift to the israel-gaza war. they are in dire need of military support, including from the u.s., and may not get help if allies don't feel lik

josh lederman. appreciate it. >>> here in the u.s., along the southern border bracing for a large caravan to arrive any day. that group of men, women and children traveling through mexico now. experts worry think arrival will add more stress to an immigration system already the brink. cities along the border and further north say they're running out of space to shelter people. it's why secretary of state antony blinken made an emergency trip to mexico meeting with the country's president. morgan chev chesky joins me now. what kind of consensus did the u.s. and mexico land on? >> reporter: well it was a closed-door meeting. and so while we don't know the specifics of what the positive outcomes are as a result of this sitdown between secretary of state blinken and mexico's president we have an idea to at least some of the topics broached by these two leaders. ongoing migrant crisis. among those include the u.s. committing to repatriate more migrants and mexico promising to crack down more on the smugg

joining us now josh lederman. welcome.k us through the resolution, and what happens now that it's been passed? >> reporter: it doesn't call for a cease fire as you pointed out, alex. it does call for working to lay the ground work for conditions that could ultimately lead to the fighting stopping, and also calls for not only more humanitarian aid into gaza but a special envoy to oversee the mechanics of getting humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. linda thomas-greenfield, the ambassador for the united states says this is a positive step but not perfect. president u.s. didn't vote for it, they simply didn't veto it. that allows it to go forward. take a listen to what the ambassador to the u.n. had to say about the importance of this resolution. >> it's hard to overstate how urgent this is. yesterday, humanitarian groups released a report from the dire food security crisis in gaza, and the word famine has started to enter the vocabulary of humanitarian leaders i've met with. surgeries are being performed without anesthesia.

here's nbc news correspondent josh lederman. >> reporter: for centuries the hanukkah candles burningght over darkness and jews stand in the shadow of a new fear. surging anti-semitism and threat of terrorism. >> light bringing red apparently we missed it. would you say there's multiple blinking red lights out there? >> i see blinking lights everywhere i turn. >> reporter: the fbi director chris wray testifying the terror threat higher than at any point since isis a decade ago. >> by far and away biggest chunk of tips and leads coming in fast and constantly to us post-october 7th by far to the jewish community. >> reporter: issue as guide to places of worship protecting themselves. tips like trimming bushes. similar across europe. >> a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the european union. >> reporter: crossing the eu to devote more than $32 million to protecting places of worship. the french government urging extreme vigilance after a fatal terrorist attack over the weekend by a man who told police he was angry about the war and london metropolitan police telling nbc news they've made

a suspect josh lederman, nbc news. >>> now to queens, new york, where a stabbing suspect attacked police officers. a young girl called 911 early sunday morning and said her cousin was killing her family members. when police arrived, the suspect stabbed one officer in the neck and hit another before he was fatally shot. an 11-year-old girl was found stabbed outside the house. she did not survive. three other family members also died in the attack, including a 12-year-old boy. a 61-year-old woman is in critical condition. the officers who are hurt are expected to be okay. an investigation is ongoing. >>> now let's turn to capitol hill where the house could vote as soon as this week on authorizing an impeachment inquiry into president biden. but some republicans are warning against this effort. here is allie raffa. >> reporter: house republicans are gearing up to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden possibly as early as this week. >> i think it's something we have to do at this juncture. >> reporter: the inquiry the first of a multipatchy fog step process in the house th

nbc's josh lederman is following all of this development out of southern israel. >> reporter: this morning, gaza is reeling from one of the deadliest stretches of the war. some 250 palestinians killed in a 24-hour period, the hamas health ministry says, including 70 in a christmas eve air strike on a central gaza refugee camp. this is what's left of the camp now. the dead and wounded piling up at a nearby hospital, itself barely still standing. >> doctors and nurses here are doing their best. it will never be enough until there's a cease-fire. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under increasing pressure to change course by aid groups, foreign nations, and by families of israeli hostages still captive in gaza. they heckled him in israeli parliament with a sign that said, "what if it was your daughter? "but netanyahu was defiant during an unannounced visit to the war zone, telling troops in gaza, we don't stop. this war continues until the end. with one of netanyahu's top advisers in washington today to discuss the war's next phase, netanyahu writing in the "wall street journa

josh lederman records from tel aviv. >> reporter: tonight as israeli airstrikes rein down on south andtral gaza, prime minister netanyahu is vowing the war will go on for many more months, telling the nation the idf needs more time to route hamas and rebuffing calls to resign after the war. as israel pushes deeper into gaza, the hamas palestinian health ministry says another 150 people were killed in a single day. hundreds of others badly wounded, but a rare piece of good news for the spiraling humanitarian crisis. israel says it is ready to let european nations deliver aid to gaza by sea. tonight a team of six american surgeons has arrived in gaza to help and told nbc news what they're seeing. >> the sanitation is unbelievable. people living in the hallway, sleeping in the hallway, cooking. it is just a recipe for disaster, for infections. >> reporter: on this new year's eve there is no celebration in israel for the families of more than 100 hostages. >> i want to get my life back. i haven't slept for 86 days. >> reporter: and survivors of hamas's october 7th terror attack are still s

back to you. >> nbc's jay gray and josh lederman reporting for us there from israel. you heard jay mention hezbollah, a member of israel's war cabinet. they're threatening to open a second front along the country's e iranian-backed group has n. been firing since the war began. they struck a greek orthodox group. the israeli defense minister is warning, quote, if the world and lebanese government don't act in order to prevent the firing, the world will do it. benjamin netanyahu appeared to support that saying either they back off or israel will push it themselves. they say they are in a state of very high readiness. joining us is alex ward and senior correspondent of foreign policy, michael hirsh. good morning, alex, i'll start with you. i'll start with jay. they stopped you in your tracks talking about a six or seven-front war, and as jay also mentioned, american troops i iraq and syria have been targeted. so is this part of what hamas was looking for on october 7th with that heinous attack, was to provoke israel into just this kind of war? >> i'm not sure hamas expec

nbc's josh lederman is in london with more on what is being discussed. t war in gaza, the region is also on the front lines of climate change, with water and food shortages that are getting worse as the planet gets hotter, and that really sets the scene for this year's u.n. climate summit in dubai where world leaders have been scrambling to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius which is a goal scientists say is barely within reach. today a big focus is on methane, a greenhouse gas 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, at trapping heat in the atmosphere. the biden administration this morning announced stricter methane limits for the oil and gas industry, which are expected to cut future emissions by 80%. and vice president kamala harris was speaking at the summit today, she pledged another there are 3 billion for a fund to help developing countries adapt to global warming. but climate change is already wreaking havoc on communities around the world. in fact, just this week, scientists said that 2023 has already become the hottest year on record

josh lederman is in tel aviv with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. israel says this resolution is a disgrace because it does not condemn the hamas atrocities on october 7th. but the u.s. says it is a massive step toward speeding up humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. the resolution doesn't call for an immediate cease-fire, but it does lay the groundwork for a greater u.n. role in coordinating aid, which has been an urgent need as the world food program is warning that 9 in 10 are going a full day without eating. the aid groups say distributing food and water is nearly impossible while this war is still raging. as israel's military says it is now expanding its operations in southern gaza while moving into the final stages in northern gaza. that may be a sign that u.s. pressure is working, because the biden administration has been pushing israel to wind up its large-scale attacks and transition instead to these targeted strikes that would kill far less palestinian civilians. president biden is also mourning the death of another american citizen, 73-y

. >>> also ahead, nbc's josh lederman looks inside a hamas tunnel discovered by the israeli military.little bit of it there. you won't want to miss it. "morning joe" just a few moments away. " just a few moments away >>> welcome back. the house oversight and judiciary committees are seeking any communication between hunter biden and the white house concerning his decision to defy a congressional subpoena earlier this month. the move which oversight chairman james comer and judiciary chairman jim jordan admit is not based on any evidence that such communication exists, is all part of the gop-led impeachment inquiry into president biden. the chairmen are seeking to determine whether the president was involved in his son's decision to not sit for a closed-door deposition to the oversight committee. the letter refers to a comment made by karine jean-pierre in which she responded to being asked if he responded outside the capitol that day. jean-pierre answered by saying this. the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. senior white house officials also said the

joining me now, josh lederman from tel aviv, as well as four star general barry mccaffrey. at is this former hostage saying? >> reporter: this is a 23-year-old woman. there was a video hamas released of her while she was a hostage, we assume made under duress, where she says she's fine, i'm being treated well, they are giving us good food. we knew that was likely not her able to speak freely while she was in captivity. now that she is a free woman, she's painting a very different picture. she likens her time in captivity to the holocaust. she says that she was operated on her hand without anesthesia by a surgeon who told her, you are never going back home alive. she says rather than being held in a tunnel, she was held in a house, a family's home, with women and children who would taunt her. at some point i realized, why am i being held -- why are there women and children here? what's going on that civilians are mixed up in what is really a hostage captivity situation? this comes as we are hearing more from the israeli government about their efforts to bring these hostages h

joining me is josh lederman and retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs. great to have you with me today. josh, let's start with you. we know netanyahu is laying out his prerequisites for peace. he made a visit into the war zone. how is the defiance sitting with the people of israel? >> reporter: those calls for peace, for a cease-fire, are ringing out from so many corners of the world. in israel, they are not. they are not happening. the israeli public was so shocked by the events of october 7th, that there's broad support here for continuing this war and achieving the objectives of eliminating hamas. frankly, from those here in israel who had previously made up the left wing, who were the most supportive of reaching a peace agreement with the palestinians, they are broadly in support of this war. the one area where that gets a little shaky is when it comes to the hostages, and the disagreement about the best way to bring them home. there are some family supporters of the hostages who think maybe israel scaling back the war would be more effective to bring

nbc's josh lederman is following the story for us and joining us now. josh, good to talk to you.re can you tell us about this attack and how police were able to stop the suspect? >> reporter: well, yasmin, this attack has once again left france staring down the threat of terror after really a string of incidents over the last several years. authorities say that this suspect who is in his mid twenties, was born in france, stabbed this german tourist just steps from the eiffel tower. he stabbed another woman. the man died. again, he ran over a bridge and hit two other people with a hammer who were both injured. police responded very quickly and they were able to locate him. and they teased him and they brought him to custody where the french interior minister said that after being apprehended, the suspect told police that he was upset about the situation in gaza and in afghanistan. they said that he called friends and accomplice of israel. and we know that french president macron has now said that this is in his view a terror attack and it will be investigated as such. we know that

josh lederman is in tel aviv. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.me minister netanyahu is calling this a difficult morning, after israel suffereds heavy losses throughout the weekend. he also says israel has no choice but to keep fighting. this morning, despite growing global pressure for a cease-fire, the war in gaza rages on. israel confirming 14 more of its troops have been killed, bringing the total to 153, during two months of ground combat. but israel's military also claiming battlefield victories, saying it ambushed hamas terrorists after luring them out of a building with decoy shots. nbc news can't verify that account. in northern gaza, scenes of destruction and despair. bodies decomposing and a hospital in ruins. the health ministry says more than 200 gazans were killed yesterday alone. that rising death toll is dampening hopes a u.n. security council resolution passed on friday will quickly end the bloodshed or the humanitarian suffering. the u.s. has been pushing israel to scale back and protect palestinian civilians. last night, preside

in northern gaza, nbc's josh lederman got a new look at what israel describes as the largest hamas tunnel discovered so far. take a look. >> this is the entrance. you can see how it goes from the surface of the earth diagonally into the ground. you could see how they fit a full-size vehicle down into this tunnel. >> josh is joining us from tel aviv. lots to talk about. first of all, update us about the latest on the ground there in gaza. we want to hear more about this tunnel and what you were able to see. >> reporter: what surprised me the most about this experience with the tunnel today was how close it is to israeli territory. we walked only ten minutes from the israeli border through the border crossing which was breached by hamas terrorists on october 7th to this tunnel that you see right here, which israel says goes 2 1/2 miles under the ground all the way to gaza city. they say that hamas was driving vehicles through it. you can see how it is reinforced with concrete, with plumbing, with electricity. it speaks to the level of advancement the tunnel systems have developed over the y

josh lederman is joining us with more on this. what more do we know?telligence, but actually had been in prison for several years for a previous failed terror attack about eight years ago. after that attack, he was put on a watch list. authorities in france saying he maintained contact with jihadis who had planned other terror attacks in france. he also was known to have a history of treatment for severe psychiatric illness. the red flags on this suspect were all there, yasmin, but we're also learning from the anti-terror prosecutors in france who gave a news conference last night saying shortly after he was apprehended in the wake of this attack, this suspect told police that he was upset about the way muslims were being treated around the world, and he specifically cited the war in gaza. he said he felt that france was anisrael's actions in the gaza strip and also referenced the treatment of muslims in afghanistan. you can really see how there was an individual here with a long history of problematic behavior, but whose current actions appear to have

want to start with nbc's josh lederman on the ground for us in tel aviv. , you just returned from a tour of one of the largest hamas tunnels israeli forces have actually discovered. walk us through what you saw. >> reporter: yasmin, we went into northern gaza for a brief visit to see those tunnels at the invitation of the israeli military which had first disclosed the discovery of these tunnel as few weeks ago but now is allowing some members of the media to see it for themselves. and they say that it really shows just how extensive an operation this was, particularly in civilian areas, with the tunnel that's fortified by concrete, you can clearly see how there's a shaft that goes from the entrance diagonally into the earth, then allows an actual vehicle to be driven into the tunnel, and you can see inside that there was electrical wires, there was clearly plumbing, the kinds of things you would need to spend quite a long time in that tunnel. the israeli military says it goes about 2 1/2 miles, all the way from gaza to gaza city, with additional shafts that