courtney kube is tracking this at the pentagon. courtney, what more do we know? >> reporter: well, lester, the pentagon just announced the three men, khalid sheikh mohammed and sheikh mo the other two will walid muhammad salih mubarak bin attash and mustafa ahmad al hawsawi will plead guilty to some charges as early as next week as part of plea agreements. they've been held at gitmo for years with the u.s. accusing the al qaeda terror suspects of plotting the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. now, the details of the plea agreements are still unknown, but they are expected to plead guilty to lesser charges that could spare them the death penalty. sentencing may not come for months, but they'll likely appear at a hearing in guantanamo in the coming days, lester. >> courtney kube tonight, thank you. >>> and in the middle east this evening, there is growing fear of a broader war between israel and iranian-backed militants after the killing of top leaders of both hamas and hezbollah. raf sanchez is in tel aviv tonight. raf. >> reporter: lester, israel is b

, ss oberführer, the head of einsatz group b arthur nebe was expected at the residence of wilhelm kube he was urgently summoned to the gautleiter. the conversation was going to be serious. the data on the use of gas in the psychiatric hospital in novinki was disappointing. the execution of himmler's order, given during his visit to minsk in august, cannot be considered fulfilled. nebe tried to prove the opposite. this is only the first experiment. at the same time, ober führer recalled that back in 1940, before the invasion operation began, he proposed to carry out euthanasia actions using carbon monoxide. this method was tested in the new products. testimony of witness akimova, to doctors of the minsk psychiatric hospital. it was september 18, 1941. an ss police officer, accompanied by a chemist, ordered doctor kitoevich to prepare about 20 patients for the subject of testing the action of some gas. the patients were ordered to be brought into the bathhouse, near which. specialist. the first experience of extermination by gas in the occupied belarusian territory was used in the psychi

kube continued the conversation with the heads of the commissions for the use of labor force in his residencend unflattering, the district can't send to work in germany the real working population, men, women, and not teenagers, green youth, and the methods of working with the population of cuba were the most outrageous. how did they end up in slavery? the story is the same for everyone: the forced abduction of the working population. in 43 i was taken to germany, early three people came to a solitary confinement, whether germans or someone, well, in german society, and they took me here to school, then they brought him, what is there, there they took a bunch of people, of which 500. there were a lot of them, and so and so they cut, there the germans let them out one by one, marveled, circled. in captivity, the fates of people were different. large enterprises such as lufthansa, telefunkin, benz, junker and others, working for the military machine of the reich, became places of hard labor for the citizens driven away from belarus in germany. my mother, her family worked. lucky were those who

joining me now is msnbc pentagon correspondent courtney kube. courtney, thanks so much for getting us started this evening. you obtained the rules and regulations r arlington nationa cemetery put forth to be able to be present there and specifically dealing with sectionsp 60. i mean it seems pretty clear that there was aem violation of those rules. >> yeah. i mean the rules are simple. it is that, number one, there is nonu allowance -- you are never allowed to have a campaign event or any kind of campaign partisan event that happens on arlington national cemetery ground. it's simply not allowed. now, this is where this got a little bit gray, katie, and that is the fact that former president trump was invited to this wreath laying event by the families of several of the service members who were killed at abbey gate three years ago, and he was there in his capacity as the former president of the united states. now, for that reason he was allowed today be there to participate with the families in the memorial event. he was allowed to have official

. >> joining us now, nbc's jesse kirshe and courtney kube, julia yoffe and peter baker. jesse, what more can you tell us about how the events unfolded last night and what does reintegration look like for them? >> yeah, jose, so these three freed americans touched down in the u.s. before midnight last night at joint base andrews in maryland. they were greeted by the president, the vice president and members of their families. after a meet and greet and some moments where they were speaking to the press, the freed americans and their families got back on a plane and came here to san antonio, texas, they're going to be taking part in what is known as post isolation support activities at the brook army medical center, just behind me across the highway here. this is the same facility, the same type of activities that wnba star brittney griner went through when she was freed from russia. we heard from these freed americans overnight, including "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich, here's part of what he had to say. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm all right. it was a

i want to bring in nbc's courtney kube from the pentagon. sentencing set for september 20th.n we expect? >> that's right, chris, in fort bliss in texas. this is for army private travis king. last summer he made headlines when he boarded a tour bus, went to the demilitarized zone, the dmz, the board are between north and south korea and as part of a tour group he fled into north korea into the arms of north korean authorities who detained him. that started off a weeks' long process, a diplomatic process that ultimately in september led to swiss officials going to north korea, taking him across the border into china where he was transferred into u.s. diplomatic official hands. since then he has been charged with 14 different counts in the military court. one of those is desertion, also conduct unbecoming and he also is charged with assault as part of a previous incident that had occurred while he was there stationed in south korea. we learned yesterday from his attorney frank rosenblatt that, in fact, he will plead guilty to five of those charges, but not all 14. key though, ch

news international correspondent josh lederman, nbc news national security correspondent, courtney kube, and nbc news white house correspondent monica alba. bring us up to speed, what are we learning this hour? >> at this hour, ana, evan gershkovich, paul whelan, and alsu kurmasheva are on their way to the united states. president biden tweeting that photograph of them smiling on the way back to the u.s. they will be landing later in the day at andrews air force base where vice president kamala harris and president biden will be on hand to receive them. they'll have a chance to be reunited with their families. obviously we saw some of those relatives at the white house as president biden was speaking later, and vladimir kara-murza, the u.s. national is going to be heading instead to germ nil. they expect at some point he will then be able to come to the u.s. to meet with president biden and others involved in his release. we heard from secretary blinken earlier saying he had spoken to these released americans by phone, that they sounded strong. they sounded like they were in good spirit

courtney kube is reporting from the pentagon. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: so these are the two carrier strike groups that we heard matt mention, the uss theodore roosevelt has been in the region since mid june. after the assassinations that we heard matt talk about, specifically against ismail haniyeh, after that, there was a growing sense that there would be some sort of response from iran, hezbollah, an attack against israel. the u.s. decided then to move more assets into the region. one of those was the carrier strike group, the uss lincoln. it was already headed in that direction, but secretary of defense lloyd austin earlier this month sped it up and it arrived in the region near the uss roosevelt mid last week. the announcement that came over the weekend was the extension that both of these two groups would be in the same region for some time. the pentagon doesn't tend to put a lot of detail on how long one of the deployments will last or how long the two carrier strike groups will be in the same area, because they do that for operational

joining us this morning, allie raffa, matt bodner, courney kube, peter baker, and richard haass, president emeritus, council on foreign relations, alexander vinman of european affairs. what do we know as of this moment? >> reporter: due to the sensitive nature of these ongoing talks, these ongoing movements, we're not able to talk about exactly who is involved in this prisoner swap. but we do know from a senior administration official that it involves multiple countries, including the united states, of course, but we can talk about who we know has been in russian custody recently. we know that that includes former marine paul whelan, who was in prisoned since december of 2018 on espionage charges and his name got a lot of attention specifically in 2022 when he was notably not included in that prisoner swap that allowed for wnba player brittney griner to be freed from russian custody. another one that we know has been wrongfully detained in russia, of course, "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich, in prison now for 70 weeks, sentenced earlier this month to 16 years in russian pris

nbc's courtney kube is reporting from the pentagon.l us about what happened? >> reporter: yeah, that section is section 60. the rules there for photography and media access are very strict. because of the sacredness of the facility, the cemetery itself, they are generally respected by members of the media. now, you mentioned it was a wreath laying. former president donald trump was invited to attend this wreath laying that was memorializing the individuals who were killed in the abbey gate bombing in afghanistan in the summer of 2021. he was invited by the families to be there and take part in this ceremony. that is when, as part of this invitation, that is when there was an incident that i have to tell you, chris, we don't have a lot of detail on. a spokesperson for arlington national cemetery did confirm there was some sort of an incident that rose to the level that they filed an incident report about it. but that's really all we know. but as part of the statement, the arlington cemetery also pointed out exactly what you just said wh

>> courtney kube, thank you so very much.another round of overnight strikes from russia. the second in just two days. ukraine's air force says at least 91 drones and missiles were fired at the country in this latest assault. the hotel in eastern ukraine was one of the sites hit in the attack, killing at least two people. according to ukrainian officials. in his daily address, president zelenskyy says ukraine will, quote, definitely respond to the latest surround of russian aggression. here's nbc's erin mclaughlin with more. >> this is the road to the russian region of k rerks sk. the russian border is a straight shot that way, where ukraine tonights its invasion, taking more and more russian territory, with each passing day. overnight, there were russian air strikes on a number of ukrainian cities, including the city of sumi, where i am now. you can see this building was completely taken out by a prior strike. proof that when it comes to russia's invasion of ukraine, no city is spared. >> overnight, more russian air strikes o

nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube has been following this story from the beginning.e was facing disciplinary actions from the u.s. army. walk us through what it looked like. >> that's right. he was facing assault charges. as you mentioned, he was at the airport prepared to leave south korea where he had been stationed and fly back to the united states to face discipline -- potential disciplinary action for those assault charges. but instead, as you said, he left the airport. he joined a tour group, went to the dmz and he ran across the dmz. frankly, straight into the arms of the north korean officials where he was then held in custody there for a matter of months. now, that set off a weeks-long diplomatic effort to get him released that ultimately in september saw him transferred to swiss authorities who took him across the border in china and into the hand of the united states. well, since then he has been brought back to the u.s. and he was charged in the military court system with 14 different offenses, that assault charge i mentioned. in addition to that, disobey

nbc's courtney kube with the latest on that.ng by. and after congratulating vladimir putin for last "autoweek's" prisoner exchange, donald trump is praising another authoritarian leader. >> who just stole an election. who just stole an election outage of us. we are back in 90 seconds. f us we are back in 90 seconds. hi, my name is damian clark. if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. all these plans include a healthy options allowance, a monthly allowance to help pay for eligible groceries, utilities, rent, and over-the-counter items. the healthy options allowance is loaded onto a prepaid card each month. and whatever you don't spend, carries over from each month. other benefits on these plans include free rides to and from your medical appointments. and our large networks of doctors, hospitals and pharm

courtney kube joins us on what happens now and what's next.rtney, what do we know about the reentry process? >> reporter: because there have been so many hostages and americans coming back from difficulties overseas, over the past several years, the u.s. military has actually perfected this process down at the army medical center. we saw overnight last night, the three people came back, evan gershkovich, alsu kurmasheva, and then of course paul whelan. they are down at brooke army medical center where they have the opportunity to go through something the military called pisa, a post isolation period you and i and civilians might think of a reintroduction into society. it can teach someone who's been held in isolation, simply to be around other people. if someone has been held in a position where they don't have a bed to sleep on, they're sitting on a dirt floor, for weeks or months talt, it can do something so simple as helping them reacclimate to sleeping in a bed again. it will start with a medical evaluation, look at how they are physically

nbc news correspondent courtney kube joins us with the details.ing us with this story. how pervasive is this. >> that's the real question. this is not a new problem. there was a government accountability office report on this in september of 2023 that looked into allegations of these sorts of things like you mentioned mold, sewage backing up in bathrooms in barracks, air conditioning units that weren't working, and then danger, safety dangers, like things like windows that were broken that presented a potential issue for troops who were living in some of this military housing and in barracks. it's not a new issue, but these groups came together, a group of seven military housing advocacy groups led by someone, a group called hots and cots, they came together and they're calling on the pentagon to begin addressing these issues in a more aggressive manner. their argument is that, yes, the military is aware of these issues, but they just take too long to fix them. in many cases they'll do things like contract out for new -- for building of new barera

. >> msnbc pentagon correspondent, courtney kube i appreciate you taking the time to explain everything about what happened at arlington with donald trump and your time tonight. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >>> and joining the now is patrick murphy, former democratic congressman for pennsylvania. excuse me -- former acting secretary of the army, and a veteran of the iraq war. congressman, i want to start by thanking you, as always, for your service to you, and all veterans. i have to ask you, how offensive is it -- not just because you are a veteran, and the former acting secretary of the navy, but to have witnessed and hear what donald trump did in arlington national cemetery? >> yeah, katie, as courtney said, really, donald trump had complete disregard for our brother and sister veterans. katie, i think you know i served in iraq, is with the 82nd airborne division. our brothers and sisters who gave the ultimate sacrifice from afghanistan, iraq, are buried in section 60. it is a solemn ground. president trump, former president trump and his aides knew better. they didn't jus

joining us now, nbc news who's correspondent, allie raffa, courtney kube, and senior national political correspondent for "the washington post" and nbc news political analyst, ashleigh parker. you and i have been watching trump together for a while now. to me it was striking how he still seems like he really wants to be running against president biden. what picked your ears up from all of that? >> from the very beginning, he came out, and he seemed angry and hitting on themes and targets that are classic, you know, repetitious grievances of his, and characters he likes to go after, and gripes, and i was kind of struck by that this is exactly what the harris/walz campaign is thrilled to be watching. i had a piece out this morning capturing in this moment, we're seeing two different visions of what campaigns believe voters want to hear come into stark reality for the democrats. you have one of joyfulness and hope and optimism and from trump and his running mate, they are offering a dark and dystopian vision of the future. i was listening to how much it felt like, as you and i saw on the c