be taking the fight inside russia after explosions from drone strikes rocked russia's capital matt bradley has the latest >> reporter: tonight the war is once again hitting the heart of moscow drones damaging buildings in the central business district [ speaking in a non-english language ] we heard an explosion and it was like a wave, everyone jumped, said this eyewitness russia's military said it shot down all the drones, though authorities briefly suspended flights at a nearby airport. only one person was injured in the attacks, according to russian state news agency but this was the fourth time the capital has come under fire in recent weeks, explaining how russia remains vulnerable even far behind its front lines in ukraine. ukrainian officials did not take direct responsibility for the attack ukraine is getting stronger, ukraine's president zelenskyy said, gradually the war is returning to the territory of russia russian president vladimir putin didn't appear to skip a beat just hours after the attack, visiting navy sailors in st. petersburg guarding an image of complete control but a

matt bradley has the latest from south korea. >> reporter: north korea is once again threatening nuclear escalation, announcing through state media that american arms in south korea may fall under the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons. when it comes tot comes to priv, we don't know. courtney kube was told that the u.s. is trying to reach the north koreans through the united nations. king, who finished high school three years ago in re siago i a wisc wisconsin had past instances that don't bode well for king. he was otter warmbier was released from north korea in a very getae state. >> now that he's there, the facts are exactly the same they're going to hold him hostage, and they're going to use him as a political prisoner. >> reporter: now the biden administration must decide how to help a soldier who officials say willfully created a crisis matt bradley, nbc news, south korea. >>> hackers with chinese connections broke into the e-mails of the american ambassador to china according to two u.s. officials familiar with the matter also hacked, the i a assistant secretary of state it'

nbc news' matt bradley has the latest on where those talks stand right now. >> reporter: we just heard from a top united nations general that they're starting a dialogue with the north koreans about the status of private travis king. now, this is something of a breakthrough because it's the first signal that anyone has been able to reach the north koreans ever since private king bolted across the border nearly a week ago. we haven't heard from private king himself, and top american officials have even said they can't even reach the north koreans. all of this comes at a uniquely difficult time for american relations with north korea. just in the past couple days, the u.s. navy parked a nuclear-powered submarine here in south korea, and it came a couple of days after the u.s. enraged the north koreans by docking a nuclear-armed submarine here. in reaction, the north koreans twice fired missiles into the ocean over the past week. now, the north korea experts that i've been speaking to say that t nororeans are probably going to hol on to private king and exploit him for their own propagand

matt bradley is at the border for us. matt, good evening. >> good evening, lester.the heavily fortified unification bridge just three miles from where private travis king shocked the world when he bolted across the border. now two days later, the overwhelming sound from north korea is silence. tonight north korea's once again threatening nuclear escalation, announcing through state media that american arms in south korea, quote, may fall under the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons. but when it comes to private travis king, not a word. >> we don't know his condition. we don't know where he is being held. we don't know the status of his health. >> i worry about him, frankly. >> reporter: christine wormuth, the secretary of the army told nbc's courtney kube that the u.s. is trying to reach the north koreans through the united nations. >> i don't think we have successfully made contact. >> reporter: king, who finished high school three years ago in racine, wisconsin, had legal trouble while serving in south korea. just before he fled to north korea, king spent ne

kate >> matt bradley, thank you. >>> back in the u.s., three new suspected shark attacks tonight off the shore of new york's long island, following other encounters earlier this week. stephanie gosk now on the danger in the water. >> reporter: some nervous moments on long island today. lifeguards whistling people out of the water >> a few minutes ago, we had two sharks spotted off field number four, which is just off to our east >> reporter: in just two days, there have been five suspected shark attacks off of new york beaches. three people bitten today with non-life-threatening lacerations. on monday, a 15-year-old girl was bitten on the leg. >> we heard a whistle blow around about 6:00, screaming everyone to get out. >> reporter: four miles away, a shark attacked a teenage surfer, leaving bite marks on his left foot early this morning, drones spotted dozens of sharks, delaying the start of the beach day. when the all-clear was given, people were back in the water. what's your message to people if they see green flags here on the beach -- >> it is safe to swim in green flags the lif

nbc's matt bradley is live. >> reporter: i'm in the west bank.e are here and we were -- what we saw was basically palestinians picking up the pieces from an incredibly violent, very focused raid around the refugee camp which is right around in that city. we saw what was the impact of missile strikes. that's rare. we haven't seen the israeli army launching missiles into the west bank for 20 years. they do this often in the gaza strip, but they don't normally do it in the west bank. that marks a paradigm shift in the way the israeli military is engaging palestinian militants here in the west bank. we also saw a blistering firefight while we were there. as you mentioned, this has been a really difficult situation for palestinian civilians who are not part of the fighting necessarily. thousands were forced to flee. that has been a real impact on the population here. they really do feel demoralized by the constant incursions. netanyahu called this essentially a successful mission. but he opened the door or left it open for further incursions not only

matt bradley has the latest. >> reporter: for palestinian militants, this was payback. this security video shows a 20-year-old palestinian ramming pedestrianans with hisis car.r. he then gets out and tries to stab several people before an armed civilian shoots him dead. the palestinian militant group hamas claimed and praised this rare attack in tel aviv that injured nine people, calling it an initial response to an israeli attack on the west bank city of jenin, where israel has launched its largest military operation in the west bank in two decades. killing at least 12 people and pushing thousands more to flee. the palestinian youth are fighting back with rocks, molotov cocktails, and small arms. he says the israelis are firing missiles, using armored cars and live ammunition, throwing everything they have. during our interview, israeli forces unexpectedly pushed toward our position to clear the area. the israelis are coming in with their armored vehicles. in front of them an armored bulldozer. and they're exchanging fire with palestinian youth. >> reporter: the city n

lester >> all right, matt bradley tonight, thank you. >>> now, to the revealing new testimony in congress today about the irs investigation into hunter biden's finances two irs whistle-blowers told a house committee they believe officials slow-walked their probe. here's ryan nobles >> reporter: tonight, under oath, a pair of career irs investigators testifying to congress that they believe their superiors and officials at the department of justice worked to suppress a probe into the finances of the president's son, hunter biden >> in coming forward, i believe i'm risking my career, my reputation. >> reporter: joseph ziegler, who came forward publicly for the first time, and gary shapley pointed to the evidence they say they collected, which they viewed as damning and the skeptical response they say they received from the prosecutors involved. >> i'm here to tell you that the delaware u.s. attorney's office and department of justice handling the hunter biden tax investigation was very different from any other case in my 14 years at the irs at every stage decisions were made that benefited

>> matt bradley, thanks so much to you and please stay safe in the west bank.ank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me, andrea. >> and you've been here for a number of years and you're a veteran foreign service official. we have not seen anything like this in decades, not since the second intefadeh nearly two decades ago. i know that israel says they found a lot of weapons. but when the prime minister says that this is not a one-time event, are we going to see more israeli incursions into the occupied palestinian areas of this scale? >> i think we need to understand the situation that happened in jenin. not just in the recent days, but in the recent year at least. and i'll start going back to april 7, just this year, a terrorist attack in the center of tel aviv, killing three israelis, just going to restaurants and nightclubs in a busy street in center tel aviv and the terrorists conducting this attack came out of jenin. this is one example of 50 terrorist attacks in the past year that came out of jenin and jenin has become in the past yea

our matt bradley breaks it all again hitting the heart ofar ise moscow drones damaging buildingin the central business district. we heard an explosion and it was like a wave, everyone jumped said this eyewitness russia's military said it shot down all the drones, though authorities briefly suspended nights at a nearby airport only one person was injured in the attack according to russia's state news agency but this was the fourth time the capital has come under fire in recent weeks, exposing how russia remains vulnerable far behind its front lines in ukraine ukrainian officials did not take direct responsibility for the attack ukraine is getting stronger, ukraine's president zelenskyy said, gradually the war is returning to the territory of russia russian president vladimir putin didn't appear to skip a beat, just hours after the attack visiting navy sailors in st. petersburg guarding an image of complete control, but as the war creeps closer to home, ordinary russians may wonder whether the price of ukraine is worth paying matt bradley, nbc news >>> at an emergency summit in nigeria

this comes as matt bradley learns more about the soldier's recent legal troubles. >> reporter: tonightof travis king coming into sharper focus. the u.s. army private set off a diplomatic crisis when he dashed across south korea's border with north korea tuesday. >> i noticed this guy running very -- sort of in a line to what's the other side. >> reporter: sara leslie from new zealand says she was on a guided tour of the demilitarized zone that king joined. >> my initial thought was he's doing that as a tiktok stunt and that's the stupidest thing you could do. >> reporter: she showed us this picture she said she took minutes before king dashed across the dmz evading more than a dozen south korean and american soldiers, she said. king can be seen here, she said. >> were you afraid? >> i was afraid, yes. >> reporter: while serving in south korea, king had multiple run-ins with the law. last september he was accused of assaulting a man at a nightclub, and in a separate incident in october, police arrested him for assault. while sitting in a police car, he shouted insults at koreans and kor

matt bradley, really important reporting, thank you very much.na turn now to the u.s., lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are speaking out against highly controversial new plans from the florida department of education, to revise how the history of slavery is taught in the state. new additions to this false curriculum suggest that enslaved people somehow benefited from the, quote, skills they weren't well in forced labor. florida governor ron desantis and presidential candidate continues to defend the changes, well opponents, like republican senator tim scott, or pointing out how problematic they really are. >> it's interesting, as a country founded on freedom, the greatest deprivations to freedom was slavery. there's no silver lining in slavery. the truth is, anything you can learn, that any benefits of people suggest you had during slavery, you would've had as a free person. >> joining me now texas democratic congresswoman a member of the house oversight committee, jasmine crockett. thank you so much for your time. in addition to senator scot

joining us now from london, nbc's matt bradley. matt, good to see you.l us about both the bridge attack and then this grain deal? >> reporter: yeah, jose, well, they're unrelated but i can break down both of them for you. this is still quite recent information, so there's a lot that's still coming in. but in addition to what you've just said about that incident, we're hearing from the russian side that damage was likely the result of underwater drones that slammed into the bridge overnight. you can see those investigators, they're working now. the bridge appears to be very damaged, but it's at least somewhat intact. and we've heard from the russian side that train service across that bridge has resumed already as of this morning. that's another indicator that this attack didn't really incapacitate the bridge quite as much as a previous attack that you might remember from back in october. that attack shut down the bridge for months. you know, jose, in terms of implications, beyond russian and ukrainian borders, the suspension of that grain deal, that's th

joining us now from seoul, south korea, is nbc's matt bradley. tt, what do we know about these conversations? >> well, the short answer is, jose, precious little. i mean, this general, this british general who is one of the leaders of the u.n. command that governs that border between north korea and south korea, he said he wasn't going to give any more details, but he did say that they've started a dying lo. now, this is something of a breakthrough. up until now we haven't heard of anybody being able to breakthrough or speak to the north koreans about private travis king. he darted across the border just about one week ago. we haven't heard from private travis king himself, and even the americans, some of the top officials have said that the north koreans simply aren't picking up the phone. jose, there's no good time to dart across the border into north korea, but private travis king chose a particularly, a uniquely difficult moment to do what he did, and just in the past week we've seen tensions ramping up. you know, jose, there hasn't been any o

let's bring in matt bradley now. matt, tell us what else you are learning about king and what is happening right now to try to get him home from north korea. >> reporter: well, to answer the second question,s it not clear what is happening. we understand the united states is working through the swedish embassy in pyongyang because of course the united states not only doesn't have formal embassy representation or a mission in pyongyang or in north korea, they really don't have much in the way of diplomatic ties or negotiations. it has been a while since the americans have been able to truly reach out and speak to somebody in north korea and the pandemic the past couple of years hasn't helped in those discussions. so i am hearing a a bit more here from people who were on that tour. i spoke with one new zealand tourist who was there on the same tour as private king. and she said that he wasn't really talking with anybody. he seemed kind of alone. the one thing that he did that was interesting is that he bought a hat from

. >> and joining me now from seoul is msnbc's matt bradley up all night with this. , i just this moment, got a clarification that a senior administration official says this was not a fresh communication, after all. this was miscommunication on the part of the u.n. general. this was the initial communication last week that was all reported that pyongyang acknowledged, yes, we have travis king. or the west, or the swedish or the diplomats trying to reach through or anyone else. so that puts us back to square one, frankly, if washington is correct about this. matt. >> reporter: yeah, i mean if washington is correct about this, i mean, you heard from the general, you know, it was an interesting little tidbit there. he used the word "conversation" which does imply that there was give or take. he didn't walk back those comments, listening to what you just said, andrea, he did not walk back the comments and used the word "conversation" does say there is a breakthrough. but you're right, the initial tweet that the u.n. command sent back when travis king first started crossin

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is reporting from paris. are you seeing right now? >> reporter: we're actually seeing police officers taking up positions around city hall in this town where i am, on the outskirts of paris. this is something they have been doing for the past week and something they will probably continue doing. this town hall is surrounded by razor wire and fences. that's because it was under attack as are some of the other place in this town, beaten up and scratched up by protesters. this is something we're seeing despite the fact that it looks as though the wave of violence that struck this country is finally beginning to ebb. 157 people were arrested last night, and that is actually a very low number. it doesn't sound like it, but it's quite a lot lower than the more than 1,300 people arrested overnight on friday night. we're starting to see what looks like a subsiding of this violence, and that might be because the family members of nahel have bedding and pleaded with protesters to stop the destruction nationwide. they d

here's nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. >> reporter: nbc news speaking exclusively to theed across the border in north korea more than a week ago and in that time we haven't heard from private king or the north koreans even acknowledging they have him in custody. now, we've heard from the family and they've expressed once again they were baffled by this behavior and also baffled by his behavior here in south korea. he was engaged in at least two accusations of assault by south korean police and served a little time here nearly two months in a south korean prison and supposed to be back to the united states facing probably more military discipline. but we spoke with this family and they expressed a level of frustration as well with the u.s. government. here what they said. >> i feel like he shouldn't have been at that border in the first place. i feel like whoever's job it was to get on a plane and come back home should have made sure he had his passport and everything and was able to get on that plane to come back home. >> i feel like a suicide. why run to our enemies? way

joining me now from seoul in south korea is nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley.? >> reporter: it's complicated, katy. i hope you'll stay with me. what we know from court documents, it turns out he was implicated or accused in two separate assaults, both last fall. now, he was not charged in either of them. during one of these he was placed in a police car, both happened at nightclubs. he started yelling at officers, saying, you know, epithets against the officers. he was later find $5,000 by south korean authorities. instead of paying that fine, he elected and this is a choice you can make here, to go to prison for 48 days. now, he was basically doing labor, and during that prison sentence here while he was a serving u.s. soldier here in south korea, he managed to pay off his debt. once he was out on july 10th, that was when a week later the u.s. forces decided they were going to move him back to the united states. we understand today he was likely to face further discipline, possibly a discharge when he returned to the united states. he was escorted all the way

nbc's matt bradley joins us live from seoul, south korea.re can you tell us about how king spent his last few months there before all of this happened? >> reporter: it's kind of a complicated story, and i hope you'll bear with me. basically he was not necessarily arrested but he was detained for two different assaults last fall. both of them seemed to take place at bars or nightclubs in seoul where he was a serving soldier. one of those incidents he was put in a police car. he essentially started making disparaging swear word remarks at korean people, at the korean police. he started kicking the car. he did about $500 in damage to the police car. seoul police decided to fine him $5,000 for that crime. they didn't charge him for the assault, but instead of paying the $5,000, he either elected to or was compelled to spend time in jail. you can do that here. instead of paying the fine, he spent 48 days in jail. that takes us right up to july 10th. that's when he was released and a week later, he was supposed to be going back to the states, i gu

nbc's matt bradley is joining us from paris. matt, what is the latest there?violence flare-up again? >> yeah, i mean, we've been talking to people. it's a big question, ana that a lot of folks here have. last night there were only about 150 people arrested by police. that might sound like a lot nationwide. that's about a tenth of the height of the violence we saw on june 30th. it looks as though people have been listening to the family members of nihel who say they want to see the violence subside, even though they want to see changes in the justice system in france. it looks as though the system here, the government, the police have taken a kind of tenuous hold over public order and maybe even public opinion, and that's why, you know, you mentioned that mayor of a small town outside of paris. i'm in that small town right now, and there was a rally here an hour or two ago. we saw a lot of people walking through the streets saying enough is enough of these protests. we heard from the mayor himself. his wife was badly injured trying to escape. he was saying that

matt bradley is reporting. what did the family have to say? >> reporter: they expressed how baffled they were at the behavior of this young man who by their account liked to read the bible, he was kind of withdrawn and very quiet, he rarely smoked or drank. and yet here they see him getting involved in assaults in seoul and of course darting across the border into north korea. the kind of behavior that would be surprising for even the most troubled of youth. but they also expressed some frustration with the military for not preventing this from happening and not getting him back as soon as they would like. heremily speaking to nbc news. >> feel like he shouldn't have been at that border in the first place. s who they should have made sure that he was on that plane. >> why would he want to run to our enemies. who they should ha that he was on that plane. >> why would he want to run to our enemies.who they should hav that he was on that plane. >> why would he want to run to our enemies. deeper than what i can imagine. i feel like deep down in my

nbc's matt bradley joins us from seoul. , apparently it wasn't an accident that he crossed the border? what can you tell us? >> reporter: no, it sounded like it was willful and deliberate. that's one of the only pieces of information we're getting from the white house, the u.s. government and the military. this was a man who broke with his orders to return to the united states. he willfully joined this tour group, and while he was on this tour group, he did the extraordinary act of running across the border from south korea to north korea. i spoke with somebody on the tour group, a new zealand tourist, and she showed me a picture she had taken just a couple of minutes before this young man, private king, broke loose and ran across the border. she said that you can see him in this picture. i'm not sure if it's on the screen. he's wearing a black shirt and a black cap. again, this is part of this ordinary tour, the same thing we see tourists in south korea do all the time. i asked her what she was when this incident occurred a

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is covering it all for us. matt?ers. the suspension of the grain deal could well be felt around the world. this deal, it's now a year old. it was always set to expire today. but without it we could still see a huge surge in grain prices that will have a massive affect on food prices and availability of food, particularly in developing countries. russia, and particularly ukraine, have long been described as the bread basket of the world. that's because for decades they provided affordable wheat and grain to much of the world's poorist people. it was the united states and newer key who negotiated this deal last year. so far it's 3.9 million metric of food to be exported out of the black sea, which is essentially a war zone, except for this deal. now, almost half of that has gone to developing countries. now, according to the international rescue committee, about 80% of east african grain comes from russia and ukraine and food prices were already up 40% this year. this isn't the first time russia has withdrawn from this

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matt bradley is in seoul, south korea, for us. we're learning more about king's legal issues in south korea as a soldier, what can you tell us. >> reporter: he's detained for at least one or two assaults. he wasn't charged in either of those. he was serving prison time in a south korean jail while a serving u.s. soldier, a curious little conundrum, but he wasn't serving that for an assault. during one of those assaults he was placed in a police car, he erupted in anger, cursing at the police officers and then he started kicking the car, he incurred about $500 in damage. he was fined $5,000 instead of paying that fine, he made the choice to serve prison time in lieu of actually paying. he served 48 days. he was released july 10th about a week before he then decided to join that guided tour that took him up to the border of north korea and that's when he made that bold move to dash across the border presumably into north korean custody for now his whereabouts are unknown. but the legal proceedings before this might have tipped the b

matt bradley has the latest from seoul. >> reporter: tonight north korea firing yet another barrage of cruise missiles according to south korea's military the second barrage in a week, this time to the west, landing in the yellow sea between north korea and china. but still no word on fate of private travis king, the american solder who bolted into the country tuesday, leaving king's family heartbroken. five days into a diplomatic crisis. private king's uncle says the move shocked his family. >> i want to know what was going on in his mind because that -- i can't see him doing that. >> reporter: king's dash across the border couldn't have come at a worse time for american diplomacy with north korea the u.s. parked a nuclear capable submarine in south korea earlier this week the u.s. and north korea have in no official contact in years. he believes private king won't be released until north korea made good use of him for their own propaganda. >> he is going to be educated, brainwashed into thinking that he made the right decisions. he will be taught to say the right kind of things, and

nbc's matt bradley is in seoul, south korea, at this hour and matt, can you tell us the latest? but >> yeah, erin. so, we just heard earlier today that north korea fired these missiles to the west into the yellow sea. not to the east, which was what we saw earlier in the week. but as you mentioned, this is the -- launch this past week. now, from the north korean perspective, this is in reaction to the united states parking a nuclear capable submarine here in south korea. so, they consider that a provocation. in fact, they came out just last week and said that, you know, this meets the criteria for something like a nuclear escalation. now, all of this rhetoric, all of this sort of saber rattling comes as north korea has remained anti early silent about the fate of private travis king. now, if you remember, only a couple days ago, we are now on day five of this diplomatic crisis. private king dash across the border with north korea, shocking the world, and causing a lot of questions from washington. we heard from washington a couple days ago, various officials saying that they are

nbc's matt bradley is tracking the developments for us. matt, what we know so far?richard, we heard in the last ten minutes that the death toll from this blast has increased from 30 to 55, there are now more than 135 injured. as you can imagine, with leaps like that in the casualty numbers, we probably haven't heard the last and there's probably going to be some sort of increase in the casualty numbers going forward as the bodies are counted. and the wounded are being taken care of, hospitals are apparently overwhelmed with the wounded and some of the more critical cases are being flown faraway to push our. no one has claimed responsibility for this attack. that is rather typical. in the hours this has happened, but this was a political party -- that is pro taliban. it has a nationwide presence but this was a local rally. one of the local leading politicians of this party was among those 55 who are dead. this party actually is part of the ruling coalition. so it's a powerful group, but it is pro taliban. they are in favor of the taliban next door in afghanistan. thi

. >> nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley joins us now from south korea. the north korean government is communicating at all with the u.s. about king? >> reporter: we don't know. we know that the united states is trying their best. they're working through their swedish representatives, which is the only real diplomatic representation that the united states has in pyongyang, but it doesn't -- we we haven't heard anything from pyongyang, we haven't heard anything from the north koreans. they haven't even acknowledged they have custody of private king nor in state media they haven't said anything. this is one of the interesting things about this, we're now going into day three of trying to track down this young man, and so far we've heard nothing from the north koreans. ana, that is the real decisive thing here. once we hear from the north koreans and only then will we have a better sense of this young man's fate. we don't know how they're viewing this situation or how they're treating this man's -- well, we don't know if it was a defection. we have so few de

>> matt bradley, thank you so much. you and your crew, stay safe. miral stavridis, what is your reaction to that report? >> we got to commend our reporters, richard engel, matt, many of them in ukraine who go forward, put on a bulletproof vest, helmet, to tell us the truth, to tell us what is happening. i really commend our folks who walk in the path of danger. in terms of the situation, yeah, this is the biggest flare-up we have seen in about $20 year. when i was commander of nato, my u.s. responsibilities included all u.s. israeli military relationships. so i spent much time in the state of israel, worked with their military. threes going on here, lindsey, that are driving this at this minute. number one, the new elements in the israeli overall government, much more right wing, that's creating tension and flare-ups as more settlements are built. number two, the breakdown of the palestinian authority. typically, it has been weak, but now it is almost dysfunctional. that allows greater latitude in the west bank. thirdly, the long hot summer, the buil

nbc's matt bradley is reporting from seoul, south korea, and peter baker is back with us. e can you tell us about king, and what's being done right now to try to get him back? >> reporter: chris, we have been hearing from king's family once again, and this time they've given us more information. they are shocked and surprised, not just because king threw himself over the border into north korea. that would be surprising behavior even for the most troubled youth, but his run-ins with the law in seoul and he was facing disciplinary charges that might have seen him. >> i want to know what was going on in his mind. i can't see him doing it. he's the type of person, to himself, that's out of his character, then even like drinking and stuff like that, that's out of his character. he never did that around us. >> reporter: and, you know, chris, you were mentioning what efforts have been done to get him back. we heard from the united states government, courtney kube said it was almost certain he was going to face further disciplinary actions when he went back to the states and said

it is coming as he faces protests over his -- matt bradley is in the thick of it in tel aviv. matt, if you will, i know you're having a hard time hearing. but give us an update on what is happening inside the country right now with these protests behind you and along with the prime minister's health. >> yasmin, we actually just heard from the prime minister himself, he came out with a video in hebrew, he was beaming, smiling, projecting an image of a healthy man. and he said that he went to see -- that it was hot, he didn't wear a hat, and he didn't have water. he said it was a bad idea. and he advises israelis not to go out in the heat. as you can see here, not a lot of israelis in tel aviv are heeding that advice. they're out in, he protesting, they didn't seem to have any difference to his condition. they are the man he's they are protesting. against not coming out, here waiting for him to be, well they are out here in force, and that is because earlier this week benjamin netanyahu pushed through a piece of that traditional legislation. he has two more steps to, go he's hopi

. >> matt bradley, thank you so much.s we say our thanks to matt bradley, i want to put up some live pictures here of antigovernment protests that are happening about 50 miles away from where matt is. this is in tel aviv. we are of course going to keep an eye on all of the latest in this region and bring it to you here on msnbc. >>> after the break, it is not just your imagination, it really is hotter than it's ever been. the alarming new record and what more to expect. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. ory to t♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance, ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to seee ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c. ♪ jardiance works 24/7 in your body to flush out some sugar! and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. jardiance may cause serious side effects including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital yeast or urinary tract infectio

nbc's matt bradley has that story for us. >> just earlier today, we heard north korea had launched yetsile launch, this time to the west of the country into the yellow sea. this is a second time this week we've seen a similar style of launch, the one before its launch to the east. towards japan. again,, there's missiles all landing in the ocean. now all of this happening kessler spent note word from north korea on the fate of private travis king. now, if you remember, this was a young man, a young serving u.s. soldier, who darted across the border into north korea and shock the world and set off a diplomatic crisis. now, we haven't heard anything, again, from north korea. we've been speaking with some experts here who have been saying that given past behavior by north korea, when they find gifted something like this, it doesn't look good for private travis king. this 23-year-old young man, who had something of a criminal record here in south korea, north korea turns, they say, it will want to use him for some kind of propaganda value before they let him go, or even entertain the idea o

and we see matt bradley is joining us from tel aviv. matt, welcome and what more can you tell us on netanyahu's condition and if he is saying anything? anybody putting out statements? >> yes, actually the prime minister that just put out a statement and it looks as though he's actually doing quite well. we don't know if you're spending another night there, but it looks as though he is another victim of the heat wave that you are talking about. and i am too, that's why it looks like i'm extraordinarily sweaty right now amidst the protest. he is issued a statement and video saying that yesterday, edmonton with my wife and the sea of galilee in the sun without a hat and water and it was not a good idea. he wants to thank everyone for their concern and thank god i feel good he said. and then he ended its video statement by advising everybody not to go out too much in the hot weather but as you can see alex, everybody is already out here waving israeli flags. this is the 28th week of protests against netanyahu proposed judicial reform bill. n

palestinian man, rather, did hurt nine people in a car ramming and stabbing attack in sell aveef matt bradley is on the ground. >> reporter: for palestinian militants, this was pay back this secururity vivideo show a 20-year-old palestinian ramming pedes pedestrians with his car he then gets out and tries to stab several people before an armed kricivilian shoots him ded israel has launched its largest military operation on the west bank if n two decades. the palestinian youth are fighting back rocks, molotov cocktails and small arms he says the israelis are using missiles, armored cars and ammunition, throwing everything they have. during our interview, forces unex unexpectedly pushed through the area an armored bulldozer and they're exchanging fire with the palestinian youth. the city now shrouded in smoke from burning fires and plumes of tear gas fired by israelis the operation is aimed at clearing a palestinian refugee camp from what israelis say is a persistent military threat but as far as benjamin netanyahu is concerned this massive two-day raid has been a success. we are completing the

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley joins me now from seoul, south korea.want to see from the u.s. government? >> reporter: there's two things here, kate, it's that they were disappointed in the fact that the military allowed king to basically board the plane on his own. if you remember what happened last week, the military had ushered him to the airport right up to the point where security was supposed to be crossed and then the military wasn't allowed to go past that. that was when king essentially either lost one of his travel documents or pretended to use one of his travel documents and was allowed by the south koreans to go back through security, back into south korea, and that's where he joined one of these guided tours that takes you right up to the demilitarized zone. they were upset with that and they're upset that the military isn't getting them back in time. here's travis's uncle speaking exclusively to nbc news. >> feel like he shouldn't have been at that border in the first place. i feel like whoever's job it was for him to get on plane and com

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is in seoul, south korea, for us. king. last week you were telling us it was radio silence. fast forward to today, and we have these conflicting statements. what exactly is going on with these talks? >> zinhle, i wish i could tell you. we're trying to figure that out ourselves. it was earlier today we heard from this top united nations general. he said there was the beginning of a conversation with the north koreans and that of course struck everybody as a breakthrough. as you mentioned, it was radio silence last week. the u.s. had been trying to reach the north koreans and they simply hadn't been picking up the phone. now, as you mentioned, we heard from this general. he said that there was a conversation. he used the word communication, and it sounded like it was all ongoing. here it is straight from the horse's mouth. >> we're in a very difficult and complex situation, which i don't want to risk by speculation or going into too much detail about the communications that have existed. >> i'm not aware of any new comm

let's bring in matt bradley. he is live in jenin in the west bank. ou seeing there today? >> reporter: yeah, willie. what we're seeing today is a lot different from what we were seeing last night. in this very square, we saw intense and focussed violence right here for hours on end. and today, it's kind of back to normal to whatever that is. there's no such thing as normality here, a day after what we saw last night. you could see yourselves in our report on "nightly news" last night. here it is. for palestinian militants, this was payback. this security video shows a 20-year-old palestinian ramming pedestrians with his car. he then gets out and tries to stab several people for an armed civilian shoots him dead. the palestinian militant group praised this attack. calling it initial response to israeli attack on the west bank city of jenin where israel launched its largest military operation in the west bank in two decades. killing at least 12 people and pushing thousands more to flee. but palestinian youth are fighting back with rocks, molotov cocktai

i want to bring in nbc news foreign correspondent, matt bradley. matt, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: yeah, well, chris, this is being called a day of disruption. this goes up this hill and protesters are walking, some of them, down here. there's a major highway across tel aviv and they will go in there and disrupt it. now what happened last night, benjamin netanyahu, the far right prime minister whose cabinet is the most far right this country has seen in its existence, push through a piece of legislation that doesn't pass this bill, but allows it to be discussed. that is what brought this enormous number of people on the street. not just in tel aviv, but jerusalem and nationwide. today, i walked out of the airport. there were protesters there trying to disrupt the airport. i asked this young man, only 18. hasn't even entered into the country's obligatory military service. i asked him about that and why he's protesting today. take a listen. >> at the end of the day, we're standing up for israeli democracy which the new government is try

pyongyang that we'll really get a better sense of this young man's fate. >> that's so worrisome matt bradley in south korea for us along the border there. thank you. >>> let's turn now to washington where there is new fallout from congressional testimony by two irs investigators. they say their superiors and justice department officials suppressed a probe into the finances of president biden's son, hunter. nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles has the very latest. hey, ryan, good morning. >> hoda, good morning to you and the witnesses in this hearing are both career public servants one who said he's a life-long democrat they both claim the department of justice gave hunter biden special treatment, but democrats argue that that's not their assessment to make >> reporter: for more than six hours, two irs investigators who say they have no political motivations claim their superiors and federal prosecutors stood in the way of an investigation into the president's son, hunter biden. >> at every stage, decisions were made that benefited the subject of this investigation. >> reporter: josep

>> nbc's matt bradley thank you for that report we appreciate it all eyes will yet again be on miamiy manager and third defendant the superseding classified documents indictment is scheduled to make his first public appearance there tomorrow morning he is facing four charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice he's also said that deleted subpoenaed footage at mar-a-lago on behalf of the boss in his request. drumming to discuss is the formal prosecutor glenn kirschner he's also the host of the podcast justice matters gland for just revisiting the story how big of a deal is this now that he is being added to the prosecution's case. >> it's a big deal for a couple of reasons. anytime you add a codefendant or conspirator to the mix there is a chance that that person will cooperate with the authorities against the bigger criminal fish people should know that often prosecutors will find developing witnesses before people are indicted because those potential witnesses want to play hardball and they see their name as a marquee defendant on the wrong side of the v. versus carlos and some

nbc's matt bradley is in seoul, south korea, at this hour and matt, can you tell us the latest?rea fired these missiles to the west into the yellow sea. not to the east, which was what we saw earlier in the week. but as you mentioned, this is the -- launch this past week. now, from the

let's get a little bit from nbc's matt bradley caught in the fire fight on tuesday. >> reporter: he says the israelis are firing missiles, using armored cars and live ammunition, using everything they have. during our interview, israeli forces pushed toward our position to clear the area. israelis coming in with armored vehicles and an armored bulldozer. >> at least 12 palestinians and 1 australian soldier were killed, targeting quote militant infrastructure, it says, and weapons. again, according to the israel defense forces, the idf, israel's attention has moved to the gaza strip where the israeli military says it struck an underground weapons manufacturing facility. they say the strike was a response to militants firing rockets into israel. admiral, you're still with us. we saw reaction to this, an incident in tel aviv, a car ramming and a stabbing. benjamin netanyahu said this is not the last of what is to come from the idf. what's happening? >> we ought to keep in prefr, perspective, this is the largest military operation by defense forces in 20 years in the gaza strip and the west

joining me now is matt bradley.f cooled things off for one of the holidays out there, but it's clear people were not ready to let this go. >> yeah, netanyahu decided for about three months he was going to try to negotiate with a opposition and that opposition pulled out recently. so netanyahu went ahead last night and pushed ahead with his legislation, putting it through parliament. his narrow majority voted to essentially table this proposal and that it will continue to go through parliament after the summer break. but now as you can see, that one move introducing this back in has sent about 10,000 people on to the streets. this is going back here. this is called a day of disruption, katy, and that is exactly what people here are doing. they are disrupting. this goes all the way down here. there was an attempt, we think, some of the protesters wanted to go block one of the major highways. this is what they've been doing since january. i spoke with one of the demonstrators. a young man at the airport. that was a rea