. ♪ >> next we must talk a the death of the journalist shareen abu akleh.d for al jazeera and was an american palestinian reporter, shot in the west bank this morning. she and her producer were coveng a raid by israeli security forces. al jazeera and eyewitnesses say she was shot by israeli security forces. the white house has condemned the killing. this is her body being carried through the streets. it is draped in the palestinian flag and you can see her press jacket on top of if it. people have been mourning her death, our correspondent in jerusalem spoke to some of them. >> this is the scene outside of her hous there's been a crowd gathered here since early this morning. it is now late afternoon. it is a quiet gathering. there have been some angry demonstrations which have moved off down toward the old city of jerusalem but along with the anger and defiance of them is anguish and grief. one friend of hers who i spoke to said she could not believe shareen would no longer be reporting from the west bank. she's been doing that for 20 years or more. she was

_ and then he returned and got shareen. why this happened to us i_ don't understand why this happened to us. i cannot even think about what _ to us. i cannot even think about what happened to me i am speaking with you, but i cannot even think because — with you, but i cannot even think because it's _ with you, but i cannot even think because it's so hard. until now i don't _ because it's so hard. until now i don't know— because it's so hard. until now i don't know why they are shooting us. but we _ don't know why they are shooting us. but we are _ don't know why they are shooting us. but we are journalists and this was so hard _ but we are journalists and this was so hard for— but we are journalists and this was so hard for us. and they did not stob _ so hard for us. and they did not stob this— so hard for us. and they did not stop. this has made me crazy because they did _ stop. this has made me crazy because they did not _ stop. this has made me crazy because they did not stop. in the first time when _ they did not stop.

mark: shareen was christian, that is a discrepancy?d not do his homework. the account has over 35,000 followers on the user join twitter in february 2022. here is his first fake tweet as her alleged brother on may 11. he says my sister shareen was killed by israeli bullets and nothing else. goodbye, my dear sister. following her death, the user published many fiery tweets. this user claims israeli forces stormed their house in jerusalem. he claims pope francis called him to calm the situation down. he even claims president vladimir putin gave him a call and promised to investigate the matter until justice is served. mark: this is some kind of fantasist, obviously, with mental health concerned. >> these far-fetched statements allow the user to have many followers in just a few days. mark: how did we go about disproving this account? ? it? smells fake, how do we go >> we are able to fact-check with concrete information provided. mohammed claims he is the brother of the journalist. how do we know for a fact that this man is her brother? t

he and the broadcast association blamed israel for shareen posey death. >> to have journalists targeted are doing coverage -- >> her loved ones are demanding justice for the reporter, who dedicated her career to giving voice to the voiceless. >> she sent an email, saying they are moving now. i am going there. they said ok, we are waiting for you to be on-air at the top of the hour, but she never showed up. >> an independent investigation is being called for. leila: it's quirky, it's camp, and it's the world's biggest music contest. the eurovision song contest is back, with qualifying rounds underway in turin, italt. y. this is ukraine's band, who has been outspoken since the conflict began. the concert is supposed to be all about the music, but political overtones are not unusual at the eurovision song contest. joining me now from the eurovision venue in turin is susanna adams, with all things eurovision song context. the audio was a bit shaky before, we hope you have that resolved right now. this is so much morehan a musical competition is in -- musical competition, isn't it? >> most a

palestinians mourn at the funeral of shareen abu auckland habeen arrested.e was attacked as he carried the coffin in jerusalem leslie. federal health officials are warning covid-19 cases are on the rise and they could get worse over the coming months. about one third of the u.s. population lives in areas considered at higher risk. people are being urged to wear masks indoors. those of the headlines. the news continues on al jazeera after inside story. ♪ [siren sounds] >> [speaking non-english language] [speaking non-english language] ♪ [speaking non-english language] ♪ host: is political change coming to lebanon? independent and performance candidates made gains in parliamentary elections while some additional candidates lose grounds. will newcomers have the answers to pull the country out of a deep economic crisis? this is inside story. ♪ welcome to the program. i am kim burnell. lebanon has been called a failing state. its currency is nearly worthless, food, medicine, and fuel are in short supply. people are unable to rely on basic services like electricit

all these events that have been held in the gaza strip for her, they say and they confirmed that shareenll long remain in their memories. ♪ ♪ >> to ukraine now. buses of the -- buses have been carrying individuals from the steelworks who have been stuck there for weeks. some carried on stretchers. russia had reached a deal with ukraine for wounded soldiers to be evacuated from the plant. the defense minister says the exchange -- spoke on the exchange but says no more details were provided. >> there was always a risk for the units. the main thing is to realize all the risks. is there a plan b? are you fully committed to that plan? which must also preserve the life and health of personnel. maybe because of that the war is arts but not science. this is the highest level of overseeing troops. all the more so, when a decision is endorsed by the highest command. glory to ukraine. >> we have more on the evacuation from the steelworks in odessa, in southern ukraine. reporter: we just heard now from the deputy defense minister, here in ukraine. she said that 53 of the evacuees, the wounded ones,

we heard the minister talk about it, we want justice for shareen. >> in other news -- the u.s.ondemned the rn seizure of two greek flag vessels in the gulf last week. the secretary of state called the seizure unjustified during a telephone call with his counterpart. the tankers were ceased after tehran want it would take action against athens over a vessel last month. immediately released the vessel and crew. were watching al jazeera live from london. morehead on the program. -- more ahead on the program. china fails to find agreement on trade and security. and -- reporter: i'm rob reynolds along the banks of the river in northern california, where the biggest dam removal in u.s. history will soon get underway. ♪ ♪ meteorologist: thanks for joining in. here's the situation for china. rains, pulsing across southern sections, giving us some drenching rain. same goes for the northern tip of taiwan. taipei can expect severe rain in the forecast on tuesday. shield of rain is moving across japan's islands. that knocked the temperature down in tokyo to 22°. vision, 32°. in the days to

shareen was very well—known as a journalist, as a woman, probably one of the early female arable watersddle east —— shireen. she had a great deal of integrity. she was very unassuming, down—to—earth. i've known her for almost 25 years, when she first started working for al jazeera in 1997, she was a young lady at the time, but she showed enough enthusiasm and integrity and she has done really great in terms of the way she was reporting, straightforward, no—nonsense, straightforward, no—nonsense, straight to the point, balanced, kept her emotions in check, so this today's funeral showing how much people respected her.— showing how much people respected her. thank you very much to issam _ respected her. thank you very much to issam ikirmawi. - let's move to the situation in ukraine now. 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east, which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. with the port city of mariupol almost entirely under russian control, theirforces have been pushing north and west towards zaporizhzhia — a city still in uk

these really military later backtracked on that, saying it is not possible to determine how shareen abu was killed at this point. i'm not going to comment on who killed shireen. but i'm going to tell you who in my opinion should not investigate her death, and that is the israeli military and the government. time and time again we have seen the israeli military in all behave with impunity in the palestinian territories. it goes unchecked. no officers are chat held accountable. no justice is served. we hear, as we did yet again, today american officials condemn an call for investigations into israeli abuses. but his history has shown, there is rarely, if ever, justice for the killing of palestinians, whether they are american or not, quite frankly. and today the spokesman for the israeli military, rod co-chair, seemingly trying to explain the tragedy, by saying shireen abu akleh was working amid armed palestinians. they are armed with cameras, if you permit me to say so. though are those are his words, not my words. armed with cameras is exactly how journalists go to war. the only danger

even at her own funeral, it seems shareen gave voice to the struggles and frustrations of so many palestinians palestinian community. this was really the biggest palestinian funeral we have seen in east jerusalem since the death of one of the biggest, anyway, since the death of yausf arafat in,0004, to give you a sense of how beloved she was. all of the different denominations of the christian churches in the old city rang bells for her funeral. that is an unprecedented thing to happen for a funeral here in jerusalem, jake. >> all right, atika shubert in jerusalem for us. thank you so much. >> she's been locked up in russia since february, accused of smuggling drugs with cannabis oil. the ruling keeping brittney griner detained even longer. that's ahead. ♪ my name is austin james.s. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-send scan i know my ucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your dia

as folks woke up this morning all across the world, people woke up to the killing of sha reason -- shareen. acula and i would like to do the moment of silence as we heard the shocking news of this journalist of over 20 years a palestinian american killed. please, a moment of silence. thank you. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, for five minutes. mr. burchett: thank you, madam speaker. i don't know if some of the folks in the back, we have a few more spaces down front if you can't find a place to sit. come on down. i seek unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mur chet: madam speaker, i rise to honor my good friend, miss madeline, who recently received the governor's volunteer star award for her outstanding work helping home bound seniors. she is celebrating her 25th year in the americorps senior volunteers program, and dough dominated 25,000 hours to our community as a senior companion to the knox county community, action community office on