he is in tel aviv. he's done such a great job covering the effects of this in the region, bridging to bear his experience in iraq as well many as i mention, matt, the threat here from iran is israel could be in the cross sights here. if there is more retaliation. what's the reaction been where you are? >> reporter: well, yeah, david, israel and dubai. dubai, of course, has tons of expatriots, westerners and has about half a million iranians and people of iranian ancestry. that's a strange but powerful target. but here in israel, you know, this is what israelis were kind of expecting, the other foot was going to drop. the iranians, hezbollah, and other proxies for the iranians throughout the region, they have never met an israeli conspiracy theory that they haven't welcomed. so it was a surprise that up until now the iranians and hezbollah hadn't really been making all that many mentions of israel and hadn't seen a lot of israeli hands behind all of this. that changed this morning. we heard from the supr

ok let's thank you for that so let's go to tel aviv now and our correspondent paula gauging reaction for it paula tell us more. well the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already rejected the proposed text and it's unlikely that now that we are going to hear these that we've heard these statements and see the full text he's going to accept it there's a lot of anger in the palestinian world and certainly they are echoing the view that this is the most favorable to israel peace plan that's ever been put forward by an american president the palestinian leadership is calling for a day of rage on wednesday they are also asking palestinians to boycott american goods and to remove any kind of american signs or signatures that are on buildings or institutions across the west bank and in the gaza strip we also know that the arab league is calling this weekend for an emergency meeting so certainly a lot of anger coming from the palestinian camp. in the united nations to the immediate work given to the drum. side against them to national regal decisions in the national rights of palestini

discussions broke down when the us embassy to disputed jerusalem from tel aviv in december 2017 the white house also cut off aid to the palestinians closed the palestine liberation organization offices in washington and recognized israel sovereignty over the golan heights move seem to support netanyahu especially as he attempts to win reelection amid corruption allegations 1st. that the people of the structures the opportunity to introduce the israeli elections are in march trump denies he's interfering instead trump is touting this plan as an economic opportunity for palestinians. months ago his son in law jared cushion or proposed a peace to prosperity plan to raise $50000000000.00 to improved. the lives of palestinians in the west bank and gaza it's something they should want they probably won't want it initially but i think at the end they will think in the end they're going to want it the unveiling of president trump's middle east peace plan has been delayed repeatedly initially the white house said it was waiting until after the israeli elections given israel is now preparing for it

nbc's cal perry, thank you. >> let's go to matt bradley now in tel aviv. matt, nbc reporting on the role of israel in the soleimani killing. what can you tell us about that? >> it seems as though israel did tip off the americans to when soleimani was going to be actually boarding that plane in damascus and flying out. it was israeli spies who were able to pin point his location. then american spies at baghdad international airport who were able to verify his arrival. and this is all based on nbc's reporting. this seemed to happen fairly quickly. and, you know, it looks like united states officials were watching on video screens from washington, from cia headquarters at langley and elsewhere. so that's how they were able to track this -- this target throughout different countries. and of course, the thing with iraq right now is it's dominated by u.s. air -- u.s. air forces. so there was no counterattack. there was no resistance when u.s. drones flew overhead and were able to target soleimani so effectively and so easily. and, you know, one of the things, as

that's what we heard from the prime minister this morning. >> from tel aviv, israel thank you.'s turn to our own phil lebeau boeing stock is down this morning in the wake of that crash. apparently separate from the missile attack but phil, almost the entire dow implied open to the down side is due just to boeing alone >> right that is because there are more questions than answers at this point as to why the boeing 737-800, which we believe is three or four years old. we are still trying to determine that it crashed within minutes of taking off in tehran 176 people on board. all are believed to be dead in that crash the incident is interesting from this perspective you have a plane that crashes right after take off highly unusual that that happens. you want to check out the engines on that aircraft there are reports there may have been an engine fire. completely unconfirmed at this point. those engines are manufactured by the joint venture between ge and the french co-part safro cfm 56-7 b engines the same being used during the southwest airlines incident where one passenger was

paulus last week into his life from tel aviv thank you those details. and we spoke to a dimitri jilani a member of the fossil revolutionary council he told us the proposed plan has nothing to do with the palestinians. there is no deal a deal needs 2 parties whatever they have split in that comedy show is a vision for the right wing zionist movement this has nothing to do with the deal has nothing to do with the palestinians has nothing to do with international law has nothing to do with the un resolutions has nothing to do with the agreements already signed by the palestinians and israelis the united states recognizes the said israel they don't recognize the state of palestine so in other words until the united states recognize the state of palestine along their idea 67 borders with jerusalem as its capital i don't think there is room for any negotiations over anything that's why if the united states want to make amends with this they've got to they have to come to common ground according to international law it's called along the 1907 borders. in other

let's bring our guests into the show we have joining us from tel aviv robbie sable he's a professor at hebrew university of jerusalem and former legal advisor to the israeli ministry of foreign affairs in ramallah nobel shatha senior palestinian official and adviser to president mahmoud abbas and in washington d.c. phyllis bennis she's a fellow at the institute for policy studies and the author of the book understanding the palestinian israeli conflict welcome to you all so i can start with phyllis and ask the question is this a plan that can bring peace to i think phyllis i don't think it was designed to bring peace this was a u.s. israeli plan it was designed as a meeting between the impeached and the indicted if you will and its real goal i think had far less to do with peace then it does with providing political and legal protection to keep netanyahu out. jail and trump in the white house and get them both reelected so the timing was all about that the substance of it was to reify and give a u.s. imprimatur u.s. legitimacy to the existing illegalities that constitute israeli aparth

last week well for more on this we can now across like to live in new york and paula slee here in tel aviv paula let's come to you 1st could you talk us through what's been happening and how is this all being viewed in israel where you currently are. well there's been 2 'd waves of a strikes target. 2 major iraqi bases where american troops are concentrated one of the bases is just outside baghdad the capital of iraq and the other one is in the north of the country in a deal the question that still needs to be answered is whether or not there were any injuries on those bases and initial reports suggest yes although we've just heard from an american official say that there are very few casualties if any the question of course is whether the casualties are on the iraqi side or the americans it seems as if it's on the iraqi side but of course we're still waiting to receive confirmation of that now as i mentioned more than a dozen ballistic missiles were fired in iraq and the radio revolutionary guards were very quick to take responsibility for this saying it was in revenge to the friday morni

just after the drone strike that killed syrian money earlier i talked to our teams paula slayer in tel aviv and caleb morgan in new york about the iranian missile strikes and the situation now unfolding in the middle east. paula let's come to you 1st could you talk us through what's been happening and how is this all being viewed in israel where you currently are all there's been 2 waves of air strikes targeting 2 major iraqi bases where american troops are concentrated one of the bases is just outside baghdad the capital of iraq and the other one is in the north of the country in a deal the question that still needs to be answered is whether or not there were any injuries on those bases and initial reports suggest yes although we've just heard from an american official say that there are very few casualties if any the question of course is whether the casualties are on the iraqi side or the americans it seems as if it's on the iraqi side but of course we're still waiting to receive confirmation of that now as i mentioned more than a dozen ballistic missiles were fired in iraq and the radio

seth doane is in tel aviv. seth, what is israel doing to prepare?israel knows it's a target and they have boosted troop reinforcements on the northern border with syria and lebanon. just across that border are a number of militant groups backed by iran, including hezbollah. and today we heard hezbollah's leader claim that it was israel that pushed the u.s. to kill qasem soleimani. soleimani had been on military intelligence radar here in israel for some time. he was a formidable foe. and today prime minister benjamin netanyahu commended president trump for taking out soleimani. we spoke with amos yadlin who was a former military intelligence chief here in israel. he told us he believes that the most likely targets would be u.s. base, embassies, an ambassadorer a general. but elaine, he said he believes iran does not want all-out war. >> seth doane, thank you. >>> now to a new terror attack. it happened today in kenya and claimed the lives of three americans, one service member and two military contractors. al shabaab militants struck manda airfield

joining me, matt bradley in tel aviv, israel. do we have any sense of who may have launched this rocket attack? >> reporter: it's not entirely clear but this is consistent with previous rocket attacks, especially the make and model of the rocket. remember, this is the type of rocket and this is the type of attack that started all of this a little more than two weeks ago. that's when a rocket attack on an iraqy base that was housing u.s. soldiers ended up killing a u.s. citizen. that's what caused this tit for tat retaliation and ended in the killing of qassem soleimani and brought us to the point where now. it likely is one of those iranian proxies. rockets were landed in the iraqi air base. that was answered by the rockets that the u.s. launched on the iraqi-syrian border. it could be then again or any number of different militia groups backed by the iranians or not in iraq. there are several of them. many of them have representatives within the iraqi government with which the united states is allied. it's all a very awkward bed

well the israeli city of tel aviv was struck by a deadly flash flooding on saturday after a massive downpour the waters rose. 2 people drowned after being caught in an elevator and other man how the after he became trapped in his flooded basement apartment police managed to save his life by prising open a metal guys and pulling him to safety through a window parts of his rival have seen a record rainfall over the past week. thank. you tennis in 20 twenties 1st grand slam the australian open is just over 2 weeks away and to that end a large crowd in brisbane watched novak djokovic cheering red to take on south africa's kevin anderson inaugural team event. edged his much taller rival in 2 sets to ensure that serbia advance to the next round of what's called the 80 feet . in ski jumping. claimed a 2nd win in a row at the 4 hills taught him and putting himself in 2nd place over roll the norwegian was the last man to jump in broken just bought the difficult conditions he scored 200 $53.00 points to edge poland's david to backi about steen now leads the overall standings we've just one event remai

service is alone fire services that are already stretched to the limit well the israeli city of tel aviv was struck by deadly flash flooding on saturday after a massive downpour the waters rose sorry fos that 2 people drowned after being courting an elevator another man had an hour a sky after he became frightened he's by the basement apartment place managed to save his life by prising open and mitchell guys and pulling into society through a window are part of israel have seen record rainfall over the past week. well scientists across the globe are thinking of ways to help save the environment on our overheating planet finding sustainable replacements for plastic is king and they finished researches have done just that by creating headphones with a green twist. to shade the idea of a green economy has been around for decades no but sustainable products have remained few and far between especially in electronics. at the v t t technical research center of finland researchers decided to demonstrate how far the field has come with a set of biotech headphones unlike with plastic the material

the reprieve won't be enough to get farzana control little and put them out the israeli city of tel aviv has been struck by deadly flash flooding after a massive downpour the waters were so fast that 2 people drowned after being caught in an elevator another band had a narrow escape after he became trapped in his flooded basement apartment police managed to save his life by prying open a metal gate and pulling him to safety through a window parts of israel have seen record rainfall over the past week. even as all straight. even as australia battles with bushfires it's preparing for one of the premier tennis events of the year the australian open is just over 2 weeks away to that end a large crowd and brits been watching know the yoke of it in red take on south africa's kevin anderson in the inaugural team event of the. edges much taller rival in 2 sets to ensure serbia advance to the next round of what's called the empty cup . to steve jumping and marius lin vick claimed a 2nd win in a row at the weeklong 4 hills tournament putting himself in 2nd place overall the norwegian was the last

matt bradley is in tel aviv. chris, let me begin with you, if i may. let's talk a little bit about the threat that we just played there or at least the threat that richard engel is reporting about the threats coming out of iran. that iran would use its proxy in lebanon to attack israel. explain to us the.net unanimo d some of the protests that have happened over the last couple weeks in that country. do they have the capability, not just militarily, but politically to drag hlebanon into a war on behalf of iran? >> reporter: according to estimat estimates, hezbollah controls 60% of the country. they have a military believed to be bigger than that. the official lebanese military. both politically and militarily, yes, they are positioned well. also geographicallgeographicall. it's important to note officially iran said they do not want proxies to operate on their behalf. they want a proportionate response to the killing on soleimani. so far, that's what they say they have done. it was a symmetrical attack using conventional weapons on the two american pos

embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, the funded palestinian institutions with the refugees.has done loads of things which shows he supports nadya whose agenda. essentially whathe administration appears to want to do is to change the paradigm and change the principal behind attempts at peacemaking since 1993 were at the white house, they signed the also accords and that was a sunday idea of e left of the alongside israel and now it seems the essentially the palestinians will be told listen guys, you have lost. erget you are offered, take what you are offered or things will be even worse, but that is based onwe the, buill not know until tomorrow. >> thanks so much. moving on, the helicopter that crashed on sunday killing in the a star kobe bryant, his daughter in seven others had been cleared to fly according to records of the pilot and air-traffic the tragedy has shocked the sporting world and well beyond. >> gets to the rim,everse. he was one of the greatest players of all-time. two decades, the fierce soul of his remarkable talent and absolute devotion to winning, a generat

if there is any reaction to that strike by the united states, iran will level tel aviv.hey see israel in complicit in everything going on. so they made a very huge threat towards israel as well if there is any retribution for the attack that they want to launch to avenge soleimani's death. the head of iran's national security council said that there is going to be a military strike against the united states. it's not going to be just limited to military strikes. that could mean cyber as well as choking off the flow of oil in this region. >> is there an accurate sense of how far developed the nuclear program is there within iran? >> reporter: alex, they have gotten very far in the nuclear program. and that's why there was such a desperate scramble in the obama era to make a deal with iran. you may be a fan of that deal or you may not be a fan of that deal. but the reality was that that was an indication of how advanced iran was on the nuclear program. i think it's fair to say that iran had mastered the nuclear cycle. they don't have a nuclear bomb, but they have almost ce

leland: that was the prime minister there in tel aviv as he got ready to leave for washington, arrivesight. the peace plan, though, presented by the white house or going to be presented is already being rejected by the palestinians, this leader abbas warns the u.s. not to cross any, quote, red lines, what does all that mean, we bring in former israeli ambassador from the united states michael ernst, i appreciate your time, sir, 50% of this deal would be palestinians, they've already said no, thanks, we are not bother showing up at the negotiating table or in washington, what's the point? >> good to be with you, leland. you know, the palestinians hold the world record for people who have been offered peace, have been offered a two-state solution throughout history and every time they've said no, in fact, they don't have yes in their vocabulary. i think that the administration has internalized this, it's a new day and this peace plan is aimed at really two customers, if you will, the israeli public and the moderate arab sunni world and particularly the gulf states and so far the reaction

policy when it moved its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. they are threatening to withdraw from key provisions of the accord that defines the relationship betetween israel ad the palestinian authority. thehe number of victims of contagious coronavirus has risen to at least 106. that figure including the first recorded death in the capital of .eijing the vast majority of those infected have been in china. beijing scrambles to contain the outbreak. >> it's a race against time to hospital designed to contain the new deadly coronavirus. ons do to be finished february 2. chinese premier was checking in on the p progress. >> you must ensure quality. construction doesn't mean low quality. the project must protect against infectious diseases. safety has to be a top priority. of two emergency hospitals being buililt i in wu. the number of f contaminatated people has almost doubled in the past few days. beijing also extended the lunar new year holiday by three days. than 50 million residents are on lockdown. zonede the quarantine travelers were facema

more of the wall done in tel aviv for you teach this to me even then. i throw in 20 these seem to fit sort out. the known. of tension in free trade agreements is the introduction of private arbitration. present in most international trade agreements this is still is supposed to guarantee a fair impartiality to foreign investors so that they can defend themselves against hate abuse or overly restrictive legislation. because it would be honest you know since ones i mean i'm a do is going to. keep the question are you are if you think you know me says you do several these are different small always in the classroom it isn't easy . it is. easy if this is with us and for most folks simply isn't. did you feel. the need to send if you susan's to be clinton assume. these arbitrators are not judges but business lawyers who take turns as the main arbitrator state defender or corporate defender. connelly pain they are often seen as a true multimillionaire industry dominated by a small the leet acting in great secrecy and too often giving priority to investors . wh

in tel aviv, martin, a long-time diplomat including two stints as u.s. ambassador to israel, now a distinguished fellow at the council on foreign relations. in buenos ayers the former secretary of singapore, a distinguished fellow the at university of singapore. zani, you were at davos as i was and you saw lots of people around the world, sort of a good cross-section of global elites i suppose. what is your sense of what they are making of this impeachment? >> to be honest, i didn't think they were paying a huge amount of attention to it. the outcome is all but foregone. they are moving beyond that and i was struck not only at how little attention was being paid to the impeachment trial but quite how many people seemed to be taking almost as given that there might be a second term for president trump. the mood i think certainly amongst the business types in davos was get ready for a second term. literally no one spoke to me about impeachment. >> i remember the founder of singapore once telling me that singapore's survival and prosperity depended, above a

joining me is matt bradley in tel aviv.tt, it's confusing only because the jcpoa he referred to, joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran deal of 2015, involved a lot of parties. it involved negotiating group, the united nations, the eu. it wasn't a nato specific thing. now he's talking about nato. what's the president talking act? >> reporter: well, the president is reviving a complaint that he's had since before the election back in 2015. he's long-said that nato members don't pay enough into the alliance and are just enjoying the protections of america and other big powers without paying anything. without having to pony up their own militaries and without having to spend more than 3% of their gross national products every year on military spending in fact he's been complaining about this a lot. this is one of the president's habits. when something like this, a new news event comes up, he tucks an old complaint in. that's what you're seeing here. the fact is that nato allies, the request by the president, they get mor

decades ago he won a talent contest in israel and performed in haifa and tel aviv. but that was in another lifetime, before travel restrictioions were imposed on residents of gaza. before hamas took control in 2007 and israel and egypt imposed the blockade of gaza strip. before life became a waking nightmare. wafaa's father remembers a time when music brought people together. nowadays, gaza feels like a prison. abed: i'm not happy that wafaa lives in a different place. but i know s she needs to flee e reality we find ourselves in here. her father is sad to let her go but he understands why she chooses to live in gaza city, where there's a little more freedom than in rafah. and there are also more people who are similar to wafah and mohamed. like-minded people who often meet up in this cafÉ. the mood here is relaxed and happy, which is rare in gaza. it's a welcome refuge from the harsh reality of daily life. wafaa: close my eyes and wake up, find myself like, oh my god, in anotherer place, i'i'm outf gazaza. no home, there is no future here for the youth, for us. if

middle east with claims the proposed right about to end the israeli palestinian conflict only faces tel aviv meanwhile the palestinian leadership spends transplant calling it the slap of the century the u.s. ambassador to israel has made it clear the palestinians the point is not something that will be taken into account. it doesn't matter what the palestinians say we're going to keep the peace for them for years that's what we want. and the european parliament gives final approval for the u.k. exit from the e.u. as british any peace attempt that.

richard. >> nbc's news's matt bradley for us live in tel aviv, israel. thank you for that with the very lateth. i want to bring in our panel, foreign correspondent for "new york times," nbc news international affairs analyst. general mccaffrey, retired four star general and msnbc news analyst. what are you hearing about the rockets? what are you hearing about the protest? hundreds today. also reports thousands the day before. what that mood and tension is like. >> first of all, regarding the rockets, one of the possible players that could be responsible is kataib hezbollah, the proxy that was related to general soleimani. and although iran has said that they are not going to escalate, what most experts fear is that the one itself may not be the one that pursues the next aggression, instead it's going to be its many proxies in the region. that could be what we are seeing now. regarding the protests, i think these are significant. these are thousands of people that have taken to the street asking for regime change, which is for the a small thing in a place

. >> we do this because what happens in baghdad, what happens in tel aviv, london, and france does impact us here in america. >> we reached out to local law enforcement and right now there's no credible threat to the bay area, but san francice have povisional resources in key locations -- have sco additiona resources in key locations around the city. >> the air strike rallying the markets. the dow had its first big loss since december, briefly dropping more than 360 points in the open. it recovered to close down 122 points. the nasdaq also fell 71 points coming up at 5:30, we look at the potential impact of the strike on gas prices and how iran could retaliation and what's happening behind the scenes right now to keep the u.s. safe. stay with kpix 5 and keep up with breaking developments online at kpix.com and our streaming service cbsn bay area. >>> new at 5:00, we're getting a first look at the 2 suspects blamed for a deadly laptop theft in oakland. prosecutors filing charges today against jovan lee and byron reid. police say on new year's eve the 2 stole a laptop from a customer at the

matt bradley, thank you very much for that as a new day dawns over tel aviv in israel. here with us for our leadoff discussion for this hour's coverage, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and at the pentagon. shannon pettypiece, senior white house reporter for nbc news digital, retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey back for a second hour. of course decorated combat veteran of vietnam and a former battlefield commander in the gulf. and retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, who happens to be one of 71 living recipients of the medal of honor for his combat actions in vietnam. both gentlemen msnbc military analysts. welcome to you all. mr. bash, i would like to begin with you on the state of the iranian military because the target package and the arm amentes they used in this attack tonight are important. their air force does not lead the world. a lot of their aircraft have over three, four, five decades on them. they decided long ago to put their money and their research into ballistic missiles. these have a long range. some of them have a lot of

joining us now from tel aviv, matt bradley, what is the reaction from the israelys where you are. >>o far it's real recent news but hearing the cabinet will meet at 7:00 a.m. your time. we heard from the former defense secretary, defense minister and former foreign minister he said this morning he's not expecting any retaliation from iran or hezbollah or any of the other iranian proxies we're sitting right up against the western border there's a lot of positive thinking here in israel. that's kind of surprising. we got to remember this whole situation is surprising. you got to remember this moment, keep it in your mind, the iranians just launched a conventional attack against u.s. forces in the middle east. there were no reported casualties and so far the iranians are calling it a success and the trump administration have said all is so ieay find it hard to believe another foot is not about to drop and that this mutual satisfaction between what just happened, this really violent episode, is going to last throughout the rest of day. seems something else will happen and we'll discover

. >> nbc's matt bradley is joining us live now from tel aviv on this.att, with a welcome to you. look, israel certainly is used to dealing with conflict in this region. does it feel different where you are, there in israel, than it has in recent past? >> reporter: i'm going to be honest with you, alex, no, not really. because the fact is, is that israel is always on a heightened state of alert and this is really no different. the fact is, is there have been a lot of real backlashes against israel in the last several months, years. we've seen protracted conflicts where israel has bombed the gaza strip for extended periods of time. back in 2006, we had that extended conflict between israel and hezbollah and lebanon, and that's where israelis are expecting that retaliation. if it comes here in israel, they expect it to some from hezbollah and the north. they are the most capable, most ready. and really, they're a militia group that is part of lebanon. they actually have members who are sitting in the lebanese parliament. but they still act like a national

of the ceremony, emmanuel macron visited the israeli site at the end of a forest of jerusalem and tel aviva major memorial from france during the second world war. for many -- he was heading into his fourth year in 1 1942 when he died. i have a name in hebrew. it was solomon in hebrew. she was my aunt, and he was my uncle. of hisly 40 members family were killed. all of their names are listed on this curved wall. 35 meters across and four meters tall, it is known as the memorial. for the families, it means much more. >> it is not a monument. it is our cemetery because our parents, our families died at auschwitz. so weon't have graves, need a place to gather them. >> 80,000 names are written on the wall with the 80,000 people deported from france who never came back from the camps. listed in alphabetical order are their names and dates of birth, arrests, and death. the result of decades of archival work by the son of auschwitz victims and a famous nazi hunter, along with his wife. wasy father thought it necessary to collect the names of the victims. it is something neither france nor the jew

you have these pictures from tel aviv, the embassy there i israel, and these pictures in london, whereturneout in support. the british foreign office last week call this case deeply distressing. here is our correspondent on the dip -- diplomatic complications. >> it is a foreign colony that attracts holidaymakers. they are calling for a boycott. it has been seeking closer ties with israel. it has been seeking a gas deal through a pipeline. that hasio led some to que whether this could have had a bearing on the case. oit was point that a claim well. be appealed a >> now let's turn to one of the big science stories. astronomers in the u.s. and europe have detected gravitational waves from the collision of two dead stars. let me do my best to explain this. a, it is the only time an event like this has been detected. b, the combined mass of the stars was three times larger than the sun. these neutronis stars, is an artistic impression of them merging, and the discovery is part of a coaboration between observatories in italy and the u.s. this particur observatory in louisiana that use detec

. >> we will bring in matt bradley, nbc news correspondent in tel aviv. good to have you with me this morning. as we all know, israel very much on high alert after the killing of soleimani. talk to us from your perspective as to what you're hearing. >> reporter: yes, you know, the question, and what cal perry just kind of flecked at, that hezbollah, on the northern borders of israel, they could actually strike against the israelis, and they have done that so many times in the past, but on the other side, in the gaza strip, there's hamas, and there's palestinian islamic jihad both of which supported by iran. i want to go back to your question that you put to cal which is how much does the u.s., or excuse me, how much does the iran have control over its proxies. it seems as far as the trump administration is concerned, that all of these cat's paws of iran throughout the relationen are doing exactly what, throughout the region are doing exactly what the iranians say and as a couple of days ago that's what qasem soleimani said. and what we could see in the co

we are debating with our friends in tel aviv, but also in the gulf. hope that the process between the palestinians and the israelis is not going to fall victim of that tension in the region. brent: from high tensions in politics, to high tech. the trump administration has suffered another setback in its campaign to stop china's huawei from building 5g networks over worries about espionage. on tuesday, the u.k. government decided to allow huawei to help build its 5g networks, but with restrictions. now the european union has urged its member states to basically do the same, to limit security risks. but it has also not calllled for any bans. reporter: the european commission says member states should consider banning high-risk 5g technology suppliers from its most sensitive assets, but stopped short of naming china's huawei. the company is the global market leader in 5g technology, which in turn is considered crucial for the digital future. increasing connection speeds, and possibly revolutionizing medicine, agriculture, and energy grids. 5g will make a

so that's why we have a very clear position we are debating with so all friends in tel aviv but also on the gulf and i hope that the process between the postilions and the israelis it's not going to fall victim of that tension in the region. well from high tensions in politics to high tech the trump administration has suffered another setback in its campaign to stop china's hu away from building find g. networks over worries about espionage on tuesday the u.k. government decided to allow who a way to help build its 5 g. networks but with restrictions now the european union has urged its member states to basically do the same to limit security risks but it has also not called for any ban it's the european commission says member states should consider banning high risk 5 cheat acknowledges suppliers from its most sensitive assets but stopped short of naming china's huawei the companies that global market leader in 5 g. technology which in turn is considered crucial for the digital future increasing connection speeds and possibly revolutionizing medicine agriculture and energy grids. 5

we have matt bradley in tel aviv, that we will get to in just a moment. let me start by asking a question i asked christopher dickey last hour. that's where the arab countries that are allied with the united states find themselves this morning. obviously many of them have very close relationships with the united states, but many of them also don't necessarily want a full out war with iran knowing that they would be among the most vulnerable in any potential full-blown war. >> reporter: yeah, and i think qatar where i am today is at the top of that list. this is a country that is both geographically and politically in the middle. they house that huge massive -- the biggest u.s. military base in the middle east housing some 10,000 to 12,000 u.s. personnel. it's about a 30-minute drive from where i am now. which is why we're seeing the first diplomatic activity originating from this country, the foreign minister is on the ground in tehran. he has just met with foreign minister zarif of iran. we understand that that conversation was largely based around the q

thank you for joining us from tel aviv.of sexual assault emerged against him. he has pleaded not guilty. this case relates to just two of his accusers — but allegations of sexual misconduct have been made by more than 80 women. and in the past half an hour he has been charged in los angeles with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in 2013. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is outside the courtroom in new york. quite a day there. the start ofjury selection. there has been a lot of activity outside of the court as well. yeah absolutely. the throngs of press came to see the start of harvey weinstein's trial and to see the many women have accused him of her not part of this trial to see him walk into this court and face justice and to see what they had to say. what was really remarkable was that at the start of this trial, harvey weinstein is now facing additional charges in los angeles. we had got a bit of a hit from his attorney that something was in the works —— hint. once she talked about wanting a fa

netanyahu earlier cut short a trip to greece to return home an emergency meeting was held here in tel aviv between the military and intelligence chiefs to assess the situation all israeli institutions around the world have gone on high alert while on the northern and southern borders here in israel the army too has become more vigilant this is what netanyahu in praising the attack had to say president roh deserves all the credit for working smoothly forcefully the source of israel starts with the united states and its just struggle for spruce security. the american action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which iran is responsible we also see with great concern to around 60 of it is in the region we stand before dangerous escalation now the european response has been somewhat moderate although there has been concern expressed that this will lead to a deescalation it doesn't seem of this anyone is brave enough to come out and strongly and openly criticize the american president donald trump nato says it is monitoring the situation particularly keeping an eye on its tra

interview with david silva in full that will be on air later throughout the day we can go live now to tel aviv airport where the putin has just touched down for that holocaust forum in israel that is the presidential plane air force one landing right there it's fun of course to mark this 75th anniversary of soviet forces liberating the nazi death camp auschwitz over 45 heads of state in attendance russian president also joined from. the ministers and high ranking officials from all across the world. marking heads of state arriving from the 2nd world wars allied nations he's also going to the 1st foreign leader to give a speech after of course is really officials and the president as well of the european jewish congress now the kremlin says putin's address will focus on the red army's liberation of auschwitz and the soviet union's contribution to the victory over fascism and of course the importance of not distorting historical facts through politics and politicized. and these very prime minister benjamin netanyahu will later unveil a commemorative memorial in downtown jerusalem it's dedicated

right now here in tel aviv the top defense officials of israel are holding an emergency meeting the israeli army has been put on high alert particularly along the borders in the north and the south and that is out of concern that there could be some kind of reaction from either hamas or hizbullah talking to israelis on the ground many fear that there will be a reaction the question is just when and what form it will take having said all of that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has welcomed the attack and praised the american president donald trump. president roh deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively. with the united states in its just struggle for spruce security and so. the american action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which iran is responsible we also see with great concern to around 60 of it is in the region we stand before then dress escalation. the reaction from european leaders has been more moderate not despite the concern being expressed that this will destabilize the region no one has been bold enough to really come

mobilization unit counterpart would drone strike on friday at baghdad airport joining me now from tel aviv is former israeli ambassador to the united states danny ayalon thanks so much about coming back on the show let's just begin with what is you think your well indicted prime minister netanyahu meant when he said israel should not be dragged into what was an american event yes it was totally american wholly owned american operation and i believe it came following the attack on the american embassy in baghdad but basically i think the united states was fed up with the intervention of iran through. the iranian revolutionary guard and most of the. force the oca's force which was headed by general wesley money their responsibility was actually to subvert all over and. i would say make sure that the iranians. get the influence all over the area and we see it not just in iraq but also in syria in lebanon in yemen and i believe that after a restraint that the americans showed especially following the attack on the old installations of saudi arabia that was just one bridge too far for them and

iraq that iran warned to the united states and its proxies in the region that the cities of dubai tel aviv and haifa would be destroyed do you believe the trump blinked when iran threatened our i think everyone got his or her message we have said many times and you have proven beyond any doubt that the or law abiding nation the have no bill warriors view or not as the scenes and that's why we inform the government of iraq because at the end of the day it was the iraqi base beach was abused by the united states to target our heroes that's why we had to inform iraqi government in advance to make sure that no iraqis are injured in that attack and it was an act of a state terrorism amounting to a crime of aggression and to an act of aggression so we did what we are entitle to do under the international law well britain was immediately implicated because b. 52 jets were being used in the occupied jagers islands in diego. there was refueling reports from our a.f. milde in all in britain and in fact boris johnson said h.m.s. montrose and the h.m.s. defender to iran shores there were reports here

earlier i spoke to artie's polis leah in tel aviv and caleb maupin in new york about the iranian missile strikes and the situation now unfolding in the middle east. paula let's start with you could you talk us through what's been happening and how all this is being viewed in israel where you are right now. well as you correctly say we know that more than a dozen ballistic missiles were fired by iraqi bases that howells u.s. troops one of them is not far from baghdad and the other one in we have received confirmation from the iraqi side that there are casualties amongst the iraqi forces but we're still waiting to hear whether or not there are any american soldiers who have been killed and we're being told that there's an assessment of the situation that's happening at the moment now the iranian revolutionary guards have taken responsibility they say that this is in the village for friday morning's assassination of the mommy and they've called the operation operation revenge. they've also threatened that if there's any kind of reaction from the united states they will be a severe response