the u.n. pleading for countries to continue funding its humanitarian aid work in gaza. as countries with whole support amid allegations some u.n. aid agency staffers had a role in the october 7th hamas attack. donald trump and joe biden are treating this weekend as the opening salvo for the 2024 general election. both men are visiting states they will be sure to win in february's nomination contests. former president trump is in nevada while current president biden is in south carolina. and the insults are flying from opposite sides of the country. >> you're the reason i am president. you're the reason kamala harris is historic vice president. and you're the reason donald trump is a defeated former president. you're the reason donald trump is a loser and you're the reason we're going to win and beat him again. >> let there be no doubt what joe biden is doing is a crime against our nation. it's an absolute betrayal of our country and it's an atrocity against our election. he will be tried at th

we should shut the whole thing down the u.n. >> trump said bad things about u.n.ple were like... people conflat funding with money going to helping people. throwing money at something can make it worse. it makes you feel like we have that handled. it doesn't mean anything is handled. it's rare -- am struggling to think of an example. >> greg: i feel that way about raises. >> i know. >> [laughing]. >> greg: i feel like a hypocrite criticizing the u.n. over vetting when i have you here, joe. >> yes, i slipped through the cracks. >> greg: how did you get in here? >> he is clever. >> i can't believe people are shocked by this. i would be shocked if they said we need to leave early for rosh hashana. kat, this may be the first time they had a successful program through the u.n. i don't like them in new york. during u.n. week all the parking spots are taken up by prostitutes. we should defund them. why don't we have the taliban judge a wet t-shirt contest. when trump was in charge, we didn't have these issues. the same people said trump will start a world war. he didn't

at the u.n. secretary-general explained five you -- five weeks ago, the killing is so extensive that nowhere is safe in gaza. as i stand before you today, 23,000 -- 23,002 hundred 10 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces during the sustained attacks over the last three months. at least 70% of whom are believed to be women and children. some 7000 palestinians are still missing, presumed dead under the rubble. the palestinians in gaza subjected to relentless bombing wherever they go. they are killed in their homes, in places where they seek shelter, in hospitals, in schools, in mosques, in churches , and as they try to find food and water for the families. they have been killed if they fail to evacuate. in the places to which they have fled. and even while they attempted to flee along israeli-declared safe routes. the level of killing is so extensive, that those whose bodies are found are varied in mass graves, often unidentified. in the first three weeks alone, following october 7, israe

clearly the u.n.ncy is saying that israel is falling short of their international humanitarian law expectations. we have been saying this unfortunately when the first u.n. building was hit. there was a freak out and everyone was speaking. now we are talking about building 142 that has been attacked by the idf, and folks are getting numb. it is not ok. it was not ok. it was not good to do this last year. it is still criminal to do this this year. unfortunately we are not catching a break. 152 unrwa colleagues were killed in gaza. what happened last time we spoke we had eight functioning health clinics, now we have a smaller shrinking arm to provide services and healing for those folks. host: we are seeing reports that the head of the cia in the u.s. is on the way to the region to be engaged in some kind of talks about a temporary cease-fire. are you hopeful that something like that can be agreed in the absence of a more permanent cease-fire? guest: unwra has been calling for a humanitarian cease-fire.

the u.n.urt consists has to stop before it gets worse. >> the military operation conducted by israel after october 7 has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries and the destruction of homes, schools, medical facilities, and other vital infrastructure, as well as displacement on a massive scale. in these circumstances, the court considers the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is at serious risk of deteriorating further before the court renders its final judgment. >> by overwhelming majority, the court's 17 judges ruled israel must avoid killing or seriously harming palestinians mentally or physically, inflicting living conditions designed to destroy the palestinian population, or imposing measures which prevent palestinian births. the judges also said israel must take all measures to prevent and punish public incitement to genocide and do more immediately to improve humanitarian assistance. on october 7 last year, hamas gunmen launched devastating attacks on isr

another 800 were sheltering in a u.n. vocational training center hit correspoaccording to the u.o israeli tank rounds. >> reality is that the strikes are hitting protected installations, protected facilities. they are hitting facilities that are housing, sheltering civilians or, you know, where you have medical personnel tending to people who are wounded and injured and sick. >> reporter: this man managed to escape kahn yunis under shelling. he asked his children have you eaten today? no, they respond. hovering over the agony of this war is the specter of famine. the u.n. special report on the right to food. how would you describe the food situation in gaza at the moment? >> every single person in gaza is hungry. so that means 2.2 million people are going hungry. a quarter of the population are starving. they are struggling to find food and drinkable water. and famine is imminent. >> reporter: since october, gaza has become a land of no mads moving place to place desperate as the war moves further south. for more than 100

. >> dana: the u.n. under extreme scrutiny.lleging members participated in atrocities on october 7th. we have more on this. >> street scandal over u.n. staff in gaza working with activities is larger debate if the u.s. should be funding united nations at all. >> allows taxpayer dollars to fund unrwa. >> not one penny of american taxpayer dollars should be going to fund a terrorist organization. essentially unrwa has become a branch of hamas. >> funding is on pause until the u.n. investigates how its employees ended up committing terrorism and whether the u.s. has funneled taxpayer money that ended up in their hands. this just in to fox as well. senator tim scott later today will introduce new legislation that will completely prohibit u.s. funding going to the u.n. until unrwa has been permanently disbanded. take a look at what he tells fox news. not a single cent of american tax dollars should go toward the beheading of innocent babies, rape of women or murder of civilians. the state department said they have full confidence in

a recent u.n. report indicates that half of the population of about 2.2 million people are at risk of starvation, and 90% say they regularly go without food for a whole day. parentses there go out of their way to make sure that their kids eat first. the chief economist at the world food programme said that the humanitarian disaster in gaza was among the worst he had ever seen. aid groups say that in the coming weeks the entire population of gaza could face famine. mr. president, let us be clear. the reason as to why this resolution must be passed today is that right now -- right now as we speak -- hundreds of thousands of children in gaza, innocent children, are starving right before our eyes. we cannot turn away. we must act. tragically, despite the efforts of the u.n. and others, despite the growing humanitarian crisis we are seeing, the situation has actually gotten worse in terms of getting aid to the people in need, to these children. aid groups say the humanitarian access actually deteriorate

. >>> israel is demanding an urgent investigation after claims that u.n. workers were involved in the october 7th hamas attack. new this morning, at least two countries are now pausing funding to the agency. >>> alabama officials say the first of its kind nitrogen gas execution was textbook. some say that's not the case. we'll explain why. >>> a major flood watch ahead. your forecast is just ahead on cnn this morning. >>> donald trump says the verdict in his latest legal loss is, quote, absolutely ridiculous and he's going to appeal. he has to pay e. jean carroll $83.3 million for defamation. their courtroom victory sends a message to other women who have been victimized by powerful men. >> she is overjoyed. she cried. she showed more emotion. i've known her for a long time. than i've ever seen her show. she feels she got justice from the jury today, from the court. and she feels she's really stood up, and she has, stood up for almost every woman who's been defamed, who's been kicked down, who's been shut up. >> now trump was not in the courtroom when that

the u.n.'s highest court pressures israel to stem the loss of lives in gaza but does not come down hard on israel, as cia director bill burns crosses the atlantic, trying to pose a deal to free the hostages. >>> and critical funding for border. israel and ukraine. it's all hanging in the balance as mr. trump tries to get senate republicans to scuttle a border compromise that was weeks in the making. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump back in a manhattan courtroom for closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation trial. earlier today, the former president left court during the closing arguments by carroll's lawyers over how much he has to pay in damages to e. jean carroll. she's speaking $10 million. he's already been found by a judge to have abused carroll sexually in the 1990s and defamed her while he was president. mr. trump delivered a brief testimony thursday, just about threees long, again denying even knowing carroll. the former president said h

the international court of justice, the u.n.'highest court come has been a plausible risk israel is committing genocide in gaza and ordered provisional measures but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. this is the president of the court joan donoghue reading out the vote -- part of the ruling. >> by 15 votes to two, the state of israel shall in accordance with its obligations on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide in relation to the palestinians in gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of article two of the convention, in particular, a, killing members as a group, b, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, c, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life cap related to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part, and d, imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group. amy: over a one-hour ruling, the international court of justice president joan donoghue in the hague quoted israe

. >>> the u.n.'s top court ordering israel to prevent genocide in gaza but not calling for a cease-fire. >>> and the stunning allegations, did some u.n. workers in gaza take part in the hamas terror attack? >>> the first boeing 737 max 9 plane to return to the sky after that door plug blew off in midair what to do if you don't want to fly on one. >>> taylor swift fans outraged the fake explicit a.i. generated images of her that spread online i asked the ceo of microsoft, can this be stopped? >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with the breaking news here in new york where just a short time ago, a federal jury ruled that donald trump must pay $83.3 million to writer e. jean carroll, who sued him for defamation a separate civil trial had already found mr. trump liable for sexually abusing carroll in the '90s. the jury today tasked only with putting a price on the former president's defamatory statements about carroll. their ruling

we believe in the importance of the u.n. we believe in the importance as an agency and we believe also we have a confidence that they will follow what's their roles are. having them to follow. it's as they mentioned, they are taking all the measures. they are investigating and they fired them this morning. so at least they are doing their part as an agency, but it cannot be a laboring for the entire agency. >> did israel agree as part of the agreement this weekend in paris, did israel agree to accelerate the aid deliveries which would be through the u.n.? >> actually, look, unfortunately, and this is something that we've been repeatingly saying. that's, it's not a way to use the humanitarian aid as a leverage or as a pressure on the people. people are dying from starvation. we have seen the suffering that they are going through is something unprecedented. we never seen before in any conflict. and just let us, you know, picture this. rez is the only conflict zone where people have nowhere to go to. no shelters. even with the

so just to be clear for our audience, we're funding the u.n., the u.n.if they're not vulnerable to make the trek to the united states with our taxpayer dollars. >> there's a little bit of irony there. yes. and some republicans have been angry about this ever since it was revealed that we're just handing out all this cash along the way, that our united nations is doing this. look, a lot of the money is earmarked by the white house, by the state department and goes straight to the united nations' high commission on refugees, unhcr. and then iom, the international organization for migration, that's who's -- that's the pass-through. but there's 15 other u.n. agencies that are involved as well. pete: wow. well, todd, thanks for doing the spade work on this. carley: illuminate being. will: thank you, todd. carley: thank you, todd. will: let's turn to rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick: hey, guys, was it cold enough for you this week? pete: yes. carley: it wasn't that cold. pete: the beginning of the week was really bad. carley: that was a trick

one u.n. staffer kidnapped an israeli woman. one u.n. staffer raided a kibbutz and participated in violence. one doled out ammunition to hamas fighters in addition to the other support. >> bill: just unbelievable. >> dana: your thoughts on that. >> heard you say unbelievable. sadly i'm not surprised in the least. it is the very reason we stopped funding them in the trump administration. this is known. we have known it was a corrupt institution. the difference employee between someone working on behalf of the iranians and a part of the u.n. we knew it was going to educating. we should have stopped funding this organization. we did. biden administration turned it back on and here is the direct result. i won't be shocked at all if we learn there wasn't just a dozen, but dozens and dozens and dozens of u.n. employees proving the u.n.'s moral failure. dozens of employees involved in the october 7th and holding of american hostages since that day. >> bill: that's a remarkable statement. your comment from earlier. iran is at war with us. let th

the u.n.uses israel of shelling one of its training centers sheltering civilians in southern gaza, killing nine people and injuring dozens. russia accuses ukraine of shooting down a military plane carrying prisoners of war. international investigation into a crash. and golden treasures looted years ago by british soldiers are headed back to ghana under a landmark deal. hello and welcome to world news america. i'm caitriona perry. moscow has accused ukraine of shooting down a military plane just inside russia, carrying dozens of prisoners of war. a zelenskyy has called for an international investigation seeking clarity on the circumstances of the crash. the bbc verified this video showing the moment of the crash. you can see the aircraft in the distance, falling from the sky. 79 people were on board the plane. no one is reported to have survived. the plane came down in the region along the border with eastern ukraine. russia said it detected the launch of two ukrainian missiles before the crash

we have heard u.n. officials warning that there could be a looming famine and warning of catastrophic consequences if this age does not get in. there is a widespread understanding that not enough is getting and as it is. now we heard from the secretary- general saying that at this point unrwa has funding, but it won't last until the end of february, so, given the extreme need that residence in gaza have, there is a serious concern among unrwa as to how they will continue to give this aid . now, they have been calling on these countries, who have temporarily halted funding to be content reconsider their decision, the head of unrwa itself issued a statement, saying that these decisions were shocking, saying quote, it would be immensely irresponsible to section an agency and entire community it serves, because of allegations of criminal act against some individuals, especially at a time of war, displacement and political crises in the region. now, these heads of have said they have made immediate decisions

the u.n. agency holding palestinians in gaza say the group might have to end operations there. these nine countries paused funding for the u.n. relief and works agency also known as unrwa. accusations by israel that a handful of unrwa workers with issue involved in the october 7 attack. the u.n. secretary general is weighing in, saying the apparent alleged acts of the staff members must have consequences. but the tens of thousands of men and women who work for unrwa should not be penalized. the dire needs of the desperate populations they serve must be met. >>> the need for aid is painfully clear in the hospitals. according to the hamas controlled ministry of health, the complex is running out of drugs, other medications, and transfusions. a shortage that the ministry spoke man calls severe and dangerous. doctors without borders says the hospitals vital medical services have collapsed. the palestine society warns oxygen supplies at the hospital have been depleted and medical teams are unable t

the u.n.'anistan humanitarian needs and response plan, estimates that in 2024, 15.8 million experience crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity, an estimated 23.7 million people more than half of afghanistan's population are projected to require humanitarian assistance. facing reduced international aid contributions, many afghans remain in basic life-saving services. and we must abandon largest humn aid donor inning ■pa, the united states must continue to support theately need humanitarian assistance. so as long as we have mechanisms in place to insure that none of this aid unduelly benefits the tall ball i hope to hear from our witnesses about the impact of our assistance on and how we cae u.s. assistance goes directrustd partners, not the taliban. and we must continue to engage with all partners necessary to help secure the release and return of wrongful detainees, advance human rights andhanistar again be used as a base to plan attacks against the u.s. or our allies. i applaud the dipl

and being similar to the u.n. after the red cross organization so we are among them. >> prime minister has also said that he's against a palestinian state and that his goal is to eliminate hamas leadership and its fighters as part of his military campaign. do you think that is possible without jeopardizing the lives of the hostages? >> well, first of all, the only way forward for us to have a peaceful region is -- that's what carter stood for. that's what we are leaving. so we believe the entire region has. the two-state solution well, of course, need like partners on the other side. if we see a leader on the israeli side who is opposing such a solution, and what's the alternative? >> welcome he would ask you how can we live side by side with people who are dedicated to our elimination works so can they be a two-state solution as long >> well, it's not where hamas, the obstacles of two-state solution that can -- we didn't see anything in committed from there. in 2001 when our peace initiative was p israel agree to

now some lawmakers want to cut off funding to the u.n. entirely. the executive director of u.n.with his thoughts on that in moments. but first right to gillian turner, live at the state department. gillian, one senator has unveiled a new bill on this. what can you tell us about that? >> so, sandra, it's all part of this scandal about the u.n. workers in gaza allegedly teaming up essentially with terrorists on october 7th prompting a larger debate in washington whether the u.s. should continue funding the united nations now at all. take a listen. >> they should not receive a single nickel from the american taxpayers. >> senate republicans will not allow taxpayers to fund unrwa. >> not one penny of taxpayers dollars should fund it, and unrwa is a branch of hamas. >> tell us to funding to unrwa is on pause until the u.n. investigates. >> it is because the work is so important that we cannot allow it to be threatened, right. that unrwa has to take this seriously, has to be a real investigation, there has to be full accountability and have to be appropriate measures put in place to h

. ♪ up next, the u.n.ecretary general antonio guterres talks about artificial intelligence technology, climate change, and the russia-ukraine and israel-hamas war's. he speaks at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. [applause] >> excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for your warm welcome. it's good to be back. i believe this crisis is the result of the paradox facing our world. in the face of the existential threats posed by runaway climate issues and the development of artificial intelligence, we seem powerless to act together. as the climate victim begins, countries remain hell-bent on raising emissions. our planet is still bracing for a increase in temperatures. storms, fires and floods are harming countries and communities. before traveling to the use and climate talks in cop28 in dubai, i saw for myself the dramatic receding of glaciers and us alliterative melting of the ice sheet in antarctica. and here in switzerland, glaciers are disappearing before our very eyes. some are gone

that's how invested u.n.erogatives it is an anti-warren anti-israel entity and anything it funds is meant to go against us. yet here it sits on the island of manhattan with collecting markets they never have to pay and railing against americans -- and we let it, these are type of things we have to start rethinking why are we doing this and keep the u.n. and funding these things at all? carley: october 7th happened han a nation that secures its borders what does that say about us and our future that's a scary prospect. will: warned by retired fbi what could be coming for us. san francisco oldest toy store inspiration for the toy story shuts down i believe after 5 5 -- 75 years in business for the family said falling after 75 years after serving san francisco community store will be closing next month and store has been struggling for a number of years due to perils and violence of the downtown environment inflation, decrease in consumer spending and demise of retail across the world. but then we saddened it ha

work inside gaza. >> and the work that the u.n.e lit literally lifesaving. no one else is doing it. >> gillian: contrast with the statement put out by the state department a couple hours ago, they write the u.s. is extremely troubled by the allegations that 12 unrwa employees may have been involved in the october 7th terrorist attack on israel. the department of state has temporarily paused additional funding while we review allegations and the steps the u.n. is taking to address them. so nothing from the secretary of state yesterday, they received more information or confirmed more information between yesterday and today. >> dan: right. listen, i think those two things could be both true at the same time. that unrwa has done some humanitarian work and that's a good thing. but at the same time, it's very difficult to exercise oversight over their activities in gaza, and of course hamas is exercising control over that, and again i think that there's a lot more to uncover here about the extent to which hamas had deeply penetrated unr

the five-page intelligence report accuses four of the u.n. workers of kidnapping, six of infiltrating israel, and one of establishing an ops room for hamas. the u.n. has not denied the claims, saying it has fired the employees. over the past week, the most intense fighting around khan yunis. we don't know if anything is incoming, but you have two different kinds of munitions. you hear explosions on the other side. the fighting here is still pretty active. people like ramzi abu sahloul, seen here in this video from our partner network, itv, last week, flying a white flag. shots are fired, abu sahloul goes down. he was killed. over the weekend, the idf, which checked our footage for operation security, taking us to khan yunis into tunnels they say were used as a hamas command post. i asked israel's commanding general in southern gaza about those incident. those are your troops? >> yes. yes, those are my troops. and i'm investigating that incident. that is not the way we carry out rules of engagement. no, we don't fire at people waving white fla

. >>> new details on those 12 u.n. workers accused of being part of the october 7th hamas terror attack. one a school counselor. and what we're learning about a potential new hostage deal >>> the battle over the border republicans release articles of impeachment against the secretary of homeland security over the surge of migrants. as president biden and former president trump clash over a possible bipartisan deal in the senate >>> caught on camera, a woman clinging to a moving car in los angeles. why she was so desperate to stop that vehicle. and what it had to do with her dog >>> the surveillance video of a statue of jackie robinson sawed and stolen from a kansas park. the hunt for the thieves. >>> and after nearly 90 years has one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time been solved? what this image may show >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> and good evening i'm tom llamas, in for lester tonight the u.s. is promising a strong response after that drone attack, said to be from an iran

maria: object unbelievable madison alworth at the u.n. israeli prime minister ben been minimum netanyahu, the interview hours after american soldiers killed by iranian backed proxiesized as 46-year-old sergeant william rivers, 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders, 23-year-old breonna moffitt, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre tripping over words as offered or tried to offer condolences look at this. >> our deepest, obviously, deepest condolences go out heart fefrt condolences go out to families who lost three brave -- three folks who are military folks who are brave, who are -- always fighting who are fighting on behalf, and of this administration, of the american people. >> get it together girl! >> your reaction? >> i am appalled she needs to be off air building, building, building not just she doesn't -- very offensive someone told her you call us military folks you call them military folks, and that they serve this, for this administration no, ma'am we serve on flag of the united states of america we for the constitution

so the u.n. here is really laying out, i think, the most -- a very, very strong and damning account of the situation in gaza so far. >> all of this is coming as the u.s. carried out a second round of strikes overnight against iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen. what kind of concerns, you know, does this seem to raise? >> it raises concerns for the u.s. and the uk's regional partners. particularly, saudi arabia, essentially fought an eight-year war against the houthis. they backed the recognized government in yemen who were fighting a civil war on the ground. of course, it sort of shows the experience that the saudis had. their air force was backed by the united states with intelligence, backed by refueling aircraft, as well, for a long time in the fight. for many, many years, there were air strikes against hue outhi targets on the ground, and the houthis were able to keep fighting. i think in this environment right now, if the united states and the uk and the others in the coalition get drawn int

in an hour, the u.n.nstate funding, this includes the u.s. a lot of pressure on the biden administration to reinstate the money that they have suspended. sandra? >> sandra: thanks, gillian. senate foreign relations committee member pete ricketts is calling for a persmanent ban on a the unrwa. in your own words, sir, what do you want to see happen here? >> well, not one penny of american taxpayer dollars should be going to fund a terrorist organization. essentially unrwa has become a branch of hamas. we now know that 12 of its employees took part in one way or another in these october 7th attacks. six directly participating. the other six planning logistics, kidnapping, that sort of thing. by the way, this is not a news flash. this doesn't need an investigation. the trump administration knew this and that's why they cut off funding. the biden administration resumed that funding. they have given them $730 million of our taxpayer's money. and now all of a sudden they're shocked to find out that these people

reveals ties between u.n.ffers and islamic jihad, and that dozens of them worked with hamas to carry out the terror attacks. a couple examples in the dossier. one u.n. staffer kidnapped an israeli woman on october 7th. another raided an israeli kibbutz that day and another doled out ammunition to hamas fighters. despite the atrocities, the white house says they are relying on the u.n. to investigate itself, essentially, and find out how things went so disastrously wrong. >> they are deeply, deeply troubled by what we have heard. we are in touch, obviously, with the u.n., in touch with israel, and others, and so that's, we are going to continue to have those conversations. >> gillian: trump administration officials say u.s. intelligence has known about links between the u.n. and terrorist organizations for literally years. take a listen. >> we knew a lot of that money was going towards educating with the most antisemitic education tools available. we should have stopped funding unrwa, we did, the biden administ

i believe the u.n. should play a central convening role. the advisory board i created on artificial intelligence has already made preliminary recommendations on ai governance that tap the benefits of this incredible new technology, while mitigating its risks. we need governments urgently to work with tech companies on risk management frameworks for current ai development, and on monitoring and mitigating futur harms. and we need a systematic effort to increase access to ai so that developing economies can benefit from its enormous potential. we need to bridge the digital divide instead of deepening it. dear friends, rebuilding trust will not happen overnight, but i am convinced that it's both essential, and possible. i urge everybody, i urge you to influence to prevent further damage and to get our world back on track to safety, to prosperity, and peace. and i thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, mr. secretary general. and thank you for also underlining the importance of rebuilding trust. in many ways we are in a geopolitical recessi

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the u.n. agency helping palestinian refugees in gaza says the group might have to end operations there. these nine countries paused funding for the relief and works agency known as unrra. they accused staffers and launched the investigation, saying one accused staffer has died and the identity of two others verified and u.n. secretary general is asking that countries continue to fund that agency saying the acts must have consequences that the 10s and thousands of women who work for the agency. millions in gaza rely on that aid and those needs are growing a israel continues huts military operation families are evacuating. besides hunger fierce rain and cold weather are making the escape even more miserable further north in gaza city palestinians rush to grab sacks of flour that were delivered saturday. the u.n. warned this week parts of the territory face famine and resident say the aid is not reaching everyone. [speaking foreign language] >> today i tried to get flour and couldn't get any. som

the u.n. has warned is a form of torture. we will speak to the spiritual advisor for kenneth smith about last week's execution. then environment justice and climate activists are praising president biden for pausing approval of new liquified natural gas projects. >> as the public and someone who lives in louisiana, a town surrounded by fossil fuel extractive industry, living here with my six children who suffer from asthma and eczema and other respiratory issues, i can say these facilities are not in the public interest. and we applaud the biden administration for listening to frontline communities like mine. amy: plus, we look at a pair of landmark studies by amnesty international and human rights watch on how the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries are devastating communities from texas to cancer alley in louisiana. >> i feel like it is a death sentence, like being cremated. dying from inhaling it going into our bodies. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democ

israel claims that u.n.se that carried out the attack on october 7th in southern israel. reports that around 10% of that agency's staff have links to islamic militant groups. this is a very big story with very big consequences. gillian turner reports from the state department. >> hi, martha. turns out hundreds of u.n. staffers may have ties to palestinian islamic jihad. now separately in an israeli dossier that fox news has obtained, the israelis lay out accusations that dozens of u.n. staffers aided and abetted hamas during the october 7th terrorist attacks. they cite examples. take a look. just a couple of them here for you. they say one un staffer kidnapped and israeli civilian woman that day. another dolled out ammunition to hamas fighters. none of this today stopping the u.n. from fund-raising. take a listen. >> the secretary general is personally horrified by the accusations against employees of unrwa. his message to donors especially those that have suspended their contribution is to guarantee the con

the u.n.s asking countries to continue their financial funding to this organization that provides relief for palestinians in gaza after the organization was accused of having ties to the october 7th attack with employees there with that accusations. the latest news out of the wall street journal shows that those 12 employees were involved in october 7 seventh attack and 10% of employees gaza have tie toss islamic militant groups, also learning just now from the new york times once some of the alleged involvements -- this is from the new york times, that includes one u.n. staffer of this organization helped kidnap an israeli woman on october 7th, another one raided an israeli kibutz and participated in violence and a third u.n. staffer doled out p ammunition to hamas fighters on october 7th. so now the list of countries that is pulling their aid for the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, continues to grow. austria joining that list just last night. even stil