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Of eastern and southern ukraine which does include mariupol. together that territory would give russia a clear path to crimea and to a breakaway region in moldova. joining me is nbc news foreign correspondent ali arouzzi. >> the situation is beyond catastrophic. the russians havent completely captured the city but are in control of most of it. as you mentioned theyve encircled the steel plant where a small pocket of ukrainian fighters are still holding out there. and there are civilians in that ...

Atrocity committed in bucha were just the tip of the iceberg to what youre going to see in mariupol, and now were seeing it. >> ali, thank you so much. without a clear legal path to get into the united states, hundreds of ukrainians are illegally crossing the southern border. jacob soberoff who covered the war this ukraine went to mexico to document what many families hope is the final leg of their journey to safety. joining me from los angeles, a couple hours from the border, and i understand y...

To restart middle east peace talks. >> all right. joining us live from london, nbc newss ali arouzzi. good to have you with us. lets talk about the meetings, how they went yesterday and what if any impact could they lend to potential future peace talks between the two sides. >> well, as you know, kushner met with israeli prime minister netanyahu before -- to try and jump-start these waning peace talks. they were looking as difficult as ever to resolve. he had a three-hour meeting with abbas, but...

The palestinian are sprut fruts rated with what they say is a failure by the president to present a road map for peace. specifically, theyre seeking i a halt to israeli settlement construction and occupied territories and a u.s. commitment to an establishment of an independent palestinian state as part of a deal with israelis. theyre doing a lot of talking right now, but i dont think a lot of progress is being made. amman. >> life in london for us. ali arouzzi. still ahead, the latest from bill ...

Could -- vast crowds are expected to rally at the mosque. were just getting reports from our tel aviv bureau that the border police there have just run stun grenades towards palestinians who tried to push police roadblocks back, so we can expect the next escalation today. >> as we know very well, that is a situation that can escalate very quickly. live in london, ali arouzzi for us. a story from the art world, and breaking late last night. a high profile college football coach out of a job aft...

Conduct. >> reporter: but a state asse assessment deemed simpson a low risk to reoffend paving the way for his release. >> theres nothing normal about o.j. simpson, but this was a normal decision, and thats a good thing for the justice system. >> that was nbcs joe fryer reporting. october 1st is the earliest o.j. could be released, although no specific date has been set. lets head overseas now to the middle east where violent protests and clashes broke out last night in jerusalem after israel ba...