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Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from israel. Breaking news, a major show of force from israel tonight signaling a Ground Invasion could come any time. 300,000 troops are now standing by. I will also show you what our own crew encountered in the city of ashkelon live on the air. Plus, an american killed by hamas. Ill speak to the father of a 25yearold woman from california killed at the Music Festival, along with her boyfriend, losing her life while trying to escape the brut...

As provocative between our two nations. >> so, the main point is that fighter jets are used, first of all, for the defense action. so, we need them to prevent all the missile strikes and air strikes on our cities and the front lines. actually, it is not true that fighter jets could escalate this war. so, we need this just to defend our cities, our citizens, and our ground units on the front lines. of course, made 29s are a good platform actually for our air force for the last 30 years, but now i...

And we need all the support that we can get from all of our friends and allies so we can sustain this defense action. >> nbc news reports that russian military is becoming increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of its advance. but with the main russian advance less than 20 miles from the capital, the worst of the fighting is likely still to come. joining me now, nbc foreign correspondent matt bradley in eastern ukraine and also keir simmons is live for us from moscow. gentlemen, good to see yo...

Administration to do more to help ukraine. the president, who is meeting today with his national security team, authorized a $350 million defense aid package for ukraine late on friday. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali joins me. >> we heard from the ukrainian ambassador to the u.s., talking about that military support and saying the country needs it faster. listen to what she said. >> thank you very much for all the support, and of course, we are working -- we are grateful for the support...