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We are in jerusalem. It is day 21 of the war between israel and hamas. We are covering Breaking News. We were notified about an our ago that the United States has struck targets, airstrikes in syria. What they are saying is the two facilities were near abu come all syria. According to a senior u. S. Defense official they say one was a Weapons Storage Facility and the other was an ammo storage area. These are in syria, not iran. The strike back, of course, does not have anything to do the Adminis...

Likely by the hour. Israel has told people in Northern Gaza, 1 Million People, we should note torsion get out. To evacuate to the south for their own safety. Even the United Nations has called it impossible and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is only getting worse. The United Nations says water is running out putting 2 Million People at risk. Palestinian officials now say more than 2,000 people have died so far. Israel says that includes a hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays ...

It is not an escalatory move. the escalatory move is putin bombing kyiv and other cities terrorizing civilians. we should try to defend those civilians, this is a step in the right direction. >> former ambassador michael mcfaul thank you for your time. from the war in ukraine to the 2022 midterms a look back at the year in politics with nbcs chuck todd. he is back on u.s. soil. the criminal charges sam bankman-fried now faces, and why the case against him might have gotten easier. have gotte...

This is a madman, a crazy man, which all may be true, by the way, but that does not mean that there is not a rational thought process in his deliberation. as jack said, he has strategic goals here. look, the idea of moves nukes and putting them into belarus, it is an escalatory move but in terms of a practical one, hes moving them a few hundred miles, it adds a few seconds in terms of warring to europe. so in a practical matter it doesnt really have much of a change, it doesnt mean its not frigh...

>> why is she there? why did you send the vice president of the united states to poland without an announcement, without something that she is going to say that were going to do without any action? we dont need f.o. photo op.s. >> bret: this is the midst of mig 29 whether poland definitely wanted to u.s. says not. why not send vice president harris with a deliverable. >> the deliverable because the u.s. has been split about what the deliverable should be. some people think we should allow poland...

A few times before, kira, and i dont have to tell you. but just to explain to our viewers the position from these countries, that providing fighter jets would be an escalatory move, in the sense that russia could perceive this as a direct confrontation between nato allies and russia, and then potentially use much more deadly weapons on ukraine. it -- that -- you dont buy that, though? you dont think that thats a risk? >> i dont think that putin is not ready to proceed with all the risks that he ...