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good morning. its saturday, february the 3rd. im ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among ...

saying about why its pulling this project? >> reporter: well, jake, i received a memo from a disney spokesperson today written by the disney chairman of parks experiences and products, josh demaro, not naming desantis. but i do want to read you part of that statement because they give this reason. "given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with t...

video campaign offering russians a secure way to safely share secrets about the war in ukraine. inside that strategy, next. and the critical meeting in the next 60 minutes between president biden and kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. what we just learned from an influential member of congress. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. lets start at the white house where against backdrop of a slightly nervous wall street, that high level, high stakes m...

congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. its something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that its the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesnt situation for biden with the s...

f the debt limit isnt raised or suspended. thats a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. its the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illi...

encouraged the investment through the chips and science act and now we have enormous investment in the united states. over $200 billion in long-term investment in semiconductors. and rebuilding the economy of the united states with those semiconductors. its not designed to hurt china. the only thing i did say with regard to china, there are certain extremely sophisticated semiconductors that we have built that are useful for nuclear and/or other weapon systems. those we are not selling...

hey, everybody, good to be with you. im yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. there are at least four open criminal investigations into former president donald trump. now 2024 candidate, and now we have new signs that it might be the stormy daniels hush money case that is putting him in the most immediate legal jeopardy. not election interference in fulton county georgia or the january 6th insurrection or the classified documents but the hush money payments to a porn star. nbc news repor...

for protests, sender about the optics of a mass protest in the streets of manhattan growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment. well bring you more on this story as details become available. now to the guns of war. this week came several significant and troubling developments with regard to the wa...

training in shooting from an elevated position. >> sandra: police were quick on the scene there, they ran immediately toward the sound of gunfire. its all captured on bodycam footage, including the two officers who eventually took down the shooter. we are waiting to learn of a potential motive. >> john: what have we learned since we last spoke and since the police chief held his press conference there? >> well, john and sandra, learning a lot of new details about the shooter who brough...

this is ukraines water fight. the second thing we have heard over and over again is that ukraine is winning that war. ukrainian troops are brave and noble. russian troops are evil and incompetent. the ukrainians are beating the russians. in the end their victory is inevitable. now you are very familiar with these points because you have heard them every day since last february. you have heard them repeated by every power center in the united states. the pentagon, the white house, the l...