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plus, from dribbling to diplomat? our nbc news reporting on the basketball power house now getting involved in brittney griners case. and why one white house official is telling us hes more likely to hurt than help. im hallie jackson in washington. well start this hour with those new developments out of arkansas. just in the last few minutes, you watched it untold live here. a video appeared to show three offers making an arrest, violently. the video, were about to show, is disturbing....

washington at the march for israel on the national mall, as the national guard is deployed and homeland security officials update security to its highest designation. president biden delivers his strongest rebuke yet to israels targeting of hospitals claiming hamas fighters -- israel claims hamas fighters have tunnelled under the medical facilities. >> you know i have been not been reluctant in expressing my concern thats going on. its my hope and expectation that there will be less ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also promised continuous efforts to secure the release of imprisoned journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is also detained in Russia.

Thousands of Israelis including friends and relatives of hostages taken by Hamas arrived Saturday in Jerusalem, capping a four-day march to pressure the government to secure the captives' release.Relatives of hostages have consistently criticised the government for failing to keep them informed, and say release efforts should be an absolute priority of Israel's campaign in Gaza following the October 7 attacks.

Staggering number is expected to grow for two reasons, one, syria has been slow to report its death figures, and the syrian government mired in a decade long civil war is blocking global release efforts. international aid organizations and at the norwegian -- refugee since area were only able to search 5% of the earthquake affected area, leaving potential survivors trapped under the rubble in the other 95% of the region. lets discuss this and more when it -- mercy corps, that is facilitating rel...

Ritual. yesterday, this man was rescued nearly 11 days after being buried under the rubble and southwest turkey. his first concern as he lay on a stretcher after surviving for 261 hours, how his mother is doing? here he is speaking on the phone to a relative asking about his mother and the rest of his family. his relative responded, everyone is good, brother, we are all waiting for you. over 46,000 people have that died across both countries, but that staggering number is expected to grow for tw...

John adornment korean ceo of when it -- mercy corps, that is facilitating release efforts in syria. its good to see you again. thank you for your time. describe the situation on the ground in syria begin what youre hearing. >> the situation on the ground is dire, and thats because they are coming to an already dire situation. before the earthquake, we were delivering humanitarian assistance in syria due to the decades long conflict that you mentioned, so youre already dealing with a population w...

Ocean temperatures there along that big ben region. well have a lot to discuss over the next couple of days. >> theres a huge gap there. hopefully that closes very soon. thank you for that. so the white house is of course getting track of ian and pledging full federal support ahead of the storm. as you were saying, priscilla, the white house has issued an emergency declaration. what more do we know. >> reporter: thats right. this is a storm at. as the strm approaches, what that means is that and...

There is not access to those funds are you there. it is foreign funds which run this country prior to the 15th of august and the public health care system is almost entirely funded by money which came from overseas and with all that stopping what happened in this country is people have been pushed into poverty, the health care system in many areas is collapsing and those hospitals are having to deal with have been injured in the earthquake as well and well humanitarian agencies are on the ground...

Of houthi rebels of tightly held territory including the capital sanaa earlier this week. saudi arabia intercepted a missile targeting riyadh. they said the blockade was to stop shipments to the houthis. it comes as they accuse iran of supporting. but the blockade has impacted release efforts in yemen, making an already dire situation even worse in one dove worlds poorest countries where more than half to population is reliant on aid. with its health sector on the verge of collapse and a devasta...