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MSNBCW Jessica July 5, 2024

Iranianlinked group amid a rise of attacks targeting u. S. Service members. All this as a top israeli official arrives in washington, d. C. The latest on the escalating tensions just ahead. Plus, holiday returns. The latest from the roads and the air as millions of americans head back home, while shoppers rush to bring back those not so great gifts before time runs out to make their returns. Thanks for being here. We begin this hour with the expected visit tomorrow to mexico. By Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Both are set to meet tomorrow with mexicos president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and first on the agenda will likely be the socalled caravan of migrants heading toward americas Southern Border. Organizers say 8,000 people, including thousands of children under the age of 14, have started the more than 3,000 mile journey from Southern Mexico to the United States and they are walking. Sam brock is following this for us. Sam, good to have you here. How long will the journey take and do we know if there will be shelter and other resources for these folks once they reach a border city in the u. S. . Sure, so, to our knowledge mexico has been reticent and good to be with you to set up shelters along the way. It is not clear what kind of housing they may encounter. The original question, how long is it going to take for them to get here and how many people are we talking about . Roughly 8,000 according to the organizers of the caravan, that was as of this morning. It was 6,000 recently, so were talk about 2,000 plus people, it is not clear the time frame added to that, but it is growing, the largest Migrant Caravan to the United States in the last year and a half, two years. There are considerations right now that are both political and humanitarian. Lets start on the humanitarian side. So far in the last couple of years, 2022 and 2023, the United States has exceeded 2 million Border Apprehensions along the southwest border. To put that in perspective, im in miami now. Miamidade county, total, has 2. 5 Million People. It is also roughly a third of the entire population of nicaragua or el salvador. As if everyone in miami, or a third of the countries picked up and tried to get to the u. S. Border. We have heard from u. S. Department officials, secretaries of state, Homeland Security is that our resources right now are strained. We have never seen numbers at this elevated level, 12,000 Border Apprehensions, just within the last week, per day, those were records, that sort of is setting the stage now for this meeting involving multiple secretaries as you mentioned, mayorkas with the department of Homeland Security and secretary blinken and Secretary Of State, theyll be meeting with the Mexican President obrador and the question is what is the give and take going to be like . We know for a fact that the Mexican President has come out and said im willing to do what i can to try to sort of stem this crush of migrants coming from the guatemalan border to mexico, but what we want to see is aid, packages of aid sent to the country where the people are fleeing, like venezuela, haiti, cuba, and partly also he wants to see dialogue between the United States and cuba on a bilateral basis,anctions relaxed against countries like venezuela. These are a lot of moving parts. And also the fulcrum of any deal with congress. The clock right now is ticking for congress, jessica, they need to get this ironed out in terms of a plan that not only provides more funding for the border, but also potentially meets requirements and requests from republican lawmakers about raising the threshold for Acai Um First place so the policy matters that have been to be handled as well, it pivots on whether we get aid for israel and ukraine based on these kinds of negotiations over the border, how closely will that be tethered to the visit of the secretaries . Mayorkas was on capitol hill recently as a Sounding Board for lawmakers as they go through possible reforms. Theyre all playing out right now simultaneously as some 8,000 people are making a multiweek trek from Southern Mexico to the border as we speak. And whether congress can get its act together and come up with a deal is a wild card here. Sam brock, thank you. Well take a deeper dive on this issue later on in the broadcast. First, with millions flying and driving this week between christmas and new years, lets get the latest forecast and a travel update. Back with me now is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. Were also joined by nbc news correspondent maura barrett. She is at one of the busiest airports in the world, chicagos ohare. Great to see both you ladies. Laura, with you first, it wasnt like last year, but southwest had hundreds of cancellations due to fog this weekend. How is it looking there today . Reporter yeah, some serious severe fog here in chicago over the weekend, canceling about 300 southwest flights on sunday, about 100 more trickling over into the holiday yesterday. Also canceled. As of today, southwest is running smoothly. Their team telling nbc yesterday they were operating in stable condition, they were putting all Hands On Deck to make sure that people could travel safely. It is a stark comparison to what we saw last year when 2 million travelers were stranded from southwest alone due to weather and scheduling issues. But weather is that wild card when it comes to something unpredictable like fog or Winter Weather we experience this time of year. Im at ohare today. Things are operating pretty smoothly. It is very busy. Typically. But right now as i left the security line, it looks like it is a tenminute wait for general boarding. Everything going faster than a lot of people planned, leaving themselves extra time as they got here. I spoke it a few travelers that were heading to tokyo, they said they were pleasantly surprised. Were anxious about it being crazy for the holidays . Definitely. Here four hours early. Are you surprised by is there a reason for that . Like, Something Weird happen . I dont know. Usually the day after christmas it is crazy. But were bumping into someone constantly, it was pretty bad. That confusion is something i can attest to, given im here on a weekly basis. This is a better day than most days at ohare. Thats likely to change over the next few days. 4 Million People traveled through tsa in the last two days. We expect to see even more on the back end of this week, tsa predicting the busiest time traveling in airports is on thursday and friday. It is always nice to be pleasantly surprised at the airports. Michelle, is there any snow on the horizon first coast and what can the folks driving expect for the rest of the week . Good to see you. No snow for the east coast, for the near future. Were looking at rain and heavy at times. That could slow us down on the roadways. Rain does that. Could lead to flash flooding as well. In the northeast, we had so much rain last week, any sort of rain could add to the streams and creeks rising so taking a look at the storm system, it is a large one. Stretching from the northern plains, central plains, to portions of the southeast. On this back side of the system, thats where the cold air is, were looking at blizzard conditions, winds gusting up to 35, 55 miles per hour. That little spot is probably some thunderstorms. Im going to look that up in a little bit. You see a Lightning Strike there. Heavy rain from the upper great lakes to portions of the southeast. Where you see the reds, oranges, yellows, thats the heaviest rain falling, even Lightning Strikes too in portions of the carolinas as well. This system has a lot of energy. Very slow to move. Were going to be dealing with the storm over the next couple of days. In terms of the winter aspects, Winter Weather advisories, winter storm warnings, ice warnings, blizzard warnings, In The Dark Purple here. Were talking about south dakota and nebraska, kansas, colorado, and that is really tricky. We could see some Power Outages there as well. Millions under these winter alerts. Lets talk about the system. Moving off to the north and east, not quick enough. On the slower side. But today well see that snow and wind continuing in parts of the plains. Also looking at the rain into the midatlantic, the southeast, seeing that now. Could see a few thunderstorms, i showed you that a minute ago. We could see more as we go throughout the afternoon, the severe risk is on the lower side. Then tomorrow, were looking at low pressure siding up the east coast, steady and soaking rain in the northeast and new england. Well end it here, see some Travel Troubles likely in minneapolis, cleveland, washington, charlotte. By tomorrow along the east coast and the big major airports along the east coast. Back to you. Makes it tricky. Thanks so much. Rising tensions. The United States striking back at iranianbacked militants in iraq. The situation on the ground in gaza is getting worse by the day. All that and more when were back in 60 seconds, only here on msnbc. Were back in 60 seconds, only here on msnbc. My frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. For one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. One pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. That first time you take a step back. I made that. With your very own online store. I sold that. And you can manage it all in one place. I built this. And it was easy, with a partner that puts you first. Godaddy. Tensions are escalating in the middle east as the u. S. Responds with lethal force to an attack on u. S. Troops in iraq. President biden ordering Christmas Day air strikes on several locations, used by an iranian affiliated Terrorist Group after three americans were hurt in attacks on u. S. Forces. Nbc News Tehran Bureau Chief Ali Arouzi joins me from london. What else do we know about the u. S. Strikes and the militants they were targeting. Hey, jessica. The u. S. Military hit some iranianbacked militias in iraq earlier today. Apparently they injured and possibly killed several of the militants. Why have they done this . Because hours earlier u. S. Personnel were injured in a drone strike on a u. S. Air base in iraq. One of the people injured is said to be in critical condition. Lloyd austin said three sites usedy Kataib Hezbollah and other grere hit in response to attacks on u. S. Forces. Who is Kataib Hezbollah. Financed by iran and one of the most prominent groups in attacks on u. S. Targets in iraq for some time now. They were formed in 2007. Theyre predominantly based in iraq, but they also have a very strong foot hold in syria. They also seem to crop up in other locations in the region. Like lebanon and bahrain and when they do, it is usually at irans behest. Now, they form part of the Umbrella Group of militias under irans patronage incorporated into the iraqi army. But, jessica, these attacks are nothing new and theyre hardly a surprise. The u. S. Repeatedly targeted sites linked to militant groups in iraq and syria in recent years and depending on the political situation these can ratchet up or go down given what is going on in the region. Tensions are so high in the region right now these attacks have increased since october 17th there have been over 100 of these types of attacks by iranbacked militias. Now, lloyd austin said that the attacks were necessary and proportionate. As i mentioned to you earlier, some militants are said to have been possibly killed by this. Usually when the u. S. Attacks these sites, theyre proportionate. No u. S. Personnel have been injured or killed, theyll probably take out a warehouse or an ammunition depo. But this time they were targeted, they killed militants, and thats to send a message to iran and these militaries that they sponsor that if you hurt u. S. Personnel, then you are going to lose fighters on the ground as well. And this is what has happened. But the u. S. Also is trying to tread a very fine line. They dont want to open another front in this gazaisrael war. And that front would be opened up by iran. Theyre treading carefully with the militias and also with the houthis and the red sea. The houthis have wreaked havoc in the red sea, but the u. S. Has fallen short of attacking them because they fear a reprisal from iran that could get out of hand. So, for now, it feels somewhat calibrated, but miscalculation could change all of those equations. Jessica . A delicate balance for sure. Ali, thank you. Today in washington, one of israeli Prime Minister netanyahus closest advisers is meeting with Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan as israel is vowing to keep fighting hamas for as long as it takes. Joining me now to discuss is nbcs Aaron Gilchrist at the white house, and Nbcs Jay Gray from tel aviv, and former Deputy Commander of u. S. European command retired Lieutenant General steph twitty. Thank you for being here. Aaron, what have we heard about the meetings that ron dermer is having with officials in washington today . Reporter we got confirmation from the National Security counsel that meeting is happening this afternoon involving ron dermer, the minister of Strategic Affairs for israel and the National Security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary Of State tony blinken as well. This is going to be a face to face meeting this afternoon and it has been described as an opportunity for consultation on the matters related to the conflict in gaza and on the Hostage Situation that the u. S. And israel have been consulting about since the beginning of this conflict in gaza. So we expect that those things to be a key part of the conversation that happens this afternoon, between these three men. We know that ron dermer is a close confidant, top adviser for the former Prime Minister, American Born and hes been deeply involved in the conversations that have been happening from the beginning really as his office is in charge of Coordinating Intelligence and security and diplomatic relations for the Prime Minister there. And the Biden Administration as of late in particular has been pushing the Israeli Government to work on tightening up what it is doing in gaza, to go from a high intensity operation to one that is more intelligence driven, more precise and that will be a key part of the conversation this afternoon between ee gelemen. We will be watching that. E idf Chief Sd The War could contue for many months. But the u. N. Says it is, quote, gravely concerned about the continued bombardment of middle gaza by Israeli Forces after hamas says attacks on a refugee camp killed 70 gazans. What is israel saying if anything about the bombardment of the refugee camp . Reporter that refugee camp, al maghazi, a place where so many have been displaced from their homes, are look for shelter. The idf initially said is that they were reviewing an incident, wouldnt say whether it was al maghazi and came back later and said they refused to comment on anything surrounding that incident. And went on by saying, and im quoting here, were taking steps to minimize harm to civilians. All of this comes as a u. N. Said more than 100 palestinians have died since christmas and the idf says they have stepped up attacks, both from the air and on the ground, both in central gaza and to the north. The attacks have intensified as they continue to either review this incident or not comment about it at all. General, i want to talk about the u. S. Strikes against those iranianaffiliated groups in iraq. Is this proxy fight pulling the u. S. Deeper into that regional conflict and how concerned should americans be about that . Well, ill answer your last question first. Yes, we should be concerned, but i will tell you, the way the United States Central Command and our Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin, the way theyre handling this is the right way. We want it to be proportional. What we dont want is for this tinder box in the middle east to break open more than what it is now. It is local at this point, but we dont want a regional fight. If iran comes into th

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