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>> looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president's visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he's set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn's white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden's first day there? >> reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, pres...

Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the contt of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard f...

As sheer evil. It is exactly that. Hamas murdered children in front of their parents and parents in front of children, they burnt people alive, raped and murdered women, beheaded soldiers. They searched for the secret hiding places where parents hid their children. Just imagine, mr. President , the fear and panic of those little chi children. Terrorist group hamas slaughtered, as was pointed out, over 1300 people. It is not hyperbole, slaughtered, slaughtered, including 31 americans. And they have taken scores of people hostage, including children. Imagine what those children hiding from hamas...

This conflict alone, and in the last conflict in may 21, we had the same amount, roughly the same amount of rockets fired and rockets that landed short inside the gaza strip. I remember clearly an event that was reported live on fox where he was standing inside gaza and the reports that came out was of an israeli strike which is the Knee Jerk Response around the world and he reported that he saw with his own eyes a rocket that misfired and landed in northern gaza. I think it was jabalia and caused casualties and the death of a palestinian family. So this is not unprecedented. It has happened m...

The fedex plane landing on its nose after its front gear fails. Smoke and sparks flying. The investigation tonight. President Biden In Battleground wisconsin announcing a major investment in a. I. And taking aim at donald trump over a failed project at the same site. After our series of reports on complaints of racist, Homophobic Bullying at a Texas School District, the feds now taking action. And one of the mysteries of the deep may be solved. What are whales saying to each other . Turns out they may have their own alphabet. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, a...