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also, memorial day weekend, a lot of people people are going to honor military members who gave their lives in service, going to see how group of volunteers is going to honor the sacrifice of black veterans who service was nearly forgotten i m looking forward to have a great show. thank you very much. let s do it right now. let s start the show well first of all, it is may 25th, four years ago today george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. he was 46 years old. and if i now you ve seen the video, then minneapolis police officer derek chauvin knelt on his back and neck for more than nine minutes is fluid repeated? i can t breathe well, that video touched off something in this country. and the big cities across the us and around the world tens of thousands of people at a time demanded an end to police violence against black people even in small towns where there really aren t many black people, people marched with signs that a firm black lives matter before i go any furth ....
msnbc headquarters here at new york city. and we begin this evening s broadcast with major breaking international news. the u.s. has carried out military strikes and syria today. secretary of defense lloyd austin said president biden ordered self-defense drags onto facilities in eastern syria used by iran s revolutionary guard. he added the strikes our response to attacks against u.s. personnel in iraq and syri by iranian-backed militia grps. 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 context of what we ve been watching happen in the middle east. and as we heard from lloyd austin night, the u.s. military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, ....
the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mps standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. let s speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? , , ., ., focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at focus? i m in ....
see you back here on monday. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now, fear and mourning in lewiston, maine, where residents continue to shelter in place as the intense manhunt for a mass shooter stretches into a third day. this as we begin to learn more about the 18 people killed in the attacks. breaking overnight, the u.s. launching air strikes in iranian-linked targets in syria. military officials say it is in retaliation for a series of drone attacks on american military bases in the region. also breaking, israel carries out another raid in gaza, with drones and jets firing on what israel says were hamas command sites. and we re starting to see the scope of the damage and heart break after hurricane otis devastates the mexican city of acapulco. survivors now scrambling to find supplies and come to terms with what they re seeing. and we begin this very busy hour ....
its on again. more shelling in gaza. the israeli defense forces saying they re expanding ground operations as we speak. is this the start of a ground water? welcome. i m neil cavuto on a very busy day and now night. it s about 11:00 p.m. in israel as we speak. let s go to trey yingst in southern israel. trey? good afternoon, neil. as we speak, the real military is shelling and striking the gaza strip the past several hours. they have ramped up strikes on the northern part of gaza. this is the heaviest that we have seen the israeli response since this war erupted 21 days ago. we ve seen the israelis using tanks along the border. according to israel s spokesman, this is being considered you can hear the artillery going out there in to gaza, this is being considered an expanded raid in to the strip. they re stopping short of calling this the ground operation that everyone is anticipating. but the amount of fighting along the border is significant. we ve heard machine ....