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tonight our special coverage from Israel
0:03 0:05 as President Biden visits the country in
0:05 0:08 a show of solidarity and protests rage
0:08 0:10 across the Middle East after that deadly
0:10 0:13 Hospital explosion in
0:13 0:15 Gaza the new images from the moment the
0:15 0:18 blast hit in the deadly aftermath
0:18 0:20 President Biden in Tel Aviv today
0:20 0:22 backing Israel's claim that it did not
0:22 0:24 strike the hospital saying the US
0:24 0:27 believes it was a misfired rocket from
0:27 0:29 terror group Islamic Jihad outraged
0:29 0:32 spreading across the mid East in Beirut
0:32 0:34 protesters outside the US Embassy
0:34 0:37 clashing with police in the US hundreds
0:37 0:39 of people packing into a congressional
0:39 0:41 building demanding a ceased fire
0:41 0:43 multiple arrests for assaulting Capitol
0:43 0:46 police officers and the warning from
0:46 0:48 Homeland Security the heightened threat
0:48 0:51 environment in the US as the war rages
0:51 0:54 and the NYPD asking for help finding the
0:54 0:56 suspect in a hate crime attack on a
0:56 0:59 Jewish woman also tonight Jim Jordan
0:59 1:00 losing his second second ballot for
1:00 1:03 speaker getting fewer votes what is the
1:03 1:06 path forward for republicans and after
1:06 1:08 18 years the stunning confession in the
1:08 1:11 Natalie Holloway case the prime suspect
1:11 1:14 yuran Vander slute admitting he killed
1:14 1:16 her on the beach in Aruba how and why he
1:16 1:19 says he did it and what he did with her
1:19 1:21 body our one-on-one with Natalie's
1:21 1:23 Mother after she finally learned her
1:23 1:25 daughter's fate our special edition of
1:25 1:28 Nightly News begins
1:28 1:32 now this is NB Nightly News with Lester
1:32 1:36 Holt reporting tonight live from
1:36 1:38 Israel good evening and welcome today
1:38 1:40 President Biden was here in Israel
1:40 1:42 standing with its people in the face of
1:42 1:44 tragedy while across the Arab world
1:44 1:46 anger raged protest from the midd East
1:46 1:49 to Europe some aimed at the us over the
1:49 1:52 deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital that
1:52 1:54 Palestinian Health authorities say
1:54 1:56 killed hundreds and claim Israel is the
1:56 1:58 culprit President Biden however coming
1:58 2:00 to Israel's def defense saying he was
2:00 2:02 deeply saddened and outraged by the
2:02 2:05 explosion before declaring it appears as
2:05 2:08 though it was done by the other team
2:08 2:10 blaming the explosion on a failed rocket
2:10 2:13 launched by terror group Islamic Jihad
2:13 2:15 Israel offering what it says is evidence
2:15 2:18 it was not responsible but pictures of
2:18 2:20 children in Gaza being rescued from the
2:20 2:22 rubble of air strikes only hardening
2:22 2:24 positions as the American president
2:24 2:27 sought to calm tensions over the October
2:27 2:29 7th attacks here and diver a Humanity
2:29 2:32 Arian disaster in Gaza but the
2:32 2:34 Diplomatic ground shifting beneath the
2:34 2:36 president's feet as he traveled here
2:36 2:39 from Washington to a war zone overnight
2:39 2:41 as Arab leaders were dropping out of a
2:41 2:43 planned Summit meeting on the crisis
2:43 2:45 here's where we start
2:45 2:48 tonight 24 hours after that deadly
2:48 2:50 Hospital explosion that sparked anger
2:50 2:53 across the Arab world President Biden in
2:53 2:56 Israel today blaming a misfired
2:56 2:58 Palestinian rocket not an Israeli
2:58 3:00 missile for the deaths I was outraged
3:00 3:02 and saddened by the enormous loss of
3:02 3:04 life yesterday in the hospital in
3:04 3:07 Gaza based on the information we've seen
3:07 3:09 to date it appears a result of an errant
3:09 3:11 rocket fired by a terrorist group in
3:11 3:13 Gaza two senior us officials telling NBC
3:13 3:16 News the US has an independent
3:16 3:18 assessment that it was a rocket fired by
3:18 3:21 the Palestinian militant group Islamic
3:21 3:24 Jihad that hit the hospital Islamic
3:24 3:27 Jihad has denied responsibility the IDF
3:27 3:30 saying evidence at the site shows was
3:30 3:32 not an Israeli missile which would have
3:32 3:35 left a large crater no structural damage
3:35 3:37 the wall stay intact no craters these
3:37 3:41 are the characterized that shows that
3:41 3:44 not an aerial ammunition that have hit
3:44 3:46 the parking lot and they say they have
3:46 3:48 intercepts in which Palestinian
3:48 3:50 militants acknowledge it was not an
3:50 3:53 Israeli missile while Hamas says the IDF
3:53 3:56 warned people to evacuate the area
3:56 3:59 around the hospital before the explosion
3:59 4:01 and that Dam image is consistent with an
4:01 4:03 Israeli strike the Carnage at the
4:03 4:06 hospital loomed over this critical visit
4:06 4:09 the president touching down in Israel
4:09 4:11 greeting the Prime Minister this hug on
4:11 4:14 the tarmac a trip aimed at showing
4:14 4:17 solidarity with one of America's closest
4:17 4:20 allies I want the people of Israel the
4:20 4:22 people of the world to know where the
4:22 4:24 United States stands thank you for
4:24 4:29 standing with Israel today tomorrow and
4:29 4:32 all always after the massive Hamas
4:32 4:34 terror attack on Israel terrorist group
4:34 4:36 Hamas has slaughtered has been pointed
4:36 4:41 out over 1,300 people and is not
4:41 4:44 hyperbole Su justest slaughtered
4:44 4:47 slaughtered and uh including 31
4:47 4:49 Americans the president hearing the
4:49 4:52 horrors of that day from Israeli First
4:52 4:54 Responders children little babies that
4:54 4:57 were torn around to to to take it away
4:57 5:00 from their parents murdered in front of
5:00 5:04 their parents head toop
5:04 5:07 off and meeting families of hostages
5:07 5:11 held by Hamas terrorists inside Gaza
5:11 5:14 including Americans President Biden
5:14 5:17 facing pressure to bring them home Mr
5:17 5:19 Biden making this high stakes trip in
5:19 5:21 the middle of a dangerous war zone with
5:21 5:24 Hamas still firing Rockets the
5:24 5:26 president's meetings were in central Tel
5:26 5:28 Aviv that's about 45 miles from here
5:28 5:31 near the front lines of Gaza even now
5:31 5:36 you can hear the distant boom of
5:36 5:39 explosions less than 2 hours after he
5:39 5:42 left Air Raid Sirens sounding in the
5:42 5:45 heart of Tel Aviv meanwhile inside Gaza
5:45 5:48 the humanitarian crisis entire
5:48 5:50 neighborhoods flattened by Israeli
5:50 5:52 retaliation strikes tonight after a
5:52 5:55 request from Mr Biden Israel says it
5:55 5:58 will end its Gaza Siege and allow badly
5:58 6:01 needed food water and Medicine in across
6:01 6:05 the Egypt border but not across Israeli
6:05 6:08 borders until Hamas frees the hostages
6:08 6:11 the president with this message tonight
6:11 6:14 about the people of Gaza theas does not
6:14 6:16 represent all the Palestinian
6:16 6:18 people and has brought them only
6:18 6:21 suffering and late today announcing
6:21 6:23 Egypt's President will allow 20 trucks
6:23 6:27 of Aid into Gaza what he would do is
6:27 6:29 open the gate a planned Summit with Arab
6:29 6:32 leaders in Jordan was scrapped after the
6:32 6:34 hospital explosion and the announcement
6:34 6:37 that Palestinian leader aboss would not
6:37 6:40 attend was there important work though
6:40 6:41 that didn't get done the fact that
6:41 6:44 Summit didn't take place a lot of
6:44 6:46 important work I mean we all the the the
6:46 6:49 the only item in the agenda right now is
6:49 6:52 to stop this this madness and stop the
6:52 6:54 the the killing that civilians are are
6:54 6:56 paying the the utmost price tonight I
6:56 6:59 spoke with Jordan's foreign minister aan
6:59 7:02 f as you know President Biden the US
7:02 7:04 they take the position that this was not
7:04 7:07 an Israeli strike but the result of
7:07 7:09 other Palestinian militants do you
7:09 7:12 believe that to be the case sir uh
7:12 7:14 nobody's buying that that narrative in
7:14 7:18 this part of the world uh the the uh in
7:18 7:19 reality the Israeli Army is not Army is
7:19 7:21 not very credible in this part of the
7:21 7:23 world as well the only way that people
7:23 7:26 would entertain a different narrative is
7:26 7:28 if there is an independent International
7:28 7:31 inquiry into into into into what the
7:31 7:33 tragedy that has happened uh with
7:33 7:35 impeccable evidence that it was uh it
7:35 7:38 was not
7:38 7:40 Israel and join us tomorrow night for
7:40 7:42 complete coverage as President Biden
7:42 7:44 speaks to the American people about the
7:44 7:47 crisis here at 8:00 p.m. eastern time
7:47 7:49 all day the explosion of the Gaza
7:49 7:52 Hospital sparked rage and protest in the
7:52 7:54 Arab and Muslim world Chief foreign
7:54 7:58 correspondent Richard angle has more on
7:58 8:01 that this is the explosion that has
8:01 8:03 shaken the Middle East new video shows
8:03 8:05 that deadly explosion at a hospital in
8:05 8:09 Gaza City that reportedly killed
8:09 8:11 hundreds and sparked
8:11 8:14 protests from
8:14 8:16 Iran to
8:16 8:19 Yemen to Lebanon where demonstrators
8:19 8:21 directed their anger against the United
8:21 8:23 States Israel's main
8:23 8:26 backer security forces in Beirut used
8:26 8:29 water cannons and tear gas to disperse
8:29 8:32 crowds outside the US Embassy the United
8:32 8:34 States pulled out of its fours in the
8:34 8:36 Middle East but now could be heading
8:36 8:37 back into
8:37 8:41 one in the West Bank Palestinians today
8:41 8:43 dragged out the barricades and slung
8:43 8:46 rocks at Israeli soldiers there weren't
8:46 8:49 many mostly teenagers Israeli troops
8:49 8:51 kept their distance but when the stone
8:51 8:54 throwers got too
8:54 8:56 close the soldiers open
8:56 9:00 fire sending medical Crews rushing in
9:00 9:04 and here's one more injured being taken
9:04 9:07 away the Israelis are picking them off
9:07 9:09 with what appears to be rubber bullets
9:09 9:10 at this
9:10 9:12 stage no one was seriously injured here
9:12 9:14 today but a new generation of
9:14 9:17 Palestinians is taking to the streets
9:17 9:19 while Israel and Hamas are blaming each
9:19 9:22 other for the hospital explosion a new
9:22 9:25 Palestinian Uprising could be starting
9:25 9:27 today our crew filmed at the Gaza
9:27 9:29 Hospital site and saw families
9:29 9:30 collecting what they could from the
9:30 9:34 debris amid charred cars and backpacks
9:34 9:38 and bags on the ground disaster
9:38 9:41 disaster impact on
9:41 9:45 children on uh
9:45 9:47 woman's suddenly there were lights in
9:47 9:49 the sky and when we looked up a missile
9:49 9:52 fell this man says I covered my face
9:52 9:55 while friends close to me were
9:55 9:58 killed this place was a safe haven for
9:58 10:00 women and children who fled Israeli
10:00 10:02 shelling near the hospital this doctor
10:02 10:06 says children were Torn to Pieces other
10:06 10:09 hospitals in Gaza already running low on
10:09 10:11 supplies are now struggling to keep up
10:11 10:14 these wounded all have needed intensive
10:14 10:17 care facilities and
10:17 10:19 ventilators water was running out before
10:19 10:22 I left and the electricity now started
10:22 10:24 to to to run out the generators were
10:24 10:28 running out of
10:28 10:31 diesel Iran which backs both Hamas and
10:31 10:34 Hezbollah is working to Fan the rage
10:34 10:36 even
10:36 10:39 further Iran's president calling on
10:39 10:41 Muslim nations to isolate Israel impose
10:41 10:44 an oil embargo and bring
10:44 10:47 revenge and Richard the size of those
10:47 10:48 crowds you're seeing does say something
10:48 10:53 about the impact of this Hospital
10:53 10:56 explosion it may there were not millions
10:56 10:58 of people on the streets across the Arab
10:58 11:00 world but I can tell you Lester there
11:00 11:02 are real and growing concerns here that
11:02 11:04 this is heading toward a re toward a
11:04 11:06 regional War
11:06 11:09 Lester all right Richard angle thank you
11:09 11:11 in the US authorities till NBC News the
11:11 11:13 war has opened the door to extremists
11:13 11:16 looking to incite violence with one
11:16 11:18 official warning of a heightened threat
11:18 11:19 environment let's get more now from
11:19 11:21 Maggie
11:21 11:23 Vasa tonight authorities in the US
11:23 11:26 ramping up security amid warnings about
11:26 11:28 potential violence mounting Nationwide
11:28 11:31 over the Israel Hamas war in New York
11:31 11:33 the NYPD ordering officers indefinitely
11:33 11:36 to be uniformed and ready to deploy
11:36 11:38 American officials and private analysts
11:38 11:40 telling NBC News extremists are flooding
11:40 11:43 social media with calls for attacks on
11:43 11:45 Jewish communities and other Targets in
11:45 11:47 the US and Europe with groups linked to
11:47 11:50 Al-Qaeda and American neo-nazis seeking
11:50 11:52 to exploit the war according to
11:52 11:55 intelligence memos obtained by NBC News
11:55 11:57 a Homeland Security official telling NBC
11:57 11:59 News DHS is monitoring ing a heightened
11:59 12:02 threat environment in the US the FBI
12:02 12:05 also on high alert we stay laser focused
12:05 12:08 on mitigating those threats tonight the
12:08 12:10 nypd's hate crimes unit asking for the
12:10 12:12 Public's help finding this man who they
12:12 12:14 say punched a woman in a subway station
12:14 12:16 Saturday telling her he did it quote
12:16 12:19 because you are Jewish this as protests
12:19 12:22 continue across the country in
12:22 12:24 Washington DC dozens were arrested at
12:24 12:26 the capital during a rally of Jewish
12:26 12:30 Americans calling for a ceasefire
12:30 12:32 and in suburban Chicago last night more
12:32 12:36 than 1,500 people packed a vigil for a
12:36 12:39 Palestinian American boy he was a child
12:39 12:41 a child f with love and not any hate
12:41 12:44 prosecutors say six-year-old wadia alumi
12:44 12:46 was stabbed dozens of times by his
12:46 12:49 family's landlord who they say was angry
12:49 12:51 about the Hamas attacks Joseph zuba
12:51 12:53 faces murder and hate crime charges in
12:53 12:56 Illinois and has not yet entered a plea
12:56 12:59 a child taken and a country on Ed Edge
12:59 13:02 as War wages on a world away Maggie
13:02 13:05 Vespa NBC News Chicago let's turn to
13:05 13:08 Washington now where Republicans failed
13:08 13:10 again to elect a house Speaker their
13:10 13:12 nominee Jim Jordan losing the second
13:12 13:15 ballot with fewer votes this time around
13:15 13:17 and conservative hardliners signaling
13:17 13:19 he's staying in the race and floating a
13:19 13:22 third possible vote at noon tomorrow the
13:22 13:25 chaos paralyzing Congress just as
13:25 13:26 President Biden says he will ask for an
13:26 13:29 unprecedented Aid package for Israel
13:29 13:32 Ukraine and More in 60 seconds the
13:32 13:34 stunning confession all these years
13:34 13:36 later what Y and Vander SLO finally
13:36 13:39 admitted in court today about the murder
13:39 13:43 of Natalie Holloway right after
13:43 13:45 this it's taken nearly two decades but
13:45 13:47 today we finally learn what happened to
13:47 13:49 Natalie Holloway the prime suspect
13:49 13:51 finally confessing to killing her as
13:51 13:54 part of a plea deal Sam Brock spoke
13:54 13:56 one-on-one with Natalie's mother and has
13:56 14:00 her powerful reaction for 18 years the
14:00 14:01 Holloway family searched for answers as
14:01 14:03 to how their daughter died today
14:03 14:06 Indescribable relief layered with pain
14:06 14:09 that will never go away it's over yon
14:09 14:11 vandersloot is no longer the suspect in
14:11 14:14 my daughter's murder he is the killer
14:14 14:16 the man long suspected of Natalie
14:16 14:18 Holloway's death pleaded guilty to wire
14:18 14:20 fraud and extortion of Natalie's mother
14:20 14:22 his part of his plea deal also
14:22 14:25 confessing to Natalie's brutal murder
14:25 14:26 according to a transcript of his
14:26 14:28 confession Vander slot said he killed
14:28 14:30 the 18 18-year-old Alabama teen with a
14:30 14:32 cinder block after she rejected his
14:32 14:34 sexual advances on the beach and then
14:34 14:36 pushed her body out to sea were you
14:36 14:38 stunned by the depravity both of what he
14:38 14:40 did to your daughter but also the
14:40 14:42 behavior that you mentioned after the
14:42 14:44 fact right after he' committed murder
14:44 14:46 exactly how could he have murdered her
14:46 14:47 and then he goes home and checks the
14:47 14:49 soccer scores gets on a porn site and
14:49 14:51 gets up and takes show and goes to
14:51 14:53 school for years Vander slot LED
14:53 14:55 investigators and family members on a
14:55 14:59 fruitless Chase I mean that's a killer
14:59 15:01 that is a person with no conscience No
15:01 15:03 Remorse no guilt Beth in a powerful
15:03 15:05 Victim Impact statement confronting him
15:05 15:07 you are a killer and I want you to
15:07 15:09 remember that every time that jail cell
15:09 15:11 door slams The plea deal puts Vander
15:11 15:14 Sloop behind bars for 20 years the
15:14 15:16 confession brings closure and I think
15:16 15:19 the not knowing is worse you know that
15:19 15:21 the knowing is shocking you brace
15:21 15:23 yourself you take the hit but the not
15:23 15:25 knowing is the never ending Nightmare
15:25 15:27 and that's worse and that's the boat
15:27 15:30 that you were in yeah for almost 20
15:30 15:32 years of your life yeah tonight at least
15:32 15:35 part of that nightmare is over Sam Brock
15:35 15:39 NBC News Birmingham coming up our look
15:39 15:41 inside Israel's not so secret weapon the
15:41 15:44 Iron Dome how is it holding up as Hamas
15:44 15:47 fires Rockets into this
15:47 15:50 country for Israel the key to defending
15:50 15:52 the country against air attacks is
15:52 15:54 something called the Iron Dome system
15:54 15:57 which kicks in most but not all the time
15:57 15:59 Tom yam got a look at how it works Tom
15:59 16:01 how much of a difference has it made in
16:01 16:03 this
16:03 16:06 war Lester these units are on 24 hours a
16:06 16:08 day so the Israeli military had very
16:08 16:10 strict rules as we approached and were
16:10 16:13 able to shoot footage of this Advanced
16:13 16:15 Weaponry it's a multi-billion dollar
16:15 16:17 defense system and Israel calls it a
16:17 16:19 lifesaver as we just saw in Gaza the
16:19 16:24 danger of a single rocket it can kill
16:24 16:26 hundreds much of the fighting in this
16:26 16:29 war has been in the skies overhead
16:29 16:33 day and night where Israel has a massive
16:33 16:35 Advantage but Hamas has launched
16:35 16:37 thousands of
16:37 16:40 rockets some say Israel's Iron Dome is
16:40 16:41 the world's best defense against
16:41 16:44 missiles we were given access to see it
16:44 16:46 up close that's one of the batteries
16:46 16:48 that makes up this system this
16:48 16:50 technology was developed by Israel and
16:50 16:51 the way it works is that when a rocket
16:51 16:53 is fired from Gaza that battery right
16:53 16:55 there launches another missile that
16:55 16:57 crashes midair making sure the people in
16:57 16:59 this country stay safe safe the system
16:59 17:02 is a combination of a radar unit
17:02 17:04 monitoring the skies and the direction
17:04 17:07 of the incoming missile a control center
17:07 17:09 determining if that rocket will strike a
17:09 17:12 population Center and a battery able to
17:12 17:14 launch dozens of missiles that can
17:14 17:17 destroy an enemy rocket launched from up
17:17 17:20 to 43 miles away the last about 10 days
17:20 17:23 Kamas has launched over 6,500 Rockets
17:23 17:26 6,500 over 6,500 rockets in 10 days we
17:26 17:29 would have thousand of casualties
17:29 17:32 unbelievable destruction injuries um and
17:32 17:34 we would be living in a very different
17:34 17:36 reality Hamas can't match Israel's
17:36 17:39 Firepower but training videos published
17:39 17:41 online show they are stocked with
17:41 17:44 rockets and in 2020 this video shows
17:44 17:46 them digging up pipes to convert them
17:46 17:49 into projectiles Israel says the Iron
17:49 17:52 Dome is 90% effective but during the
17:52 17:55 attacks on October 7th Hamas overwhelmed
17:55 17:58 the system most of the time the Iron
17:58 18:00 Dome works but there are rare occasions
18:00 18:02 when Rockets fired from Gaza are so many
18:02 18:04 that a few get through like here in
18:04 18:06 ashalon where a rocket hit this building
18:06 18:09 with people inside this couple was home
18:09 18:11 when the rocket hit what has the rocket
18:11 18:14 barrage been
18:14 18:16 like they say the missiles come like
18:16 18:18 rain and they wouldn't be here without
18:18 18:23 the Iron Dome Tom yamas NBC News Tel
18:23 18:26 AV those intercepts a common sight
18:26 18:28 around here coming up children perhaps
18:28 18:30 forever changed by what has happened
18:30 18:36 here
18:36 18:38 next on the faces of children the pain
18:38 18:41 and suffering from this conflict here in
18:41 18:43 Israel Kelly Kela met with families from
18:43 18:47 one Cabots that was attacked by Hamas
18:47 18:51 terrorists tonight the kids of kabut B
18:51 18:53 now living in a hotel on the Dead Sea
18:53 18:55 trying to make sense of their new
18:55 18:59 reality is that an ice cream ice cream
18:59 19:01 no candy oh like a
19:01 19:04 lollipop but below the surface the
19:04 19:08 horror lingers she asked me the bad
19:08 19:12 people come here to to Hotel home no
19:12 19:15 longer feels safe after Hamas terrorists
19:15 19:17 stormed their small community killing
19:17 19:20 more than 50 and kidnapping others my
19:20 19:22 son 4 years old he just started talking
19:22 19:24 about the terrorist bodies that he saw
19:24 19:26 for volunteers like Nursery teacher
19:26 19:30 Shahar the trauma is plain to see I can
19:30 19:33 see many kids um not willing to move
19:33 19:36 away from their parents speaking about
19:36 19:38 many kinds of things that you won you
19:38 19:41 wouldn't want uh small children to speak
19:41 19:44 about Anthony's Family hid for hours in
19:44 19:45 their safe room reading about the
19:45 19:48 horrors on their phones leaving the
19:48 19:49 father of three considering the
19:49 19:51 unthinkable at one point I thought I was
19:51 19:52 going to have to kill
19:52 19:56 mys NRA and her teenage daughters came
19:56 19:59 face to face with the terrorists we
19:59 20:01 just say to them please don't kill us
20:01 20:03 please we didn't do nothing don't kill
20:03 20:06 us they spared her and her daughters but
20:06 20:07 took her husband and daughter's
20:07 20:12 boyfriend too much sadness and too much
20:12 20:14 that's nobody's crying it's like you
20:14 20:18 know it's it's no contact between my
20:18 20:21 heart and my mind a community
20:21 20:24 heartbroken and numb their children
20:24 20:26 changed forever they just want to be
20:26 20:30 kids they want to to be kids
20:30 20:33 again but first they'll need to find a
20:33 20:37 way to feel safe again Kelly COA NBC
20:37 20:39 News the Dead Sea
20:39 20:42 Israel a lot for everyone here to
20:42 20:44 process that's Nightly News for this
20:44 20:46 Wednesday thank you for watching I'm
20:46 20:49 Lester Hol please take care of yourself
20:49 20:55 and each other good
20:55 20:58 night thanks for watching stay up
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0:03 0:05 as President Biden visits the country in
0:05 0:08 a show of solidarity and protests rage
0:08 0:10 across the Middle East after that deadly
0:10 0:13 Hospital explosion in
0:13 0:15 Gaza the new images from the moment the
0:15 0:18 blast hit in the deadly aftermath
0:18 0:20 President Biden in Tel Aviv today
0:20 0:22 backing Israel's claim that it did not
0:22 0:24 strike the hospital saying the US
0:24 0:27 believes it was a misfired rocket from
0:27 0:29 terror group Islamic Jihad outraged
0:29 0:32 spreading across the mid East in Beirut
0:32 0:34 protesters outside the US Embassy
0:34 0:37 clashing with police in the US hundreds
0:37 0:39 of people packing into a congressional
0:39 0:41 building demanding a ceased fire
0:41 0:43 multiple arrests for assaulting Capitol
0:43 0:46 police officers and the warning from
0:46 0:48 Homeland Security the heightened threat
0:48 0:51 environment in the US as the war rages
0:51 0:54 and the NYPD asking for help finding the
0:54 0:56 suspect in a hate crime attack on a
0:56 0:59 Jewish woman also tonight Jim Jordan
0:59 1:00 losing his second second ballot for
1:00 1:03 speaker getting fewer votes what is the
1:03 1:06 path forward for republicans and after
1:06 1:08 18 years the stunning confession in the
1:08 1:11 Natalie Holloway case the prime suspect
1:11 1:14 yuran Vander slute admitting he killed
1:14 1:16 her on the beach in Aruba how and why he
1:16 1:19 says he did it and what he did with her
1:19 1:21 body our one-on-one with Natalie's
1:21 1:23 Mother after she finally learned her
1:23 1:25 daughter's fate our special edition of
1:25 1:28 Nightly News begins
1:28 1:32 now this is NB Nightly News with Lester
1:32 1:36 Holt reporting tonight live from
1:36 1:38 Israel good evening and welcome today
1:38 1:40 President Biden was here in Israel
1:40 1:42 standing with its people in the face of
1:42 1:44 tragedy while across the Arab world
1:44 1:46 anger raged protest from the midd East
1:46 1:49 to Europe some aimed at the us over the
1:49 1:52 deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital that
1:52 1:54 Palestinian Health authorities say
1:54 1:56 killed hundreds and claim Israel is the
1:56 1:58 culprit President Biden however coming
1:58 2:00 to Israel's def defense saying he was
2:00 2:02 deeply saddened and outraged by the
2:02 2:05 explosion before declaring it appears as
2:05 2:08 though it was done by the other team
2:08 2:10 blaming the explosion on a failed rocket
2:10 2:13 launched by terror group Islamic Jihad
2:13 2:15 Israel offering what it says is evidence
2:15 2:18 it was not responsible but pictures of
2:18 2:20 children in Gaza being rescued from the
2:20 2:22 rubble of air strikes only hardening
2:22 2:24 positions as the American president
2:24 2:27 sought to calm tensions over the October
2:27 2:29 7th attacks here and diver a Humanity
2:29 2:32 Arian disaster in Gaza but the
2:32 2:34 Diplomatic ground shifting beneath the
2:34 2:36 president's feet as he traveled here
2:36 2:39 from Washington to a war zone overnight
2:39 2:41 as Arab leaders were dropping out of a
2:41 2:43 planned Summit meeting on the crisis
2:43 2:45 here's where we start
2:45 2:48 tonight 24 hours after that deadly
2:48 2:50 Hospital explosion that sparked anger
2:50 2:53 across the Arab world President Biden in
2:53 2:56 Israel today blaming a misfired
2:56 2:58 Palestinian rocket not an Israeli
2:58 3:00 missile for the deaths I was outraged
3:00 3:02 and saddened by the enormous loss of
3:02 3:04 life yesterday in the hospital in
3:04 3:07 Gaza based on the information we've seen
3:07 3:09 to date it appears a result of an errant
3:09 3:11 rocket fired by a terrorist group in
3:11 3:13 Gaza two senior us officials telling NBC
3:13 3:16 News the US has an independent
3:16 3:18 assessment that it was a rocket fired by
3:18 3:21 the Palestinian militant group Islamic
3:21 3:24 Jihad that hit the hospital Islamic
3:24 3:27 Jihad has denied responsibility the IDF
3:27 3:30 saying evidence at the site shows was
3:30 3:32 not an Israeli missile which would have
3:32 3:35 left a large crater no structural damage
3:35 3:37 the wall stay intact no craters these
3:37 3:41 are the characterized that shows that
3:41 3:44 not an aerial ammunition that have hit
3:44 3:46 the parking lot and they say they have
3:46 3:48 intercepts in which Palestinian
3:48 3:50 militants acknowledge it was not an
3:50 3:53 Israeli missile while Hamas says the IDF
3:53 3:56 warned people to evacuate the area
3:56 3:59 around the hospital before the explosion
3:59 4:01 and that Dam image is consistent with an
4:01 4:03 Israeli strike the Carnage at the
4:03 4:06 hospital loomed over this critical visit
4:06 4:09 the president touching down in Israel
4:09 4:11 greeting the Prime Minister this hug on
4:11 4:14 the tarmac a trip aimed at showing
4:14 4:17 solidarity with one of America's closest
4:17 4:20 allies I want the people of Israel the
4:20 4:22 people of the world to know where the
4:22 4:24 United States stands thank you for
4:24 4:29 standing with Israel today tomorrow and
4:29 4:32 all always after the massive Hamas
4:32 4:34 terror attack on Israel terrorist group
4:34 4:36 Hamas has slaughtered has been pointed
4:36 4:41 out over 1,300 people and is not
4:41 4:44 hyperbole Su justest slaughtered
4:44 4:47 slaughtered and uh including 31
4:47 4:49 Americans the president hearing the
4:49 4:52 horrors of that day from Israeli First
4:52 4:54 Responders children little babies that
4:54 4:57 were torn around to to to take it away
4:57 5:00 from their parents murdered in front of
5:00 5:04 their parents head toop
5:04 5:07 off and meeting families of hostages
5:07 5:11 held by Hamas terrorists inside Gaza
5:11 5:14 including Americans President Biden
5:14 5:17 facing pressure to bring them home Mr
5:17 5:19 Biden making this high stakes trip in
5:19 5:21 the middle of a dangerous war zone with
5:21 5:24 Hamas still firing Rockets the
5:24 5:26 president's meetings were in central Tel
5:26 5:28 Aviv that's about 45 miles from here
5:28 5:31 near the front lines of Gaza even now
5:31 5:36 you can hear the distant boom of
5:36 5:39 explosions less than 2 hours after he
5:39 5:42 left Air Raid Sirens sounding in the
5:42 5:45 heart of Tel Aviv meanwhile inside Gaza
5:45 5:48 the humanitarian crisis entire
5:48 5:50 neighborhoods flattened by Israeli
5:50 5:52 retaliation strikes tonight after a
5:52 5:55 request from Mr Biden Israel says it
5:55 5:58 will end its Gaza Siege and allow badly
5:58 6:01 needed food water and Medicine in across
6:01 6:05 the Egypt border but not across Israeli
6:05 6:08 borders until Hamas frees the hostages
6:08 6:11 the president with this message tonight
6:11 6:14 about the people of Gaza theas does not
6:14 6:16 represent all the Palestinian
6:16 6:18 people and has brought them only
6:18 6:21 suffering and late today announcing
6:21 6:23 Egypt's President will allow 20 trucks
6:23 6:27 of Aid into Gaza what he would do is
6:27 6:29 open the gate a planned Summit with Arab
6:29 6:32 leaders in Jordan was scrapped after the
6:32 6:34 hospital explosion and the announcement
6:34 6:37 that Palestinian leader aboss would not
6:37 6:40 attend was there important work though
6:40 6:41 that didn't get done the fact that
6:41 6:44 Summit didn't take place a lot of
6:44 6:46 important work I mean we all the the the
6:46 6:49 the only item in the agenda right now is
6:49 6:52 to stop this this madness and stop the
6:52 6:54 the the killing that civilians are are
6:54 6:56 paying the the utmost price tonight I
6:56 6:59 spoke with Jordan's foreign minister aan
6:59 7:02 f as you know President Biden the US
7:02 7:04 they take the position that this was not
7:04 7:07 an Israeli strike but the result of
7:07 7:09 other Palestinian militants do you
7:09 7:12 believe that to be the case sir uh
7:12 7:14 nobody's buying that that narrative in
7:14 7:18 this part of the world uh the the uh in
7:18 7:19 reality the Israeli Army is not Army is
7:19 7:21 not very credible in this part of the
7:21 7:23 world as well the only way that people
7:23 7:26 would entertain a different narrative is
7:26 7:28 if there is an independent International
7:28 7:31 inquiry into into into into what the
7:31 7:33 tragedy that has happened uh with
7:33 7:35 impeccable evidence that it was uh it
7:35 7:38 was not
7:38 7:40 Israel and join us tomorrow night for
7:40 7:42 complete coverage as President Biden
7:42 7:44 speaks to the American people about the
7:44 7:47 crisis here at 8:00 p.m. eastern time
7:47 7:49 all day the explosion of the Gaza
7:49 7:52 Hospital sparked rage and protest in the
7:52 7:54 Arab and Muslim world Chief foreign
7:54 7:58 correspondent Richard angle has more on
7:58 8:01 that this is the explosion that has
8:01 8:03 shaken the Middle East new video shows
8:03 8:05 that deadly explosion at a hospital in
8:05 8:09 Gaza City that reportedly killed
8:09 8:11 hundreds and sparked
8:11 8:14 protests from
8:14 8:16 Iran to
8:16 8:19 Yemen to Lebanon where demonstrators
8:19 8:21 directed their anger against the United
8:21 8:23 States Israel's main
8:23 8:26 backer security forces in Beirut used
8:26 8:29 water cannons and tear gas to disperse
8:29 8:32 crowds outside the US Embassy the United
8:32 8:34 States pulled out of its fours in the
8:34 8:36 Middle East but now could be heading
8:36 8:37 back into
8:37 8:41 one in the West Bank Palestinians today
8:41 8:43 dragged out the barricades and slung
8:43 8:46 rocks at Israeli soldiers there weren't
8:46 8:49 many mostly teenagers Israeli troops
8:49 8:51 kept their distance but when the stone
8:51 8:54 throwers got too
8:54 8:56 close the soldiers open
8:56 9:00 fire sending medical Crews rushing in
9:00 9:04 and here's one more injured being taken
9:04 9:07 away the Israelis are picking them off
9:07 9:09 with what appears to be rubber bullets
9:09 9:10 at this
9:10 9:12 stage no one was seriously injured here
9:12 9:14 today but a new generation of
9:14 9:17 Palestinians is taking to the streets
9:17 9:19 while Israel and Hamas are blaming each
9:19 9:22 other for the hospital explosion a new
9:22 9:25 Palestinian Uprising could be starting
9:25 9:27 today our crew filmed at the Gaza
9:27 9:29 Hospital site and saw families
9:29 9:30 collecting what they could from the
9:30 9:34 debris amid charred cars and backpacks
9:34 9:38 and bags on the ground disaster
9:38 9:41 disaster impact on
9:41 9:45 children on uh
9:45 9:47 woman's suddenly there were lights in
9:47 9:49 the sky and when we looked up a missile
9:49 9:52 fell this man says I covered my face
9:52 9:55 while friends close to me were
9:55 9:58 killed this place was a safe haven for
9:58 10:00 women and children who fled Israeli
10:00 10:02 shelling near the hospital this doctor
10:02 10:06 says children were Torn to Pieces other
10:06 10:09 hospitals in Gaza already running low on
10:09 10:11 supplies are now struggling to keep up
10:11 10:14 these wounded all have needed intensive
10:14 10:17 care facilities and
10:17 10:19 ventilators water was running out before
10:19 10:22 I left and the electricity now started
10:22 10:24 to to to run out the generators were
10:24 10:28 running out of
10:28 10:31 diesel Iran which backs both Hamas and
10:31 10:34 Hezbollah is working to Fan the rage
10:34 10:36 even
10:36 10:39 further Iran's president calling on
10:39 10:41 Muslim nations to isolate Israel impose
10:41 10:44 an oil embargo and bring
10:44 10:47 revenge and Richard the size of those
10:47 10:48 crowds you're seeing does say something
10:48 10:53 about the impact of this Hospital
10:53 10:56 explosion it may there were not millions
10:56 10:58 of people on the streets across the Arab
10:58 11:00 world but I can tell you Lester there
11:00 11:02 are real and growing concerns here that
11:02 11:04 this is heading toward a re toward a
11:04 11:06 regional War
11:06 11:09 Lester all right Richard angle thank you
11:09 11:11 in the US authorities till NBC News the
11:11 11:13 war has opened the door to extremists
11:13 11:16 looking to incite violence with one
11:16 11:18 official warning of a heightened threat
11:18 11:19 environment let's get more now from
11:19 11:21 Maggie
11:21 11:23 Vasa tonight authorities in the US
11:23 11:26 ramping up security amid warnings about
11:26 11:28 potential violence mounting Nationwide
11:28 11:31 over the Israel Hamas war in New York
11:31 11:33 the NYPD ordering officers indefinitely
11:33 11:36 to be uniformed and ready to deploy
11:36 11:38 American officials and private analysts
11:38 11:40 telling NBC News extremists are flooding
11:40 11:43 social media with calls for attacks on
11:43 11:45 Jewish communities and other Targets in
11:45 11:47 the US and Europe with groups linked to
11:47 11:50 Al-Qaeda and American neo-nazis seeking
11:50 11:52 to exploit the war according to
11:52 11:55 intelligence memos obtained by NBC News
11:55 11:57 a Homeland Security official telling NBC
11:57 11:59 News DHS is monitoring ing a heightened
11:59 12:02 threat environment in the US the FBI
12:02 12:05 also on high alert we stay laser focused
12:05 12:08 on mitigating those threats tonight the
12:08 12:10 nypd's hate crimes unit asking for the
12:10 12:12 Public's help finding this man who they
12:12 12:14 say punched a woman in a subway station
12:14 12:16 Saturday telling her he did it quote
12:16 12:19 because you are Jewish this as protests
12:19 12:22 continue across the country in
12:22 12:24 Washington DC dozens were arrested at
12:24 12:26 the capital during a rally of Jewish
12:26 12:30 Americans calling for a ceasefire
12:30 12:32 and in suburban Chicago last night more
12:32 12:36 than 1,500 people packed a vigil for a
12:36 12:39 Palestinian American boy he was a child
12:39 12:41 a child f with love and not any hate
12:41 12:44 prosecutors say six-year-old wadia alumi
12:44 12:46 was stabbed dozens of times by his
12:46 12:49 family's landlord who they say was angry
12:49 12:51 about the Hamas attacks Joseph zuba
12:51 12:53 faces murder and hate crime charges in
12:53 12:56 Illinois and has not yet entered a plea
12:56 12:59 a child taken and a country on Ed Edge
12:59 13:02 as War wages on a world away Maggie
13:02 13:05 Vespa NBC News Chicago let's turn to
13:05 13:08 Washington now where Republicans failed
13:08 13:10 again to elect a house Speaker their
13:10 13:12 nominee Jim Jordan losing the second
13:12 13:15 ballot with fewer votes this time around
13:15 13:17 and conservative hardliners signaling
13:17 13:19 he's staying in the race and floating a
13:19 13:22 third possible vote at noon tomorrow the
13:22 13:25 chaos paralyzing Congress just as
13:25 13:26 President Biden says he will ask for an
13:26 13:29 unprecedented Aid package for Israel
13:29 13:32 Ukraine and More in 60 seconds the
13:32 13:34 stunning confession all these years
13:34 13:36 later what Y and Vander SLO finally
13:36 13:39 admitted in court today about the murder
13:39 13:43 of Natalie Holloway right after
13:43 13:45 this it's taken nearly two decades but
13:45 13:47 today we finally learn what happened to
13:47 13:49 Natalie Holloway the prime suspect
13:49 13:51 finally confessing to killing her as
13:51 13:54 part of a plea deal Sam Brock spoke
13:54 13:56 one-on-one with Natalie's mother and has
13:56 14:00 her powerful reaction for 18 years the
14:00 14:01 Holloway family searched for answers as
14:01 14:03 to how their daughter died today
14:03 14:06 Indescribable relief layered with pain
14:06 14:09 that will never go away it's over yon
14:09 14:11 vandersloot is no longer the suspect in
14:11 14:14 my daughter's murder he is the killer
14:14 14:16 the man long suspected of Natalie
14:16 14:18 Holloway's death pleaded guilty to wire
14:18 14:20 fraud and extortion of Natalie's mother
14:20 14:22 his part of his plea deal also
14:22 14:25 confessing to Natalie's brutal murder
14:25 14:26 according to a transcript of his
14:26 14:28 confession Vander slot said he killed
14:28 14:30 the 18 18-year-old Alabama teen with a
14:30 14:32 cinder block after she rejected his
14:32 14:34 sexual advances on the beach and then
14:34 14:36 pushed her body out to sea were you
14:36 14:38 stunned by the depravity both of what he
14:38 14:40 did to your daughter but also the
14:40 14:42 behavior that you mentioned after the
14:42 14:44 fact right after he' committed murder
14:44 14:46 exactly how could he have murdered her
14:46 14:47 and then he goes home and checks the
14:47 14:49 soccer scores gets on a porn site and
14:49 14:51 gets up and takes show and goes to
14:51 14:53 school for years Vander slot LED
14:53 14:55 investigators and family members on a
14:55 14:59 fruitless Chase I mean that's a killer
14:59 15:01 that is a person with no conscience No
15:01 15:03 Remorse no guilt Beth in a powerful
15:03 15:05 Victim Impact statement confronting him
15:05 15:07 you are a killer and I want you to
15:07 15:09 remember that every time that jail cell
15:09 15:11 door slams The plea deal puts Vander
15:11 15:14 Sloop behind bars for 20 years the
15:14 15:16 confession brings closure and I think
15:16 15:19 the not knowing is worse you know that
15:19 15:21 the knowing is shocking you brace
15:21 15:23 yourself you take the hit but the not
15:23 15:25 knowing is the never ending Nightmare
15:25 15:27 and that's worse and that's the boat
15:27 15:30 that you were in yeah for almost 20
15:30 15:32 years of your life yeah tonight at least
15:32 15:35 part of that nightmare is over Sam Brock
15:35 15:39 NBC News Birmingham coming up our look
15:39 15:41 inside Israel's not so secret weapon the
15:41 15:44 Iron Dome how is it holding up as Hamas
15:44 15:47 fires Rockets into this
15:47 15:50 country for Israel the key to defending
15:50 15:52 the country against air attacks is
15:52 15:54 something called the Iron Dome system
15:54 15:57 which kicks in most but not all the time
15:57 15:59 Tom yam got a look at how it works Tom
15:59 16:01 how much of a difference has it made in
16:01 16:03 this
16:03 16:06 war Lester these units are on 24 hours a
16:06 16:08 day so the Israeli military had very
16:08 16:10 strict rules as we approached and were
16:10 16:13 able to shoot footage of this Advanced
16:13 16:15 Weaponry it's a multi-billion dollar
16:15 16:17 defense system and Israel calls it a
16:17 16:19 lifesaver as we just saw in Gaza the
16:19 16:24 danger of a single rocket it can kill
16:24 16:26 hundreds much of the fighting in this
16:26 16:29 war has been in the skies overhead
16:29 16:33 day and night where Israel has a massive
16:33 16:35 Advantage but Hamas has launched
16:35 16:37 thousands of
16:37 16:40 rockets some say Israel's Iron Dome is
16:40 16:41 the world's best defense against
16:41 16:44 missiles we were given access to see it
16:44 16:46 up close that's one of the batteries
16:46 16:48 that makes up this system this
16:48 16:50 technology was developed by Israel and
16:50 16:51 the way it works is that when a rocket
16:51 16:53 is fired from Gaza that battery right
16:53 16:55 there launches another missile that
16:55 16:57 crashes midair making sure the people in
16:57 16:59 this country stay safe safe the system
16:59 17:02 is a combination of a radar unit
17:02 17:04 monitoring the skies and the direction
17:04 17:07 of the incoming missile a control center
17:07 17:09 determining if that rocket will strike a
17:09 17:12 population Center and a battery able to
17:12 17:14 launch dozens of missiles that can
17:14 17:17 destroy an enemy rocket launched from up
17:17 17:20 to 43 miles away the last about 10 days
17:20 17:23 Kamas has launched over 6,500 Rockets
17:23 17:26 6,500 over 6,500 rockets in 10 days we
17:26 17:29 would have thousand of casualties
17:29 17:32 unbelievable destruction injuries um and
17:32 17:34 we would be living in a very different
17:34 17:36 reality Hamas can't match Israel's
17:36 17:39 Firepower but training videos published
17:39 17:41 online show they are stocked with
17:41 17:44 rockets and in 2020 this video shows
17:44 17:46 them digging up pipes to convert them
17:46 17:49 into projectiles Israel says the Iron
17:49 17:52 Dome is 90% effective but during the
17:52 17:55 attacks on October 7th Hamas overwhelmed
17:55 17:58 the system most of the time the Iron
17:58 18:00 Dome works but there are rare occasions
18:00 18:02 when Rockets fired from Gaza are so many
18:02 18:04 that a few get through like here in
18:04 18:06 ashalon where a rocket hit this building
18:06 18:09 with people inside this couple was home
18:09 18:11 when the rocket hit what has the rocket
18:11 18:14 barrage been
18:14 18:16 like they say the missiles come like
18:16 18:18 rain and they wouldn't be here without
18:18 18:23 the Iron Dome Tom yamas NBC News Tel
18:23 18:26 AV those intercepts a common sight
18:26 18:28 around here coming up children perhaps
18:28 18:30 forever changed by what has happened
18:30 18:36 here
18:36 18:38 next on the faces of children the pain
18:38 18:41 and suffering from this conflict here in
18:41 18:43 Israel Kelly Kela met with families from
18:43 18:47 one Cabots that was attacked by Hamas
18:47 18:51 terrorists tonight the kids of kabut B
18:51 18:53 now living in a hotel on the Dead Sea
18:53 18:55 trying to make sense of their new
18:55 18:59 reality is that an ice cream ice cream
18:59 19:01 no candy oh like a
19:01 19:04 lollipop but below the surface the
19:04 19:08 horror lingers she asked me the bad
19:08 19:12 people come here to to Hotel home no
19:12 19:15 longer feels safe after Hamas terrorists
19:15 19:17 stormed their small community killing
19:17 19:20 more than 50 and kidnapping others my
19:20 19:22 son 4 years old he just started talking
19:22 19:24 about the terrorist bodies that he saw
19:24 19:26 for volunteers like Nursery teacher
19:26 19:30 Shahar the trauma is plain to see I can
19:30 19:33 see many kids um not willing to move
19:33 19:36 away from their parents speaking about
19:36 19:38 many kinds of things that you won you
19:38 19:41 wouldn't want uh small children to speak
19:41 19:44 about Anthony's Family hid for hours in
19:44 19:45 their safe room reading about the
19:45 19:48 horrors on their phones leaving the
19:48 19:49 father of three considering the
19:49 19:51 unthinkable at one point I thought I was
19:51 19:52 going to have to kill
19:52 19:56 mys NRA and her teenage daughters came
19:56 19:59 face to face with the terrorists we
19:59 20:01 just say to them please don't kill us
20:01 20:03 please we didn't do nothing don't kill
20:03 20:06 us they spared her and her daughters but
20:06 20:07 took her husband and daughter's
20:07 20:12 boyfriend too much sadness and too much
20:12 20:14 that's nobody's crying it's like you
20:14 20:18 know it's it's no contact between my
20:18 20:21 heart and my mind a community
20:21 20:24 heartbroken and numb their children
20:24 20:26 changed forever they just want to be
20:26 20:30 kids they want to to be kids
20:30 20:33 again but first they'll need to find a
20:33 20:37 way to feel safe again Kelly COA NBC
20:37 20:39 News the Dead Sea
20:39 20:42 Israel a lot for everyone here to
20:42 20:44 process that's Nightly News for this
20:44 20:46 Wednesday thank you for watching I'm
20:46 20:49 Lester Hol please take care of yourself
20:49 20:55 and each other good
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