fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
easter sunday from new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour in the middle east, where israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing a video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem fred what s the latest? fredricka. well, certainly pretty big incident that happened there today on the border with syria when you had those rockets that came flying over from syrian territory, the israel defense forces say they say that those came flying towards the golan heights, which, of course are held by israel and t
town sweet 16 party. fox defamation trial delayed just hours before opening statements . is this a sign a settlement could be near. and spacex boss elon musk, downplaying expectations with his company about to launch the most powerful rocket ever built. good monday morning to you welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with carnage at a sweet 16 birthday party in a small southern town. four people were killed, nine injured, some critically in this rampage saturday night. indeed ville alabama so far, authorities have not released details about a suspect or a motive. but overnight we did learn the name of one of those killed kiki smith, who was a student athlete athletic manager on the high school s track team. for more on another of the victims. a star athlete, let s go to cnn s isabel rizal is indeed ville. i spoke with michael taylor, who is the assistant football coach over a day ville high school. and he says th
congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin
general is sounding off on a violent humanitarian crisis right now unfolding in sudan. these stories and more coming in on cnn news, central. outrage in kansas city this morning after a black teenager was shot in the head when he mistakenly went to the wrong address to pick up his younger brothers. this is 16 year old ralph jarl. he is currently hospitalized in stable condition . police said his parents asked him to pick up his siblings and an address on 115 terrorists. but instead he went to 115th street. and when he rang the doorbell, the homeowner shot him. the homeowner was taken into custody and after a 24 hour hold period was released pending further investigation. authorities so far have released few details. but the team s family say that they want police to identify the homeowner. cnn s camilo bernal, following this story for us, camilla bring us up to speed on the latest here. hey john. well thankfully, the family says that physically, ralph is doing well. but they