hello i m abby phillip in washington. welcome to cnn newsroom we begin this hour in the middle east, where both violence and tensions are escalating. today israeli forces unleashed air strikes in southern lebanon and gaza and israel says it struck targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. israel blames hamas for firing 34 rockets from lebanon yesterday and the latest barrage since the two countries were at war back in 20 in 2006. now that has raised fears of an escalating conflict across the region, and just overnight, we learned that israel has mobilized some of its military reserves. a short time ago, israel s defense minister ordered security bolstered across the country after two israeli women were shot to death in the west bank. israel has called it an act of terror. let s get straight to cnn s fred pleitgen, who is near the israeli gaza border, and scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, for us as well. but let s start with you, fred. fred you did talk to t
away the body of the one victim who was killed in this ramming attack that took place earlier this evening here, and you re absolutely right. it s right on the promenade here in television, and there s some social media video out there of that car that you see there as well. that s now laying there overturned just racing down that promenade at some point, getting off course and then flipping over several times before just coming down on its roof, the latest that we have from the authorities here is that there are seven people who were injured in this four of them being tourists. three as you mentioned come from the united kingdom, and one is from italy. some of them are moderately injured and some of them lightly injured. some actually tried to flee to a hotel in the area to seek help. but as you can see, this is a wide cordon here now in the center of till aviv. there s a lot of ambulances. obviously a lot of police cars here as investigators are obviously still working the
. vice president kamala harris is in nashville, tennessee, throwing her support behind to tennessee democrats ousted from the statehouse for protesting gun violence, will have details on her meeting and the vice president s message. also tonight. israel reeling from an apparent terror attack, killing at least one person and wounding six, tele viv, there are new fears right now that the conflict could escalate and spread. cnn is on the ground in the middle east as violence in the region heats up, and justice clarence thomas firing back, claiming his luxurious vacations with a conservative mega donor. personal hospitality. but even some republican judges aren t buying his explanation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in tennessee, where vice president kamala harris is meeting with two democratic lawmakers who were expelled from
special counsel s questions in january, 6th investigation, and the faa says enough is enough, telling airlines they must do more to prevent close calls as a spring travel spring break travel season heats up. this is what we re watching at this hour. i can t thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in nashville, where we re learning new details about the shooter who killed six people inside a private christian school. police say they don t know exactly why 28 year old audrey hale opened fire on monday morning. but what we do know is that hale was able to legally purchase a total of seven different firearms and was under a doctor s care for an emotional disorder. in another troubling sign. we are hearing from the shooter s former art instructor that hale had a breakdown on the first day of college. we re also learning more about the three children and three adults who were killed in this attack tonight. the city of nashville will hold a victim
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip in for john king in washington. still no motive minutes ago on cnn, nashville s police chief shares some new details about the shooter who murdered six people, plus the special counsel investigating donald trump wins a courtroom fight to force mike pence to go under oath. and chris christie says hard written , spoken extensively about that day will evaluate the best way forward and make our intentions now have nothing to hide. i believe we did our duty and the constitution on january 6th. chris christie says never again to donald trump and tells new hampshire voters that he s the one who can go toe to toe with the former president. better have somebody on that stage. into to him what i did to market do you have to be fearless? because he will come back. and right at you. but up first we have new information on the nashville shooting straight from the police chief himself moments ago, right here on cnn chief john drake run