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
on lebanon as well. they say that in one of those strikes, civilian infrastructure was hit, including a pediatric hospital. and, of course later in the day in the west bank, you did have those two women being killed when their car came under fire, the israeli defense forces says. and as you said be the israelis really bolstering security since then, across the country, abby alright, let s go straight to scott mclean right now. scott you are in lebanon. what is the mood there? i mean, the word of the of the day right now is escalation. are they concerned about that over there? the short answer. abby is yes. you heard that sentiment from the united nations. my team here in beirut also heard it from the lebanese security source today who said that they are worried that this could escalate further. that same source said that the targets that the israelis struck in the early hours this morning in lebanese soil were connected to palestinian militant groups. there had been weapons there and
with those three lawmakers who are facing sponsored in addition to the rest of the democratic state lawmakers in tennessee, abby alright, priscilla. thank you for that. and ryan. this is now a national story. the eyes of the country are on nashville right now, and emotions are very , very high. what are you hearing on the ground there? 30 seconds. this is unreal. how this played out. especially when i was on your show yesterday. all the protesters who showed up who stayed focused on the idea of talking about gun violence, and it was also very interesting cause i ve had it pointed out to me several times through text messages with leaders across the state who are telling me just think about this. these two young men to young black men were fighting for gun control at the same time, a lot of times when people talk about urban gun violence, they ask where the community is when it comes to standing up about that. and that s something that the two young men were talking about all the time.