Is preparing to set sail for gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing
start around 12 30 eastern, they re going to go up and pears from split tees holds one and 10. all right. thank you so much. longoria continues her culinary adventure in a waka the new episode of the cnn original series. eva longoria, searching for mexico airs tonight at nine on cnn. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday. april 9th. i m victor blackwell walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your easter morning with us. happy easter. if you celebrate. i ve got my easter egg hunt ready? i got the easter baskets ready? because the easter bunny came last night . so the kids are all excited for their goodies and ready to go only goody that i had, um, i picked up the kettle corn peeps . i saw that. yeah. did you really eat that? bit people head off, and that s all i had. yahoo commentary on the kettle corn peeps that good alright here is what we are watching this morning a weekend of religious c
good morning. hopefully you re awake. making breakfast having your coffee coffee? welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. i hope you re not drinking coffee? actually me just coffee it off because you don t drink coffee. you don t want anyone else to do it right. morning. tea would be nice, right? i don t like taste. there we are. i m victor blackwell. thanks so much for spending part of your easter sunday. what? what would you recommend? just a nice green tea. maybe an earl gray something with cinnamon. maybe. i ve got something. my office. maybe i ll swing by the wild. it s okay. it s all right. here s what we re watching this morning. top democrats are vowing to make abortion a central issue in the lead up to the 2024 election after a judge ordered the suspension of a drug used in medication abortions. what senate majority leader chuck schumer is telling his caucus about the fight ahead a weekend of religious celebrations and escalating tensions in the mideast. the israe
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ayman. coming up, conservative elites want to play by a different se of rules, enter clarence thomas, donald trump and gop megadonor leonard leo honored all seem t think you should be held accountable, but not them. then, the trump trial collidin with the campaign trail, 202 is becoming a referendum among the rule of law and th potential gift to presiden biden. and silencing their critics, tennessee republicans just expelled to democrats of color from the state house over a gu control protest. why are they so threatened b the scent? i am ayman mohyeldin let s get started. summer is just around the corner, and you might be starting to consider som vacation plans, maybe a trip t an amusement park with the kids, or i don t know, maybe a weekend get away, you know just you and your partner, maybe even a trip to the beach with your friends. or if you are a supreme cour justice like clarence thomas you might be planning to jum on a friend s private jet, and spent the weeken