Edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Katy tur is up with more special coverage. Good to be with you. Israel says that it has regained control of towns attacked by hamas militants and spokesman for the idf says there are no more Hamas Terrorists on the ground in israel but they are still attempting to get through the border. In the past few hours weve seen nearly nonstop rocket fire from both sides. Hamas warning residents it would strike ashkelon at 5 00 p. M. Local time and then doing so. Night has now fallen over the region leaving the skies above h iron dome intercepts. At the border itself, israeli troops are massing getting ready for a potential Ground Incursion of their own into gaza. Benjamin netanyahu vowing to root out hamas, but within the country, there is growing criticism of netanyahu. Allegations that he position helped prop up hamas in an effort to weaken the Palestinian Authority. From analysis in the times of israel, the idea was to prevent president abbas or anyone els
Man mookie dean, its 5 am in tel aviv where citizens are waking up to a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as a state of war. Less than 50 miles away in gaza city, these are live pictures, aerate sirens continuing to run into the early hours of the morning, as israel continues airstrikes hammering the strip. Israel counterattack comes 11 24 hours after the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched an unprecedented, and brazen attack on the southern border of the country. Forces firing a barrage of more than 2200 rockets from gaza into israel, that began at around 6 30 a. M. And that is according to the countrys military. Hamas fighters took to the air, the group also infiltrated Israel Southern Border by land and sea, taking an unknown number of civilians and soldiers captive in the process. Its in the soul of the likes of which the country has not seen in decades. Following saturday mornings attack, netanyahu vowed mighty vengeance for the assault. Israeli officials at le
And an auto workers strike just revving up. Tox on top of twin jolts that could have consumers hitting the brakes. Sellers on wall street, well, hitting in mass. First to capitol hill where the clock is running out and now fear of a prolonged shut down is beginning to set in. Is there anything that d. C. Can do to stop it . South Carolina Republican senator president ial candidate tim scott is here. Bipartisan texas duo, mike mccaul and henry cuellar. Your world is now. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. We begin with chad pergram on capitol hill on a countdown to a shut down. I guess right now, chad, is looking more and more likely. What can you tell us . Neil, good afternoon. The government is all that shut down right now. Theres no rescue plan out of this culdesac. The house cant approve its own bill to fund the government for a month and bolster Border Security. The vote 232 to 198 with 21 gop nos. One group wants to be more extreme than the other group. So even their effort to pa
The iranian consulate in damascus earlier this month, israels military says with the help of its partners, including the us and the uk, it intercepted some 99 of more than 300 missiles and drones and other projectiles launched by iran israeli war cabinet, ended a meeting today without reaching a decision, but determined to act. One member saying, israel will quote, exact a price at the time of its choosing, President Biden met virtually with g7 leaders today to discuss what he calls quote, an urgent diplomatic response and late lab as night biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu over the phone reaffirming the us is ironclad commitment to its ally, but making it clear, the us will not i participate in any Israeli Attack against iranian territory right now, Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting. Un Secretary General rule called for restraint now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint we have a team of reporters here In Wash
Better science, better results hello, and welcome to our view as joining us here in the United States and all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom. And here the total Solar Eclipse will cross north america today, will you be able to see it . We will have the forecast just to hit and tonights mens championship is all thats left of the College Basketball season. But the biggest story of March Madness has been the womens game we will take a look good to have you with us and we begin with a Significant Development in israels war against hamas as it passes the six month mark, the Israeli Military says it has withdrawn Ground Forces from the Southern City of khan yunis. So they can recuperate and prepare for future operations. The idf says its far from from the city effectively marks the end of its Ground Operation in gaza in its current form. But the Defense Minister says troops will return for followup missions a god your team the troops pulled out to prepare for their future mi