Were coming to you from jerusalem the end of the seventh day of this deadly crisis. Its been two hours since we expected an official of hamas, the militant organization that controls gaza, to come before cameras in egypt and announce a period of calm. But that announcement has not happened. Instead, the office of the e jimgs president , Mohamed Morsi, told cnn the Egyptian Government has no plans to make an announcement tonight. Since wednesday of last week militants have fired hundreds of rockets into israel. Were about to bring you one familys harrowing story of dodging the rocket that hit their home today. Random attacks like this provoke ferocious air assaults on gaza by the israelis, which also continued today. [ gunfire ] about two hours ago a reuters camera in gaza city caught this explosion. Cnns ben wedeman reports a building near the city was likely hit by an israeli air strike in gaza. He was on live with hala gorani when the explosion happened. Take a look. I think its pret
Lot of preparation and planning today. Are you excited about it . I am. It will be cool. Yes. Who isnt. You know . Anticipation is building tonight le than two hoursing a hours to go now. Good evening. If you have thoughts about taking a last trip across the bridge forget bit. Its too late. Caltrans hopes to start transition work on the old bay bridge to the new one at 8 00 just two hours away. Trol will be blocking access to the bridge on both sides of the bay, 14 connectors and on ramps beginning at 7 30 or perhaps earlier just 90 minutes from you fr now. Here is a look at the skyway. You can see its packed a slow crawl for drivers on the lefthand side of the skreechblt theyll bemong the la to cross the bridge. Cornell, not much time left. Commute has become a race against time. Traffic has been heavy here in San Francisco. Drivers kw they have got the deadline at 8 00 but road blocks could go up earlier. Well be rnning a traffic break interest there. The officer is running for the c
Hello, its thursday, its ten oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire and were live from new broadcasting house. Sir David Attenborough is warning that the moment of crisis has come and Climate Change needs to be tackled now. We have been putting things off year after year. We have been raising targets and saying, oh, well, if we do it within the next 20 years ,or if we do it. The moment of crisis has come. We can no longer prevaricate. Well talk to the founder of the largest Animal Rights organisation in the world peta which has signed up loads of celebs to its anti fur campaign and succeeded in getting major retailers to stop stocking angora products because the fur is plucked from live rabbits. Might use to be plucked. The head of Mental Health services in england is demanding urgent action to stop the vicious gambling cycle and tackle its impact on peoples health. I want them to stop targeting loss making customers, who i am told are called vips, which, if thats true, is cynical beyond belie
Studios as will be all of our guests. At the bottom of the screen youll see our social media scroll. Wed like for you tonight to tweet us your questions using the cntownhall. You can also leave a comment on the cnn facebook page. A lot of you sent in video questions and were going to try and get to those, as many of those as we can tonight. We also have reports from across the country and around the globe on how those at home and abroad are fighting this virus. We start with where the country is in its fight against the virus. The death count increasing dramatically every day according to Johns Hopkins university, 713 people died today in the u. S. The total death toll in the u. S. Is 5,850. At least 242,182 cases now in the u. S. Alone. You know, members of the National Academy of science have told the white house that Current Research supports the possibility that this virus can be spread by simply breathing and talking. Obviously thats going to be very concerning to people and today
Stopping crime in the track south bay hero. The officer who detoured his romantic excursion to catch a criminal. Also tonight. Technology under xwrund. Gasoline robot looking for leak and keeping the neighborhood s here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again . [ both laugh ] the one and only, cheerios the one and only, cheerios he was september to san quentin on the testimony of witness who lied. Tonight nearly seven years later ronald ross is finally a free man. Good evening. Ronald ross steps out of the jail this afternoon and graciously spoke with reporters. He was humble and happy about his release. Something that likely would not have come about without the support of the Innocence Project egg. Laura has the story. Ronald ross squinted in the sun light as he walked out the front door of the santa rita jail. His first taste of freedom in nearly seven years. Lovely day. Lovely day. Reporter ross was ordered row leasesed during emotional hearing