this is the source. we start with breaking news. as the u.s. retaliation for the deaths of three american soldiers is underway tonight. the u.s. hitting more than 85 targets in iraq and syria against iranian-backed militias. b1 bombers flying nonstop from an air force base in texas ultimately striking 7 facilities in a mission the white house says was successful but also not over yet. it is without a doubt a sharp escalation of the war in the middle east. those bombers in the air today as president biden was attending the dignified transfer for those three soldiers at dover air force base. we start with team coverage tonight. oren leiberman at the pentagon, retired air force colonel cedric leighton in washington, and nic robinson in tel aviv. the pentagon confirming these strikes and laying out their rationale. what s the latest you re learning tonight? the u.s. carrying out strikes in iraq and syria. going after not specifically iran. the u.s. didn t strike directly in i
because once he was arrested, ethan was given a psychiatrist, a psychologist. he told them he lied in those texts. he hadn t asked his parents for help. that did not come before the jury because they re privileged medical records of ethan crumbley. how did the mother describe the meeting with school officials that happened as people might remember, the morning before the school shooting happened? reporter: remember, that morning she had been sent a math sheet where he had bullets and blood and my life is worthless and the world is dead. she was asked to go to the school immediately. she texted her husband, emergency, we have to go to the school. i ll let her describe what the meeting was like. it was pretty nonchalant, pretty brief. he told us that he didn t ffeel d my son was a risk and gave him the option if he wanted to stay at school or go home. my son wanted to stay at home. we all discussed that. reporter: so he did say he wanted mental health treatment for thei
tonight on laura coates live. news today has been stunning. the republican national committee was considering, i mean seriously considering a resolution that would declare donald trump the presumptive nominee. and just like that, after we have only heard from, remember, it has only been two states. we do have 50. and territories of course. so in essence, that would mean that iowa, new hampshire, would get to decide who is the nominee. leaving everybody else, even those who wanted to vote, totally out of luck. until the whole thing blew up in their faces. trump ally david bosse withdrawing the resolution tonight. a source tells cnn the trump campaign had initially backed the idea. and the former president himself was, well, on board. not surprisingly. then all of a sudden he changed his tune when the backlash began. posting on social media tonight they should quote do it old fashioned way and finish the process off at the ballot box. all caps of course. even captain obvious wo
president. we re getting new information right now on the multiple fronts in this trump investigation. tonight, the u.s. justice department details systemic violations by the minneapolis police department, saying the problems of excessive force and racial discrimination led to the murder of george floyd. dozens of guilty verdicts against the gunman behind the 2018 massacre at a pittsburgh synagogue. now that a federal jury had its say, will the killer be sentenced to death? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a new request by the special counsel in the classified documents probe. the filing reflects prosecutpro fears donald trump might go public with information about the investigation. paula reed is joining us now. walk us through this protective order as it is called, this request. reporter: wolf, this is a request from prosecutors that we would expect in a ca
you are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news here at cnn. former president jimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states is now receiving hospice care at his home. that s according to a statement we have just received from the carter center. let s go live to priscilla alvarez. she is live at the white house. what else do we know about his condition? reporter: we re hearing from the carter center that said after a series of short hospital stays jimmy carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and medical team. jimmy carter is the oldest living president at 98 years old. he s kept a low profile since the coronavirus pandemic though he has spoken out about the rir risks to democracy. he and biden have a long-standing relationship going back to biden s days as a senator. and in 2021 carter did visit him and said the two ta