near a seaside park. the attacker has been shot dead. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered the mobilization of police and army reserves. earlier, in the occupied west bank, two british israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a gun attack on a car. here s israel s defence minister. translation: we will settle | the account with whoever tries to hurt citizens of israel and we will bring them to the cemetery or prison after investigation. anyone who tried to turn the days of israel holiday into days of morning will regret this matter greatly. this all comes after a week of escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians. on wednesday and thursday, israeli police stormed jerusalem s al aqsa mosque. israeli forces fired stun grenades and clashed with palestinians as they gathered for ramadan prayers. on thursday rockets were fired from lebanon into northern israel, the biggest such attack in 17 years. israel responded with air strikes
viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m laila harrak. ahead on cnn newsroom [ speaking non-english ] pope francis beginning the new year by celebrating mass right now at the vatican. this after pope emeritus benedict s death. we will examine the late pontiff s complicated legacy. and it took weeks but police have a suspect in custody in the idaho murder investigation. we will look at the case police are building against the man now facing four counts of first-degree murder. plus ukraine s capital kyiv rings in the new year with a barrage of missile attacks. a live report on the very latest on the war. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. from asia to europe and now the hawaiian islands, the world has been ringing in the new year with new spectacular celebration after another. five, four, three, two, one! in new york thousands watched as the traditional ball drop marked the beginning of 2023. it was
to the president desk for signature. we also mentioned that you are sitting on the house in a committee on strategic competition with china. the china versus us relationship at the lowest point in decades with tension on both side. at the same time, both size don t want a seat go to an auto conflict. what needs to happen so that doesn t happen? fiur happen so that doesn t happen? oi economics are important here. i come from the west, i know my automotive supply, the big three car manufacturers, they are tied in with the chinese market and selling into china, as a friendly reminder, general motors begets customer is china. the same thing with apple, 12% of their market share comes from
from land, sea, even trains, weapons developments mainly focused on strengthening its nuclear deterrents of the united states. they are rehearsing for nuclear war and that, i think, is the big picture this year. they are maturing as an operator of nuclear capabilities and everything we ve seen this year suggests that kim jong-un is dead serious about using nuclear capabilities early in auto conflict if necessary. reporter: the only element missing, a seventh underground nuclear test. experts say it s still a matter of when not if they test. why has such an intensity of testing and development been met with calmer reactions? the activity has become so routine through reputation of missile launches that people have become a bit jaded by it and also the last several years there have been very big events which draw attention away. reporter: kim jong-un was front and center at many of the launches, always a sign of a