is the dramatic ousting of two state lawmakers in tennessee? just the beginning? and what does this really mean for the fight over gun reform? these stories and more right here on cnn news, central. a major retaliatory strike in the middle east israeli forces launching airstrikes overnight, which they say hit palestinian militant targets in lebanon and gaza. these strikes are in response to the dozens of rockets launched from southern lebanon into israel yesterday. it is the most intense violence at the israeli lebanese border since 2006 and we re learning more about the two israeli women who were killed in a shooting on the west bank road this morning. the two young women were sisters. they were just 16 years old and 20 years old. their mother was also in the car with them. she is in critical condition. at this hour , cnn s had asked. gold is near the israel lebanon border, and cnn s fred pleitgen is near. the israel border with gaza had as i want to start with you has there
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the escalating crisis in sudan and the emergency evacuation of u. s government personnel and their families about 100. us special operations forces carried out the overnight mission today. the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudan s military and a rival paramilitary group more than 400. people have been killed, including one american state department estimates estimates there are about 16,000 americans in sudan. most are dual nationals, our correspondents, our position here and around the world to bring you all the angles of this developing story. let s begin with cnn s am kylie live from djibouti. sam djibouti s international airport is struggling to keep up with the sudden increase in flight volume. do this mass exodus from sudan. what more can you tell us about that? well, jim, it s not only the pressure, they say local off
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip in for john king in washington. still no motive minutes ago on cnn, nashville s police chief shares some new details about the shooter who murdered six people, plus the special counsel investigating donald trump wins a courtroom fight to force mike pence to go under oath. and chris christie says hard written , spoken extensively about that day will evaluate the best way forward and make our intentions now have nothing to hide. i believe we did our duty and the constitution on january 6th. chris christie says never again to donald trump and tells new hampshire voters that he s the one who can go toe to toe with the former president. better have somebody on that stage. into to him what i did to market do you have to be fearless? because he will come back. and right at you. but up first we have new information on the nashville shooting straight from the police chief himself moments ago, right here on cnn chief john drake run
updates by whisker priscilla alvarez at the white house, and this is cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with major damage control underway inside the u. s intelligence community right now , the pentagon is trying to assess the fallout of leaked classified documents. 21 year old jack tachira and air national guardsman is in custody and charged under the espionage act. the documents he is accused of leaking are considered highly classified and include eavesdropping on adversaries and allies alike. cnn s jeremy diamond joins us now over at the white house, jeremy, what more? are we learning about this damage assessment that s underway. well, jim, we re talking about dozens of highly classified documents that were leaked online allegedly by this 21 year old airman jack teixeira . and now the pentagon is working to assess exactly what the damage to u. s national security will be of some of these documents. and if you look at the brea
that the government knew about the leaks and were desperatelyw trying to find out who wasg to fi remember, the new york timesnd beat them to . we learned all that and more after twenty one year old his irst appearance in court today. fox newn cours chief correspo jonathan is live in our westm coast newsroom with all the details. jonathan detail, good evening. it was a brief court appearance for the accused leaker today in federal court in boston, beginning a likely lengthy legal process and potentially a very long prison sentence. for twenty one year old jack tachira. if he is ultimately found guilty under the espionage act or very serious penalties associated with that. ou people who sign agreements to be able to receive classified documents acknowledge the importance to the national security of not disclosing those documents. and we intend to to send thatele message. toda released today showed that the gaming the fbi to tachira, who , despite his age and low leveld h ra