wednesday. this balloon is going down. this balloon has been taken down and falling from the sky. ashley: but officials want to know why it took seven days for the biden administration to handle this. china has been for some time and will be the primary strategic adversary of the united states. a message they are trying to send the world we can do whatever we want in the america can t stop us. they should not have this encouragement in the united states. we have a real problem. this bible and has become testing president biden strength and unfortunately the president failed that test. griff: brooke singman has more exclusive reporting and kicks things off for us on this monday morning. hey, brooke. with the gang of eight will be meeting as her list tomorrow for the briefing on the chinese spy balloon floating across the mainland last week. navy divers are working to recover debris after air force after air force f-22 fighter jet shut down the balloon on the coas
korea and tonight s episode of the cnn original series secrets and spies and nuclear game looks at how one russian agent put everything on the line as tensions between the us and the soviet union ramped up. cnn original series secrets and spies, nuclear game errors tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield, and we begin this hour with breaking news. prime minister benjamin netanyahu responding after a key member of the israeli for cabinet resigned this afternoon, benny gantz announced he is stepping down from the emergency government and called on netanyahu to hold due elections his departure comes just a day after netanyahu failed to meet gantz s ultimatum, which was calling for post-war plan in gaza by june 8, yesterday we live the government the emergency government which heavy are, you we stand together? for the campaign for israel, for generations so in order to get real victory so
while, they re just became thousands upon thousands of people who would attend. there were prizes given for the best costumes. i think it was considered social suicide. if you didn t go tonight, how did drag shows become such a target for the political right? cnn s randy k reports on a new, the whole story with anderson cooper tonight at eight right here on cnn hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m for greek a whitfield and we start with breaking news there s out of the middle east a short time ago, benny gantz, a key minister of the israeli war cabinet, announced that he is quitting the emergency government we live the government the emergency government which heavy are complete we stand together for the campaign for israel, for generations. so in order to get real victory so far, we are going to go elections and at the end of it, we ll have government that will have the confidence of people ganim is resignation marks a pivotal moment in israel
five good things. listen wherever you get your podcasts hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m anna coren, ahead on cnn newsroom israel celebrating the rescue of four hostages held in gaza. we have details on how the raid was conducted. well, that operation taking a heavy toll on palestinians with the reported death toll now said to be over 200. how the international community is responding plus president joe biden commenting on the mission, while abroad, a cnn learns the extent of us involvement as protesters gathered they re in washington to demand a ceasefire for israeli hostages and now free after an israeli military raid on a refugee camp in gaza. but there are questions about how many palestinians were killed in the operation and how many of those were civilians? the idf says the rest you d hostages are in good medical condition, but were taken to hospital for medical examination. the former hostages were reunited with
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