But it is just, you know, just an awful none of us have ever been in a position of reporting some of the things were seeing right now. And it is just a hard assignment. Colleagues are Bearing Witness for sure. Wolf, thank you so much. Well see you in the situation. Cnn news central starts right now. Were tracking major developments on day seven of fighting in the middle east. Im Brianna Keilar In Washington with Boris Sanchez. We have Anderson Cooper on scene in israel. We do have Breaking News. Israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the Israel Defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. Hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u. S. Citizens. Last hour President Biden spoke with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. Earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. Youre seeing them there on the screen. The flyers tell people i
countries with very large evangelical christian populations. so you get some idea perhaps why they decided to go that route. joining us is david horowitz, the founding editor of the times of israel. john bolton, the new u.s. security adviser echoing many in the trump administration when he says recognizing jerusalem as israel s capital makes peace easier. the point is we have no details on that u.s. peace plan. and given the timing, this highly politically charged week, it is understandable palestinians will say this embassy open simply rubs salt into the wound. there is no doubt the palestinians are very unhappy about this, and that the american administration, including interestingly president obama s former ambassador are saying this was overdue. this is recognizing reality. and it s true that it s only a couple of countries that have sort of followed the lead. but last night, for example,
private sector americans coming in to held build out the energy grid. they need enormous amounts of electricity in north korea to work with him to develop infrastructure. all the things that the north korean people need, the capacity for american agriculture to support north korea so they can eat meat and have healthy lives. those are the kind of things that if we get what it is the president has demanded, the complete and verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of north korea, that the american people will offer in spades. u.s. president trump and kim jong-un have a meeting set for singapore on june 12th. the united states is preparing to open its new embassy in jerusalem. we ll take you back live to jerusalem for the very latest there. plus hawaii s kilauea volcano is raining fire on the big island, and more eruptions could be on the way. still ahead, the very latest from the danger zone.
no-man s land which is sort of a buffer zone between east and west jerusalem. it holds very little practical significance in terms of modern day jerusalem, and yet that zone contains incredible political importance. the mayor of jerusalem celebrated the official opening by posting the new road signs. it sends a very, very clear message to the jerusalemites and others the intention and the back and the support israel has in the sovereignty of the city of jerusalem. reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu said more countries were looking at moving their embassies to jerusalem as well. so far only guatemala and power paraguay have committed to taking that step. john bolton, the new u.s. national security adviser echoing many in the trump administration when he says recognizing jerusalem as israel s capital makes peace easier. not as far as the palestinians are concerned. what are we hearing from them? not at all that is also a line we ve heard from benjamin netanyahu himself,
no, no, trump! no, no, trump! palestinians are planning a day of protests. jerusalem is a holy city to them as well, and they say recognizing it as israel s capital undermines their claim. they say the u.s. decision disqualifies washington as an impartial broker in israeli-palestinian peace talks. and they are getting support from turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan says, quote, jerusalem, especially east jerusalem is the capital of palestinian. we know this in an islamic world that is a stark contrast to comments from israel s prime minister. you can t base peace on a foundation of lies. you base peace on the foundations of truth. and the truth is that not only has jerusalem been the capital of the jewish people for millennium and the capital of our state from its inception,