Fears of a Widening Conflict after iran unleashed a barrage of one 180 missiles on israel. The aerial assault swiftly prompting israel to promise retaliation, which could, of course, push The Middle East closer to a region wide war. There is no war in The Middle East. Israel cannot reach. Theres nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect our country. Hello, everyone. Im jonathan hunt, live in Los Angeles with our ongoing coverage of the crisis in The Middle East. The u. S. Helped Israel Defeat Irans Attack by intercepting about a dozen missiles while Israels Defense systems took down most of the rest of those missiles. Irans escalation in The Middle East became a big Talking Point at the first and only Vice President ial debate. Both tim Walz And J. D. Vance trying to make the case their ticket is best suited to calm tensions in The Middle East. You saw it Experience Today where along with our israeli partners and our coalition, able to stop the incoming attack. But whats
To that and how they will defend him. Weve got a lot to get to. Lets go to our colleague lauren fox on capitol hill. Good morning to you, lauren. So at least the optics were of progress in the oval office yesterday. Susan collins leading that meeting with the president. But was there substantive progress . Well, sure. I think republicans felt it was a good meeting, a Good Opportunity to speak directly with the president about what their hopes are for their own covid relief package. But, look, democrats are charging forward with their plan to use that budgetary tactic to go ahead and pass that 1. 9 trillion bill with just democratic votes. They are arguing essentially that republicans are willing, if they are willing, they are allowed to come forward and vote for this process. They are welcome to be a part of it, but they are saying they need to be bold, they need to go bold and you saw that yesterday reflected in the statement from the White House Press secretary after that meeting had
cnn this morning continues right now. deep uncertainty on capitol hill over kevin mccarthy s plan to lock down the votes to get this passed. when you maxed out your credit cards, it s a pretty good time to evaluate your spending habits. no one in this country can afford the risk of default which is why republicans should take it off the table. e. jean carroll expected to take the stand today. they say donald trump raped carroll in a dressing room. trump s lawyers say she schemed. and two other women will testify who allege that trump forced himself on them can also take the stand. mastermind of the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the white house hasn t said when he was killed or how. the chairman of the house foreign relations committee said, quote, any time a terrorist is taken off of the board is a good day. but this does not diminish the biden administration s call pablt. culpability. incompetence, that s how
fatally beating by police on january 2nd, laid him to rest at the mississippi boulevard church. vice president kamala harris plans to attend according reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. and tomorrow night, we will speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment and what justice in this case looks like. but tonight, sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney, benjamin crump, are gathered at the mason temp bowl in memphis. in addition to the five police officers that were arrested on a litany of charges including some degree murder fired two medics and a lieutenant, who all failed to give tyre nichols medical attention in the immediate aftermath asked the officers who had just beaten him laughed on the sidelines. in addition to that, the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two
thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. ee you at the end of tomorrow thanks john for joining us this evening. tomorrow morning, the family of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old who was fatally beaten by police on january 7th, played nichols to rest at the mississippi boulevard christian church. vice president kamala harris plans to attend, along with current biden administration officials and former mayors keisha lance bottoms and mitch atlantic. reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. tomorrow night, we will speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment, and what justice can this case looks like. for tonight, sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney benjamin crump are gathered at the historic in memphis to discuss how authorities continue to respond to nicole s death. we learned yesterday that in addition to the five former police officers who were arrested last week on