you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we ve been watching some pictures of multiple explosions lighting up the night sky around gaza city. nic robertson in sderot, israel, witnessed some big secondary explosions and a huge fire in gaza. you re looking at the images there. that s what his crew witnessed. they witnessed eight rockets as well, being fired from gaza into israel. the idf says six of the eight rockets were intercepted by that country s iron dome defense system and israeli police say there are no reports of casualties just yet. the night is young. on the diplomatic front, secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting in jordan, with the request to implement pauses. in tel aviv, the family of hamas hostages held a rally in front of israel s military headquarters. organizers say it was not an antigovernment protest but rather a call for israel to do more to secure the hostages released. and cnn was part of the first group of foreign press g
two more. he s already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the idea that if he s reelected he s going to appoint two more flags upside down is really, i really mean it. could this be the scariest part of all of it? i think it is one of the scariest parts. look, the supreme court has never been as out of kilter as it is today. here s why appointments on the supreme court matter. on friday, the conservative majority of the court reinstated bump stocks, the device that allows a semiautomatic weapon like it is an automatic weapon. it s what the las vegas shooter used to fire more than 1,000 rounds in eleven minutes and kill 58 people at a music festival in 2017. critics say the obvious. this decision just made it a whole lot easier for somebody to almost instantly kill a whole lot of people. and those somebodies are out there. in fact, just a day after that decision to roll back what little gun restrictions we have left in this
people still under a flood watch from miami to fort lauderdale. more than 200 rescues reported. across the country, another threat as the heat dome rapidly spreads from the southwest. phoenix hasn t had a day below 100 degrees since late may. records about to fall from coast to coast with the northeast bracing for its first taste of brutal heat. our weather team tracking it all. princess catherine returns to the world stage, her first public appearance since revealing her cancer diagnosis, for the king s official birthday parade as he resumes some public duties amid his own cancer battle. the terrifying ride, dozens of people trapped upside down at an amusement park in oregon. how first responders were able to get to safety after 30 minutes. overseas in gaza, the deadliest day for the idf in months, at least eight soldiers killed according to the idf, the new video showing the dramatic rescue of one on the hostages as tens of thousands take to the streets to protest aga
star general, general jack keane. good morning, general. yeah. good morning, ainsley. ainsley: good morning. what is your reaction to what john kirby said? well, certainly, this is so agonizing what took place at the abby gate, kabul during that withdrawal operation. and so frustrating at the same time. when i look at this, this isn t s. a decision that president biden put in motion, the results that we saw that day. and what do i mean by that? in april he made a decision that he was going to withdraw from afghanistan with a date certain. and with no conditions whatsoever. and he did that over the objection of his entire military chain of command interestingly enough. the six other nations who had troops in afghanistan with us, european nations, part of nato, they wanted to stay also. they didn t want to stay to support the united states. they wanted to stay, ainsley, to support their own national
do you think vladimir putin is weaken today than he was before all those events? i know he is. despite being in a weakened position, as president biden put it, russia s vladimir putin is still assaulting ukraine in horrific ways. striking civilians in the eastern ukrainian town of kramatorsk last night. this comes as we re learning more about the attempted mutiny last weekend. the new york times is reporting one of russia s top generals had advanced knowledge of prigozhin s plans to stage a rebellion. strikingly, u.s. officials said they were trying to learn if