Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im Rosemary Church at Cnn Headquarters in atlanta. And im Becky Anderson in tel aviv. It is 10 00 a. M. Here and in gaza city where the hamas controlled ministry of Health Reports 471 people have been killed in tuesdays horrific Hospital Blast. And the u. S. Now echoing israels claim that the explosion was the result of an errant rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic jihad. New video appears to show a rocket fired from Gaza Exploding High Above gaza city where the hospital is located. Just before the blast at that medical facility. On the ground, this was the moment of the explosion outside the hospital. Look. Cnn has not determined if these events are related. President biden says he believes u. S. Intelligence. I dont say things like that unless i have faith in the source in which i have gotten the people at the Defense Department my
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im Rosemary Church at Cnn Headquarters in atlanta. And im Becky Anderson in tel aviv for you, where we are standing by for u. S. President joe bidens arrival here. Biden is stepping directly into a geopolitical mind field made even worse by a blast at a hospital in gaza that the Palestinians Say has killed hundreds of people. The Subject Matter and the video that we are about to show you are graphic. Palestinian Officials Say the hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. Israeli military officials blame a rocket misfired by Palestinian Islamic jihad. They are presenting video evidence, which they say backs up their case. The World Health Organization says that the hospital has been caring for patients and sheltering thousands of people displaced from their homes. The Hospital Blast has brought condemnation from around the globe. A m
both those and issues are likely to be center stage tonight in a historic presidential debate here in atlanta, president biden will face donald trump in a primetime show down here at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. and america. of course, the world will be watching take a look at this new york times sienna college poll shows nearly three out of four registered voters in the united states plan to watch tonight s debate. let s begin this hour over at the supreme court, seen as pamela brown, who s joining us right now. pamela, what can you tell us first of all, about the abortion rulings handed down just minutes ago well, wolfe, what the high court did today with this opinion officially released, we should note is it essentially put the near total abortion ban and idaho temporarily on hold. so what this means is that women in idaho, they can get an abortion if there is a medical emergency, not just when they re life is on the line when this near-total abortion ban was i
Which was, oddly, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultzs office in sunrise, florida. Of course she didnt send that package. The exact same return address, we should note, was used for clintons and obamas packages. Devices were also sent to democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters on capitol hill. Theyre still trying to figure out if its tied to these other incidents, as well as one sent to liberal billionaire and philanthropist george soros and to cnns headquarters where it was addressed to john brennan, former cia director. This is the device that was sent to the time warner center. As i said, it was addressed to President Obamas cia director, john brennan, a vocal critic of President Trump. Now the packages are being described as rudimentary but operative explosive devices, leading investigators to fear the intent was to kill and to kill a lot of people. No, thankfully, none of the devices went off and while we dont know the suspect or his or her or their motive, Law Enforcement inves
Contained these suspected devices, there is also some kind of powder. That is being tested now downstairs. The mailroom area still being contained while we go through the various steps to test that, in a field test. Package it up safely for remova removal, and decon that area and anyone who came in contact with keep in mind, this happened a couple of hours ago, its still ongoing. [inaudible question] take a look at who was being targeted here right now, that is why we are doing this proactively, checking with security and making sure male rooms follow proper protocol. Thats where we are reaching out to the right people. [inaudible question] do you have a particular message for President Trump in light of what happened today . Look, i am going to Say Something. At a time when there is a lot of hatred and division it doesnt make sense to exacerbate it. Lets just say this to all Public Officials and all partisan affiliations, dont encourage violence. Dont encourage hatred and dont encoura