when the accident happened. kentucky s governor rushed to the soldier s duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. we ve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these service members and to the members of the 101st airborne division who bravely and proudly serve our country every day each and every day. i m saddened by this tragic loss, and i am working with army leadership to make sure our troops and their families received the care that they need in the wake. of this accident. cnn s dianne gallagher is live at fort campbell. diane what more are you learning about this tragic accident? so alex. there is an aircraft safety team that is on their way from fo
critical issues like taiwan and uk. a surprise among democrats to lower drug prices and address climate change. we re going to discuss with democratic senator brian schatz from hawaii. also new this hour, a u.s. prisoner swap proposal to bring wnba brittney griner and businessman paul whelan home from russia. what moscow is saying, ahead. we begin this hour with the state of the american economy. a short time ago the government reported economic activity fell by 0.9% between april and june. that s the second straight quarter it has fallen. moments ago president biden issued a statement on the report saying, in part, it s no surprise the economy is slowing down as the federal reserve acts to bring down inflation. but even as we face historic global challenges, we are on the right path and we will come through this transition stronger and more secure. also this morning, we learned that 256,000 people filed first-time unemployment claims last week. that s a slight decrease
many layers of important nuance there, jeremy, thank you so much here to continue talking about this moment and the consequences cnn, military analysts, retired major general spider marks and founding partner and washington correspondent for puck news julia ya fee. thank you so much for being here. both of you general marks. i will start with you talk about what we saw overnight from a military perspective. well this was an attack by israel very clearly against a military target so i think the definition of proportionality is at play here. i think it works. israel went after the delivery capabilities that the iranians used last saturday night this was an attack against missile production. missile capability. it was an airbase. it s got military ground capability, and it was not as reported an attack against s for khan nuclear enrichment capability and research and development
happens here. but the u. s still trying to gather information about why he was detained and whether they can get any answers on when he might be released. as of right now, he is going to be in detention. in until the end of may. alex one of the major questions whether this was a tick for tat, natasha bertrand, thank you very much. this is very much the beginning of what could be a long saga. let s continue this conversation now with julia yoffie, a founding partner and washington correspondent for puck. who is i should say russian born and has a very deep knowledge of russia . julia thank you so much for joining me today, and i think this hits particularly close to home for you and i we met years ago as young reporters in moscow like gersh, covic, and now we have these accusations of espionage, the kremlin saying that he was caught red handed. what does evan gerst ravitch now face with russia s legal system? well, he faces up to 20 years in a russian penal colony. uh and for a young ma
they are amazing. as you can imagine, it is a privilege to have the job that i have. i am a lawyer, and yet i get to do this. no lawyer gets to report to the players that i get to report to, what they do is nothing less than amazing. flipping a senate seat, and now here. being able to rally and mobilize human rights activists, civil rights activists, the win with black women network. so many. the afl-cio. so every sports players association stood with us because our members rallied them around the we are bg campaign. and i am just so grateful to get to do what i get to do. terri jackson, thank you so much for joining us and congratulations to you and all the players in the wnba. really excited for you. appreciate you. thank you. let s bring in julietoffy, washington correspondent for