cnn central starts right now. strong words and the most direct condemnation yet of civilian deaths coming from america s top diplomats. secretary of state antony blinken saying, quote, too many palestinians have been killed in the israel-hamas war. and election officials on alert this morning after a string of suspicious letters were mailed to election officers across the country, some containing fentanyl. one georgia election official calling it domestic terrorism. we are now days out from yet another government shutdown. right now congress has no plans and no clear path to avoid it. i m kate bolduan. john and sara are off. this is cnn central. secretary of state blinken coming out with his strongest comments really yet in urging israel to do more to protect civilians in gazaa. israel has agreed to small windows, pauses each day for civilians to get out of the combat zone in northern gaza. just ending minutes ago. blinken making sure the administration doesn t think th
Hour that Malaysian Police have arrested a woman in connection with the death of the estranged half brother of north koreas leader, kim jong un. Kim jong nam is thought to have been poisoned while waiting to fly out of Kuala Lumpur Airport. The woman who was carrying Vietnamese Travel Documents was detained at the same airport. Police say they are now seeking several other suspects as they continue their investigation. Sarah corker reports. Was kim jong nam poisoned by assassins as he prepared to board a flight in the Malaysian Capital on monday . Confusion and mystery surround the death of The Half Brother of the north korean dictator. Now south korean Officials Say they believe he was murdered. Translation the government is certainlyjudging that the murdered person is kim jong nam. Since this case is still being investigated we should wait for details until the malaysian government makes an announcement. Just before he died, Kimjong Nam Is reported to have told medical workers he was
actions, less so on words and speeches. if you look at the trump administration s actions, with this hasty, abrupt, and unilateral withdrawal from syria, without giving a heads up to our allies, we ve emboldened the assad regime, russia, abandoned the kurds, caused deep consternation in israel, with one fell swoop we basically undermined american foreign policy in the region. i think that s what people will focus on. then we undermine that. bolten goes over to israel. we see him standing next to netanyahu and sounding like every american has sounded. kind of traditional american foreign policy for the last several decades, completely reversing the pull-out by tweet that the president did on twitter. that s right. there s a lot of clean-up on aisle 8 going around the region.
unilateral withdrawal from syria, without giving a heads up to our allies, we ve emboldened the assad regime, russia, abandoned the kurds, caused deep consternation in israel, with one fell swoop we basically undermined american foreign policy in the region. i think that s what people will focus on. then we undermine that. bolten goes over to israel. we see him standing next to netanyahu and sounding like every american has sounded. kind of traditional american foreign policy for the last several decades, completely reversing the pull-out by tweet that the president did on twitter. that s right. there s a lot of clean-up on aisle 8 going around the region. don t worry, we re still going to be here. but people will focus on our actions. not so our words. with almost to russia, russia is a big win we are our withdrawal
abandoned the kurds, caused deep consternation in israel, with one fell swoop we basically undermined american foreign policy in the region. i think that s what people will focus on, brian. then we undermine that. as you well know, bolton goes over to israel. we see him standing next to netanyahu and sounding like every american has sounded. kind of traditional american foreign policy for the last several decades, completely reversing the pullout by tweet that the president did by fiat on twitter. that s right. there s a lot of clean-up on aisle 8 that s part and parcel of these efforts to go around the region saying, don t worry, we re still going to be here. but people will focus on our actions. not so our words. with respect to russia because russia is a big winner with our withdrawal from syria, you have to look at our actions. the trump administration has resisted or relaxed sanctions on russia. the trump administration has undermined nato. the trump administration has failed