easter sunday from new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour in the middle east, where israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing a video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem fred what s the latest? fredricka. well, certainly pretty big incident that happened there today on the border with syria when you had those rockets that came flying over from syrian territory, the israel defense forces say they say that those came flying towards the golan heights, which, of course are held by israel and t
wall street journal, was detained in a small town just east of moscow. the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter. the kremlin says he was quote caught red handed, but refuses to provide any more details. its track record on this sort of thing. does not inspire confidence ahead. we will have the latest from russia plus overnight, the army says. several people have now been killed this after two blackhawk helicopters crashed near fort campbell will be on the ground there in kentucky. also right now homes are evacuated in raymond, minnesota, after a train carrying ethanol derailed early this morning. we ve got new details for you on that. we re also keeping an eye on the vatican as pope francis is in the hospital undergoing treatment for a respiratory infection ahead. we ll have an update on his condition. but we begin this morning with that alarming headline out of russia . american journalist herskovitz is right now in russian custody after the wall street jour
today for the first time since the horrific attack is outfront as we are learning more tonight about the shooter s mysterious past. plus, we are live in moscow, where the head of wagner group is publicly breaking with putin. over a 13 year old girl and her father. it is a story you ll see first outfront tonight and one republican senator single handedly holding up 158 military jobs. even his own party thinks he s gone too far. is he putting america s national security at risk? let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight you re looking at live pictures out of nashville. a grieving community. they re gathering to honor the three children and three adults who lost their lives in a mass shooting at covenant school. then not everything. seems like a crow that you re listening to their contents. sheryl crow is performing the first lady of the united states. joe biden is also there, along with families and friends of those lost in the senseless attack, an
message that biden s are sending as another community reels from gun violence. we re also learning more about the nashville shooting investigation as the search for a motive continues police trying to track down when and where the shooter may have had weapons training. and justin donald trump is appealing a court ruling that would force his former chief of staff and other ex aides to testify in the january 6th investigation. this as a new york grand jury is set to take an extended break from its investigation of the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. this hour. the people of nashville are coming together to grieve for the victims of the covenant elementary school shooting with first lady joe biden there to offer her support. she has just arrived. this comes as do information about the investigation is now emerging. carlos suarez and diane gallagher on the ground for us in nat
already-devastating flooding. and, is taiwan on the itinerary? it s still a mystery as house speaker pelosi leaves for asia. putin makes his move. the kremlin s counter offer to bring brittney griner and paul whelan back home. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with the humanitarian tragedy in the u.s. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and that death toll is expected to rise. the raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods. scores of people are still missing. the kentucky governor andy beshear say it s hard to get a fix on the exact number since cell service is out this many areas, and he added that the state has never seen anything like this. here he is. there are still so many areas we still can t get to. the water hasn t crested in some parts of eastern kentucky. so we can t even get into some ho