breaking news. this our a group of russian navy ships including nuclear-powered submarine arriving in cuba. just 90 miles from florida as tensions grow grow between russia and the west over ukraine. and america s top diplomat, tony blinken, questioning whether hamas is quote, proceeding in good faith. amid gaza ceasefire negotiations. he just wrapped up a critical mideast visit and president biden is back on the world stage. he s headed to italy right now for a highly anticipated summit with world leaders one day after his son s conviction hello i m wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom get this hour with a dramatic escalation of tensions in the middle east israel s military says iranian hezbollah forces have fired at least 200 rockets into northern israel today, no injuries are reported, not yet. the idf says it responded by striking the rocket launcher in southern lebanon and other hezbollah targets this new exchange of hostilities comes as ceasefire talks
the u.s./brazil ceo forum and we have started a new u.s./brazil energy forum. we welcome brazil s aspirations to join organization for economic cooperation, development a laudable goal and one that will make brazil s status as a developing and developed country. we also hope that all of us will be able to work together, all nations, i m also pleased to announce that after 20 years of talks we are finalizing a technology safeguards agreement to allow u.s. companies to conduct space launches from brazil. it s actually an incredible location when you study it and when you see it. we won t go into it now, but because of the location, tremendous amounts of money would be saved. to put it very simply, the flights are a lot shorter. brazil s proximity to the
interesting development a. a lot of growth for africa. let s get back to the weather for a moment because a powerful tornado tore through southern mississippi last night. oh, my god, i never seen a tornado before in my life! that is big. martha: well he pretty much said it all. that is a big tornado, massive funnel cloud as it tore through that area. and ted did not do so without leaving damage behind. at least 10 people were injured. a lot of homes and buildings were lost including parts of the university of southern mississippi. i saw it right around, as it was crossing interstate 59. it was coming pretty fast. my heart was racing. i lived here my whole life. this is surreal. it is hard to take it in right now. martha: it is surreal. it went through and left a huge mess in its wake. let s bring in elizabeth prann following the story
information. a very complicated, dynamic certain. a clear picture what google was up against and how far china was willing to go, drew. amazing stuff. thanks, deborah feyerick, live in new york on this development. another development a shocker from wikileaks. how stocks are reacting to today s news. from the new york stock exchange, considering the largest employment lawsuit in history against walmart and alleging this giant retailer favored men over women in pay and promotions. uh-huh. right. this has been going on for a while, but it just keeps getting bigger. this is going to affect about 1.5 million women. 1.6 million to be exact. we re talking about current and former walmart workers. they basically claim women were paid less for men and passed up for promotions. the supreme court will decide whether or not these women can ban together to form a class action lawsuit against walmart.
there s still a role to be played to continuing to encourage and develop the capabilities of the forces. while those groups exist, although you are partnered with the iraqi security force, you re assisting them in cracking down on though, and you ve got an active role in that, haven t you? absolutely. we re advising, assisting and a lot of times, bringing in enablers when we do missions, anything from surveillance to technology to allows them to full their capabilities when they test somebody. so the iraqis are the major league door kickers but you guys are in there right behind them, aren t they? that s right, we ton to advise and assist. one of the things we re working on closely with the police force is their ability to gather evidence, both forensic and to really pick a crime scene, similar to what you d see on c.s.i. miami, something like that, to development a crime scene from computers to phones, fingerprints, things like that so that their cases hold up in iraqi courts.