welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel is facing growing pressure to explain exactly how seven people working for an aid charity were killed in an air strike in gaza. three britons were among those who died in the attack on a world central kitchen convoy. who died in the attack rishi sunak paid trbute tojohn chapman, james henderson and james kirby, describing the deaths as an awful awful tragedy . more of that interview in a moment, but first james kirby s family described him today as a hero. have a listen. he was completely selfless, which explains why he went to gaza. his experiences in the british army when he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he knew the dangers, he was no fool. and people were telling him, this could be very dangerous for you. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and hejust wanted to help people. the group had been travelling in a clearly marked aid convoy at the t
the final flight premieres sunday at nine on cnn good morning. you were alive in the scene now newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with the fiery language coming from the white house over the senseless killing of aid workers bind israeli airstrike in gaza. seven members of the non-profit world central kitchen lost their lives while delivering food to starving civilians. in a statement, president biden said, he was heartbroken over their deaths. he also sharply criticized israel s leadership saying it has not done enough to protect gaza s most vulnerable people at some of the most blunt language we ve heard from the president and the white house since the war began, israel says the strike was a grave mistake and has vowed to investigate. meanwhile, the world central kitchen shared the names of the seven lives lost, calling them beautiful souls and heroes. and cnn s melissa bell is live in jerusalem, flores with the latest melissa, what more we learning about t
an appeal which is very unusual. rulings in britain are usually final. justice a landmark sentence for convicted war criminal and former president of liberia, charles taylor. he s been sentenced to 50 years in prison by a special international court. he s convicted of supporting rebels in sierra leon who slaughtered thousands of people during the country s 11-year civil war. taylor armed rebels in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. mitt romney unofficialing clinching the rop nomination for president. he won last night s texas primary putting him over the number of 1,144 delegates. beryl is once again a tropical storm, forecast to head up the coast of north and south carolina today. the storm has already dumped up to a foot of rain, packing winds of 35 miles per hour and could lead to dangerous rip currents and rough surf. chinese human rights activist chen guangcheng says his country fails to enforce its own laws and insists its abusive treatment of dissidents thr
more. later in the show, the u.s. rolled out the red carpet for china s next president but what is going on behind the scenes between the two rival nations? we have a great panel of china watchers. also, believe it or not, the eurozone crisis is solved. how, what? stay tuned, we ll explain. first, here is my take. we re hearing a new concept these days in discussions about iran. the zone of immunity. the idea often explained by ehud barak, israel s defense minister, is soon iran will have enough nuclear capacity that israel would not be able to inflict a crippling blow to its program. israeli officials explained that we americans cannot understand their fears that iran is an ex stin shall danger to them. but, in fact, we can understand because we went through a very similar experience ourselves. after world war ii as the soviet union approached a nuclear capability, the united states was seized by a panic that lasted for years. everything that israel says about iran now, we s