Defences firing missiles at incoming missiles and it looks like, i did not see in the explosions above us In Jerusalem but there may have been because it is partly cloudy here and some of them, some of what was going on behind the clouds, it went on for about 20 minutes and probably more than that around half an hour above us and suddenly, it went quiet. And for the last a0 minutes or so, half an hour or for the last a0 minutes or so, halfan hour orso, for the last a0 minutes or so, half an hour or so, theres been nothing but the israeli military saying that they do not see any more threats over israeli skies of the moment and people coming out of their shelters. And saying that a lot of missiles were fired at israel and a lot of them were intercepted, they do not say how many but some of them, they say some may have gotten through but the ones that they did, did not leave any serious casualties, only two people in Tel Aviv with slight injuries. Beyond that, there have been no injuries
WIll be made. FaIrly InstructIve our brIef statement of the WhIte House In the last hour or so. When he was pushed on that questIon, The AmerIcan sayIng that there wIll be severe consequences for Iran for a dIrect MIlItary Attack on Israel. He was pushed on that poInt. SaId that they would now be dIscussIng wIth theIr IsraelI allIes what those consequences would be end that there would be, he saId, severe consequences. So we pretty much know where The AmerIcans are at In terms of what they were warnIng of before all of thIs. I was among a number of reporters just I was among a number of reportersjust now I was among a number of reporters just now pressIng the State Department spokesperson, Matthew MIller on all of thIs. HIs posItIon was that they saId theyd always trIed To use a combInatIon of Deterrence And DIplomacy To prevent thIs far wIder escalatIon In the regIon, To prevent the war In Gaza EngulfIng the wIder MIddle East. Now when I put It To hIm wIth The AmerIcans not be usIng b
Few mInutes but for now, thank you for beIng wIth us. Jd vance and tIm walz, both us veterans of course, It wIll take place agaInst thIs MIlItary Backdrop where the us Is very much Involved. The MIlItary Backdrop where the us Is very much Involved. Is very much Involved. The us wIll be choosIng Is very much Involved. The us wIll be choosIng theIr Is very much Involved. The us wIll be choosIng theIr new. WIll be choosIng theIr new Commander In ChIef In the next four orfIve weeks. For Commander In ChIef In the next four or fIve weeks. For next presIdent of UnIted States. That sense of a polItIcal vacuum whIch Is partly whIle were seeIng thIs escalatIon In the MIddle East. My Colleague CaItrIona Perry Is In the us word that debate wIll be happenIng. What are you pIckIng up happenIng. What are you pIckIng up wIth concern at the top of the us PolItIcal EstablIshment rIght now because ObvIouslyjoe BIden Is crItIcIsed In some quarters for not doIng more to calm these tensIons whIch just seeme
Anywhere because i want to bring in christiane amanpour, who joins us now and christiane, you know, full well that the biggest one of the biggest concerns aside from hamas and hezbollah inside israel, maybe a bigger concern has been the kind of thing were seeing right now, which is iran, which has a very, very, very deep bench of very strong artillery and missiles. And it appears that they are using them right now indeed. And its incredibly important to be absolutely precise about whats going on so far, there is no evidence that anything has landed that it is being intercepted according to our correspondents, on the ground. And also the united states and israel said that the they assessed that the targets would the three israeli Air Bases and intelligence and an intelligence base, again, as our correspondents have said, thats very important to keep in mind. The second thing is that ive been speaking to Foreign Ministers from the region just today, the lebanese Foreign Minister, current
News we are back with our breaking News Coverage. Iran launching a barrage of missiles into Israel And Anderson cooper alongside my colleague wolf blitzer, moments ago, White House national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said nearly 200 Ballistic Missiles were fired from iran. He characterized the attack as a significant escalation as were his its words. Our cameras captured the moment when some of the missiles were intercepted over Tel Aviv this afternoon. It was a very scary moment indeed, and were getting our first look, anderson, right now at some of the Damage Video posted on Social Media shows an object crashing down just north of Tel Aviv another video shows the aftermath inside a restaurant in the area. You can see broken glass and scattered debris. Or ron says this attack was in response for the killing of the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other assassinations. The israeli military is vowing that irans attack, quote well have consequences. Their words will have consequ