strikes on what u.s. military officials say is a training facility and a safe house in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin said the strikes were in response to iran-linked attacks on american personnel. the strikes come four days after two u.s. warplanes hit a munitions warehouse in the same region. turning now to the israel hamas war, tonight gaza s largest hospital is caught in the crossfire. the world health organization today called for urgent action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, saying, quote, the world cannot stand silent while hospitals which should be safe havens are transformed into scenes of death. meanwhile, cbs news has learned negotiations to free the hostages taken by hamas are ongoing as qatar continues to mediate deal-making. about 240 hostages remain in gaza following the terrorist organization s october 7th raids which triggered the war. cbs s debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. and a warning, some of the images we re
all right. we will continue to watch these pictures. top of the hour and right now hunter biden s legal team is making closing arguments in his criminal gun trial. hunter himself did not take the stand. he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all three counts. at this pace, because the prosecution has finished closing arguments and the defense has begun, the jury could get this case before leaving tonight. hour two of america reports. this case is moving at lightning speed. to be too good to be with you, i m sandra smith in new york. the prosecution gave closing arguments i made it clear to the jury that only one things mattered when deciding the fate of the president s son is evidence. the prosecution open with a bang and this is what they did. they pointed to where the first lady was sitting, where all of hunter biden s family was sitting to support him, and they said this. the people sitting in this gallery are not evidence. to be able to present to the jury
more bulletins, of course, at the top of the hour. now it s time for hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. scientists have developed covid vaccines with unprecedented speed. now it s the manufacture and distribution which will dictate how quickly the pandemic can be tamed. my guest today, adar poonawalla, is boss of the biggest vaccine producer in the world, serum institute of india. he went all in on a production deal with astrazeneca, and for many of us, the jab we get will have been made by him. he is a super rich vaccine visionary. is he is driven by more than profit? adar poonawalla, in india, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be with you. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. the numbers are staggering, you have the ambition to produce more thani billion doses of your covid vaccine a year. how is the plan going? you know, that s exactly right. when we announced to do this, there was a lot of scepticism that would we be able to scale up in
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the normandy american cemetery in normandy unlike any the world had seen. it required courage and leadership and on the beaches and in the skies that would come to be known as the greatest generation. 9387 of those heroes lie beneath the white crosses and stars of david you see behind me. they brought freedom to friends after four brutal years of nazi occupation and then they peeled back hitler s grip on europe step-by-step. later this our you will hear from the first of several or several veterans who will speak with the suite who will remarkable man who is now 104 years old. and as we moved on the morning of 16th we had casualties immediately. when you talk about the day after i talked tell people the infantry had sometimes n15 delays in wonder. mack it it all depends on how fast you will. martha: was talking about an action on the 16th several days after d-day. will have more on that interview later. is really incredible. he is quite a man and you ll see some