they re donating 15, 25, $100 because they believe in donald trump. they re not giving him that money so he can pay his personal legal fees, and let s remember something he s a billionaire, self-professed billionaire. why can t he use his own money to pay his personal legal fees and not use money coming from the public? it s disgrateful. some straight talk there as presidential candidate chris christie essentially calls donald trump a grifter there on cnn as he continues his anti-trump campaign in the early stages of the 2024 race. meanwhile a book from former trump s chief of staff seems to dispute the former president s latest claim he did not show-off u.s. attack plans to people at his new jersey golf club. and president joe biden hits the road to highlight how bidennomics is helping every day americans. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. let s get right to the headlines here.
Welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. Im kim brunhuber, were following Breaking News out of israel. Where that countrys military is now mobilizing, including its reserves, in response to this mornings Surprise Rocket Attack from gaza. The Security Cabinet is expected to meet in the coming hours and israels president says the country is facing a very difficult moment. The attacks kban early today as many people were still sleeping. Hundreds of rocks have been fired into israel with no letup so far. Israeli Officials Say there were multiple injuries, some serious, and at least one fatality. Israels Defense Minister just proclaimed israel will win this war. The number of militants have infiltrated israel from gaza. Hadas gold joins us from jerusalem. The scale of the attacks is just extraordinary, whats the latest . Reporter this is completely unprecedented and this is war, kim, something that israel has not seen the likes of this so
Declared a State Of War Alert and is mobilizing its forces in response to an unprecedented attack today against israel. It began unfolding about 6 30 this morning with wave after wave of rockets from gaza. Hamas claims it fired 5,000 rockets as israeli Officials Say there were multiple injuries, some of them serious, and at least one fatality. Some airports have temporarily closed although the International Airport remains open for now. The Israeli Military also says a number of militants have infiltrated israel from gaza. The hamas Military Commander calling in a recorded message for a general uprising against israel and saying, quote, if you have a gun, get it out. Israelis living near gaza are being warned to stay close to their shelters. Cnns hadas gold joins us now from jerusalem. I see you are back in the staircase, so im gathering the alarms have gone off again. Reporter yeah. Im not sure if you can hear them in the background. We can hear them now. The sirens have been going of
usa gymnastics yesterday announcing biles is part of the women s field for the single day u.s. classic which is being held outside chicago next month. biles has taken most of the last two years off after capturing her women s record seventh olympic medal in japan where you might recall she removed herself from multiple events to focus on her mental health. biles sat out the all around vault and floor exercise finals for which she had qualified while dealing with what is known as the twisties, a gymnastics term for when an athlete loses their spatial awareness when airborne. it can be dangerous. we wish her well in return to competition. the chicago black hawks made the unsurprising selection of in the first over all pick. the 17-year-old from canada is being heralded as a generational talent and his arrival signals the opportunity for a start of a new era of hockey in chicago, which just wrapped up its worst
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