happening now, breaking news. united states conducts another retaliatory strike in the wake of that deadly attack on american forces in jordan. u.s. officials confirmed the operation successfully targeted and killed an iran-backed militia commander in baghdad. also breaking tonight, more chaos on capitol hill. the united states senate rejecting the bipartisan border bill despite months of negotiations. what the sudden failure can also mean for aid to ukraine and israel. plus, final preparations for tomorrow s unprecedented u.s. supreme court arguments on donald trump s colorado ballot ban. we have exclusive new reporting on the trump team s strategy just ahead of the historic hearing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up tonight, breaking news. the united states launching a targeted retaliatory strike against an iran backed militia commander blamed for a
katai hezbollah is not to be confused with lebanese hezbollah. the administration isn t necessarily taking away yet their major capabilities but they are sending a clear message in targeting a senior commander that the administration will try to degrade their capabilities as well as part of their ongoing efforts, but clearly, the intention here is to try to deter and actually in the wake of those three american service member deaths, hezbollah put out a statement saying they were standing down their operations, would no longer carry out attacks against u.s. forces. now, remember, there have been some 160, 170 attacks against u.s. coalition forces since october 7th. since the war in gaza began. major question now is whether what we re seeing in terms of reaction or these strikes from the u.s. will actually serve to deter because we have seen a handful of strikes since that retaliation on friday. more than 100 strikes against u.s. forces from many different groups. thanks so
neil: okay. this was different. the scene today on san francisco s bay bridge. pro palestinian protesters shutting down the bridge and some throwing their car keys in the water. more than 50 arrested. the bigger news coming from gaza in a deal that could be imminent on a the release of 50 hostages. coming up, we ll take to israel s minister on what he makes of this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. i want to go to jeff paul in southern israel with the very latest on all of this. jeff? yeah, neil, we re just learning the body of one of the people that was abducted by hamas back on october 7 has been just discovered by israel forces. the idf confirming that a 65-year-old was found in a structure near the shifa hospital. that is the location or close to the location where israeli forces for a second day are searching in an around the vast hospital complex. commands doughs are entering each of the hospital s buildings going floor to floor through the lens of the idf. we v
Kills dozens, including children. Can they avert an all out ground war . The Vice President gets a closeup look at the ravaged jersey shore while hundreds of homeowners are told for the first time, their homes cant stay. And for shoppers this year , the battle starts earlier than ever. And they call it turkey town. Our visit to the place where turkey isnt just a meal, its a way of life, 365 days a year. Good evening. There are millions of people in israel and the gaza strip who are spending this night living
in fear of rockets and missiles raining down on their homes and neighborhoods as outside parties hurriedly work behind the scenes to stop the exchange fire. Huge explosions rocked gaza with one strike killing at least 11 people. Israel says the targets were palestinian militants, but several of the dead included women and children. But with palestinians continuing to fire rockets into israel and tel aviv in their crosshairs, israel says it is preparing to expand its attacks. Were o
That is it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. This is a fox news alert. Outofcontrol nine wildfires raging across southern california. Just a short time ago one fire roaring to life and threatening entire neighborhoods. Thousands forced to flee their homes. Reporter sharon shin is live with the latest. Sharon . Greta, we actually got out of that neighborhood and we are in a safe area now. We are in an area called Harmony Grove. You can see right there the sphir smoldering in that persons property. Now, this fire right now, this is the area the firefighters were trying to keep the fire out of this morning. Harmony grove. Earlier this morning we were in san marcos. And we were in that neighborhood where would
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