fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
little robot provides real time updates robot by whisker. cnn news central tomorrow at nine eastern. it s the top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom, i m fredricka whitfield in new york and right now in nashville state, lawmakers are about to vote on whether or not to expel three of their own for using a bullhorn during a gun control rally at the capitol to call for action in the wake of last month s deadly shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead. they are now accused of breaking house roles , and moments ago, the chamber voted to allow the viewing of a republican edited video of the day. the protest took place one week ago. alright it s been a contentious afternoon and at any moment now we expect to final vote on whether they will be able to keep their job. you re looking at live pictures right now, and that s lawmaker justin jones of nashville. he is the first of the three lawmakers who will be hearing about their legislative fate in a vote. he has b
twitter to say that he is already working on daniel perry s parted, he specifically said that he has working quickly trying to expedite this process so that he can pardon daniel perry. of course, this is not something that everyone agrees with. this is a very difficult issue along party lines because different parties, of course, it just become so political because of what is it the issue here it is a black lives matter. it is the gun issues. so of course, a lot of controversy. when it comes to this case, fred mhm alright camilo bernal, thanks so much. all right next. it s a deadly issue plaguing this country every single day. so how did china become an integral player in america s fentanyl crisis? or david cole ver does some digging to find out. you re looking pleased with yourseself not to brag, but i just t switcd to verizon. so you ve got ann awesome network and when i
russia has taken. fred all right. david mckenzie. thanks so much. eager shavon tech, the world s top women s tennis player, is slamming her sports specifically wimbledon when it comes to its stance on the war in ukraine, cnn s carolyn manno explains. fredricka the number one player in the world on the women s side dish, biontech says that her sport really missed an opportunity here to send a strong message by failing to impose a blanket ban on players from russia and its ally belarus after the ukraine invasion, and she says that even though she and her contemporaries are athletes that the sport wields tremendous power, and that that should be used to reinforce the fact that players are against this war, wimbledon banned players from the two countries last year after the invasion. that was very significant is that was the first time the player were excluded on the grounds of nationality since world war two era but they lifted that ban last month, and players are now competing on the tou
ensure some safety of schools at the same time, many of them are there in support of these three lawmakers whose fate hangs in the balance. ryan what s happening? yeah you can hear the protesters behind me, fred. they ve been chanting all morning long they writer early. despite all the rain, there have been thousands of them at some point many of the media and inside to make sure lawmakers heard their voices because they wanted to say not only were they standing up for these three lawmakers, but they wanted to make sure that everyone didn t forget why they are here. the fact that those three children and those three workers were killed about a week ago. right now they re screaming. go justin go because, like you said, justin s on the inside talking right now about why he wants to remain in his seat. but as we were walking around here, and i was talking to people, we saw the state democratic leader who s here, hendro you told me you believe this vote s not going to go the way that so ma