Thanks very much for joining us, im wolf blitzer, In Washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Were following the major Breaking News out of israel this hour. Israel declaring it is at war, war with hamas. It follows an unprecedented attack on israeli soil by hamas. At least 70 israelis are now confirmed dead. More than 900 wounded. Numbers that are clearly expected to rise in the coming hours. The attack catching israel clearly by surprise. At sunrise, the Palestinian Militant Group launched their offensive by air, sea, and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban warfare, as gunfights unfolded features israeli and Palestinian Militants and just a short time ago, i spoke with the Israeli Military spokesman. When we target someone, we go for a military target. These terrorists came in this morning, they didnt go only for military targets. They wen
to put the president s son on the stand. we re live outside court with the latest well, as former president trump said, to give remarks, this hour. and shortly after that, he s gonna be meeting with his probation officer. that is ahead of his sentencing next month, we have new details on the meeting and what it could mean for his conviction and is run for the white house. and some positive results from a combo covid and flu vaccine, a first of its kind so when is it going to become available? we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now hunter biden s defense team is presenting their closing arguments to jurors and accusing prosecutors of trying to do the jury, the president s son faces three felony counts of illegally purchasing and possessing a gun in 2018 while abusing or being addicted to drugs? biden has pleaded not guilty to all charges last hour prosecutors walked jurors through evidence that they