I welcome you both. Ali, to you first. U. S. Officials, confirming americans are among the dead. But, what do we know of any specifics, around those statistics, this hour . Yeah alex, this is something that we heard, first mention by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken this morning, when he said that u. S. Officials were working overtime, to confirm reports that americans were among those killed. Since these attacks began yesterday, as well as reports that americans, were among those taken hostage, into gaza, by hamas militants. And tonight, we have a new quote from a National Security council spokesperson. Confirming that the deaths of several u. S. Citizens since this attack began, but also on these reports of americans being taken hostage. They would only confirm that there are americans, quote, Unaccounted For. They say in a statement, quote, we are aware of reports of unaccounted american u. S. Citizens, and we are working to confirm, we are closely monitoring information of hostage
Hello, im Matthew Amroliwala , welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We begin in the us and the Student Protests sweeping the country against the war in gaza. Overnight, these were the scenes on campuses on the west coast and east coast. Clashes between Rival Student Groups and clashes with police who were called to both the University Of California in los angeles, and Columbia University in new york. At ucla, there were skirmishes between pro israeli and pro Palestinian Protesters, with the Vice Chancellor Calling in police after what she described as horrific acts of violence. Scenes like this went on for hours with pepper spray being used. At Columbia University, where the protests started, police moved in, to disperse students from the encampment that had built up over weeks. Officers dressed in riot gear also cleared students from Hamilton Hall, which had been taken over yesterday. The demonstrators have demanded that th
donald trump, refusing to say unequivocally that if he s reelected, he would not abuse power. so how will his republican rivals respond on the debate stage tonight. with weeks to go before iowa, will they finally go after the front runner, especially with trump skipping out again. while the former president looks ahead to 2024, prosecutors in fulton county, georgia are still looking to hold him accountable for the chaos that followed the 2020 election. a new key witness has been added to the list. his former vice president, mike pence, cnn s exclusive details are straightahead. new audio of freed israeli hostages confronting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a private meeting. we will tell you why they are venting their frustration at the israeli government. following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. tonight for republican presidential hopefuls will face off in another primary debate, florida governor desantis, f
reporters the first time on camera since the iran-backed houthi rebels attacked commercial strips and destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missiles. the white house says the u.s. cannot assess the u.s.s. carney was the target. hello, welcome, everyone, a breaking news afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. and bret, great to have you here. bret: something that happens a lot on this show. i think. john has the day off. this is america reports . we are also awaiting an update from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as israel prepares to surround gaza s second largest city, that s where they believe hamas leaders are hiding and possibly holding hostages. sandra: meanwhile, we are getting brand-new video into our newsroom, the moment shrapnel falls in tel aviv. bret: greg palkot is on the ground in southern israel. what are you hearing there today? we are at a staging area for the israeli defense forces. outside the town of neteva, about six miles
around khan younis that s a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity unicef says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. all this comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. well, let s go live now tojerusalem and to our correspondent yolande knell. just talk to us more about these evacuation orders and warnings from both the us to israel and israel to gazans? ,., , both the us to israel and israel to gazans? , , gazans? indee