Significant critical escalation of the middle east good everyone i am sandor smith in the org good To Be With You. Good To Be With You on the side as well. I am john roberts and Washington Special break in coverage of the iranian attack against israel. Just before 3 00 oclock eastern time around lunch or direct aerial attack against israel. This is in retaliation for a suspected israeli air strike on irans Consulate In Syria Last week. Israeli jets and u. S. Forces are now shooting down drones and other weapons that may have emanated from iran and perhaps other places Air Raid Sirens are sounding in jerusalem as explosions were heard in the skies above. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said israel will retaliate for any attack on its soil. Meantime President Biden is right now convening with his National Security team at the white house. The white house says it is prepared to defend israel and u. S. Troops in the region. Trey yingst reporting live from tel aviv throughout the evening
Confrontation with a homeowner during which shots were fired. Kim jongun has arrived in russia. We are waiting to see where and when he meets with Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential arms deal. The war on ukraine. And who. Weighing in on the trump indictments. He says it shows the u. S. Political system is rotten. Congress is back. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy has his work cut out for him. He is juggling a potential Government Shutdown and pressure from the hard right to impeach President Biden. And after all the hype, quarterback Aaron Rodgers debut with the New York Jets lasted less than five minutes. Cnn this morning starts right now. Here is where we begin. Scary developments in this ongoing manhunt for an escaped murderer in pennsylvania. Sources tell kyw that a man matching Danelo Cavalcantes description stole a rifle with a scope in a violent confrontation with a homeowner last night. That homeowner opened fire but its not known if the fugitive was hit. Police rushed to the area. It
the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey is on capitol hill, and i spoke with her earlier. good to see you, tell us more about the reactions to the vote today. the vote result was along party lines. so too was the reaction as well, as you might expect. the white house rather swiftly putting out a statement saying that this was baseless and nothing more than a political stunt. president biden accusing the republican party of essentially wasting time when there is still a lot of work to be done before lawmakers can leave congress for the holidays, not least when it comes to that question of finding any kind of consensus or way forward when i
his daughter in person shortly. his wife and grandchildren are waiting as well. thanks so much for joining tonight. ac ac 360 joins right now. tonight on 360 on a truce that has seen so many hostages freed from gaza, the latest on efforts ramping up to extend it. also tough talk on what might happen if it expires. later tonight my conversation with chris christie and why he s continuing his campaign and what he makes of the boost nikki haley just got. plus gayle king and charles barkley here to talk about their new show. just four hours from now, the six-day truce between israel and hamas is set to expire with no indication yet it will be extended, as it was two days ago. no word yet that talks underway have yielded any progress. and a short time ago, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his answer is, quote, unequivocal, unquote. he said israel will fight until the end, his words, after what he called maximizing the phase of returning israeli hostages.
gaza, unleashing an enormous blast that one witness described as feeling, quote, like the end of the world. an idf spokesman tells me israeli forces were targeting a senior hamas commander who was, quote, hiding behind civilians. as the israel/hamas war escalates and it s escalating dramatically, u.s. officials are sounding the alarm that the threat of a terror attack against americans is at a whole other level. acts against jewish, muslim, american victims on the rise, including a historic surge of smichl. anti-semitism. the u.s. congress is on a the brink of a showdown over wartime funding as house republicans reject any link between aid to israel and ukraine. that and more with the top democrat in the house, the minority leader, hakeem jeffries. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in tel aviv following all the breaking news on israel s war against hamas