learned. law enforcement is about to arrest a suspect tied to the leak of a trove of highly secret government intelligence, which is embarrassed the us and strained multiple alliances. today. several blockbuster reports expose who the suspected leader is. the new york times has named him as a 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard. cnn has not independently verified his identity, and it s not currently naming him both the times and the washington post said the man is the leader of a chat group on the online platform discord and his older than most members of the group of gamers who call him o. g. one of his friends who spoke anonymously on camera to the post obtained parental permission to do so. because that friend is underage. take a listen. he was. he was a young, charismatic man who loved nature . god who loved shooting guns and in racing cars. he did see himself as the leader of this group, and ultimately he was the leader of this group, and he wanted
thanks very much. to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, terror as air sirens blair. russian rockets raining down across ukraine. more than 100 in the past day. we re going to show you new video of the moment ukraine intercepts some of these lethal missiles that we ve obtained today. plus, president biden orders another high-altitude object flying over the united states at 40,000 feet about the size of a car making it a threat to commercial aircraft. what was it, and was it from china? as senator kyrsten sinema accuses george santos of another like, we re going to look at what work, if any, the congressman has been doing on capitol hill. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, under attack. putin tonight in the midst of an all-out air assault. officials warning that there is now a threat of drone strikes in and around the capital of kyiv. now explosions also right now a
Two hostages released by hamas just yesterday are recovering at a Tel Aviv Hospital and moments ago, we heard from one of them about the terrifying experience. My mom is telling the horrific stories and saying many, many people, a swarm of people came through. My mom is saying she was taken on a motorbike and she was taken to the fields and men in front and men behind her. All right, this as the world anxiously awaits more than 220 hostages who are still being held captive by hamas terrorists. Idf announcing they hit more than 400 terror targets overnight including hamas tunnels and dozens of command centers. Trey yingst is on the ground in Southern Israel and word about the release of the hostages in the Press Statement and we heard yesterday and she describes the spider web tunnels. What can you tell us about those tunnels . Reporter good morning. Absolutely. Were learning more from one of the first hostages to speak out about her experience inside the gaza strip after being taken on
Release by hamas are expected to speak at any moment now. The grandmother and her friend and neighbor are receiving medical care at a hospital in tel aviv. Im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Israel continue to increase airstrike in hamas and gaza hitting 4000 targets over the past day and the pentagon is sending Military Advisors to the middle east before troops get the order to enter the gaza strip. Todd a u. S. Military base in syria came under attack yesterday, two drones successfully shot down. Trey yingst live on the ground in israel. Trey. Trey todd and carley, good morning. Israelis ramped up airstrikes striking 400 separate targets. Israelis were trying to hit a number of cells from hamas, take out militants into the strip. 18 days into the conflict, hamas and jihad continue rocket fire against communities in southern israel. Sirens were sounding this morning. Strikes destroyed a number of positions in northeastern and eastern part of gaza. Helicopters and fighter jets wer
Thanks to all of you for joining us as well. Im kasie hunt, dont go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. Glad youre with us. Im pop bipy harlow and phil mattingly. Overnight the Israeli Military launching raids and ramping up airstrikes on gaza. The idf says troops are preparing for the, quote, next phase of the war. Take a look, this is video of the aftermath this morning. Sources tell cnn the u. S. Is urging israel to delay a Ground Assault in the hopes of getting more hostages out and humanitarian aid in for the millions of palestinians who are running out of food and water. But a senior israeli official tells cnn there will be no cease fire. The idf now says 222 people were kidnapped during the hamas attack and massacre just about two weeks ago. And israels president is now claiming one of the militants who was killed was Car Carrying Instructions on how to make Chemical Weapons. Lets go to erin burnett. Weve seen rhetoric and escalation. What is the latest . Reporter certa