Rock and less than 24 hours after protesters were gunned down there has been more violence in the streets of the capital. And fire was again heard in parts of baghdad people running for cover on friday night a group of armed men attacked a group of protesters near Kalani Square killing at least 20 people more than 70 others were wounded and in what seems to be a related escalation sources close to a prominent shia cleric. Say his home has been hit by a drone strike it happened in the city of new jobs were still getting details but his party says all saddam was not in the country at the time of the attack or more in the reports of the attack aimed at one of the most powerful figures in iraq. Weve just heard from various sources from the largest Political Blog within parliament that there has been an attempt on the life of the cleric shia cleric coveralls souther his compound in the holy city of najaf was apparently attacked by an armed drone overnight in that city you know we dont know
A 2nd great victim dies from being set on fire. Also ahead how Climate Change is wrecking a once thriving fishing industry on the u. S. East coast. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad has killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and a water pee has to be a related event there are reports that malta all solders home has been hit by a drone strike but this influential cleric is said to have been away at the time lets get more now from dorset. He joins us live from any more time. Place done and. Well we have seen footage over the past few hours that show a number of his supporters gathering outside this compound
Millions of working families and cut Child Poverty in half, restore that child pax credit, no child should go hungry in this country, the way to make the tax code fair is to make big corporations of the very wealthy begin to pay their fair share. Remember in 2020, 55 of the Biggest Companies in america made 40 billion dollars and zero in federal income tax, zero, not anymore, thanks to the law i wrote we signed, Big Companies have to pay a minimum 15 , but thats still less than working people paying federal taxes, its time to raise corporate minimum tax to at least 21 , so every they have a live images from washington dc with the President Joe Biden in his state uh. The speech or union speech, annual address delivered to the members of the us congress, hes in his first moments of his uh speech he talked about ukraine, he said that uh uh he brought up the of need for aid to ukraine, biden also talked about the new nato members, finland and sweden, uh, he said that they have to stand up
Military and government of hamas. Translator heroic fighters have one goal to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. Never again, never again is now. As each hour goes by, more evidence that the conflict is escalating. This video was shot by a cnn producer in gaza. It captures rockets being fired into israel. And cnns sara sidner and her team captured this video of a Rocket Barrage over tel aviv earlier today. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted these incoming rockets from gaza. Civilians in Northern Gaza say theyve endured the heaviest bombardment of the conflict last night. Israel says its warplanes struck 150 underground targets, the sophisticated hamas tunnels that run for miles and miles in gaza. Cnns Nic Robertson is joining us now from sderot in israel, not far from gaza. Youve been seeing and hearing these explosions in the skies going on. Whats the latest . Reporter still hearing fighter jets behind us, wolf. Still hearing artillery going in
Sunday, republican turmoil deepens and still no way out of a crisis that they caused. Sear searching for a House Speaker as congress enters the fourth week still unable to governor. Plus flash point. Aid trucks cross the border as an israeli air strike escalates alarm but a middle east war. And joe bidens allies see israel as a chance to remind the country why they believe he should have four more years. Inside politics and all of the best from inside of the corridors of power, starts now. Good morning, and welcome to Inside Politics sunday. Im manu raju. Republicans in house find them sfz in desperate times. It is day 19 without a speaker and some of the nations most Urgent Business has been put to a halt until republicans could resolve the Leadership Crisis started at the hands of one of their own members and after jim jordan became the second to drop his bid for the speaker ship in the wake of the mccarthy ouster, there is the current race to be the latest Campaign Mostly closed doo