i m jim acosta and begin in the middle east where a cease fair between islamic jihad was supposed to go in effect. more rockets were fired toward israel from gaza after the agreed upon time. they continued blaring sirens warning of incoming fire also. for days now we have seen attacks like that one right there in that dramatic video. this is an israeli air strike on gaza where at least 33 people have reportedly been killed over the past few days since wednesday, palestinian forces have fired over 1200 rockets towards israel in response and cnn s ben wedeman joins us now from jerusalem. ben, what more do we know about the cease-fire? reporter: well, the cease-fire, jim, was supposed to go into effect at 10:00 pacific local time. that was an hour ago, but until about half past the hour, there were still rockets going out of gaza and israeli air strikes going in. since then, however, it appears that the cease-fire has taken hold. the situation has calmed down and in the street
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a search for answers in allen texas as investigators try to piece together a motive for saturday s mass shooting. we are learning new details about how the rampage unfolded. and explosions light up the skyline over gaza as israeli forces launch a wave of targeted airstrikes. we will have a live report from israel just ahead. plus, more rain on putin s victory day parade. as russia prepares to mark one of its most important holidays. signs of an actual victory on the battlefield are few and far between. thank you for being with us, here in the united states, a pair of tragedies has put a spotlight on two of the country s most divisive issues. guns and immigration. in allen texas, a mass shooting that killed eight people has devastated an entire community. and it has reignited the fierce debate about gun reform in america. to the south, the border town of brownsville is also coping with t
Ones from 100 recycled plastic lipped, ttac at the white house. And this is cnn an order from the uns top court telling israel to quote immediately halt Military Offensive in rafah, but with no way to enforce it, will the decision make a difference for the humanitarian prices thats unfolding . And murder in haiti and american missionary couple is robbed and killed by a gang, just one month before their deaths, their Mission Group warren quote, it seems the world has turned their backs on and new cnn reporting on the Supreme Court, it seems the end of the term cant come soon enough for some tired and testing justices more on what that might mean for some of the critical faces before the court were following these Major Development stores and many more all coming in right here. The Cnn News Central were getting some new reaction following a major ruling from the uns top court today, the International Court of justice ordered israel to immediately halt its Military Operation in rafah. The
Continue to stay on top of all of these stories. Thanks very much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington, and ill of course be back later. Tonights 6 00 p. M. Eastern. In this room Inside Politics with dana bash starts right now welcome to Inside Politics. Im dana bash as woke just said, we have been listening to President Biden speak at the National Museum of africanamerican history in washington i want to start this hour by going straight to cnns white house correspondents, kayla tausche. Kayla tell us about the speech we obviously herded here live with the president delivered, but take us behind the scenes on the intent and the hope that this speech what did achieves pollute politically and also policywise well, dana, it is one of a series of events that President Biden has hosted this week catering to the black community, that speech, of course, held at the National Museum of africanamerican history street and culture, part of an event commemorating
, neither the palestinians nor the millions of people in the middle east who saw the footage will believe this statement. The Israeli Military was contacted for comment and stated that they were investigating what happened, but it is difficult to imagine what else it could have been, given the size of the explosion, if not an israeli airstrike or several airstrikes, because when we saw how the palestinians. Man, but we have never seen anything like this before. This drew worldwide condemnation from governments, many states and International Humanitarian aid agencies. Now diplomats are trying to agree on safe zones, while israel carries out air strikes on the gas strip. Jordan and egypt condemned. Dangerous escalation, the jordanian leadership said that the International Community must put pressure on israel to stop its strikes and prevent, quote wide range violence. Footage from social media shows injured children, so many in need of medical attention. A boy named keenan is brought to