Demonstrations or violent actions against u. S. Citizens is and interests, the department of state advises u. S. Citizens overseas to exercise increased caution. The u. S. Finds itself in the cross hairs of an international blacklash against israels retaliation against hamas, despite the fact that hamas slaughtered more than 1400 people. This morning in london, thousands are participating in this propalestinian demonstration urged opt by hamas leaders. This follows similar demonstrations friday in which angry protesters took to the streets around the world burning flags and portraits of President Biden, even an effigy of Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. They assembled outside many u. S. Embassies, including those in indonesia and mahmoud lay ya, also on the streets of cairo, paes aris and islamabad. Meanwhile, the Rafah Crossing Into Egypt was briefly opened this morning to allow the first convoy of aid trucks to enter the gaza strip. For the latest, im joined by cnns Clarissa Ward i
Because it is definitely the last thing we want right now is for anyone to be watching this and think oh, no it is going in the wrong direction we hope 24 hours later since last night it thinks at least trending in a peaceful direction than what we were seeing. Will israel retaliate for saturdays strikes. Seeing wider conflict is ahead and that america could get dragged into it. Also tonight, pretrial tantrums, trump on the attack against key figures in his hush money trial. And on the lead back to your rights. Lets begin. We are continuing to follow this weekends major escalation across the middle east. Iran Launching Hundreds of drones, missiles, towards israel on saturday that it says probably a conflict in syria this afternoon. Some top u. S. Officials are worried that israel may in fact respond hastily and could drag the u. S. Into a conflict. We will dive in deeper in just a moment. In the past 24 hours we have seen a swift change in narrative. Much of the world focused on condem
Good morning. It is sunday, april 7 with the president ial race in full swing between the two nominees. Both campaigns are focusing on raising as much money as they can. A couple of weeks ago, joe biden was joined by barack obama and bill clinton to headline a star studded Campaign Fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. And brought in a Record Setting 26 million, the most money ever raised for a single political event until apparently last night. Just 11 days after setting the record. Donald trump needed to smash it. And the fundraiser in florida last night, that they took in more than 50 million. And that they are a study in contract. And that it featured musical performances from lizzo and it featured a conversation. And the low end, what as high as 500,000, which included access to the exclusive gathering. And that it is sold out at more than 5,000 people to sell out. Donald trumps event last night was more exclusive affair. And that they were hosted by john paulson a
captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. and we re following several big stories at this hour overseas and right here in the u.s. u.s. secretary of state tony blinken continues his high takes meetings in the middle east. today he made an unannounced visit to iraq, as he tries to bridge the divide with america s arab partners in the region over the israel-hamas war. it comes as israel is resisting u.s. pressure for humanitarian pauses in the war and defending its air strikes against hamas and gaza, despite the mounting casualties. and all of this happening as former president donald trump prepares to take the stand tomorrow in his civil fraud trial that threatens his business empire in new york. and new polling numbers are also giving us a snapshot into a hypothetical matchup between trump and president biden, exactly one year before the 2024 presidential election. cnn s priscilla al
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