going to balance of nature .com and don t forget to use discount code, cnn. hello everyone. i m fredricka whitfield in new york. welcome to the cnn newsroom and we begin in the middle east, where tensions are boiling over into bloodshed on what s considered some of the most sacred holy days of the year for the world s three major religions, recognizing easter, passover and ramadan. israeli defense forces launching major retaliatory strikes in both southern lebanon and gaza this morning targeting sites belonging to the palestinian military group hamas, and just moments ago, an official told cnn that the operations in the two areas are now over as long as there are no new rocket fires. and these attacks happened just hours after dozens of rockets were launched from lebanon in what s considered the largest barrage fired from there in nearly two decades. this all follows the israeli forces led raids earlier this week on one of islam s holiest sites. the al aqsa mosque in jerusale
that wall street journal reporter evan gersh novich has been formally charged with espionage. he has denied all the allegations. the u. s embassy in moscow still has not see not been granted consular access to the detained journalists earlier this week, secretary of state antony blinken said he believes ceviche is being wrongfully detained, though the white house has yet to make that distinction. povich s next court date is set for april 18th. and the latest jobs report showing a cool down in the labor market, and that could be welcome news for the fed. but the ceo of jpmorgan warren s there are storm clouds ahead for the economy here, that exclusive interview next and florida investigators announced arrests in connection with the recent shooting deaths of three teens among those taken into custody a 12 year old what more we re learning about the motive. cnn