fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
investment through the chips and science act, and now we have an enormous investment in the united states, well over $200 billion in long-term investment in semiconductors and we re rebuilding the economy of the united states with those semiconductors it s not designed to hurt china the only thing i did say, certain that we build useful for nuclear weapons systems, we are not selling, we are not exporting to china or anyone else that s the context in which this has all occurred in the meantime, we are creating thousands of jobs and bringing back a sense of pride and dignity to so many towns in the country where all of a sudden over the last three decades we found out that factories have had 600 people shut down the soul of the community was lost, and so i made sure when the semiconductors were coming back that they were not just going to go to the coast they would be all over the country. and so we have a significant field of dreams outside of ohio, in columbus, we re in texa
additional business deals with chinese companies, that is on top of a more than $1 million wire transfer hunter biden and other relatives received from a business deal with a chinese energy company. sandra: despite the newly revealed money trail, president biden is denying the allegations as questions grow over influence peddling. will it pose a threat to the president s expected 2024 election bid. we ll put it to elise stefanik, here coming up. over the last few years, china has made a leap in the development. it causes a genuine interest all over the world and we are even slightly jealous. president putin, i always call you my dear friend. we have carefully studied your proposals on settling the acute crisis in ukraine. we will discuss all those issues, including your initiatives. i am sure that the people of russia will support you in your best efforts. john: begin this monday with the high stakes meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin as fears grow china is
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will to the wear linen, it feels great. lisa: it looks great, joey. will: in italy pope francis delivers his easter blessing from the balcony of st. peter s basilica. he hasp given his easter mass sunday this sun, but he plan this sunday, but he plans to give the blessing at any moment, and you will listen in live to that message. in fact, let s take a moment right now as i think the pope is about to take to the podium. [background sounds] [no audio] [speaking in native tongue] translator: that means passage, for in jesus the decisive passage of humanity has been made, the passage from death to life, from sin to to the grace, from fear to confidence, from desolation to the communion. he is the lord of time and history. i d like to say to everyone with heartfelt joy, happy easter to everyone. people responding to the holy father who is seated today. [cheers and applause] [speaking in native tongue] translator: may this easter be for each of you, dear brothers a