ever embrace american values. us lawmakers grilled the ceo of tiktok about the wildly popular platforms ties to the chinese government and digging in israel s prime minister vows to push on with a judicial overhaul , despite widespread protests and international criticism. zeye from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with john voyeurs. we begin with it for 10 airstrikes in syria that are having deadly consequences for u. s forces deployed to fight isis, depending on says the u. s has launched a retaliatory airstrike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the east . this happened after a drone attack on facility housing u. s personnel in the northeastern part of untr. in a response, u. s defense secretary lloyd austin. said the u. s. will take all necessary measures to protect its people and that no group will strike us troops with impunity. cnn s early even spoke with me a short time ago. a one way drone, essentially a suicide drone carried out attack i
blast partially destroys russia s prized crimea bridge. also ahead, after months of legal sparring, the clock ticks for elon musk to close the deal on twitter. and a toddler miraculously rescued after his parents car is stolen with him trapped inside. you re in the cnn newsroom. a prized achievement of vladimir putin, an apparently target of his ukrainian tormenters. this right here is the exact moment the russian president suffered his latest blow in his war on ukraine, the blast from an apparent truck bomb knocking out three of the four lanes of the bridge that links russia to crimea, its annexed territory in the south. now a huge bottleneck chokes a critical supply route for putin s war in ukraine. ukraine hand sn t claimed responsibility, but it is celebrating it. ukraine will issue this commemorative postal stamp with a nod to the titanic. one senior ukrainian official couldn t ignore that the explosion came just hours after putin s 70th birthday. happy birthday
Collins. All eyes tonight are on gaza where there has been a significant Military Escalation tonight, the largest that we have seen since the start of this work almost exactly 3 weeks ago. Along with a relentless air bombardment, israel says it is expanding its Ground Operation in gaza, but wont yet precisely say whether this is the start of that highly anticipated fullscale ground offensive. Journalist barack notes tonight it is much more intensive than what we have seen in recent days with those minor incursions going into gaza with then Israeli Forces leaving. Right now, youre looking at video from the idf of these targeted raids that are being conducted tonight. Israeli forces say that hundreds of thousands of soldiers amassed on the border, in the air, on the ground, and in the sea. Of course, the hostages are still in gaza, they are still at the center of this. We are hearing from u. S. Officials who say the negotiations are going to continue, but there are major questions of how
of the conflict of interest. he feels a little freer to be able to talk about it, he said. i m in control. i m taking charge. what will that change? exactly i don t know. because the countdown is here. they have about a week left to pass this important law of changing the way we. we have some audio issues and some connection issues there with yakov cats in jerusalem will try and get back to him because he s a smart guy with all the good things to say , hopefully, we ll get him back in a moment. i think we have it right now. because we ve got your back. finish your thought. so netanyahu did take. he struck a conciliatory tone, but he also was determined to pass the law. he said that he s going ahead with it, and he s going to do it. no matter what. next week. okay listen to one protester and pay particular notice to his choice of words. listen to this. this is our independence war during wars in israel. soldiers died for our right to live here. we are ready to spare our souls to save ou
site and trying to confront those are criminals in their eyes and they move their media lens from the people who used to be the target of it, people in power centers, to individual citizens we only crime is they have the wrong ideology, and they are using their vast resources. the washington post is owned by jeff bezos. not to challenge actual power centers but to destroy and wreck the lives and reputations of people they regard as having the wrong politics. that is all this is about. tucker: stasi for the deep state, that is exactly right, so nicely put, as always. glenn greenwald, thank you. thanks, tucker. tucker: so the country is a little freer. we do not often report that, we are thankful. mast mandates lifted all across the country after a federal judge struck down the cdc transformation must mandate because there was no justification for it. but the media is upset. they are pushing for the mandate to be reinstated so they know who the plebes are.