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
for the world. much more on that on cnn news central ahead. we will see you tomorrow. an unexpected slowdown at the border, but will it last? dhs says it s too early to know. that s not stopping immigration politics, though, from heating up once again. hours ago a new bus of migrants arrived at the vice president s residence. four russian aircraft down inside russian territory. what this tells us about what the ukrainians can do now and in a much discussed spring offensive. the travel forecast is in, more than 42 million americans will be on the move this memorial day. are the roads and airlines ready? these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. so this morning there s a surprising quiet at the southern border as federal officials report a dramatic drop in border crossings, which is the opposite of what so many had predicted would happen after title 42 ended. they warned it would be chaotic for a while, remember? well, instead this was
a live reporting on fighting in ukraine, new developments in the biden documents case and the a bizarre twist in the saga of george santos in connection to ponzi scheme. we start with father who is mourning the death of his daughter who was murdered in moscow, idaho. her name is madison mogen. she was one of four at university of idaho, the students stabbed to death that their house in november. as you know, a 28-year-old man, bryan kohberger, is charged with the murders. now the new york times has uncovered disturbing online postings from alleged killer when he was a teenager. he writes in one, quote, as i hug my family, i look into their faces, sigh nothing, it is like i am look ac the a video game but less. he went on to write that he could do, quote whatever i want with little remorse. kohberger is in custody and maintains his innocence. now, these murders of these four students have gotten widespread coverage, but often lost in all of that is the quiet and isolating an
on the ground at the football stadium getting their degrees with 1,500 fellow students. they were not. so what was done was those two seniors were awarded posthumous bachelors degrees, they weren t honorary degrees, they were actual degrees they earned. one of the degrees went to the family of maddy mogen, maddy would have been 22 years old a week from thursday, her family tells us when she was a little girl she loved to sing and dance and loved animals, but as the years went on she developed a love for business. she was in the business school here, majoring in marketing, wanted to be an entrepreneur, she graduated cum laude, her mother, mother s husband and father accepted her diploma. by the virtue of the authority vested in me by the board of regents of the university of idaho, i hereby confer respond madison mae mogen posthumous degree earned in testimony whereof her family will receive the diploma of the university of idaho.
good care of these families. what they decided to do and it s the right thing to do they are honoring the slain students by awarding the bachelor s degrees and the certificates for the four students who were killed. this morning, madison mogen, she would have been 22 years old a week from thursday, she was in the business school and would have been today here graduating. she received her bachelor degree cum laude in marketing. her mother and father and mother s husband accepted her diploma. president green, madison mogen has been recommended by the faculty of the college of business and economics to steve a posthumous bachelor s degree. by the virtue of the authority visaed in me by the board of regents by the university of iowa i hereby confirm mon madison mae mogen posthumous