mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort
expelled him from the legislature, representative justin jones sworn in for a second time after nashville city councilors voted unanimously to reappoint him to the statehouse. we re following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn. new central. soon we re going to get an update from officials in louisville on the investigation into the mass shooting that happened yesterday. we re going to be bringing that to live when it happens, and also first on cnn investigators now say new video shows the attack inside the louisville bank lasted only about one minute. this is according to a review of the instagram video that the gunman livestream does he carried out the shooting. officials also say you can hear on the video, a woman greeting the gunman. and he telling her quote, you need to get out of here and then he shoots her. we have more details coming in. let s get over to cnn s omar jimenez in louisville for that, omar, what more are you picking up? okay,
vowing to forcefully protect u. s citizens as his administration cast blame on iran and seeks to punish its proxies. also tonight, former white house chief of staff mark meadows is under orders to testify along with other top x trump aides. in the january 6th criminal investigation. it s another win for the special counsel after forcing trump s lawyer to face a grand jury today, and north korea threatens to unleash a giant radioactive tsunami as it claims to test a nuclear capable underwater drone. kim jong un ramping up his dangerous taunts. as we re learning more about human rights abuses on his watch , welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world is on assignment. i m alex marquardt york in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and let s get right to that breaking news out of syria, u. s forces targeted with rocket fire tonight by suspected iranian backed fighters. this comes after a deadly drone attack on americans and retaliatory airs
Violent criminals to be released from prison. Were were going to play that and vet him tonight. But first, our countdowns. Continues. Y five shortwe aaway days away from these Pivotalve Midterm elections. And democrats have lost all touch with reality now. Yesterday, we showed you the new devastating economic numbers. T inflation went up coreup inflation going up, food, rent, energy all the way up. The stock market, meanwhile, plummeted. It tanked. It dropped significantly. Itignificathe biggest drop since the height of the pandemic. This but one month after the democrats passed their socalled inflation reduction ac t, or as i call it,reduct the tax, the poor, middle class and people on Fixed Income Act T Of Twenty , twenty two. It doesnt actually do anything to reduce inflation. It will increase inflation. It. A is just a massive green n, deal spending bill that, wors as predicted, is making inflation far worse, making Everythingg Evensive more expenn ever. And now, by the way, t to a
Sixweek abortion ban to take effect in the state. But the court also is greenlighting a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment protecting Abortion Rights for women and a new flashpoint in The Middle East right now is around threatens retaliation for a deadly attack on its Consulate Building In Syria, blaming israel for the airstrike. Were getting new reaction from a key member of congress this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis, cnn, breaking new a very busy night of Breaking News. We begin this hour with the new request to expand Donald Trumps gag order in the hushmoney criminal case. Exactly two weeks before the trial is set to begin. Thats going to see cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid. Paula give us the latest on this request by the Manhattan District Attorney and the trump teams response. So wolfe here, prosecutors are asking the judge to expand the gag order