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
pretty much a crime. amazing. thank you so much for joining us. 3 60 begins now. moments ago , a vigil for the three adults and 39 year olds who were murdered at the covenant school two days ago ended in nashville. a city still in mourning. tonight was a moment for people to gather to console and to remember. first lady jill biden was in nashville tonight. earlier she placed flowers at the memorial for the six who were killed three children, all nine years old ali scruggs, the daughter of covenant presbyterian churches, senior pastor evelyn dick house and william kinney and the adults the head of the school. katherine coons. age 80. excuse me, 60 mike hill, who s 61, the school custodian. and cynthia peak, who was also 61, a substitute teacher. a city councilman now says he believes that koons may have died trying to protect the children. he says a witness told him kunz was on a zoom call, heard the shots and then abruptly ended the call and left the office. nashville s polic
closed captioning brought to you by flexible family of products will swift here this is flex superglue gets like super glue and the entire flexible family of products at flex seal products .com. moments ago, a vigil for the three adults and 39 year olds who were murdered at the covenant school two days ago ended in nashville. a city still in mourning. tonight was a moment for people to gather to console and to remember. first lady jill biden was in nashville tonight. earlier she placed flowers at the memorial for the six who were killed three children, all nine years old ali scruggs, the daughter of covenant presbyterian churches, senior pastor evelyn dick house and william kidney and the adults the head of the school. katherine coons. age 80. excuse me, 60 mike hill, who s 61, the school custodian. and cynthia peak, who was also 61, a substitute teacher. a city councilman now says he believes that koons may have died trying to protect the children. he says a witness told him
kentucky or officials at the u. s army base. fort campbell have confirmed the crash of two blackhawk helicopters now there with the 101st airborne division. and the status of the crew members is at this hour unknown in a tweet earlier from kentucky governor and we share, he said. fatalities unfortunately, are expected in the statement comes from fork in the statement that we received from fort campbell also notes. the helicopters were doing what was routine training when the crash occurred once again. we are getting news that two blackhawk helicopters out of fort campbell in kentucky of crash that s in nearby trigg county. the governor, saying fatalities are expected now stay with cnn. we, of course, will bring you the very latest as developments continue to come in to cnn. the meantime, mayor of nashville, tennessee, says the city s heart is broken and its residents are united in mourning . a huge crowd turned out for a vigil wednesday evening to remember the three children
one reason why, take a look at these two viles. in one, a lethal dose of heroin. in the other, so little you can barely see it is a lethal dose of fentanyl. cheap to make, easy to smuggle, simple to mix into other drugs. fentanyl abuse and deaths are a nationwide problem, some states are especially hard hit. the darkest colors on the map represent the greatest number of deaths per 100,000 with ground zero being appalachian, west virginia. throughout the hour we ll talk about ways of addressing this deadly public health crisis, one is the help line you see there from the federal government, substance abuse and mental health services administration. 1-800-622-help. 1-800-622-help. swoun talk to a resource to draw on perhaps. tonight we ll talk about the government response also senator lindsey graham and public health specialist handling cases up close. but again, just about enk here with me has been affected by the crisis in their own ways and those stories we hope will be at