These developments will change by the hour. Sometimes literally. Stay with us. Sandra thanks very much for joining us. Im sandra smith. Im bill hemmer. The story starts right now. Heres mack that. Martha im martha maccallum. Its a dark day. In addition to the loss of life in israel, we have lost at least 27 american citizens as Hamas Terrorists hold an unknown number of americans hostage at this hour. Heres john kirby moments ago. We all need to be prepared for the fact that theres going to be additional gruesome images coming out. Theres going to be some pretty tough reports for all of us to swallow. This is not over. Martha pretty tough reports coming for all of us to swallow. We will find out what that means in the hours and days ahead. Every hour we see more of the evil that is hamas. A warning that these im my knowledges are graphic. The Kitchen Floors are stained with blood. People were home. It was early in the Morning Saturday when hamas militants stormed into their homes. In a
Morning. Well stay on top of this breaking developing story. State of the union is next. Mighty vengeance. Israel responds. After a brazen and brutal hamas Terror Attacks. Citizens of israel, were at w w war. Antony blinken joins me next. And how could it happen. Israeli civilians killed and ab ducked as the world scrambled to understand how hamas pulled off such a surprise attack. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael Mccaul and former Vice President mike pence join me ahead. Plus rock solid. President biden voices strong support for israel. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop. And congress rushes to condemn the hamas attack but without a speaker of the house, could that hamper any u. S. Response . Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is standing with israel. Breaking news just in to cnn, israel formally declared a state of war. And cnn is reporting mo
Doing to shore up the support in the early states and there is a Comfortable Lead in the nationwide poll, his is very aware of the fact that when cop serve tiffs are polled even if they say that they support donald trump many of them are still interested in alternative options and theyre trying to get support and trying to rally up the team here with the people. The other thing i want to point out is michigan, talking about general versus the primary and he is looking towards the General Election with this stop in michigan and particularly looking toward these Union Workers. I am told when he gets his prime time remarks outside of detroit and it will be to current and former Union Members and crurret uaw workers striking with their families and they have not endorsed in this race. In 2020 they endorsed joe biden. They have not endorsed in 2024 and donald trump has been speaking about this on truth social and his team believes that while hes had complications with unions in the past, he
tribute join you this morning in paying tribute to join you this morning in paying tribute to ukraine s fallen soldiers, who gave their lives for the freedom of this country. we talk about the freedom of this country. we talk about numbers and statistics a lot. but standing there in front of the graves but standing there in front of the graves of but standing there in front of the graves of the fallen, and seeing the photographs of each one, brings home powerfully photographs of each one, brings home powerfully the real story, the human story of powerfully the real story, the human story of lives lost, cut short, because story of lives lost, cut short, because of this horrific russian aggression. it s also a powerful reminder aggression. it s also a powerful reminder of the extraordinary resilience, courage and determination of the ukrainian people. determination of the ukrainian people, and ukraine s armed forces. this is people, and ukraine s armed forces. th
leading presidential candidates dealing with major legal distractions as they prepare to head into the first contest of the 2024 election season. on friday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a gag order barring former president trump from attacking certain witnesses, prosecutors and court staff. trump is vowing to appeal the ruling, which centers on his federal election subversion case. this comes as president biden hits the campaign trail just hours after his son was indicted again. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. the charges come as house republicans continue to pressure hunter biden to testify at a congressional hearing and prepare to vote on a resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. paula reed ha