Hit hundreds of targets in gaza and launched new raids on the ground. In all the idf says 320 sites were targeted. Now, the hamascontrolled Ministry Of Health in gaza says more than 400 people were killed. Here we are showing you pictures of some of the aftermath of those strikes. We also have an important update from the idf saying that they now believe 222 people were kidnapped by Hamas Terrorists in the october 7th attack. That new total is up, you will remember frrom 203 as more information came in and more detail was coming out. This morning the family of the first two hostages released, two americans, spoke out for the first time. We dont have the privilege to be happy or to celebrate. We dont have the privilege to mourn. We cannot put it aside. We cannot rest. This is getting judith and natalie back was not the end, its the beginning. All right. Again, some 222 hostages, as many as 222, this would be their 17th day in captivity. To give you a sense of what kate was talking about
That warned Ballistic Missile threat inbound to hawaii. This is not a drill. Parents hiding their children in manholes. Families huddled in closets. And what weve now learned tonight. And Olympic Gymnast simone biles. Her brave words. What she has just revealed. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on this Martin Luther king jr. Holiday. And we have a lot of news to get to. We begin tonight with that new winter storm moving across the country at this hour. The Alberta Clipper bringing snow and ice and Freezing Rain, and there is real concern tonight about the commute tomorrow morning. Already tonight, Dangerous Driving from the plains to the midwest. A driver losing control, slamming into a police cruiser, right there in park hills, kentucky. As we come on the air tonight, two dozen states now under Winter Storm Warnings and watches right now. That system pushing all the way from texas to minnesota and moving east. D. C. , philly, new york, boston all get hit tomorrow.
The pentagon calling north koreas brazen nuclear test a serious provocation. President obama is promising serious consequences. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is here in studio with more on the u. S. Reaction. Barbara, great to have you here. Good morning. What are you hearing about what the u. S. Will do . This time around it is much different. This is not about the words. This is not about the rhetoric. If, indeed, the north korean regime did test a nuclear warhead, this puts them a huge step closer to being able to actually put a warhead on a missile, shoot off that missile, and potentially some day be able to strike the United States. What my sources have been telling me for the last several weeks is there is increasing concern the north koreans are Getting Better at this step by step with every test. Theyre having successful missile tests. Theyre now having this warhead test. And they have developed a mobile capability, which means in time of war, they can put a Nuclear Miss
does not only want to destroy different infrastructure around the country, they are also looking to terrorize the population. so when you launched missiles, when you cause those air raid sirens to go off, you are waking people up, you are sending them into the basement, you are scaring them. that is, effectively, terrorizing the population of a city like odessa, and all across the country. now caitlin, russia is saying that they have been striking odessa, because of that attack by ukraine earlier this week, on the kurdish bridge. russia saying that they would continue to retaliate, for that brazen attacked. whether they will continue to do that tonight, we are waiting to see. kaitlan. yeah, and alex i should note that we ve just learned from the ukrainian air force, saying that that arid missile alert, the threat has and it. we will see, of course, how the night develops. i know that s a kind of a touch and go where you are. the other thing that we know that ukraine is doing, is they