good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor
have expired. henry cueller of texas will give us an update from his border district and share his concerns about the president s policies. also, a u.s. marine veteran is arraigned on the charge of second degree manslaughter in the choke hold death of a man on a new york city subway train. prosecutors revealing new details about danny penny s fatal encounter with a homeless street artist. and large explosions are reported in a russian held area of ukraine. this as we re learning more about russia s attempts on a crucial air defense system the united states sent to ukraine. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with major efforts to prevent a major new immigration crisis along the southern border less than 24 hours after the end of pandemic era rules for expelling migrants. cnn s ed lavandera is on the scene in el paso, texas. ed, what s the status of the anticipated migrant sur
remember seeing before. different types of aircraft were used by strategic, long range, mig 31. there were 81 missile launches. wow. we wake up and we re shocked to hear about it. folks there in ukraine are right in the middle of it. and there are people that have died. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. russian missiles raining down across ukraine. knocking out power, killing civilians and striking cities like kyiv which are far away from the actual fighting. we re going to go there live. also this morning, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hospitalized after tripping and following at a washington, d.c., hotel. and no relief for california after deadly blizzards trapped people for more than a week and the snow as you can see here, the state is bracing for heavy snow and flooding. we have the latest. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning, this hour with russia unleashing a massive barrage of missiles across ukraine. the strikes
cruise missiles and not going to be effective against drones. so it s doubtful you could say if they had the patriots it would make a huge difference in this particular type of barrage because this was largely cruise missiles and drones. any indication they are using iranian missiles yet, john? no indications that they have purchased or are using missiles from iran. we suspect, we believe that most of what they are using are those drones. i want to get you to respond because we hear from the russian ministry of defense, they say they launched this retaliation strike for an alleged attack in russia. can you respond to is that? it s difficult to know. i can t confirm the russian s account of this. we need to take what the russians are saying with a huge grain of salt here in terms of their justification. i mean, these kinds of these strikes while they were certainly massive are very much a piece of the kinds of brutalizing tactics that mr. putin has been visiting upon
against top democrats for leading the trump impeachment by kicking them off the house intelligence committee while ignoring george santos campaign financial possible violations and false resume? we will have the latest tit for tat from capitol hill. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is about to announce a major shift in his policy for arming ukraine. he is sending advanced u.s. tanks that the pentagon has been insisting cannot be properly maintained on the battlefield. what s changed? we see the president walking into the roosevelt room. 11 months since russia s invasion of ukraine. 11 months in which ukrainian people have showed putin and the world the full force of their courage and the determination to live free. through every single step of this horrific war, the american people have been strong and unwavering in their support. democrats and republicans in congress have stood together. the united states worked with our allies and partners a