phenomenon in the skies today, a solar eclipse, a super moon and the spring equinox all happening within hours of each other. the tail-end of the eclipse happening right now, it was visible in the last few hours over parts of russia and north africa and europe and it s happening in the presence of a super moon when the moon appears especially bright during its closest approach to earth and at 6:45 tonight, the spring equinox when the sun shines directly on the equator, marking the end of winter. which we re all thrilled about. somewhere bonnie tyler is humming. thank you for that reference. there are new questions about whether isis was really behind the deadly museum massacre in tunisia. we take a closer look who might be to blame. president obama finally phones israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu following his re-election. not a lot of pleasantries exchanged. should there, or could there souring relationship impact the
both sides. so it s not a random thing that they just want to claim that they are associated with this. it helps them a lot. the question is are they really behind it? right. again, claims in a different part of the world, not too far away in northern africa in tunisia, we saw these gunmen in this museum massacre from a couple days ago. some gunmen were trained in libya. we know that again just claims audio statement of isis claiming responsibility for what happened in tunisia. my question to you would be would these militants who carried this out, is this isis core? are these individuals who came over to northern africa from syria from iraq or are these people just claiming that they have allegiance? it s a great question. it s a complicated one. it s highly unlikely this is isis directed from a central command. they sent out operatives the way we think of soviet intelligence agency or the cia, that s highly
happening now, claiming credit. isis says its terrorist forces are behind the museum massacre. the death toll is climbing. isis is making a chilling new threat. playing with peace. benjamin netanyahu flip-flopped hours after his victory. details of the phone call president obama made to the israeli leader. tree hanging. an african-american man found dead in mississippi, federal officials on the scene investigating. bloody arrest. a black student s violent confrontation with authorities all caught on camera. did state agents use excessive force against this honor student? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room . we re following major and foft moving stories including isis saying it is responsible
pronounced after the horrific terror attack we saw in tunisia yesterday. in a new audio message, isis claiming responsibility for the museum massacre that killed at least 23 people. many of them foreign tourists from places including poland france and the uk. two spaniards including one woman who is four months pregnant emerged this morning from the site of the attack having been in hiding all night long. let s go to cnn s barbara starr live at the pentagon. do american officials believe that isis was actually behind this or are they just claiming credit? reporter: well a u.s. official tells me at this point they have no reason to doubt that audio recording. they are still looking, though for that confirming detail the big worry as you say is that isis is opening a new front in north africa. the blood is still there. tunisian security forces on high alert looking for at least three suspects in the attack that has now killed 23 people and injured three dozen.
running, and my friend and i stayed behind, neither of us like to get into crowds and all of a sudden we were alone in the museum. declines to give last name for obvious safety reasons taking cover with the bartle museum. a move she told greg news greg palkot. were you worried and frightful for your life? a little of everything. but surprised myself in that i was not panicking and my friend and i recounting. this is what we saw, this is what we did. we have to make a decision now. carol makes the decision barely escaping as the police rushed the scene. we kept looking around and finally a couple of the security people were motioning to us frantically to get out, get out. so we put our hands in the air and left. no americans were killed in museum massacre.