we are getting new reporting in after a secret service agent who is protecting president s granddaughter opened fire. three suspects at large. don jr. on the stand. what questions he is answering right now, and how the trump team hopes that he is helping in the defense. and a u.s. official just told cnn that hamas has a command center under gaza s busiest hospital as the crisis inside grows more dire by the hour. i m fredricka whitfield with kate bolduan and john berman. sara sidner has the day off. cnn news central continues right now. we have breaking news involving the u.s. secret service. an agent on the security detail for the president s granddaughter naomi fired a weapon to prevent some people from breaking into the government vehicle. this happened on the campus of george washington in washington, d.c. what do we know? well, this happened overnight, john, and there are a number of questions of why this secret service agent fired at those people trying to bre
[gunfire] dana: heave heavey fighting in gaza around hospitals. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. dana perino. mike: i m mike emanuel. israeli forces say troops killed 21 hamas terrorists who opened fire and tried to escape by running to a hospital. there is growing concern the war could spread beyond gaza as fighting escalates on israel s border with lebanon. israel s prime minister saying hamas must be destroyed. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, dedestroy hamas. if you want a future for israel. the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. we ll do it with as few civilian casualties as we can and with maximum casualties on the hamas terrorists, which we are achieving day-by-day, hour by hour. we ll complete the task. dana: rich edson at the state department. jerusalem deputy mayor joining us here right in new york on set. first let s get to trey yengst live in southern israel. trey, what s the update from there today?
if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. if you want a future for israel, the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. hamas is using hospitals as it uses many other civilian facilities for command and control. united states does not want to see fire fights in hospitals. john: begin with israeli forces making significant gains in northern gaza, closing in on what they say is hamas s key command center beneath gaza s largest hospital. we are awaiting a pair of briefings from the white house and state department on update on where things stand right now. hello, well come to this monday. welcome back to you. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra today. this is america reports . while the fighting rages on in gaza, the u.s. is striking back at proxy groups in syria. on sunday, they hit two facilities, killing at least six fighters. john: did not take long for the proxy groups to respond, the total attacks are 52 in less than a month.
that breaking news out of the capital and the attempted carjacking of a secret service vehicle happening last night in georgetown. agents protecting the president s granddaughter opened fire thwarting the carjacking. details coming right up. striking back with deadly force, the u.s. launching new air strikes of proxies in syria. asme owe dana perino. bill is off today. hi, mike. mike: i m mike emanuel. america s newsroom. sources say one of the american strikes killed at least half a dozen iranian-backed fighter after a flurry of attacks against american troops throughout the region. dana: coinciding with israel s war on hamas. they continue to hunt the terrorists in gaza and fending off strikes from lebanon where the iranian-back terrorists of hezbollah have become increasingly active. mike: general jack keane analysis but alex hogan is live from northern israel where fighting is on the rise. major escalation here in the northern part of israel. the sound of artill
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc in new york city. another new first for this country. the first trial of a sitting president s son getting under way in delaware just days after the end of donald trump s historic trial. what will the impact be both personally for the president and politically for his re-election. we ll go live to the courthouse where jury selection has been going on since 8:30. plus, the man who became the face of the covid response, dr. anthony fauci coming face-to-face with his congressional critics for the first time since leaving his post. the demand by one democrat for an apology, and what provoked an emotional response. the latest drama from capitol hill coming up. potentially devastating news for the families of israeli hostages. prime minister netanyahu saying today that president biden got it wrong on the details of a potential peace deal. and in his words, the claim that israel has agreed to a cease-fire without its conditions bein