aviv. happening now, breaking news. israel appears to unleash a massive new air assault on northern gaza. flares lighting up the sky while rockets fly and explosions boom. cnn of course is on the ground as this powerful new israeli offensive unfolds. also breaking an ominous new warning from hamas as the israeli military says it has gaza city completely surrounded. a hamas political leader saying dozens of hostages are subject to the same, quote, death and destruction as others in gaza. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer reporting live from israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news. we re live here in the middle east on a night of intense warfare in israel s battle against hamas in gaza. our cameras capturing truly extraordinary images in gaza as we follow this breaking story with our team of correspondents. first let s go right to nic robertson. he
time in nine months, restaurants can resume indoor dining in some parts of california, and museums, zoos and even sports stadiums can reopen for limited in-person crowds over the next few weeks. in just moments california governor gavin newsom is going to join me live to talk about his state s reopening efforts and the recall effort against him in part over his handling of the virus, but we re going to start today with cnn s nick watt in los angeles and a closer look at the push to roll back restrictions. bars and gyms will close effective midnight tonight. reporter: one year ago today california s pay area announced the first stay-home order in the land. this week a new dawn in the golden state. we re thrilled. we re thrilled to be back open. reporter: angelenos in limited numbers can now eat inside restaurants again. we hope that the state doesn t yank it us from again. reporter: some movie theaters in tinsel town reopened after 362 days. we ve watching tom &
narcissistic to think that america doesn t need friends. we do need friends. we do need allies. we should never stop doing that. we have a front line of defense with ukraine because they are keeping putin from doing what he said, which is the next stop is poland and the baltics. that s a world war. that is what we re trying to prevent. meanwhile, ramaswamy released an outline of his foreign policy agenda in an op-ed for the american conservative. the biotech entrepreneur said his administration would end aid to ukraine and would not defend taiwan from a chinese invasion. after the united states, quote, achieves semiconductor independence. someone, elise, who worked in the foreign policy space, what is your reaction to both of those ideas? um, wow, just a lot of leaps and bounds there. semiconductor independence, how quickly is that going to be achieved, first of all? and the idea we can completely separate ourselves from ukraine and europe and overall security,