this morning. as the u.s. navy moves in aircraft carrier strike group in the waters off the korean peninsula. and one woman is killed in zaporizhzhia after a russian missile strike as intel believes someone in ukrainian government authorized the assassination of a moscow official s daughter. and the white house slamming opec s plan to slash oil production as officials fear it will send gas prices soaring. let s begin this hour with rising tensions offer the korean peninsula. we re following all of the developments from seoul, south korea. we have seen a lot happen here around the korean peninsula in just the last 24 hours. north korea started the day with those two short-range ballistic moi missiles and then we saw the usa ronald reagan off the east coast and carrying out another naval drill. now we ve also heard just this evening from the joints chiefs of staff here in south korea that north korea carried out its own drill this afternoon. now this was with 12 north korean
Department. Lets toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with breaking news. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. And any moment we expect to hear from the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Ministers Office confirmed that Judith Rannan and her 17yearold Daughter Natalie are now back from the gaza strip. Lets listen into Secretary Of State blinken. Held by hamas were released. These two americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect a team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance that they need and of course were very anxious to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends and loved ones are feeling. But there are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted fo
But it is just, you know, just an awful none of us have ever been in a position of reporting some of the things were seeing right now. And it is just a hard assignment. Colleagues are Bearing Witness for sure. Wolf, thank you so much. Well see you in the situation. Cnn news central starts right now. Were tracking major developments on day seven of fighting in the middle east. Im Brianna Keilar In Washington with Boris Sanchez. We have Anderson Cooper on scene in israel. We do have Breaking News. Israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the Israel Defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. Hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u. S. Citizens. Last hour President Biden spoke with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. Earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. Youre seeing them there on the screen. The flyers tell people i
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The war in The Middle East at this hour appears to be expanding as it steps up the gaza offensive. Israel has now formed an Emergency Wartime government in response to the hamas terror attacks that have killed at least 1200 people. 22 or more americans. The Israeli Government is accusing the Iranian Regime of giving the green light to hamas which is funded to carry out the attacks over the weekend. A statement that differs from sources familiar with u. S. Intelligence. If you thought this seriousness of this all, the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust, a war that will cost countless innocent israeli and palestinian lives, risks of a regional conflict. If you thought this would motivate House Republicans to get their act together to elect a speaker, so the u. S. Legislative branch could function, well, you would be wrong. Behind closed doors today, the majority of House Republicans chose congr
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the truce between israel and hamas is over. once again, explosions are rocking gaza and giant plumes of smoke are rising over that skyline. the fighting started just minutes after the seven-day truce expired at midnight eastern time. israel accused hamas of breaking the deal by firing a rocket. the hamas-controlled ministry of health in gaza says today s strikes have already killed at least 32 people. this is the aftermath of a strike in southern gaza this morning. so, what happens now? qatar s ministry of foreign affairs, the key intermediary says negotiations are under way to pause the fighting again. the stakes could not be higher? israel says 137 hostages are still mrooefd to be in gaza. a senior u.s. official says before the truce fell apart in the final hours last night, hamas is claiming it did not have any more women or children ho