Good evening and welcome to the source. We start with Breaking News here tonight, as President Biden will be going to israel on wednesday, a critical trip that comes at a critical time. The major announcement was just made by the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken following a nearly eighthour long meeting that he had with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wartime cabinet he has recently formed. This trip is going to amount to a massive show of support for americas closest ally in the middle east. It is also going to be extremely high stakes both politically and securitywise. Secretary blinken previewed part of what will be on President Bidens agenda when he lands in the grieving nation. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. The president will hear from israel what it needs to defend its meme, as we continue to wor
that s a special report coming up tomorrow. up tomorrow. it s time now for ac 360. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, israeli hostage families in angry confrontations with the government that some of them say is putting killing the enemy ahead of saving israelis. also, with their client on the attack, lawyers for donald trump today trying to convince an appeals court that what he is saying about special counsel jack smith and the january 6th case ginagainst him and it s lot is protected by the first amendment. plus the literally earth shaking iceland that could be getting ready to blow. john berman here in for anderson. we begin with israel s war on hamas. the many pieces of it now in play. and the one question that six weeks of fighting has yet to answer, namely how a sometimes divided democracy should fight a ruthless enemy, which hides among palestinian non-combatants and holds hundreds of israeli non-combatants captain. troops reached th
captions by vitac www.vitac.com you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. my colleague, jim sciutto, is joining us live in northern israel. good evening everybody. just minutes ago, a new strike outside the borders of gaza. israel s military says it struck infrastructure in syria s territory, in response to launches coming from that country. we re seeing this stunning video from the southern russia republic of dagestan, russian authorities saying a crowd waving palestinian flags forced their way into an airport. the crowd was protesting the israel-hamas war. in gaza city, an aid organization says nearby israeli air strikes have caused extensive damage to the second largest hospital. the palestinian red crescent society says that s endangering the lives of patients. 12,000 displaced civilians are also sheltering there. and gunfire and explosions echo across much of gaza, as israel s ground offensive advances. israeli troops appear to have advanc
testing. it s going to help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen schools safely. last week i directed all states, tribes and territories to make all adults eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. while this is a time of optimism, it s not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part. wash your hands, stay socially distanced, keep masking up as recommended by the cdc and get vaccinated when it s your turn. none of this is political. it s all science based. but now is not the time to let our guard down. that is science based as well. in the last week we ve seen increases in the number of cases in several states. things may get worse as new variants of the virus spread. that s why we need to vaccinate as many people as quickly as we possibly can, because the best thing we can do to fight back against these variants. we have to beat this virus. we have to and we will, but we ll do it by setting aside politics and embracing science. another s
Today officials authorize today know. Trump supporters complaining about the source of leaks rather than the substance of the leak, jim sciutto. Reporter a source close to ambassador susan rice tells me the claims she improperly unmasked u. S. Citizens caught up in surveillance is in a word false coming from ambassador rice, but ive also spoken to Senior Intelligence officials from democratic and republican administrations to ask them about the process of unmasking. Is it unusual, illegal . And the answer is usually no, not unusual, not illegal. They say a couple of things, one the law allows it, two for it to happen the official requests,
the Intelligence Community has to approve it, it is often times approved because that official wants to provide more information as they are reading Intelligence Report they want to know more about the significance, that is shared between the briefer. Its possible that official could do that him or herself but by nature of it it is only exchanged one