that s it for us. the news continues, the source, with kaitlan collins. starts now. tonight, straight from the source, breaking news, as israel says it is carrying out a targeted operation on the largest hospital in gaza. the latest from the ground in just a moment. a government shutdown likely averted and apparently a few fist fights as well. tempers were flaring on capitol hill today and the congressman who says he was sucker punched by mccarthy is here and there was audio. a new trial prediction that the trial could drift into 2025. this is the source. we do start tonight with breaking news, as israel says right now its troops are ko carrying out what it describes as a precise targeted hospital at al-shifa in gaza, the largest hospital in the gaza city, and israel says there s a hamas command strip underneath it and the white house says it has its own intelligence to back up those assertions and that they are using it to store up weapons and ammunition. jeremy
morning in mexico, bringing heavy rains and leaving at least three people dead. the governor of texas announced a disaster declaration there as gusting winds and rain from alberto lashed the coast, triggering a dangerous storm surge that has flooded neighborhoods with several feet of water. meantime, today marks the first day of summer, and a dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the country. right now, 65 million people from the midwest to maine are under heat alerts, with temperatures soaring as high as 20 degrees above average in some areas, and more record highs expected. out west, the sweltering heat is fueling 29 wildfires as firefighters work around the clock to battle the blazes. in mm new mexico, the fires killed two people and destroyed more than 1400 structures. joining us now sam brock in surfside beach. how are conditions there today? reporter: good morning. right now the offshore winds continue to blow in from the gulf. as you can tell by how i look now, and
out of five americans has received a shot. this as those $1,400 stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts. but despite the progress being made, there are concerns about the thousands of people who are traveling and attending spring break events across the country. masks and social distancing don t seem to be a priority and health officials are warning of the potential consequences, saying the next few weeks will be critical in determining if we ll see another surge. even though the numbers have gone down, over the last couple of weeks they ve plateaued. when you see a plateau at a level as high as 60,000 cases a day, that is a very vulnerable time to have a surge to go back up. we can avoid that if we continue to vaccinate people, get more and more protection without all of a sudden pulling back on public health measures. and many people are spending their spring breaks in florida. the state is seeing a rush of people despite health warnings. cnn s natasha chen is
best option. but classes online often in isolation have created their own health concerns. this has resulted in frustrated students, struggling parents, millions of whom cannot afford or access high speed internet or childcare, and teachers, working to save a generation of young minds while too often fearing for their own lives. and their health and that of their loved ones. tonight we will try to explore every part of the educational crisis this pandemic created. but let s start with an obvious admission. there are no simple answers here. there is no one size fits all, inexpensive solution that would end the struggle like that. if this were easy, it would have been solved long ago. so let us listen and learn and try to figure out what to do. so here s a snap shot of where things stand. the families of more than 50 million kids rely on public schools in some 14,000 school districts. so let s bring in our chief medical corn, dr. sanjay gupta. let s start with the most basic qu
White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. First, the first confirmation of any kind from the United States government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. Thats important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. Second you hear the president say its hostile and dangerous to the United States specifically. Not just to allies and friends in the region. Having a specific threat in the
United States and viewing the action through that prism could decide how to