good morning, everyone. erica is here again, looking like a ray of sunshine. let s get started with five things to know. there may be a deal. we re not quite there yet with the final house vote expected to day. the drama now is not between the two parties but instead within the republican party. the finger pointing intensifies as russia blames ukraine for a drone attack on moscow on the heels of a deadly rain in kyiv. president zelenskyy senting a date for the counter offensive. also, republican president hl h presidenttial hopeful ron desantis in iowa. he paints a pretty grim picture of the country. a historic ruling in big pharma. one family is fighting the opioid epidemic in exchange from immunity in future lawsuits. and what this means for the global race to conquer space. cnn this morning starts right now. deal or no deal? there s a deal. do they have a vote is the question. there say huge breakdown in capitol hill for the deal. the house is set to vote o
911 call. prosecutors asked rabbi meyers, why was there this silence? and rabbi meyers said i was praying. because i expected to die. i was initially trying to decide in that moment rabbi meyers said whether i hang up the phone and call my wife or make a video for her. but he said i thought if this was the end, i wasn t going to leave her, my wife, a message like this. so, again, just incredible intense day in the courtroom yesterday. and we re expecting to see more of that in the days to come. poppy? danny, we really appreciate you being there. thank you for the reporting. the billionaire family that owns purdue pharma will be protected from lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis. how this decision impacts victims and their families. also this morning, we re hearing from the 11-year-old boy called police for help but was shot in the chest instead. i m going to die.
11 hours into this, the gunman told them to kneel down, and one of the hostages, one of the congregants, said, no, and stood up and looked him right in the eye and what we have learned i remember rabbi meyers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh also having recently had this kind of active shooter training right before that horrible event happened. and so, it s like, now it s up to congregants, up to the hostages. law enforcement can never make it there in time, and the idea that they are supposed to run, hide, and fight. i just think that s really interesting. you know, it is, alisyn, and you have hit it right at the heart of the matter. the brilliance of that training is its simplicity. it enables law enforcement not just fbi but dhs, local law enforcement, to get in front of average, everyday people and get them to think about these things in a very simple way.
people as they know and you all know because i ve always done that. the antidefamation league accepts goldberg s apology and the group warns of a surge in anti-semitic attacks, a man in chicago is charged with two hate crimes and he vandalized two synagogues including two schools and spray painted swastikas. today the sheriff in orange county, florida, announced charges against three people after a pro-nazi demonstration turned violent on friday. that state, florida and five others also saw anti-semitic flyers left in homes last month. just weeks ago a rabbi escaped hours of terror after a gunmen held him captive in a synagogue. joining me is rabbi meyers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. 11 members of the jewish community died in that shooting more than three years ago.
rabbi meyers of the tree of life synagogue. any minute now antony blinken will arrive in amman, jordan, and he ll meet with the country s defense minister as the situation remains fragile in the middle east. the cease-fire between israel and hamas entering its sixth day. president biden has selected thomas nides to be u.s. ambassador for israel. we do not know when the white house will make that official. andrea, good morning to you. good morning to you. good to see you, peter. walk us through the situation in and what you are witnessing on the ground there and there is a new commitment to try to engage both parties going forward. there s a new commitment and as you heard the secretary of state say yesterday, there should be no more, visions and