going to balance of nature .com and don t forget to use discount code, cnn. hello everyone. i m fredricka whitfield in new york. welcome to the cnn newsroom and we begin in the middle east, where tensions are boiling over into bloodshed on what s considered some of the most sacred holy days of the year for the world s three major religions, recognizing easter, passover and ramadan. israeli defense forces launching major retaliatory strikes in both southern lebanon and gaza this morning targeting sites belonging to the palestinian military group hamas, and just moments ago, an official told cnn that the operations in the two areas are now over as long as there are no new rocket fires. and these attacks happened just hours after dozens of rockets were launched from lebanon in what s considered the largest barrage fired from there in nearly two decades. this all follows the israeli forces led raids earlier this week on one of islam s holiest sites. the al aqsa mosque in jerusale
issues tonight, the first developments in the long running criminal investigation into his son. cnn has exclusive reporting that hunter biden s attorneys who you can see here met with justice officials today. prosecutors are still weighing to bring several tax charges and a false statement charges against the president s son. then there is the other big issue hovering over joe biden. that s his age. he will be 86 at the end of his term. we ll tell you what he s saying about that today that s different from what she s saying before. plus, the case about richard blossom. this man has been given three last meals before being granted reprieves. now he s scheduled to be executed again. will the supreme court step in? and sales of budlight dropped considerably since kid rock and others went ballistic on the beer, literally. we ll talk about the effort to expand their customer base backfired in a big way. but we start at the white house where tonight they are rolling out the red car
introducing the next generation 10g network only from xfinity. the future starts now. oklahoma s pardon board today denied clemency for richard blossom, a death row inmate who maintained his innocence for 26 years. he s scheduled to be executed on may 18th, even after the state s attorney general in an unprecedented moved argued for his clemency to the board. that board deadlocked 2-2, but a majority vote is necessary. blossom s attorney reacting to the decision today. we call on the governor to grant a reprieve of richard blossom s scheduled execution because the execution of an innocent man would be an irreversible justice.
issues tonight, the first developments in the long running criminal investigation into his son. cnn has exclusive reporting that hunter biden s attorneys who you can see here met with justice officials today. prosecutors are still weighing to bring several tax charges and a false statement charges against the president s son. then there is the other big issue hovering over joe biden. that s his age. he will be 86 at the end of his term. we ll tell you what he s saying about that today that s different from what she s saying before. plus, the case about richard blossom. this man has been given three last meals before being granted reprieves. now he s scheduled to be executed again. will the supreme court step in? and sales of budlight dropped considerably since kid rock and others went ballistic on the beer, literally. we ll talk about the effort to
lavandera is with us now. ed glossip is expected to be executed next month. what more can you tell us about the a g s sudden actions in this case? well yeah, you re right. fredricka several weeks away from richard glossip s next scheduled extra execution, but this is a case that has garnered bipartisan support in the state of oklahoma for it to be re examined and yesterday after the results, and the findings of an independent counsel appointed by the attorney general of oklahoma , the attorney general there in that state, says that he can no longer stand behind the murder conviction of richard blossom. in a statement, he says, this is not to say that i believe richard glossip is innocent. however it is critical that oklahomans have absolute faith that the death penalty is administered fairly and with certainty, considering everything i know about this case, i do not believe that justice is served by executing a man based on the testimony of a