fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
new tornado emergency for you that storm right there is on the ground producing damage. we do know that it is a large and damaging tornado right now that just moved through winnie and parts of arkansas just to the north west of memphis, likely mrs memphis, but we ll keep watching that iowa city big storm just to your northwest was rotating for awhile. tornado was on the ground and things but on the ground since ottumwa, iowa, a long path so this area here from chicago through devenport all the way down to louisiana and mississippi, all part of the same system with e f to e f three s and larger likely with this not by tomorrow, this thing even gets to some of the big cities. now i m not e f two and e f three s. but watch this is hour by hour. i set this up because i know you all don t live in parts of arkansas but hour by hour as we roll this through the ohio valley down through tennessee, we go from seven o clock to nine o clock in advance again. back into the evening hours.
two alleged chinese agents, accusing them of running a secret police station in new york s chinatown. the feds are describing it as an unprecedented operation aimed at intimidating chinese dissidents and a potential roadblock for democrats plans to temporarily replace senator dianne feinstein on the judiciary committee. some key republicans now signaling they hope to block the move and keep biden s judicial nominations log jammed. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world will flip is on assignment. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we are following fast moving developments in multiple stories tonight. right now we re awaiting a news conference from the prosecuting attorney in kansas city, missouri, where a black teenager was shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house. elderly white man apparently lived. cnn security correspondent josh campbell is with us, josh walk us through what we know about the shooting, which took
violence. the expulsion has thrust these two young black lawmakers into the national spotlight. president biden inviting them to the white house. but what happens next for them? well, in a moment, we re going to hear how they could be right back in their old seats as early as monday. and after jeremy renner talking about his recovery after that, seven tons , snowplow nearly crushed him to death. his doctor will be here to explain how renner was able to survive. you remember the pain? all of it? yeah, i was awake through every moment. it s exactly like you imagined it would feel like if you it s hard to imagine what that feels like . but when you look at the machine and you look at and i was on asphalt and ice, i wish i was on snow. and l s u basketball star angel reese now says she will go to the white house with her teammates. the n c double a women s basketball champions. bob costas is here. on our panel to talk about all of this tonight. let s begin with the developments i
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 8th camera, walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for being with us. i almost wore my easter pick today. early tomorrow. try for tomorrow. i had had a lavender for one of the days, but you know, we ll figure it out and the color s up for tomorrow. i promise. here s what we re watching two major, very different rulings on access to a medical abortion pill across the country. one judge halts availability of the drug another preserves access to it in some states will sort out the rulings and the coming legal challenges escalating tensions in the middle east. at least three people are dead in separate attacks. we are live in jerusalem with the very latest it s sad and pathetic to think. that our democracy. can be taken away from a voter. vice president kamala harris travels to tennessee after two democratic members are expelled for leading a gun protest on the house floor. their constituents now left wit