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
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
we ll move on. here s what we re watching two major and very different rulings on access to a medical abortion pill nationwide . one judge halts the availability of the drug. another preserving access to it . in some states, we re going to sort out the rulings and, of course, the coming legal challenges tensions in the middle east. at least three people are dead in separate attacks. we re live in jerusalem with the latest vice president kamala harris makes a last minute trip to nashville to support to democrats expelled for leading a gun protest on the house floor. how monday could mark the next step in the lawmakers vowed to continue to fight. i ll never forget that look, you know of realization that hey, you know, finally somebody into the state is listening. and uh, you know, now he has a chance. and oklahoma death row inmate who has been served his last meal three times may soon have his murder conviction vacated the reason the state attorney general says he can no longer
dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights in texas. a federal judge s halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pretzels own one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later, conflicting court ruling out of washington state judge their order the federal government to protect access to the drug and 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. the two decisions are the most significant on abortion since the u. s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade last summer, cnn s rosa flores and arlette signs are following all of the developments rosa to you first. why did the texas judge suspend the fda approval of this drug take us through the judge s order? it will. fred this judge did not hold back in this order . 67 pages 67 pages, he rips apart the fda approval of oppressed own, saying that the approval was flawed that the fda did not consider the risks to girls and women. let
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