lapping now, gut-wrenching images of homes and lives destroyed near the earthquake epner. cnn is on the scene as the death toll in turkey and syria soars above 12,000. also tonight, president biden is doubling down on a line of attack against republicans that prompted gop jeers during his state of the union address. he is taking the top themes on the road in key presidential battlegrounds. and ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy is now in ha included a stop in london, a visit with. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situati situation this hour a race against time in the earthquake zone as the window for finding survivors narrows and the death toll grows more catastrophic. cnn s nick paton walsh is in turkey right now. nick, tell us what you have been seeing and experiencing. reporter: yeah, it is sadly, wolf, around this time that it seems the race against time for survivors is slowly being lo
highland, illinois, a sell brigg celebration ended in tragedy when a gunman opened fire on an independence day parade. six have been killed, one at the scene and five died at the hospital. at least two dozen have been taken to the hospital with serious injuries and at least one is a child who has been quit critically injured. the gunman is still at large and police say that the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. the suspect carried out the shooting spree from a rooftop and is believed to have acted alone. the suspect had a high powered rifle recovered at the scene is right now being urgently traced by federal officials to determine who purchased the weapon and where it came from. officials are searching social media for any threats or clues. we expect a fourth update from law enforcement within this hour. i want to go live to the scene in highland park, illinois. police say this is still a very active situation. what is the latest they are saying about telling the com
we will have the latest. then, a federal judge reinstates a gag order against donald trump. what led to these restrictions, and what impact it has in the former president. under fire and under oath, his own words used against him. what happened during today s trial as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday. night good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here at 30 rock center. this is a time for war. we heard those words earlier today from israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. nations troops pushed deeper into gaza. israel s war with hamas is expanding, and the ground offensive is now being carried out along with continuing airstrikes. the escalation comes alongside rising fears about the fate of more than 200 israeli hostages. tonight, another captive is free, rescue during israeli military operation, we gets more on that from nbc s richard engel. this evening in tel aviv, the families of israeli hostages were gathered to pressur
hostages were gathered to pressure the government not to forget their loved ones. amid the fury to attack hamas. elie s daughter is a soldier kidnapped from a watchtower in kibbutz all the guards were women. hamas killed 12 of them, and kidnapped six or seven. that is leery in the glasses. we received the message that the army released girls. i hope that is my daughter. i hope. elie checks to see of maybe the rescue soldier is leery. not tonight. not my daughter, but she was there. how does that make you feel? it makes me happy. even if it is not my daughter, it makes me happy. the rescued hostages leary s friends, private ori megidish, captured from the watchtower and freed from israeli troops carrying out the ground defensive in gaza last night. they say she s doing well medically and has met with her family. hamas has plenty more hostages in gaza. israel tonight raising their estimate to 239, including 33 children. hamas is taunting israel with them. they rel