Start of the gaza war and we will bring you more information on both stories as that comes into us but turning back to lebanon because early in the day israel carried out air raids against what it called hezbollah s intelligence headquarters in southern beirut. Our middle east correspondence sent us this report. Another night in beirut and more israeli air strikes. War returns to this city. And this attack came with no warning. We went to inspect the damage. A residential building near the lebanese parliament. Beirut appears increasingly under threat. This is where an emergency response group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. There were just emergency service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack, and they ve been cleaning up the rubble here, but we can still see some surgical masks and gloves and bandages as well. An
According to israel. It comes in the hours after the israeli military carried out what it called extensive strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon. Israeli aircraft destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launch barrels in southern lebanon, according to israeli officials. Also tonight, the us state department is urging american citizens to leave lebanon, with fears growing of an all out war. Meanwhile, the death toll from israel s strike on a densely populated area of southern beirut on friday has risen to 37. Hezbollah says 16 of its members were killed in the attack, including senior military commander ibrahim aqil. He was wanted by the us government for years and was designated a global terrorist for his involvement in the 1983 bombing of the us embassy in beirut. Friday s bombing also killed civilians, including three children, with more feared trapped in the rubble. Our middle east correspondent orla guerin reports from the scene in beirut. Israel is believed to have been
Im kylie atwood in charleston, South Carolina this is cnn its on after Super Tuesday joe biden and donald trump have all but locked down their partys nomination, setting up a rematch of the race from four years ago, who has the upper hand here, the election is just under 18 months away and a strike by russia in odessa nearly hit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convoy as he was traveling with greeces Prime Minister, at least five people were killed as the president s delegation felt the impact of the strike and saw a Mushroom Cloud of smoke. Zelenskyy calling on allies again for more Air Defense Plus theres vaccinated and then theres what, 162 yearold man does getting the covid vaccine, 217 times. That is way too many needles will tell you how it affected his health as we follow these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central in unprecedented election battle. Now, in view, presumptive president ial nominees, joe biden and donald trump
thank you for being with us. president biden s memory has been called into question after an investigation by a us prosecutor in to how he handled classified documents after serving as vice president in 2017. the report found that mr biden had willfully retained and disclosed material but said he will not face criminial charges. the report says it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an elderly man with a poor memory . our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington. in legal terms at least, this is a vindication for president biden. the report by a former trumpjustice department official finds there is insufficient grounds to charge him for his mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency under president obama. and it says that unlock president donald trump s alleged behaviour in a similar classified documents case, president biden has cooperated in full and in his reaction today, the president seemed to suggest t
on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses in the us and even a global recession. stocks on wall street finished sharply lower on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get to a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it s bipartisan, but also reasonable. that s what you all can look forward to. for the latest on this story, i spoke to cbs news congressional correspondent, nikole killion. has