josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart. we re following breaking developments out of israel as it expands its ground operation and pushes its military deeper into gaza. we ll talk to a physician with doctors without borders about why she thinks going to a hospital in gaza could soon mean a death sentence for patients. back at home, new questions surrounding the deadly mass shootings in maine, how authorities issued a statewide alert just last month to be on the lookout for that gunman. and new polling numbers giving us a glimpse of the state of the 2024 race, former president trump still running strong in iowa, but now there s a tie for second place. in acapulco, mexico, chaos and desperation as residents form long lines for water and search for supplies almost a week after hurricane otis slammed into the resort town killing almost 50 people. and we remember actor matthew
eliminating zelenskyy. all right, so dan, we know the u.s. is working to validate this attack. what are you hearing? that s right. the u.s. is not ready to confirm that this alleged incident even took place. and they certainly aren t confirming there was some kind of an assassination attempt, and you have a lot of analysts look at this video questioning how it has been distributed, how it came to be. it didn t really follow the normal, typical pattern of how these videos usually emerge, and also analysts saying if there was some kind of explosion and a drone near the kremlin, isn t that more of a warning shot? it doesn t really look like a serious assassination attempt in the middle of the night. so a lot of questions around that. you also have the secretary of state antony blinken also saying publicly we just don t know what happened. but he also said, you know, look, ukraine is under daily attack, a barrage of missiles and artillery rounds on civilian targets, people s apartments
the condition of the 21 year old is not known. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, described the shooting as deeply distressing . the labour leader, keir starmer, who is the mp for holborn & st pancras, has condemned the attack and says his thoughts are with the victims. police responded to reports that shots had been fired from a moving vehicle, which was then driven away. london ambulance service and the air ambulance were also called to the scene. there is a significant police presence here tonight. an investigation is under way and police are appealing for any information. laura trant, bbc news. police in brazil have arrested the former head of public security, anderson torres, over accusations that he colluded in the storming of government buildings in brasilia last sunday. prosecutors have also accused the former president, jair bolsonaro, of inciting crime by posting a video
and then, i would say, the hospitals and medical clinics around the country today are much better prepared than in december because the change of policy really came with abruptness and many of the hospitals were not fully prepared for a complete reversal of the policy and i would say, based on my personal observations, the society at large and hospitals and everyone in china are much better prepared to handle further surges and hopefully we will go through this massive migration of people in china around the spring festival better. police in brazil have arrested the former head of public security anderson torres over accusations that he colluded in the storming of government buildings in brasilia last sunday. prosecutors have also accused the former president jair bolsonaro of inciting crime by posting a video questioning the legitimacy of last 0ctober s presidential election. sofia bettiza has the story.
without conditions, saying they have no plans in engaging in conditions. something to watch this weekend. thank you. overseas now, a stunning admission from china, reporting nearly 60,000 covid related deaths since december. that s when those severe pandemic restrictions were lifted and infections surged across the country. it follows criticism from international health experts and others that china was underreporting deaths caused by the virus. in brazil, former president jair bolsonaro is among those being investigated for the january 8th riot. thousands of his supporters stormed government buildings, demanding his return to power. two days after the riot, bolsonaro posted a video questioning the credibility of the election he lost. prosecutors say that was enough to include him in the investigation. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this saturday. two paramedics are charged with murder. what they re accused of doing to a patient. moderate-to-severe eczem