Lets return to our top story fears of an iranian attack on israel. The white house says its a real and viable threat, and that theyre watching as closely as they can. Earlier today, a us official told our broadcast partner cbs that strikes could start as early as today although nothing is certain and other outcomes are possible. We can talk to the director of the middle east security initiative. Welcome to the programme. In terms of what we have heard from that us official, what is your take on this . It sounds on the surface, on the face of it, quite concerning, quite alarming . Face of it, quite concerning, quite alarmina . ~ face of it, quite concerning, quite alarmina . , ~ , face of it, quite concerning, quite alarmina . ~ , face of it, quite concerning, quite alarmina . ~. , alarming . Thank you so much for havin alarming . Thank you so much for having me alarming . Thank you so much for having me. Yes, alarming . Thank you so much for having me. Yes, i alarming . Thank you so m
Breaking strike against major u. S. Automakers is now under way. For the first time in history all three companies are facing a union walkout. The strike is targeted for now but could expand dramatically in the coming days if workers demands arent met. And cnn is now on the ground in libya where thousands are dead and thousands more are mission after a catastrophic flood. This hour well bring you a live update from the disaster zone. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. Lets get to the Breaking News and new development in the Special Counsel case against donald trump, a new court filing revealing witness harassment directly resulting from the president s public statements. Jessica schneider is digging into this new document. Prosecutors are saying they need to put a limit on what trump can say about this case. Whats the latest . The Special Counsels team in this long motion, they are laying out all of t
in exchange, 33 palestnianian prisoners were released israel. the bbc s senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv with more. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem. but her mother, raya, yair s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and chil
correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv with more. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem. but her mother, raya, yair s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece is still finding her voic
gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which 36,000 gazans have now been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october the 7th which killed 1200 people. for more on the details, our middle east correspondent sent this for report. correspondent sent this for re ort. , . ., report. president biden called it a comprehensive report. president biden called it a comprehensive proposal l report. president biden called l it a comprehensive proposal put forward by israel and presented to hamas. the key points are familiar, because they were included in earlier efforts to reach a deal in gaza. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza which would see the release of some of the hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point