breaking news. this our a group of russian navy ships including nuclear-powered submarine arriving in cuba. just 90 miles from florida as tensions grow grow between russia and the west over ukraine. and america s top diplomat, tony blinken, questioning whether hamas is quote, proceeding in good faith. amid gaza ceasefire negotiations. he just wrapped up a critical mideast visit and president biden is back on the world stage. he s headed to italy right now for a highly anticipated summit with world leaders one day after his son s conviction hello i m wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom get this hour with a dramatic escalation of tensions in the middle east israel s military says iranian hezbollah forces have fired at least 200 rockets into northern israel today, no injuries are reported, not yet. the idf says it responded by striking the rocket launcher in southern lebanon and other hezbollah targets this new exchange of hostilities comes as ceasefire talks
dramatic moment in court where the prosecutor at 1 point pointed right where the first lady was sitting. judge jeanine pirro joins us on all of the scenes playing out right now. stunning new video just released by israeli officials. this video is incredible. the daring rescue of 4 israeli hostages you see on the screen. you will see the operatives as they burst into the room. they find 3 of the hostages huddled together. they were living in a residence surrounded by hamas. they were basically huddled on the floor. watch. unbelievable. absolutely incredible. the soldiers were hurrying to free these hostages to a waiting helicopter. there was lots of drama between that. a vehicle became unusable and they had to switch them to another vehicle. remember this woman, there she is clinging to the helicopter. she became 1 of the most recognized faces of this october 7th attack because she was the woman carried away on the back of a motorcycle and was screaming don t kill me a choose
history. [shouting] [chanting free, free palestine] [shouting] statue across from the statue in lafayette park. commander in the french army helped america during the revolutionary war. that s what happens in hamas sim sympathizer take over the park. thousands showed up to protest. question i had all week whereby was law enforcement? well, there was this poor guy. [chanting] pig, oink oink. [shouting] who you serve and who do you protect? [bleep] laura: assaulted. and when police tried step in one time, this happened. [chanting] laura: the park police, the d.c. metro police and secret service all knew that this protest was happening weeks ago. so it s unclear why statues weren t protected. given what happened to the same park in the same park on memorial day 2020. we were there. now, we have criminals on video assaulting police officers, committing crimes, and, look, yeah, we understand that there are no plans to prosecute anyone. that the protest is described as larg
washington and this is cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the dramatic new video of the rescue mission we say four israeli hostages over the weekend showing the very moment to three men and a woman were found alive ahead. this brief moment of unity for those leading the charge and how has quickly turned the political upheaval for israeli prime minister netanyahu as he drives his government intact. plus a race to watch in nikki haley s backyard, south carolina s congressional this pick one, donald trump, lost his primary race in that area. and now he s endorsing a woman challenging know now he s endorsing congresswoman nancy mace, but she is being challenged he is donald trump s endorsement in nikki haley s backyard hurt or help? i ll ask her. she ll be here on the lead. the challenger. we start this hour with the breaking news. the jury in hunter biden s federal gun trial is done for the day after deliberating for about an hour. cnn s evan perez is outside t
the source. tonight, new details on a critical interview for donald trump with a probation officer ahead of it? the sentencing here in new york, plus bree bianna a tickets free luxury trips, and several six-figure book deals. i supreme court that was already under scrutiny. let me is now under even more tonight and a game show giant signing off after four decades had say jack is taking his final spin tonight on real the fortune. another tv tightened tom bergeron is here to talk about it. i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source donald trump often claims loudly and repeatedly that the entire legal system dome is rigged against him. but he s not to have one privilege that not all convicted felons actually get tonight. the judge who is overseeing his hush money case, justice juan merchan, says he will allow trump s lead attorney, todd blanche, to attend an interview before trump is sentenced here in new york on july 11, typically, the defendant would meet one-on-one wit