Dying in england and wales. Some welcome the move, others express cautiOn. Hello, welcome to todays verified live. We start with the crisis in the Middle East irans supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has defended his Countrys Missile Attack On israel earlier this week as a minimum punishment. In a rare Public Speech as he led Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years. He told a huge crowd of supporters that iran and its allies must prepare for actiOn as he led commemoratiOns for the Hezbollah Leader, hassan nasrallah, who was killed by israel last week. Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles into israel On Tuesday Night in retaliatiOn for his assassinatiOn, and israel has promised to hit back. Overnight there were more huge explosiOns in beirut, close to the main airport. Us officials say, israel, was targeting the potential successor to nasrallah. There have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanOn into israel. And an israeli Air Strike Hit A Road nea
unleashes fresh attacks on gaza. the idf warning civilians in the southern part of the strip they are in a war zone. we re following the latest on the ground and the state of negotiations for hostages. donald trump s defense attorneys are facing a fulton county judge for the first time fighting to have the georgia election subversion case thrown out on first amendment grounds. but does this have any chance of working? and george santos joining a not so elite club. he becomes just the sixth member of the house of representatives ever to be voted out of congress. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. israeli combat operations are back underway after a week-long pause in fighting. the idf unleashing on gaza in its mission to leliminate hamas. critical aid has stopped flow ing into the enclave and the idf is urging civilians to evacuate the southern city dropping leaflets, calling the area, a quote, fighting z
rbis and 20 steals since the debut for the braves on may 28th. 135 days until opening day. cannot wait. all right. time now for the weather. let s go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. michelle, cold for me this morning. is it going to be cold for everyone else? how does the day look? so that is the big weather story today. seven million impacted. waking up to freeze warning this is morning. you seat pink. portions of pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, also maryland.
in kharkiv we saw the front lines outside the capital. it s significant. you seat air campaign continuing. and president putin is saying if the international community implements a no-fly zone other countries could get involved and they will be held accountable. brian: let s bring in our next guest. he s the only secretary of defense in history to serve presidents on both sides of the aisle with bush 43 and obama. bob gates. secretary gates, thanks so much. thank you, brian. brian: i see you said in the past this is vladimir putin biggest miscalculation. in what respect? i think he expected a very fractured response by nato. i think he thought that the west thinks that the west is
humanitarian corridor where those citizens would be able to escape. within minutes of civilians being ushered into that corridor and begin their long trek along it. russian forces starting firing again. all those people trapped there were sent back to the homes. what is left of their homes. we are told by doctors without borders that there is very little food, very little water and there is no power. it is in their words a catastrophe that is unfolding right now in mariupol. in the meantime in other parts of ukraine. ukrainians are protesting against the russian invasion in the citi kherson. you seat video, hundreds if not thousands of ukrainians turned out completely unarmed to face down the russian troops who occupy their city.