card is now formally a suspect, he has been charged with eight counts of murder. one for each of the victims identified by police so far. as police identify more of the victims, we anticipate the number of charges will rise. tonight, authorities reiterated that card is still at large. and the man hunt is continuing by air, land, nc. in the last hour, there is been significant law enforcement presence near a home in bowden, maine, in connection to their search for robert card. according to the nbc affiliate, a search warrant was executed at that home earlier today. it is standard practice to search any property affiliated with a suspect, and law enforcement officials tell nbc news that, as of right now, there is no clear indication that card is in that home. or at any specific address. you are looking at live footage of this police searched near that bowden home, or shortly after seven pm, eastern, our nbc news affiliate reported police saying, robert come out with your hands
minister, for the new package in military aid you recently announced, and it is for ukraine. look, australia and the united states also share in may view the commitment to uphold international rules of the road. including freedom of navigation. just this past week, prc vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conducted a routine supply mission within their own economic zone in the south china sea. i want to be clear, i want to be very clear. the united states defense commitment to the philippines is iron clad. any attack on the filipino aircraft vessels will invoke our mutual defense treaty with the philippines. mr. prime minister, today we renewed our commitment to defend the values that are part of this alliance. we continue to stand as one to focus on all the region. i want to thank you for being here. thank you for your partnership and your leadership in this critical moment. i would like to turn it over to you. we re going to continue to monit
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. i m standing on a roof torp looking out over tel aviv. it is just after 11:00 p.m. here and we re covering three major stories right now. the war here. the end to the chaotic speakership saga back in washington, d.c. and former president donald trump in a stunning appearance on the stand today in his new york civil fraud trial. we ll start with breaking news from israel. it is been 18 days since the attacks by hamas caught this country and most of the world by surprise. just over an hour ago, from this rooftop, we heard explosions presumably from israel s iron dome defense system intercepting several rocks fired on tel aviv from gaza and minutes ago they confirmed that four people were injured with something possibly shrapnel hitting this town. a reminder that hamas continues to try to kill as many israeli civilians as they can with their rockets. they re just not able to do so because of the ir
outfront next, israeli troops inside gaza city tonight. the defense men stir saying hamas fighters are coming out of underground tunnels. the first americans have been allowed to leave gaza, which includes the american pediatrician barbara zincd and her husband. we ll tell you what happened inside that courtroom with the sketch artist. digging into the new house speaker s past. his work with the group that promoted conversion therapy and a long record of anti-gay comments. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, we begin with the breaking news inside gaza city. the israeli defense minister tonight saying that there is intense fighting inside gaza city, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. gaza city, of course, is the biggest city in the gaza strip. the defense minister of israel yoav gallant says they have described hamas fighters as coming out from underground tunnels, from underground buildings, from underground
for the medical team. we need that communication. we need to communicate with the people on the scene. we are blind. we cannot work at the scene, effectively, without communication. protesters, around the world, demanding a cease-fire, condemning the heavy civilian casualties inflicted in gaza. israel s prime minister, ignoring the calls for peace. three weeks after hundreds of hamas terrorists killed more than 1000 civilians, and took 200 more hostage. hamas continues to fire missiles at israeli towns among the gaza border. join me now, and recently see contributor, huma aberdeen, servings an adviser to former secretary of state, hillary clinton. there is reporting in the washington post, and i hope you saw, the u.s. pushing for a humanitarian pause after weeks of championing israel s right to defend itself. what do you understand, in this conversation that happened behind the scenes, and the pivots that are made to say, in public, we are going to say go go go, in private