County. Well await word perhaps later today on that. Thank you, jim, from california. Pete rose dead at the age of 83, wow. Next hour now. Dana dangerous development in the Middle East. The White House is now warning that iran is preparing an imminent ballistic Missile Attack on israel and the u. S. Is warning of severe consequences for tehran. All of this comes as israeli Ground Troops are moving deeper into lebanon conducting localized raids on hezbollah positions. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. From baseball to bill a lot of things happening. The statement out from the White House, here it is quote, the united states has indications that iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic Missile Attack against israel and actively supporting defensive preparations to defend israel against this attack. A direct Military Attack from iran against israel will carry severe consequences for iran, end quote. Dana incursion into lebanon follows the strike in beir
pledging america s unwavering support for democracy in taiwan. the ccp is not taking that lying down. china putting out a new saber rattling video this morning showing missiles at the ready and fighter jets moving into position as beijing prepares to hold its largest taiwan military drills. they will go on for six days. we haven t seen them at this magnitude in 30 years. bill: they re set to surround the island while conducting live fire exercises. some of those drills will happen in taiwanese waters. former secretary of state mike pompeo saying it is america s responsibility to hold beijing accountable. over these last 48 hours with respect to pelosi s trip is a symptom of the challenge in front of us. we weren t going to sit back and listen to the rhetoric and do nothing. if you continue down this pack and conduct live fire exercise we ll begin to take real action. there was no threat to china itself. they created this crisis. we should not let them use the visit of s
woman s lacrosse team from a historically black college said it was racially profiled during a traffic stop in georgia. the case now capturing the attention of capitol hill. welcome to the lead i m jake taper. we start with politics lead as what is soon to be a bipartisan rejection of the bill aimed at preserving abortion rights nationwide. the senate is voting on the women s health protection act. but the bill was widely con condemned by republicans, even who support abortion rights and democratic senator joe manchin, because the three say it went further than codifying roe v. wade. it would eliminate any states preexisting restrictions on abortion. senator manchin explained his no vote to cnn earlier today. the bill we have today to vote on, i respect people who support, but make no mistake, it is roe v. wade codification. it s an expansion. it wipes 500 state laws off the books. it expands abortion. and with that, that s not what we are to do. democratic leaders admi
This was rafah today, after 15 children from one family were killed in an airstrike. Translation show me one man among them. L theyre all children and women. You can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. A pregnant woman was among the dead. Her Baby Daughter was saved in an emergency operation. A child born to a mother she will never know. There is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows for the families caught in the shadows of death. Nawaras husband, abdulrahman, was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. These were the couples children in the aftermath of their fathers death. We went back to see nawara, now eight months pregnant with her dead husbands child, and in grief, awaiting the arrival of a new life. Nawaras words the elegy of a wife and mother for all thats been lost. In central gaza, Israeli Forces hunt hamas. Theyre still launching attacks from tunnels and buildings.