front runner, former president donald trump will loom large, even though he is not even expected to show up. his four criminal indictments on our democracy, on edge to say nothing about his attacks about the prosecutors and judges. and his politics of division is there any republican prepared to push their party in another direction? we re talking about that and more ahead on politicsnation. but first, we want to get you the latest on the tropical storm hilary as it makes landfall in the u.s.. millions of southern californians are bracing for an unprecedented weather event. nbc news correspondent joins us live from los angeles with the latest. hello, reverend sharpton. the storm is starting to resist here in los angeles. already, we are feeling the impacts. the heart of the storm is still in california and mexico, you can see behind us the l.a. river, rushing rapidly. it s risen drastically in just the past few hours. 24 million people across the southwest are under flo
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the mastermind behind the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul s international airport taken out by the taliban. what we re learning about this. countries rush to evacuate their citizens from sudan as the latest fragile ceasefire appears in danger of collapsing. and day-oh, day-oh reporter: remembering the king of calypso. a look at the life and legacy of harry belafonte. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the white house says the terrorist leader behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the attack came in the final chaotic days of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. 13 u.s. service members and nearly 200 afghans were killed. so let s bring in cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson. good to see you, ivan. what more are you l
we think they re the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it s under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures from marco island in florida. and here s the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throu
entered gaza on food to take out terrorists and find hostages. israeli military confirming 222 people are being held captive. you are watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. israel said it hit targets in the gaza strip from the last days. the u.s. state department is telling americans in lebanon to leave now. trey yingst has the latest on the ground. good morning. trey: good morning. the israeli spokesman daniel hagari explain targets were hit along the gaza strip. last night we watched as airstrikes took place. looking for information about hostages being held and ensure they are clearing the path for that expected ground operation. israeli authorities saying 222 people are being held hostage inside gaza and that number is rising and expect it to continue to rise as they gather more information about who is missing and who was killed in the october 7 massacre. in lebanon, as strikes continue, israelis ramped up strikes south in lebanon. there
for being with us. i understand that the international rescue committee has around a dozen teams on the ground there in libya. what are your teams seeing? what are they telling you? we have been what are they telling you? - have been operating in libya for a number of years working at about a dozen locations with different programmes covering healthcare and essential protection, but equally for women and children. about a staff in the country. we are not operative in derna, but we are operating in an area west of derna, also affected by the floods. none of our staff are directly affected. thankfully they are safe but many of their family have been put at risk and many have lost belongings and many have lost belongings and homes. 0urfirst priority is taking care of our staff. but secondly and immediately after that looking to assess needs. we are sending in an assessment team to derna to get assessment team to derna to get a sense of on the ground needs. everything we are he