the transgender people in public buildings it that use bathrooms to correspond with the gender on their birth certificate. the woke mob lost their minds and then the boycotts began. entertainers like bruce springsteen, big shock, pearl jam nic jonas refused to perform there. deutsch bank expansions in north carolina. the nba moved its all-star game from charlotte to new orleans. and the ncaa threatened to move march madness games to another state before lawmakers ended up getting rid of that the redickless stance cost north carolina $3.7 billion. and derailed temporarily mccreery s political career all of this because men were going to use the men s bathroom and women were going to use the women s bathroom. and then just last year, major league baseball boycott the state of georgia because they didn t like the state s new election law. so the all-star game was moved to colorado, a state with stricter voting laws than georgia and, according to reports, local businesses in atla
first images of u.s. strikes on syria and iraq. this is from alkhine in the western province. that orange fireball in the distance appears to be a weapons depot, one of some 85 iranian-linked targets attacked by a variety of u.s. aircraft including long-range b1 bombers like this one which flew nonstop with aerial refueling from here in the u.s. president biden says that today s strike is only the first part of a larger operation being carried out in response to sunday s drone attack on american troops in eastern jordan, which you ll remember killed three soldiers, wounded dozens more. caskets burying those three, the remains of those three returned home today. the president also signaled the united states will not strike targets inside iranian territory and does not seek a wider conflict in the region in what is already one at war. reporting for us tonight from all across the map m.j. lee at the white house, natasha bertrand, ben we hadman in jordan. let s begin, though, at
thank you so much for joining me this saturday. new developments in the middle east after the u.s. unleashed a series of strategic and punishing air strikes. the u.s. says it hit 85 targets related to iran s force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. iraq claims the blast killed 16 people including civilians. leaders there are demanding to see the senior u.s. diplomatic official in baghdad as an initial protest. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is vowing these strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response following a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iran said the u.s. has made a strategic mistake. while iraq and syria and even russia warn the u.s. strikes could inflame more conflict in the region. we have teams covering these developments. ben, what s the reaction in the middle east to these u.s. strikes? certainly we ve seen angry reactions from syria, which as you said, warn that this would inflame the situation f
inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom
we are following breaking news this hour. israeli intelligence officials say a hamas terrorist plot set to be carried out in europe has been foiled. multiple terrorist suspects are now behind bars, but where they targeting? we will dig into that story. plus, a federal judge pumping the brakes on donald trump s 2020 election interference case, potentially delaying it further into campaign season. what does that mean for trump? and the republicans running against him. and a top white house official in israel right now meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and members of his war cabinet. this as cnn s the first western media outlet to get access to southern gaza and report independently. we will show you that report this hour. a very busy day for us. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here too cnn news central. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. i am boris sanchez alongside pam brown in the natio