John any moment now we are expected to get an update from the white house as the situation in haiti spirals Out Of Control with hundreds of americans stuck in that country. The u. S. Is in rescue mode now, Officials Say they chartered a flight to miami with more than 30 americans on sunday. With that, welcome back the program. I am john roberts in washington. A busy week ahead. Sandra here we go and we are watching for this live event to happen. Im sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. Lets get right to peter doocy care he has live in that Briefing Room. We are looking for the plan to get those americans out but also a plan to deal with what is expected to be an influx of haitian migrants to florida. Peter. Exactly sandra because as we understand it, the haitians who have been caught basically by u. S. Border patrol trying to enter the United States they have been repatriated back to haiti over the last couple of days but there are lawmakers in florida who want assuranc
Details of the palestinian incursions are unclear, but gunmen have been reported in towns near the gaza border and israelis have been warned to stay inside. There are also reports of a number of Israeli Soldiers taken captive by fighters, with hamas saying it has a big number of captives, among them senior officers. In among them senior officers. Terms of gaza, You C Pictures in terms of gaza, you can see the pictures there, the results of a number of strikes there today. Israels military has been striking targets in gaza in response. At least 198 palestinians are confirmed dead there. Over 1000 have 0ver1000 have been wounded in the strikes as well. Lets here more from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Translation citizensl of israel, we are at war. Not an operation, not an escalation, a war. This morning, hamas launched a murderous Surprise Attack against the state of israel and its citizens. Weve been at it since early morning. I convened the heads of the security service. First of
Of Israeli Soldiers taken captive by fighters. Hamas military commander mohammadMohammed Deif hamas military commander Mohammed Deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on hamas media, calling on palestinians everywhere to fight. Israels military has been striking targets in gaza in response. At least 161 palestinians are confirmed dead there. We had that in the last half an hour. Overiooo we had that in the last half an hour. Over 1000 palestinians have hour. 0ver1000 Palestinians have been injured. I can also tell you now that there is a state of National Emergency right across israel. Richard galpin has the latest. This was a Surprise Attack on israel by the militant palestinian group, hamas. Its claiming its launched 5,000 rockets injust 20 minutes. Some have hit the city of ashkelon causing damage. Amongst those on the ground, more hamas fighters heading into the battle. There is also footage apparently showing a captured israeli tank. A senior hamas commander has
of cnn news central. wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv, israel for us. it is now the sixth day of the israel-hamas truce. a pause that is expected to last only a few more hours. what are the chances it will be extended? more hostages are set to be handed over by hamas. and sources say that includes at least one american. as this exchange plays out today, there is a full-court press underway to extend the truce yet again perhaps to include the release of adult male hostages, which is a major sticking point at this point. the top white house hostage envoy is in israel. this is very important to note. and officials from qatar, the key mediator in all of this, are optimistic. reporter: there are still 161 hostages believed to be in gaza right now. the red cross was supposed to be able to visit them by the end of the fourth day of this temporary truce. sources tell cnn, those visits still have not happened. that would be a clear violation of the current agreement. i want to b
Their place? i don t think any american soldiers should be on the ground in iraq are. isis is worse for funding allies in syria. libya is worse because they got involved there and there are jihadists all over the middle east. one of the things we would agree with is israel. you penned a piece talking about things going on between the palestinian authority and israel now. i believe hamas haven t technically taken credit for the killing of the three teenagers, one american, two israeli. yet they did say they were looking for more of the same. talk to us about what s going on with the palestinian authority, israel and the u.s. hamas basically celebrated with glee to the killing of the innocent kids. think most americans would be appalled if they knew american tax dollars could be soon going to hamas. we give money to the palestinian authority but now the authority is joining with hamas in a unity