viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom, the blood of black america is on your hands. so stand up and do something. police reform in the u.s. this follows outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins at the federal level. three woks after a first grader allegedly shot his teacher, students from one virginia elementary school will finally return to the classroom. we ll look what s being changed. and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the boating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevents will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reform. hours after the video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, officials shot
you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. ahead. the blood of black america is on your hands, stand up and do something. demand for employees reform in the u.s. following outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins in washington. we ll bring you the latest s the debate over the u.s. debt ceiling and how the outcome will be felt well beyond the united states and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the beating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevent police brutality in the future. on sunday, the nichols family attorney told cnn he hopes this will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reforms. hours after video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, of
Her. Journalism is not a crime and its a proof that russia is determined to stifle independent reporting. Since 2012, Vladimir Putin has used Foreign Agent laws to punish and detain critics, including journalists, and analysts say this indicates russia sees americans as valuable assets to be used in Prisoner Exchanges like when Britteny Griner was exchanged for the merchant of death, arms dealer victor bout. Now Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained for 204 days today. Hes in a High Security Prison In Moscow Awaiting Trial on espionage charges. The u. S. Ambassador to russia visited him on tuesday. The u. S. Embassy, sandra, says even that evan remains in good spirits and is calling for his immediate release. Sandra. Sandra appreciate it, bryan. The State Department as we just heard from them a moment ago is out with a major alert for all americans overseas. Officials now urging all american citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution for potential terrorist attacks. Demon
Coverage. America reports thank you for joining us. Im sandra smith in new york. John im john roberts. The story starts right now with martha picking up the coverage. Martha . Martha thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. Were going to go live to tel aviv in just a moment with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu to get new information on this developing scene. You can see the pictures that have just come in from gaza city and the city where they believe an israeli air strike struck a hospital. Theres a lot of questions about how all of this happened. The Israeli Military says hospitals are highly sensitive buildings and are not idf targets. General petraeus who commanded our troops in iraq and afghanistan will be with us in moments. First, we go to Senior Correspondent mike tobin live in israel with the very latest. Hi, mike. Martha, this development at the hospital in gaza city is taking all the attention right now. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says the civilian casual
Three other people were injured in the strike. officials say residents can were evacuated to the south in hill song, the city council said at least three people are dead and six injured following russian shelling. according to local officials, the shelling hit a hospital, school playground and warehouses and damaged buildings in the region. all this as ukrainian president vlodymyr zelenskyy says the situation on the front lines of the war is very tough including in the city of bakhmut which he says is under constant attack in russia, cnn collar sebastian joins us, what is the latest on deadly attacks and how is president zelenskyy responding this was a deadly weekend for ukrainian civilians, the attack on kharkiv on sunday, which is ukrainian s second largest city killing one person an elderly