Take certain stands that even a former president will be held accountable. This is an important reversal of that decision former president ford made to choose healing, which didnt happen, over accountability. This time accountability comes first. Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. We begin this hour with a new salvo in the war on ukraine, Ukrainian Forces carrying out an attack in the dead of the night on one of russias biggest oil tankers in the black sea. A sea drone with almost 1,000 pounds of explosives hit the ship. Video shows the moments leading up to the attack. Russia says the tanker was not carrying out, but ukrainian says say it was. The attack came after russian sea drones targeted a coastal naval base striking a warship. Nick paton walsh looks at the escalation in the black sea. Reporter we are beginning to see perhaps a new ukrainian tactic. The black seas Shipping Lanes now repeatedly under attack by ukrainian drones. Ukraine is be
hard-to-watch-at-times, grilling on capitol hill. president biden, the new deals between the country concerning the border. we are moments away from hearing from the pentagon after the u.s. launched air strikes against iranian linked targets in syria. that happened after a u.s. contractor was killed and others wounded during a drone strike in the country. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments as we wait for the pentagon update on those air strikes in syria. i want to bring in nbc s dan de luce. what do we know, dan, and what have we expected to learn from the briefing? what are the questions that are still out there? reporter: there are a lot of questions still about this whole episode. the first thing is perhaps why the head of central command, when he testified before congress yesterday didn t mention this lethal incident in which this drone killed an american contractor there at that base in northeastern syria. there s also a question about the
Live in that horrific day and something thats had an impact on all of you. We have heard so many things, so much feedback from people and personal stories and people asking what they can do to help . Cnn has updated its list of organizations that are vetted and safe to donate to. You can go to cnn. Com impact or just text the word relief to 7070, a safe way to donate in a way so many people have asked about upon i want to thank you for joining us live here in tel aviv and we will be back with more important stories on the ground reporting. Cnn news with Abbey Philips starts right now. 707070 to donate. A president ial plea on what feels like the eve of a deadly Ground Invasion of forces. Tonight on news night. Good evening. Israel giving its forces the green light for a likely Ground Invasion 12 days after hamas attacked and terrorized their nation. And fresh from his trip to the war zone what is only the second Oval Office Address of his presidency, President Biden tonight is calling
Citizens were killed. A further ten are missing, some of whom are feared to be among the dead. We must support absolutely israels right to defend itself. This must be done in line with International Humanitarian law. This programme continues on bbc one. Frantic diplomacy continues, as the world waits for the expected Ground Operation by israel troops to begin in gaza in response to the hamas massacre. The humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip is becoming desparate, as more than a Million People leave their homes and many more men, women and children are killed. Tonight. When will the Border Crossing from Gaza To Egypt be opened, to let people out and humanitarian aid in . The un warns the Health System in gaza is collapsing before our very eyes. Iamjust i am just two kilometres from gaza and most of the city has been evacuated ahead of israels expected a ground offensive. Last week, one israeli mother told us about the kidnapping of her son by hamas from that Music Festival. Michal had
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will straight to the a Fox News Alert as Tens Of Thousands of Israeli Soldiers are getting ready for a full scale inveighs of gaza as airstrikes have continued throughout the night. [background sounds] pete idf issuing a statement saying, quo, forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of offensive plans which can include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land, end quote. Hamas is responsible for the killing of at least 1300 israelis and 29 u. S. Citizens. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. You for the next stage . The next stage is coming. Rachel the New York Times reports that Israeli Forces have delayed their initial planses as Weather Conditions in the area could worsen. Will meanwhile, a second u. S. Aircraft carrier is on it way to the Mediterranean Sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a show of force. The u. S. Co