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Forecast for the total eclipse just in a new our of Cnn News Central starts now not only can you see it, but you can feel it if youre in The Path Of Totality, tens of millions of americans are preparing to see a total Solar Eclipse. The dramatic celestial show set to begin just a few hours from now and the United States, bracing for the real possibility of a wider war in the middle east, iran vowing revenge for an apparent israeli airstrike right that killed top iranian commander and another big attempt at clearing Student Loan Debt, the Biden Administration unveiling details on a new plan they say could benefit more than 30 million americans. On sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. This is Cnn News Central this morning, the existential question, if there is a total Solar Eclipse in the sky, but it is too cloudy to see does it make a sound . We are just about t minus six hours to show time. Everyone scanning weather reports to figure out if they will get a view roughly 32 gil
they continue to carry out attacks against commercial shipping in the red sea. that was a warning issued by the white house alongside 11 other conties. wolf, there was a sense this was imminent sthaz that statement was put out. a senior administration official saying there would not be another warning. we have seen several attempted attacks in the past few days and here we re seeing a response. the question now is what do the houthis do? what does iran do in reaction to tonight s strikes? we heard from a senior houthi leader just earlier today who said they would confront america and make it kneel down. i ve been told by numerous u.s. officials that it is clear that iran s hand is clear in all of these operations and attacks that the houthis carry out. so of course there s a real concern over what iran will do here. i will tell you the u.s. officials don t think that iran necessarily wants to escalate