remind you, this is not just a u.s. issue. it s this is an international problem and deserves an international response. john: so, what does that response look like and will the u.s. lead it? hello, john roberts in washington, here we go for another hour. sandra: sandra smith in new york, this is america reports . shooting down drones and missiles in the red sea, troops in the middle east are on high alert. john: new attacks on u.s. bases ins iraq and syria, that brings the total to 100 attacks since october 7th. right to the chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with more. early this morning cayman island flagged chemical shipping vessel issued a distress call, a houthi attack drone had struck the tanker. 11th attack on international shipping in the red sea since the gaza conflict began. the same u.s. navy destroyer, u.s.s. carney, who released this video two weeks ago showing it intercepting houthi missiles and drones in seve
challenge that could change the internet forever. and alex murdaugh s son takes the stand testifying for the defense in his father s double murder trial. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. president biden is preparing for a huge moment, and he is in poland and about to deliver a major speech to mark the one-year anniversary of russia s unprovoked war in ukraine. where biden was yesterday making surprise trip to kyiv where he pledged support for ukraine really no matter how long it takes. biden s speech comes today after vladimir putin himself made his own major address from moscow. and putin is staying true to form and accusing the west of igniting the conflict and condemned the west and nato allies for supplying weapons to ukraine and announced that russia is going to suspend their participation with the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. now, we will start with the big moment with kaitlan collins where the preside
with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched
president biden just leaving white house, and did he say anything about the new tax charges against his son hunter? prosecutors are saying that he had the money to pay the taxes, but chose instead to spend lavish amounts on escorts, pornography and cars. happening now, we are hearing the wrenching statements from the parents of children killed in a mass shooting. a sentencing hearing is under way. an important legal precedent could be set here. and the backlash over how the president of the university of pennsylvania answered a question about genocide, and now a major donor is threatening to withdraw millions of dollars as calls for her to resign intensify. i m fredricka whitfield with john berman. kate and sara are off today, and this is cnn news central. all right. president biden just left the white house a short time ago facing shouted questions about his son, hunter biden. we will get the video in, in just moment, and hunter is accused of a four-year tax evasion
thanks for joining us on cnn newsroom i m michael holmes with our continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. in a few hours from now the israeli military is expected to open a road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south, that s the plan. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during the four hour window beginning at 10 am local time. but, it is unclear if people in gaza will even get the message, given the widespread power and communications outages throughout the war. or whether hamas will perhaps try to prevent them from leaving. meanwhile this was the scene overnight as fireballs light of northern gaza. as seen by cnn crews just across the board in israel. israel has not yet commented on the strikes. even as israeli forces say they are encircling the city hamas rockets continue to fire into israel, the idf says it intercepted six rockets near tel aviv so far no casualties reported. the idf also released video of the chief of staff just inside gaza on sa