fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
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archives. despite the vast differences between president biden s case and donald trump s, attorney merrick garland made this announcement earlier this week. i m here today to be announced the appointment of roberts her as a special counsel, pursuing department of justice regulations governing such matters. this appointment underscores the departments commitment to both independents and accountability, in particularly sensitive manners. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts in the law. joining me now is why our correspondent allie raffa. ali, will come in. thank you for starting us off this morning. what are you hearing from the white house this morning? cory, yeah. good morning. president biden is waking up in his bloomington home, where we now know that two of those three discoveries of classified materials were found just in the last month and this is, those discoveries and the timing of the white house acknowledgment of them now under intense
Catchandkill, buying unflattering stories about trump and making sure they were never published before the election. Aaron katersky outside the courthouse. The near disaster at jfk airport. Authorities say air Traffic Control clearing four planes to cross in front of a Passenger Jet as it was about to take off. The pilot aborting takeoff. Youll hear calls to the tower. Tonight, in new york city, Columbia University increasing security. Propalestinian demonstrators rallying against the israelhamas war. The School Switching to remote classes. And tonight, protests spreading to campuses across the u. S. In los angeles, the breakin at the home of the mayor, karen bass. Authorities say the mayor was home when the intruder broke in and got to the second floor. They say the mayor was hiding in a safe room. Tonight, ukraines president zelenskyy thanking the u. S. And thanking House Speaker mike johnson, after the house passed, democrats and republicans, a massive aid package for ukraine, anger
yolanda renee king speaking at the march on washington event in d.c. over the weekend. thousands of people gathered in the nation s capital where dr. king gave his iconic i have a dream speech and spoke about a just and equitiable america. today marks 60 years since that march. later today president biden and vice president harris will meet with relatives of martin luther king jr. and organizers of that historic march. in a new op-ed in the washington post president biden says we must keep marching toward dr. king s dream. he write, quote, while we ve never fully lived up to that promise as a nation we ve never fully walked away from it either. each day of the biden/harris administration we continue the march forward. joining us now global human rights leader and son of dr. martin luther king jr., martin luther king iii. thanks so much for taking the time on this incredibly important day on this anniversary, but also in the wake of what we saw just this weekend in jacksonville,