hit a base housing u. s personnel. they believe that drone was iranian. it made u. s forces quickly struck back targeting facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard, so, says u s officials say u. s officials this morning cnn got reaction from the white house. we don t seek a war with iran. we re not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. all of this is unfolding as president biden is set to meet with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. we are alive in ottawa. we re waiting to hear from the president himself. on this attack in syria. also just a few minutes ago. you can see him there in the back of him. that is trump attorney evan corcoran, arriving at a washington dc courthouse. he just entered the building. he is going to testify today before a grand jury in the mara lago classified documents probe and he will do so without the protection of attorney client privilege. first that we
saying not without the hostages being returned. sandra: and the hezbollah leader is threatening further escalation against israel and the united states, warning that our warships stationed off the coast of israel will do nothing to deter the iran-backed proxy. john: joint exercises in the mediterranean sea with more than 11,000 u.s. troops participating. sandra: complete coverage for you now, and idf spokesperson is moments away with the latest from the battlefield. john: alex hogan live in tel aviv. what s the reaction been there to blinken s comments about the pause today? john, sandra, there was a lot of concern for residents here worried about the potential for a ceasefire but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu shut down that possibility. we also heard from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken saying the u.s. goals for this conflict, really four of them. the first would be to prevent the conflict from spilling out into other countries, that s something
right now on the story, israeli defense forces on extreme high alert on their northern border where fears of a second front opening up in this war are escalating this afternoon in terms of what could happen with hezbollah on the northern border in lebanon. the terror group s leader made his first statements since the october 7th massacre. he praised those actions as heroic. he called them brave and well-designed. thousands are gathering to cheer him to watch him. listen to the background here. this is the scene in beirut just a few hours ago cheering him on as he calls it something praise worthy. watch this. some say that i m taking us to battle. no. we join the battle immediately following october 7th. what is taking place today is unprecedented since 1948. all israeli military positions are being attacked daily. there s concern that this front may escalate even further or turn in to a full war or that this front may stumble in to a wide ranging war. this is possible.
is being resolved, paula newton , you had a chance to speak with the canadian prime minister. what s his thinking on the immigration situation? yeah it s been top of mind here, despite the numbers that priscilla just pointed out, and i can tell you, john, i ve been along that road for several years have gone and you can see us border patrol doing nothing to stop at times hundreds of migrants in a day from crossing illegally into canada. what we re going to learn is that that is about to change. i want you to listen now to justin trudeau talking to me yesterday in a sit down interview about what he hopes this new agreement will mean take a listen. canada s always willing to do more. we re a country that has been built like the united states on welcoming people from around the world. we just need to make sure we re doing it in responsible, proper ways to continue to have our citizens positive towards immigration. so when we talk about doing more, what does he mean? he means actually help
in more asylum seekers, perhaps even from that southern border now, john a busy day ahead here, i ll tell you, it s bright and beautiful, but pretty cold. the president will be inside addressing the parliament after that, they ll have a joint meeting of both cabinets. and after that, a joint press conference this issue about doing more john the whole theme about the united states coming here with their officials as they want canada step to step up in many areas, including defense spending. u s officials, quite frankly, had told me for weeks that their expectations were low . perhaps they set them deliberately, john because they have this immigration deal, something they didn t think was possible. also looking for more as i said, though, on defense spending, and they may have more announcements to come later this afternoon. paula newton in ottawa. i think it is the canadian national slogan bright and beautiful, but pretty cold. thank you for being with us. priscilla alvarez are thanks t