Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is tuesday , october 10. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, Noon In Israel where the country is at war with hamas after militants waged coordinated attacks over the weekend killing at least 900 israelis including 11 americans and taking more than 100 hostages. In retaliation Israel Defense forces pounded gaza with airstrikes hitting more than 200 targets overnight. And sealed off the strip from food, fuel and supplies. Benjamin netanyahu says that this is just the beginning. Savage attacks that hamas perpetrated against innocent israelis are mind boggling. Slaughtering families in their homes, Massacring Hundreds of young people at an outdoor festival. Kidnapping scores of women, children and elderly. Even holocaust survivors. Hamas bombed, burned and executed children. They are savages. Gaza Health Ministry reports more than 680 have been killed. And they are threatening to execute hostages if israeli att
Hello welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world, im john vause at the cnn center in atlanta with cnns breaking News Coverage of israels war with hamas. And there has been no letup in israeli airstrikes which continue to pound gaza. More than 1000 targets have now been hit according to the idf. All of them linked to hamas, the gaza base militant group it carried out a Surprise Attack over the weekend. The deadliest on israeli soil in 15 years. This is the beginning of an israeli response which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned will resonate for generations. As explosions lit up the night sky over gaza, the Israeli Defense minister ordered a complete siege, cutting off electricity and water from israel as well as food, fuel, and other supplies. [sound of artillery] rocket fire from gaza has continued overnight, mostly targeting southern israel. Right now, dozens of hostages are being held by hamas somewhere in gaza with a spokesperson for the military wi
One day soon we will bring back the animal videos. I will see you up in new york tomorrow. See you done. Bret good evening i am bret baier. Coming to you life from inside the u. S. Capital just down the hall from the house chamber. The house essentially frozen and searching for a speaker. The process begins tonight and it has taken on new urgency following the weekend. Strikes against israel. We are waiting for a meeting of House Republicans scheduled to begin it right around now as to begin to vet the two major candidates for the top political post in the chamber. There could be surprises, including from the man who was just removed from the post. The pressure to settle on a speaker quickly has increased exponentially because without a Speaker Congress ability to help israel is greatly reduced. We will talk about all of that as this program proceeds. First, the latest from the middle east. The death toll is estimated at more than 1600 on both sides at this hour and that includes at le
Those are christian villages in northeast syria, kidnapping scores of women, children and the elderly as hundreds more christians have fleed for their lives. let s get the latest on the situation, turning to senior international correspondent ben wedeman. ben, any sense now of where these captives these hostages, have been taken? reporter: no idea john. that of course is the problem with isis within their dark kingdom. we have no idea where they take people. after this incident that happened at about began at about 4:00 in the morning yesterday, we understand from two organizations, the syrian observatory for human rights and the syrian human rights network say that at that time this group of isis fighters approached these two villages in northeastern syria. they overcame the few guards that were in that village and went from house to house, breaking in and dragging out
And then just that we loved each other and gave each other a kiss and a hug like we always did. and you know i left. and when i left he was in the driveway still, trying to get more stuff in there and get going. it must be so difficult for her even as this film is breaking box office records and her husband s killer on trial must be very very difficult for her. 32 minutes past the hour. developing this morning, syrian human rights advocates are raising the alarm. they say isis militants have stormed a syrian village around the town of tal tamer in northeastern syria. kidnapping scores of women, children and the elderly as hundreds more members of this christian group flee for their lives. for the latest on the situation, i want to turn to senior international correspondent ben wedeman. some 700 families fleeing. and the group taking seizing women, children the elderly. what s happening?