You are in the, cnn newsroom. Hi, everyone. I am jessica dean in washington and we begin this hour at the white house President Biden unexpectedly on his way back to the white house right now, were turning from delaware to meet with his National Security council over rising tensions in the middle east. Us officials including biden himself warned and iranian attack on israeli territory could be coming within the next few days leaving both the us and Israeli Forces on high alert. And weve already seen some aggression this morning as ronnie and forces seized a Container Ship with ties to an israeli businessman. It was intercepted in the strait of hormuz. The only Shipping Routes that connects the persian gulf to the open ocean and joining us now senior White House House reporter kevin liptak and Senior International correspondent been wedeman. Lets talk to kevin first. We know the president is on the way back to the white house. How is it responding to this moment . As israel awaits of Po
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in the area at the moment. reporter: the white house says they paused departures at west coast airports because of the test, but it is unclear why a launch thousands of miles away had any effect on flights in the u.s. when the military was able to say the launch was no threat to the united states. there was a 15 minute ground stop and they did it out of abundance of caution and they re assessing the approach moving forward. the faa statement made no mention of north korea or the missile launch. that came from the white house and other officials. the faa says they often take precautionary measures, and that s true, but that s not in response to a missile launch thousands of miles away. faa says process of ordering ground stop is under review, jake. oren lieberman at the pentagon. in the the situation room, questions about novak djokovic s visa application.
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