And promise access to the crash sight. Malaysian government said it is against decency if the plane was shot down. So two major news stories for you this news hour, in a moment we will have the latest on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight mh 17 which came down in Eastern Ukraine, all 298 people on board were killed. But we begin in gaza where israel launched a ground offensive and prepared to widen the operation that began overnight. Palestinians in gaza faced attacks from the air and sea over the last ten days and now from tanks and soldiers. Hamas which runs the territory condemned the invasion, at least 265 palestinians have been killed since the violence began, 24 of them died overnight and on friday morning. People in gaza say they have been terrified by the invasion. Mary anna hunt reports. Reporter it started in the early hours, a steady stream of israeli tanks and troops making their way into gaza. Israel wants to stop hamas fighters from using tunnels to get in israel and
Rico reporting record hospitalizations. Yesterday afternoon, floridas Miamidade County ran out of icu beds. Texas and two other states reporting their highest singleday death totals. Texas and florida, both reporting more than 10,000 new cases on wednesday. This morning, cases increasing in 39 states. School districts in houston and San Francisco announcing they will begin the new school year online, defying President Trumps call to get students back in the classroom. Alabama will now enforce a masked mandate, but highrisk states like georgia, florida, and arizona continue to resist a mask mandate. Its way, way more than just resist a mask mandate in georgia. The governor there justsigned an order preventing cities from issuing mandatory mask orders, so cities that want to make masks mandatory, they cant. And thats in a state reporting record hospitalizations. 137,000 deaths in america now, near record cases, near record hospitalizations. So whats the president s plan . We have a new
Remarks about americas war dead. A former Senior Administration official tells cnn trump referred to fallen u. S. Service members in crude and derogatory terms largely confirming a report from the atlantic magazine which cited sources who said trump referred to u. S. War dead as losers and suckers. Straight to the white house now and cnns jeremy diamond. Jeremy, had th has been described to me as an avalanche of tellall books that put the president in less than flattering light. How are officials inside the white house reacting . Reporter no doubt. And it does seem to be an avalanche of books. And with two months left until the election this is the time when voters are tuning in to try and make their decision about the president ial election. And they have a series of books, at least three of them now that we know of, including the Michael Cohen book where we hear Michael Cohen describe the president as a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man, and that is jus
The centers for Disease Control now investigating as officials reveal samples were shipped under less rigorous conditions since it was believed the bacteria was dead. Nbc news reporting fed ex transported the samples. Fed ex tells cnn theyre working with officials to gather information. No known risk to the general public and no suspected or confirmed cases of anthrax infection. This comes less than a year after a similar mishap at the centers for Disease Control. They shipped what they thought was dead agent so several locations and it was not. It was live anthrax. Alisyn. All right. They have got to figure that one out. Barbara, thanks so much for that update. We have some breaking news this morning. The new York City Police department and other Law Enforcement agencies across the country ramping up surveillance on suspected isis sympathizers in the u. S. Cnns justice reporter evan perez is here with all the developing details. What do we know evan . Good morning, alisyn. There are h
Duncan. The cdc says the nurse was wearing protective gear, groffs, gown, pack, the infection could have resulted when she took her contaminated gear off. The care of ebola can be done safely, but its hard to do it safely. Reporter the cdc says two procedures performed on duncans last of life, intbation to help him breathe and kidney dialysis are unusual and put Health Care Workers at risk of bodily fluids. I have not heard of any ebola patient undergoing intbation or kidney dialysis and nurses are not properly trained. We hear they have not been following proper protocol when we have been is asking the hospitals around the country to provide us with training. Reporter this is another ebola patient isolated in a boston hospital complaining of headaches. A Spokesman Says the chances he has ebola are extremely low him meanwhile, more ebola scares over the week. A passenger became ill on the flight from new york to los angeles. Ebola was quickly ruled out. Now, the two procedures we menti