with the latest. trey. reporter: molly, good afternoon. a massive explosion early this morning destroyed the only bridge between russia and crimea. the blast and subsequent fire decimating the car and train sections of this bridge. spend large pieces of concrete plunging into the water below. three died after a truck exploded adding an official investigation is underway into the owner of that vehicle. investigative actions being carried out at his place of residence and everything is being studied. reporter: russia used this bridge as a main supply line to support the southern offensive in the region and destruction is viewed as significant intelligence in ukraine and the war rages on in the eastern part of the country and russian forces fired on the second largest city overnight and the missile strikes damaged one of the city s medical centers in a nonresidential building. blasts with the windows shaking and the city tonight remains on edge for the possibility of more
good afternoon, charles. here on the hill, there s plenty of bipartisan support for the speaker of the house as china really starts to ratchet up its aggression to the u.s. and the fact that the speaker was bold enough to make this trip. speaker pelosi is spending the night in taipei tonight after getting a rock star welcome by a sea of people there shortly after she released a statement that attempts to send a message to china that this trip is not a provocation. that is not how china is reading it at all. chinese media has announced that they will start a series of military operations including live fire exercises around taiwan and flying across the median line. now, many republicans are lauding the speaker s trip, which others have taken in the past. they want the white house, specifically the president, to be firm with china. well past time to do this for the united states, to make clear that we will support taiwan if the chinese communists go for the jugular. if they
on israel s roared on hamas. israel defending its strike on it densely populated refugee camp in northern gaza. it s too soon to know the casually can, or the two. a doctor to gaza hospital said they received hundreds of dead or wounded people from that attack there are multiple craters in the ground and huge piles of rubble israel s defense forces says it was targeting the top two mass candor involved in the october 7th rampage. they succeeded they claimed in taking. about dozens of hamas combatants were killed when underground tunnels beneath account collapsed. but innocent lives were also lost. israeli military says it s working to determine the number of civilian deaths. hamas folks person accused israel trying to justify what he got, a heinous crime. against civilians women and children. he denied that the leader claim to kill was even at the camp at the time of the strike. meantime the white house says that despite the blast there are quote indications israel is t
headlines, right? if they say georgia one, that is boring. so put ohio state there and get people talking. andy, thank you so much. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with breaking news. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. breaking this morning, americans and hundreds of other foreign nationals who have been trapped in gaza could be getting out. the same with injured civilians. you re looking at live picture this morning. ambulances have been rushing there after qatar brokered a deal with hamas, egypt to allow 500 foreign nationals to leave gaza. we re told the deal does not include hostages held by hamas. we have team coverage from tel aviv to the white house. let s start with selma in london. what are we learn ing about thi actual deal? who can get out and when? we understand this is a deal that has been mediated by qatar in coordination with egypt and the united states. this is a deal that people have been
The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation (IRIAA) unveils new precision strike, smart and long-range Shafaq missile among latest homegrown latest military achievements during an exhibition in Tehran.