now. happening now, gaza bombarded from the air as israel s war against hamas takes an increasingly devastating toll on the ground. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken offering a new condemnation of the rising number of deaths. and breaking news. fbi agents have seized cellphones and an ipad from new york city mayor eric adams. new details on the fundraising investigation as adams declares he has nothing to hide. also tonight, donald trump s bid to delay his criminal classified documents trial has been rejected by the judge. at least for now. the latesten that schedule that would put trump op trial just months before the 2024 election. welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i am jim acosta and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with israel s war against hamas. people in northern gaza experiencing heavy attacks within the last several hours. let s go to cnn s oren liebermann reportin
That s hilarious. another thing crept into the democrat stalling tactics this way. the way brett kavanaugh. he is too political and partisan. he is a republican operative. this from the people who completely convenience rate ruth bader ginsberg. remember what she said? if donald trump gets elected i don t know what will happen to the country. we should move to new zealand. bill: ruth bader ginsberg got 90 votes. goodbye, steve, very much. sandra: an arrest has been made as the f.b.i. in the ricin letters. we ll have an update on this and more just ahead. he seemed like a decent guy. you know his wife well? i ve been friends with his wife for a couple years. did you ever suspect anything like this?
Mattis says this suspicious substance found in envelopes sent to the pentagon monday contained castor seeds, but not the toxin ricin, which is derived castor beans. the suspicious envelopes were sent to fbi laboratories for testing. they were addressed to mattis and john richardson. they tested positive at a pentagon mail screening facility yesterday. the pentagon took reporters to see the mail facility where the letters were found. the photos is what employees in the mail room where every day. a third package was sent to the white house and addressed to president trump and another was sent to ted cruz s texas office. the expected ricin letters never entered the pentagon or the white house. investigators say they have reason to suspect a former sunia i have sailor sent them based on the returned a dress found on
Deutsche chicago pled guilty to ricin letters to the president. the man is expected to spend 25 years in prison for producing and sending the deadly toxin. and number 2, governor chris christie stakes the stage to help raise money for governor rick scott s re-election campaign. this week, some of christi s closest advisers were issued subpoenas in the case. number 4, a judge in south carolina has struck down a law that requires women to have an ultrasound and see the image of the fetus before they get an abortion. yesterday, the judge called the state s law unconstitutional. supporters of the law argue it would discourage women from having an abortion. number 5, california s governor said the state is facing the worst drought. they re asking to cut back on
Be. you compared this to 9/11. why does it compare to 9/11? what does that mean to you? only in the number of victims. it doesn t compare. appare apparently, there is no indication this was a terrorist event. but i hope we all understand that with all these guns loose in society, it doesn t take a terrorist to do what was done here today. to spoil the reputation of this rising neighborhood that is now surrounded by newly built homes and facilities. and i think will continue to thrive. i hope the system doesn t take from what has been one of the most secure facilities in washington and yet one that was not closed down to the public. what you make of these attacks on federal institutions with the big ricin letters and things like that? do you take anything away from that? i don t take anything away from it because this could have been an event that had nothing to do with the federal government. increasingly, i think that s probably the case.