coverage of the iowa caucus will continue. see you sunday morning. happening now, u.s.-led air strikes inseed yemen trigger a vow of retaliation by iran-backed militants. mass protests erupt in yemen and fears of a full scale regional war intensify. also this hour, a potential blizzard and bitter cold are disrupting the final push to the iowa caucuses. we re tracking the candidates and severe weather with only three days to go before the first presidential votes of 2024. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get to our top story tonight. iran-backed houthi militants vowing to hit back after a u.s. led coalition struck their position faze yemen. the national what is president biden saying as the u.s. braces for retaliation? wolf, the president spoke briefly earlier today reiterating that the united states stand as poised to respond to any additional houthi action including missile an
you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary world. you re you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. nikki haley begins her run for competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. could she be target ing presidet biden or form er president donad trump. and later, survivors still being found under the rubble, more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. good to have you with us. the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency is expected to visit east palestine, ohio, in the coming hours, where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the coming month. two weeks since the disaster, residents wait for answers from officials and the rail company on whether their community is safe. cnn jason carol reports. everybody that came here expected a whole lot more than what we re getting right now. reporter: frustration, anger and unanswered questions in east pales palestine, ohio. the railroad did us
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] today the judiciary committee will examine one of the most serious threats facing america today, domestic terrorism. this hearing comes just three weeks after one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in recent memory, the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. the white supremacist entered tops grocery store and massacred ten black americans in cold blood, wounding three others. i want to read into the hearing record names we should not forget of the victims. roberta, andre mcneil. erin. geraldine. celestin cheney. hayward patterson. catherine massey, perl joan and ruth whitfield. behind each of those names is a story. a loving grandmother of six, a sister caring forch her sick brother, a father who at the time of the shooting was buying snacks for aan movie night with his family. every one of these victims left behind loved ones who are grieving that loss, and several of those loved ones are in
in some migrants. cnn goes in a hostile that is hosting asylum seekers. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where officials are claiming progress in the south as russian shelling rains down on the east. ukraine has been pushing forward with its counteroffensive in the kherson region and president zelenskyy says another area has been cleared of russian troops. here he is. translator: the ukrainian military gradually liberates the territory of the kherson region. today a village was returned to our state. there are some successes in the zaporizhzhia region as well. fierce street fights continue in severdonetsk. donbas is holding firm. the losses the occupiers suffered are very heavy. the russian army has already about 32,000 dead souls as of today. what for? what benefits have you gained from this, russia? but russian casualties haven t stopped the kremlin s war. russian artillery is dismantle willing buildings used as sh
hi, everyone, thanks for joining me. i m amara walker in today for fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour with mass d demonstrations nationwide calling for tighter gun laws. more than 300 rallies happening today. some like the event in d.c. underway right now. that is david hogg, he is one of the co-founders of this rally march for our lives and also a survivor of a mass shooting that happened at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. this is renewing calls to lawmakers to address the gun violence epidemic after a series of horrific mass shootings. moments ago, manual oliver, the father of joaquin oliver, killed in the parkland florida shooting had this powerful call to action. listen. and today, from this stage, and alongside joaquin, we want to announce a new kind of call to action. because i think it is time to bring a consequences to your inactions. if lawmakers who have the power to keep us safe from gun violence are going to avoid taking actio