Battleground blitz, Donald Trump and his running Mate Targeting with the seven Swing States that could hold the key to winning the White House as new polls show, the republican ticket is doing well in the Sun Belt states and a day of reckoning in lebanon as nearly 300 people are reportedly killed in israeli airstrikes the idf plays a Highrisk Game with its new strategy for confronting hezbollah and new details from the investigation into the Titan Submersible disaster, the Companys Cofounder explains why they needed to build their own subs while defending a controversial decision over how they did it. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central of Battleground States underway today is Election Day is just over six weeks away. Next hour, former President Trump will hold the first of two Campaign Events in the critical cool state of pennsylvania. He is running mate j. D. Vance, campaigning in the Swing State of North Carolina,
though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media is also reporting that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he has ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart sai
firefighters, soldiers and police are searching for survivors as the temperature hits 13 degrees celsius that s about 9 degrees fahrenheit. those efforts carried on into daybreak as authorities warned that more aftershocks may occur. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he s ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted
a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in any civilian way after the war. here s the defense secretary earlier. protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel s bedrock right to defend itself. and we will al
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, may 12th. Happy mothers day to all the mothers out there to you as well . The bonus moms, all the mother figures out there. Im amara walker here with Danny Freeman and of course, meteorologist Allison Chinchar. Here is what were working on for you this morning a dire situation in gaza is growing worse. The un says its humanitarian aid agencies could run out of food by tomorrow. Thousands of people are forced to evacuate russia as a threat of a potential major israeli assault looms law march just hours crews will use small explosives to break apart a massive trunk of the baltimore bridge that collapsed on a cargo ship six weeks ago and it is that time of year we are looking at another threat of severe thunderstorm forms, not just today, but also monday. Well take a look at the timeline and exactly what impacts there will be coming up. And former President Trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen is set to take the stand and the