Happening now, israel formally declares war on hamas and the Palestinian Terrorist groups strikes back. Breaking news. Hamas has just fired a new barrage of rockets at israel tonight. And were learning that there has been a direct strike on the city of ash. We welcome our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. And im wolf blitzer and this is a Special Edition of the situation room. Israel at war. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. And were following all of the Breaking News, our correspondents are positioned in israel and indeed Around The World to bring you all of the latet developments in this escalating crisis right now. Raising enorm ow fears of a major war in the middle east. Lets begin with Nic Robertson, youre not far away from the border with gaza. What more do we know about the new round of attacks that is underway right now . Reporter weve been able to see a couple of things from this location, wolf. Were seeing rockets taking off that are not intercepted q
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Last september, cnn s last remaining original employee, senior u.n. correspondent, richard roth, sent a letter to his co workers. he was in desperate need on of a new kidney. he said even though he received one 25 years ago, it was now dieing inside of him. that s when his colleague samira gentleman farry answered the call. they started intense testing around thanksgiving to see if she was a match. richard successfully received a kidney from the woman who he now calls his heroine. i want to ask you both the same question. richard, starting with you.
The theme of this year s easter egg roll is eggucation. this is something she wanted to and appears now the president is headed back towards the oval office, and the first lady will probably hang out a little bit longer, but despite the weather, i have to say, people are really enjoying today s festivities. there was no covid testing required, no vaccination proof required. so this is certainly an outdoor event, the biggest of its kind in two years here at the white house. bianna? nice to see those kids having fun out there. kate bennett, thank you. thank you. we have some other good news. this morning, we get to celebrate a true cnn hero who answered the call to save one of our own. last september, senior u.n. correspondent richard roth, you may remember cnn s last remaining original employee back to 1980 sent a letter to his coworkers, including us. in it, he made a desperate plea. he needed a new kidney.