Terror in israel. A scramble to respond to a brutal attack by Hamas Terrorists against innocent civilians. We will win this war. But the price is unbearable. Could it tip the middle east into chaos. Isr isr israeli minister ron dermer is next. And the american president pledged support for israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. But how will it change this plans for a path forward in the middle east . And impasse . Chaos over the speakers gavel paralyzed a u. S. Congress ready and willing to aid israeli. Mike lawler is coming up. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello, im dana bash In Washington where state of our yunon is praying for a quick end to a new car. We begin with breaking news. Israels ambassador to United States said dozens of americans are among the hamas hostages taken since the explosion of war in israel. The State Department is closely tracking those reports. Here is what the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken told me. We have reports that several americans
The police have arrested the father, Juan Bravo-Torres, who stabbed his daughters and then himself. He is currently confined at the hospital with his 12-year-old.
Across the country as a leading figure in the opposition movement. poland is a country in shock. residents of good downs bring flowers and light candles to grieve for the city s mayor pavel adama vich. despite hours of surgery and hundreds of polish blood donors coming to his aid the mayor died from a stabbing wounds. many people in the city knew him personally. for me it s terrible especially since we went to great school together just over there. i thought he would survive. because of the child just i m just i m physically devastated i m very sad because i saw the mayor very often.
The white house. to underscore his defense of gun rights, he talked about the effects of england s tough gun laws. a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. yes, that s right. they don t have guns. they have knives. and instead, there s blood all over the floors of this hospital. they say it s as bad as a military war zone hospital. knives, knives, knives. london hasn t been used to that. they re getting used to it. it s pretty tough. mr. trump also sarcastically asked whether cars and trucks should be banned because they re also used by terrorists. tourists flocking to hawaii to see the state s famous active
Condition. this indicates some of the stabbing wounds were quite severe. what s the latest where you re at? reporter: that s right, it is entirely possible, brian, and we ve seen this in many attacks of this nature before that the death toll will indeed rise. as you said, so far seven people confirmed dead and 12 people still in hospital in critical condition. meanwhile we re also learning that 12 people have been arrested this morning. notwithstanding that, there has not been a decision made, brian, to lift the threat level to critical. it is currently on severe, which is the second highest level. after the manchester attacks, the threat level was elevated to critical. but in this instance, the impression we re being given is they do not believe there is a larger network beyond the three attackers who, as you said, were killed on the scene, shot dead by police, and i should add, according to british authorities, shot dead within eight minutes. this was an incredibly rapid response f