continuing breaking news coverage. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. it is five a.m. and gaza city. fighting between israel and hamas now enters a third day. just the last few, hours nbc news has learned that several u.s. citizens are among those dead and israel. that s according to a national security council spokesperson. the has said it s monitoring the situation closely and the state department is ready to provide assistance to any u.s. citizens ill in the country. ght, now 700 israelis are dead, 2300 injured. according to israeli officials. the palestinian health ministry says their death toll stands at more than 400 with at least 2300 injured. israel has confirmed that forces have taken both military and non military israeli captives. israeli media says that number is actually at 100. it includes, women, children and the elderly. earlier today, family members of some of those taken by hamas held a press conference. they shared their stories and pleaded for help. here i
american history tomorrow, opening arguments are set to begin in the first where he is facing dozens of charges related to film actress stormy daniels. tonight, trump is lashing out at the judge, again, calling for the gag order to be removed. ahead of a hearing on tuesday. prosecutor said last week that trump had already violated that order seven times already. let s get straight to cnn s marshall cohen and joins me here on set. so marshall, tomorrow is going to be unprecedented in so many ways. what are you going to be looking out for? well, i am not looking to see the judge take that gag quarter away. right. we all know that s not going to happen. that s just trump lashing out. he is allowed to attack the judge. he is allowed to attack the da, but he is not permitted to talk about the other prosecutors, the staff at the court. and importantly, the family members of the judge. so he is toeing the line. they re going against the judge saying playing playing within the
imprint.com. imprint for certain cnn breaking news hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m alex marquardt live in washington with our continuing cnn breaking news coverage of iran is unprecedented strike inside israel overnight. it is noon in israel, the country getting back to normal following that historic never before seen attack by iran against israel. take a listen those are the israeli air-raid sirens that israeli citizens to become all too accustomed to in the past six months with the war between israel and hamas but those were not hamas rockets flying it. israel, those were iranian drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. the israeli military saying that more than 300 of those projectiles were fired at israel well over the course of five hours. but the idf says that the vast majority, almost all of 99% were shot down. the few that did get through those formidable american allied and israeli air defenses all acr
also, why are migrant families still being separated at the u.s. border and being left in limbo? i am ayman mohyeldin. let s do it. we begin with an important seismic shakeup in the israeli government. benny gantz, one of the three core members of israel s work cabinet and benjamin netanyahu s top political rival has resigned. in a press conference today he said quote, netanyahu prevents us from moving forward to real victory, and accused his far right coalition of prioritizing political convictions of her work strategy. last month gantz made a public ultimatum, resent a plan for the day after the war in gaza by june 8th or else. it was one of the most visible signs of division within the emergency wartime government. a team of political rivals who had until recently projected unity, but netanyahu has not produced a plan for gaza s future beyond rejecting a two state solution and insisting on israel s long-term security oversight over gaza and the west bank so gantz followe
i am francine lacqua. we will try to figure out politics, geopolitics, and all of the participants are waiting to see what president trump will say. that starts in 30 minutes. i wonder if he will talk tariffs and europe. this is where your markets are. a lot of focus because of the thely virus in china, european stocks a little on the downside. let s get the first word news. we begin with the global economy, it will grow but slower than expected according to the international monetary fund. 0.1% of itsdown projection in october. it is optimistic and says risks are less skewed to the downside. president trump and president macron may have reached a truce on digital. the readout from washington was more muted. preventement may escalation into another trade war. hashina a sars virus entered a new state of severity. the world health organization confirms person-to-person transmission. four people have died. 17 years ago the sars outbreak killed 800 people. mitch mcconnell is pl