Breaking news as israel remains on very high alert, us officials say they believe iran has not yet decided exactly how to follow through on its threat of retaliation for. The, killing of Hamas Leader In Tehran, also breaking President Biden says hes concerned as word concerned about the prospects for a Gaza Ceasefire Deal as Irans Threat to attack israel looms, the united states dispatching key officials here to the Middle East, just add a very highstakes negotiations on Thursday Welcome to our viewers in the united states and Around The World. Im Wolf Blitzer in Tel Aviv and youre in the Situation Room the skis, cnn, Breaking News we begin with the Breaking News. President biden speaking publicly about the threat of an iranian attack on israel as us officials are sharing their insights as to why Tear Ron has not yet moved ahead with a retaliatory strike you see cnns Nic Robertson is with me here in Tel Aviv. But first lets go to cnns Mj Lee shes over at the White House for us mj. What
Thank you. Sylvie . I have two questions. I would like to go back to the incident. Can you be a little bit more specific and tell us if you can rule out that the attackers were taliban . First. And i would like also to go back to the deadline, the french Foreign Minister said today that its, quote, necessary to continue the evacuations beyond August 31st. Cannot rule out who the hostile actor was in this Shooting Incident last night. I think, as You Saw, central Command Statement referred to it as a hostile actor. We dont know more than that. And this just happened, so i dont know when well have more forensics on this. Again, our focus was on making sure that we could maintain security at the airport. It was maintained. Sadly it resulted in the life of one afghan soldier and wounded several others. So, i mean, obviously thats our focus right now. On the deadline, i Cant Speak for other nation states. I can only speak for the department of defense, and you heard the Secretary Address th
biden refused to take questions. i don t have time to talk to. you why won t you answer our questions, sir? he just seems so out of touch. by blowing off the press again, he also doesn t seem to care. 3, 2, 1 lift off. first ever planetary defense. launched a spacecraft, trying to slam into an asteroid in an attempt to knock the space rock slightly off course. we begin with a fox news alert. the parade tragedy in wisconsin claiming a sixth victim as a little boy i dos from his injuries. steve: heart breaking. the community is stunned to hear the suspect was out on bail after another vehicle attack. brian: this story is just beginning. todd piro is live with the tragic story as we get more and more details. hey, todd. todd: a horrible update this morning, guys, 8-year-old jackson sparks dying from his injuries following the attack on the waukesha christmas parade on sunday. the sixth victim now being mourned by shocked community after darrell brooks drove his red
these attacks. translator: regular peace process was taking place. the curfew introduced saved us all. some people ask why do we need these excess i have measures of precaution. we can see now that they are not excessive. one characteristic of the war repeated russian attacks on civilians. we will have more from ukraine in just a moment. we are also following closely this morning the latest developments after escaped alabama inmate casey white was taken into custody, former corrections officer vicky white is dead following a dramatic ending to an 11-day manhunt for the pair. officials now say vicky white was basically the mastermind behind the whole plan. we re going to bring you a live update from indiana just ahead, and next hour, president biden will speak from the white house where he is expected to outline new steps in the fight against inflation and also efforts to lower costs for americans. this as gas prices see yet another increase. we do want to begin, though,
breaking news in jordan. injured and a drone strike. who order that, and how will america respond? also tonight, 2016 days of a. it s time we ll talk about how we will talk about trump and his current run for the white house. and we could not sign off this weekend without diving into the drama surrounding barbie. the stars, the snubs, and the serious conversations it is all sparking. i m ma mohyeldin. let s get started. we begin this hour, though, with that breaking ne o of the middle east. specifically the reaction tonight here at home. the u.s. military has confirmed that three american troops have injured in a drone strike at a base in northeast jordan near the syrian border known as tower 22. u.s. officials tell msnbc that the drone was filled with explosive and impacted near shelter where troops were sleeping. president biden blamed radical around-backed militant groups for the attack and the u.s. is still, quote, gathering the facts. first time american troops in th