comment for the story. wolf? thanks very much. erin burnett outfront starts right now. the breaking news. all eyes on the white house as biden vows to retaliate after three u.s. soldiers were killed by a drone strike and tonight, we hear from the parents of one of those soldiers. plus, trump s new target tearing into the president of the united auto workers, calling him a weapon of mass destruction and a dope for backing biden. tonight, the president of the uaw is outfront to respond. and inside kim jong-un s inner circle. women are elevated there now and men who pose a threat are ending up dead. let s go outfront. a good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, retaliation. president biden meeting with his national security team vowing to respond after three american soldiers were killed by an iranian-backed drone strike in jordan. 40 more were injured and of those eight are still in the hospital. suffering from their injuries. it is an attack in which we n
Monday. Its 4 00 in new york. So each of the civil and criminal cases brought against donald trump and at this point there are plenty to choose from, slice right to the core of his persona in unique and distinct ways. Contempt for the rule of law, a disregard for our very democracy, even an embrace of Political Violence. But the trial that started today in manhattan that 250 million civil Fraud Lawsuit brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James against donald trump, trumps company and his two adult sons is fundamentally different from those. It cuts deep into trumps most base instincts, his compulsive need to exaggerate the size of all things. His woefully and knowingly penchant for lying over and over again. His defrauding, defrauding his customers and the public. Well, at least thats according to Attorney General tish james. Today both sides delivered Opening Statements, the attorney Generals Team sought to convince the judge in this case that trump should be barred from doin
Hey, ari. Thank you very much. We are planning a big show, here, bear with us, we have donald trump facing the fraud trial as soon as this monday, with Special Report, and d. A. Fani willis, taking on trump and the sprawling rico case will begin with trunks address, take a listen. There is an Extremist Movement that does not share the basic belief in our democracy. The Maga Movement and there is no doubt that Todays Republican Party is driven and intimidated by maga republican extremist. They are not hiding their attacks, they are openly promoting them. Trump says the constitution gave him the right to do whatever he wants as president. End of quote. I have never heard a President Say that even in jest. The president , making those comments about the threatening remarks to general mark millie, which were a very big deal. Donald trump posted online an attack on milley, then sa in different time, the punishment would have been death. This is, by any measure, a major scandal. It is not so
there is growing concern about the dire state of hospitals in gaza. the biggest, al shifa hospital, is not functioning at all according to the world health organization. this map shows all of the gaza hospitals. you this map shows all of gaza s hospitals marked by the red dots the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza s second biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al shifa hospital in gaza. here s some of what marwan abu saada had to say about conditions there. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can t move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 it was 39 three of them who lost their lives. two of them lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen, bec
for watching. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. i ll be bae back tomorrow in te aviv as well. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, the breaking news. new flares over gaza as israel launches its biggest air assault on the strip since the start of the war. israeli forces now coming face-to-face with hamas fighters. plus, fears of a second war growing at this hour. cnn witnessing more rockets entering israel from lebanon tonight. and cnn learns hezbollah is about to get a russian military added. and on outfront exclusive, janet yellen on why the house has just passed aid package for israel is bad for the united states. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. we are seeing new flares now over the gaza strip. what you re looking at took place just moments ago as part of a dangerous new phase in the war between israel and hamas. rockets have been raining down on gaza over the past few hours. you can see what