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 he s concerned as word concerned about the prospects for a gaza ceasefire deal as iran s 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. I m wolf blitzer in tel aviv and you re 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 cnn s nic robertson is with me here in tel aviv. But first let s go to cnn s mj lee she s over at the white house for us
Afternoon so that would be, i guess, a third time for good. But that included things like this drone activity that we just talked about. The gentleman from california has recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Director, thank you for appearing and the extraordinary job you are doing. Please convey our thanks to women and men at the bureau for their incredible work. I work with him $0. 06 a u. S. Attorney more than 30 years ago. Let me start and i m question about when i applied to be an assistant u. S. Attorney i had to go through a background check. Do candidates for the fbi have to go through background checks? yes. Would somebody with dozens of felony conviction survive a background check from the bureau? no. So they would never be hired by the bureau? no. So clearly, the bureau, you don t have to commit on this and i know you won t but they have hundreds for they were hiring and one of america s great political parties. Let me turn to the events of the tragic shooting. Have you been
And a local officer confronted the gunman moments before he started firing at president trump. And what appears to be a bullet flying passed the former president s head. And president biden addressing the nation just a short time ago. This evening here, this investigation and the images now seen around the world. The assassination attempt on donald trump s life. The gunman opening fire roughly eight and a half minutes after trump took the stage. The bullet piercing his upper right ear. Trump s microphone picking up the screams of people yelling, get down. Inside the secret service response tonight. What the agents can be heard saying on trump s microphone. And the chilling photographs showing a bullet flying by the former president s head. Trump reaching for his ear. The blood visible on his hand. A gunman firing from a rooftop less than 200 yards away. And the three men shot in the crowd. One did not survive. A firefighter, husband, father of two daughters killed. Tonight pennsylvania
An 18yearold winning the highlycoveted u. S. Women s open. It was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. For the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. One by one, the names of the victims read aloud. Each one, precious to those who knew them. The grief and sorrow of so many captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. My uncle, firefighter christopher michael mazulo. I know you are with us every day watching over us and even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. Mom always tells me all the crazy, fun things you did and i m sure if you were here, i d probably be doing them with you. And new york city, right now, two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. The 20th anniversary ceremonies were also held at the pentagon and in penn
Airport, the president said this. No the best of our knowledge, the taliban check points are letting through people showing american passports. Now, that s a different question when they get into the rush and crowd of all the folks just outside the wall near the airport. That s why we had, yesterday or the day before, we went over the wall and brought in, how many? 169 americans. Sgr right now at kabul s airport, we re told some flights have resumed after no planes took off for ten hours. Thousands of people there still stranded. Soldiers on the runway told cnn that 10,000 people had their paper work processed and ready to go but they were stuck in the blistering sun after the country they were being evacuated to said they reached capacity and k could handle no more. The united arab emirates will host 5,000 afghans on a temporary basis after a request from the united states government. They are scrambling to enlist over nations to accept evacuees. We are waiting for this briefing. How