the union. mom and baby are doing great and both are gorgeous. our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, donald trump and nikki haley are making final appeals in new hampshire with the republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. and the first primary votes just hours away. we re following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the gop nomination. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she is speaking out about the biden campaign, throats democracy and whether she s personally worried about a repeat of violence on january 6th. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, the countdown to the high stakes new hampshire primary. the granite state now holding extraordinary power to speed or slow donald trump s march to the republican presidential nomination. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from salem, new
Pete we begin this hour with a Fox News Alert and Israel Defense Ministry Launching real tear Air Strike Attacks against suspected hamas air targets along the gaza strip this. Is after the israeli Prime Minister declared war following islamist infiltrating israeli territory in a multifront surprise Terrorist Attack against civilians. Carly the white house is responding and National Security spokeswoman addressing the attack saying the u. S. Unequivocally condemns the unprovoked attacks by hamas terrorist against israeli civilians. Theres never any justifyification for any terrorism. More than 22 dead and 500 hurt. Will trey yingst is on the ground in Southern Israel with the latest. Trey. Reporter absolutely. Were getting new numbers now indicating at least 40 israelis are dead and more than 700 wounded, and dozens taken hostage into the gaza strip. Right now off in the distance theres an Israeli Attack helicopter firing missiles into the northern part of the gaza strip. Weve heard exp