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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm leila torok. escalating tensions in the middle east. israel's military carries out attacks in syrian territory, casting a shadow over a weekend of religious celebrations were live in jerusalem with the latest abortion pill controversy will examine the contradictory rulings that led to a legal standoff over an established medication to induce abortion. and the cultural war debate over transgender athletes will speak to a 13 year old transgender cross country runner and his mother on their experience with discrimination. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with laila harre. one of the holiest times of the year, is now underway in jerusalem, religious events of different

faiths are being observed from easter sunday mass to prayers during ramadan to the passover priestly blessing happening right now, with thousands of worshippers gathering at jerusalem's western wall. earlier muslim worshippers were seen praying peacefully at the al aqsa mosque. it was in stark contrast to the scene from last week when israeli forces violently raided the compound. jourdan has warned that if worshippers are attacked again, there would be more catastrophic consequences for everyone. that's on top of all the violence we've seen since last week's raid. in the latest escalation, israel has carried out a new wave of attacks in syrian territory. seen as a some abdulaziz joins us now from jerusalem with more salma. the i d f the israel defense forces say they have struck targets in syrian territory working, you tell us yes, a lot taking place this morning. we understand from

the israeli military. it says that it struck back after late saturday, three rockets were fired from syria. syria for its part, says it was responding to israeli attacks inside syrian territory. something that is really authorities have neither confirmed or denied. israel says it did respond to those three rockets from syria, with fighter jets hitting military targets inside syria, including radar systems. a drone was used as well. according to israeli authorities to hit the launching pads of those rockets that were fired into israel. already siri responded yet again and israeli authority thing they responded to that response as well. but beyond this tip for tat, really , what you need to take away from this is that this area of tension, this area of concern during this heightened period is now expanding. leila that's the main point here. we already had rocket fire in the last few days coming from gaza. coming from southern lebanon as well. now syria being added to that

theater of concern in all of this comes at a time when everyone is looking at the old city. remember that this latest bout of violence really began at al marks, but aqsa mosque rather on wednesday when israeli police raided al aqsa mosque right now , again, all eyes back at that flashpoint complex known as al haram al sharif, the noble sanctuary to muslims known as temple mount. two jews right now , there are coinciding, overlapping prayers taking place . you have those live images showing what is called the priestly blessing a very important and special prayer in judaism taking place at the western wall simultaneously overnight, there were prayers taking place at al aqsa mosque. it's important to note here that it's also the holy month of ramadan. very normal part of tradition of ramadan is to pray overnight in mosques, so that was taking place as well. that took place peacefully last night, but this morning eyewitnesses saying that muslim worshippers were blocked band from entering for dawn prayers

at the mosque. and then as well. in the old city. you have easter services taking place. there seems to be a bit of back in fourth overnight, with israeli authorities, accusing some people accusing some people inside al aqsa mosque of barricading themselves inside. jordan was quick to respond to this aside. note. it is jordan's al work for organization of jordan, which manages that holy site for muslims, saying that israeli police would see an increase in violence and escalation of violence if they did yet again raid the mosque. of course that happened peacefully but again, this is just a moment of really high intentions. three different faiths observing their religious traditions, all at once under a very heavy police presence of final note again on the noble sanctuary on the temple mount this morning. there were also non muslim visitors, jewish visitors at that site coinciding at a time when muslims were ending their prayers again.

that's something that took place quietly, but it seems all sides here. want this to go ahead, go underway everyone to carry out their religious practices without incident, but a very heightened times of tension in a concern that there could be friction there. some of the diseases are reporting for you from jerusalem. thank you so much, salma. earlier this week, israel launched strikes in southern lebanon sing. it was also responding to rocket fire from that area. cnn's scott mclean is life for you in lebanon. now with more scott, could we see lebanon being dragged into hostilities? and what would it mean for and battled lebanon? okay. leila, the state of lebanon may not be firing the rockets towards israel, but they undoubtedly have a role to play here. the lebanese army has been busy trying to prevent the next potential attack, trying to find the rockets and rocket launchers that may be used. in fact, they found a rocket in an orchard in southern lebanon just yesterday

afternoon in the area that we actually traveled to as well but their task is a lot easier said than done things here, especially in southern lebanon or complicated, especially given the factions, given the militant groups and given the simple fact that when it comes to especially the palestinian refugee camps, the lebanese authorities don't have a real effective way to actually police these areas and this is these are the places where lebanese foreign minister at least believes that some of these rockets are actually originating from and even outside the camps. if you just look at the landscape, and we saw it for ourselves, there's plenty of good spots to hide weapons. if you wanted to do that, in the hillsides in the orchards there as well, and there's plenty of people that you run into that have an ax to grind with israel. and when we went to the first bombing site, we found some of them. this was a bridge that had been built over an irrigation channel that took a direct hit. presumably this could have been a spot

where you could hide weapons, though the locals there told us that there weren't any there, and this would not have been a great hiding place, but they also some of them made no apologies for the barrage of rockets from lebanon, the most since 2006 that were fired in the direction of israel. one man said that look, the lebanese firing of rockets should be a message that the lebanese people stand for resistance, and when i asked him whether he wanted peace with israel has the answer was pretty blunt. of course not, but keep in mind that this man really had nothing to lose. he wasn't that close a few miles to where these bombs actually came down. it's a different story. when you talk to the farmer whose children were sleeping when the roof of their farmhouse caved in due to the force of the blast. one of the points, layla and that is that we also went to the area where the lebanese military says that the rockets actually were launched from we couldn't find anyone who was real keen to talk to us on camera, but we did find one man who who spoke to us off camera and he said that look he doesn't

support this kind of escalation, he said. when his kid gets scared, he also gets scared in this, frankly, is not the time. if there's good news, it's that the israelis have indicated that unless there is new rocket fire from lebanon, they're not going to strike back again. leila scott mclean reporting for you from beirut. thank you so much, scott. well known and established medication to induce abortion is now at the center of a legal standoff that could end up before the us supreme court. that's because of two apparently contradictory rulings that were handed down last week. resolution of the controversy could have far reaching impact. cnn's there was the floors has our report. what we have. here are two federal orders on abortion that have created a chaotic legal landscape in the united states. let me take you through it. first we have an order issued by a texas judge that suspends the fda approval of a drug called preston. now

there is a separate order for a separate case out of the state of washington and the federal judge there ordered the federal government to keep access to this drug in at least 17 states and the district of columbia. now it's important to point out that what's at the center of these cases is not the right to abortion. that was the question that went before the u. s. supreme court this past summer when the u. s supreme court overturned roe v. wade. the question of the center of these cases is administrative law. what it really is, is it's a statue that allows the fda to regulate medications. in this case, mr preston now the plaintiffs argued that the fda approval was flawed that the fda did not consider the risks to women and girls. and the fda fought against that, saying that this drug is safe that has been used by millions of women that

women in the united states depend on this drug. now the judge in texas put a pause to his order for seven days, which means that access to this drug right now is uninterrupted. it is available now, let me take you through a portion of disorder because some of the language is important. judge matthew chasm eric out of texas did not mince words he ripped apart. the fda approval of this drug in his 67 page order, and i want to take you through some of the points that he made. he says that the fda s refusal to impose certain restrictions on this drug quote resulted in many deaths and many more severe or life threatening adverse reactions he goes on to say due to the fda lax reporting requirements. the exact number is not ascertainable, but it is likely far higher than its data indicate. goes on to say whatever the numbers are, they likely would be considerably lower. had fda not acquiesced to

the pressure to increase access to chemical abortion at the expense of women's safety. now there's been a lot of reaction from leading medical groups. these are the scientists because there's one important note to make here. this judge is not a subject matter expert. he's not a doctor, so it's the doctors, the scientists who are coming out in droves to fact check to correct the record that's spelled out in this order. one of those organizations is the american medical association, the president of that association, issuing a statement saying, in part that this ruling quote flies in the face of science and evidence and threatens to upend access to a safe and effective drug courts. disregard for well established scientific facts in favor of speculative allegations and ideological assertions will cause harm to our patients and undermines the health of the nation. there is no question

that this judge was sympathetic towards these plaintiffs during the four hour hearing that happened last month. there's no question that that was exactly what was happening in court, but he appeared to be skeptical. but now that we read this order now that we read the language in the order that 67 pages where he rips apart the fda s arguments, it is very clear that this judge is also ignoring the arguments made by the fda, which, at the key of that argument was the fact that the fda stated explicitly that this drug is safe. rosa flores, cnn, houston. the u. s. justice department intends to appeal the ruling in texas, and critics have been publicly denouncing the decision as another attempt to block access to abortion. take a listen to us senate majority leader chuck schumer. i think the republicans know that these their decisions that dobbs

decision, this court decision are wildly unpopular with the american people. they're probably least in some of the survey data on popular with a large number of republicans. so what? they are afraid to speak out, but that is outrageous. well new york's democratic governor is also speaking out, pointing the finger at quote extremists in the republican party and predicting the issue will be central and next year's presidential election. the two tennessee lawmakers whom republicans ousted from the statehouse last week soon, maybe heading right back. democrats justin jones of nashville and justin pearson of memphis, who are black, were expelled from office allegedly for breaching decorum during a gun control protests on the house floor. third democrat who is white, survived expulsion by a single vote. it was the first time multiple lawmakers have been kicked out of the house in the

same session since 18 66. their supporters say they are enraged , but what they view as an attack on democracy. it was both and raging, but also incredibly inspiring to see so many tennessee and fighting for democracy, fighting for gun reform and really, just the energy that, um, but this has led to in our movement here in tennessee. this is not just a moment for us organizers here in tennessee. this is a part of a movement. we've been on the ground knocking doors. we've been bringing young people out to do voter registration and to mobilize and organize people to action. and those three who were expelled or the to work building and gloria johnson. they represent our movements. they are our leaders. they are the people that are people elected. and it was just heartbreaking to witness what i say public lynching of two black men in our state capital. now local commissions will choose interim lawmakers until special

elections can be held. but in both cities it appears the commissioners just might choose jones and pearson to retake their seats. cnn's israel rose salas has details. the spotlight right now is shining on those two vacant state house seats. local lawmakers in the districts of jones and pearson right now they're working to determine those next steps that tennessee constitution empowers them to appoint an interim successor. so we could be looking at a situation here where these ousted lawmakers are put back into their same seats. on friday , we saw the white house sending support in the way of vice president kamala harris. she flew to tennessee. she met one on one with the so called tennessee three, and she also spoke before a crown. listen. it wasn't about the three of these leaders. it was about who they were representing. it's about whose voices they were channeling. understand that. and

is that not what a democracy allows. democracy says you don't silence the people. you do not stifle the people. you don't turn off their microphones when they are speaking. this week. all eyes on nashville and memphis are two biggest cities in the state of tennessee, an important meeting for the metro council happening over a nashville on monday where they are looking to not only nominate , but also to appoint representative justin jones, former representative back into his same seat. we're told by a city council member jeff syracuse, that they have the numbers that they have a super majority in order to push that vote through and meanwhile, over in memphis in the shelby county area, the commissioner's office they're mckell lowry, the chairman of the board of commissioners, saying that they will not discuss pearson's

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reports at least 58 warplanes and nine ships have been detected in the taiwan strait sunday. it says more than half of those aircraft flew into taiwan's air defense identification zone. a trove of what apparently are u. s intelligence documents recently ended up on social media, and now that news is triggered investigations by the u. s. justice department and the pentagon. cnn's kindly, atwood tells us from washington. some of the information is marked top secret and includes information on u. s relations with ukraine, israel, south korea and others. the department of justice has now opened an investigation into this apparent trove of classified u. s documents that have appeared on social media sites in recent weeks, and these documents cover a wide range of topics like us support for ukraine. south korean officials

concerns about providing ammunition to the united states that could then be given to ukraine to be used in the ukraine war you a united arab emirates ties to russia information having to do with us. the allies such as israel now we don't know the source of these leaks, and we also can't independently verify that these documents haven't been altered in some way, but they do appear similar to the initial trove of documents having to do with the u. s support for ukraine that caught attention earlier in the week, and u. s officials did confirm that those documents appeared to be authentic now, in addition to the department of justice, opening this investigation, the pentagon says they are looking into the matter and looking at these documents is pretty surreal because they are photos of crumpled up pieces of paper that have classified markings on them. some holding top secret markings, which is the highest level of classification, some holding markings of the office at the

pentagon that advises president biden so obviously creating quite a bit of alarm among us officials, particularly at the pentagon. kylie atwood, cnn washington. ukrainian troops are fighting to keep a lifeline open for the embattled city of mahmoud. cnn team reports near constant artillery fire in the town of how cvr key supply route . the fighting suggests ukrainians are working hard to keep russians away from that road as they tried to regain ground and mahmoud. meanwhile ukraine says its energy system has been struck by more than 1200, russian rockets and drones . that statement didn't say over which period of time but the energy grid has been repeatedly targeted for months. and we're hearing personal stories from a group of ukrainian children who were allegedly deported by

russia. more than 30 of them returned to ukraine on friday after spending months in russia and occupied crimea. cnn's nick paton walsh was there when the children were reunited with their families. jubilant scenes in kiev as ukrainian ngo save ukraine returned home a number of children who have gone through hellish months in a very securities route out of occupied parts of ukraine, held by russia back through russia proper itself, um belarus into ukraine itself. some of these children accompanied out on a rescue mission by their own parents. some of these children guided out by the parents of other children who had the power of attorney from their own families to bring them back to ukraine proper. we spoke to one mother and son arena and bogged down from head office on one of the first part of ukraine to be occupied by russia, and she recalled how horrified she'd been struggling to get through to her 13 year old son, finally

reaching a teacher. despite the appalling phone connections, here's what they had to say. we were driving here for nearly a week, and i met my mother for the first time in six months. we went to the summit camp for two weeks, but we got stuck there for six months. why should i cry now? but i cried when i saw my mom from the bus. i'm very happy to be back. there was no phone connection. i was very worried. i didn't know anything, whether he was being abused what was happening to him? i was calling his teacher asking for at least five minutes just to hear my son's voice to make sure he was alright. my hands are still shaking down there. very cavalier flipping and seems to have sort of washed off him or the fear of those months, but still clear that for six months he was held against his will and part of a number of stories we heard of these rescued children deported held against their world some further inside russia

in occupied parts of ukraine, part of this pattern of behavior that's behind the international criminal court's indictment against russian president vladimir putin and his envoy for child welfare, saying this is happening, according to ukraine on a scale of possibly tens of thousands. of children but startling scenes of jubilation here as its ngo continues to try and bring to light through small numbers of children rescued and brought back to ukraine. quite frankly, the horror of these families forcibly separated by russia during their invasion. nick paton walsh. cnn kiev, ukraine. the woman accused of the bombing that killed russian military blogger of lachlan tutor ski is said to be cooperating with investigators. that's according to russian state media. daria trip over was charged with terrorism offenses in connection with the tar skis, killing and put under arrest through at least june. 2nd trip over faces up to 20 years in prison. her husband told an

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injustice. the icy winds of war. it's easter sunday, the holiest day of the christian calendar, celebrating the resurrection of jesus. and that was francis leading the easter vigil service at the vatican on saturday, and soon the pontiff will be presiding over easter, mass. thousands of the faithful are already gathered in st peter's square, as you can see right now. the pope has been recovering from bronchitis after being hospitalized last week. cnn's delia gallagher has more a beautiful easter vigil on saturday evening in a darkened st peter's basilica, with pope francis lighting the easter candle in the back of the church . the pope also baptized eight people, including one american during the service. now pope francis has managed to make most of the events of holy week, the week leading up to easter here at the vatican, with the exception of friday evening in

front of the coliseum for the way of the cross, the vatican said that the cold weather would just prevent him from going now . normally that would be a concern when a pope skips and event like that. but given that francis is 86 years old, getting over about of bronchitis, and the event is held at nine o'clock at night in indeed a cold rome these days, it seems instead just a prudent decision to let the pope rest. francis has one more easter event on sunday morning in st peter's square. and that would wrap up for him what has been a very challenging week, but he has proven to be up to the challenge . delia gallagher, cnn rome. the iranian government is turning to modern technology to find and punish women who don't cover their head in public. women have been required to wear her job since the iranian revolution in 1979 well recently, iranian police put down protests by women flouting the job loss. now

please are going to use smart cameras to identify women who bare their hands in public. what is the for that plan over the use of advanced technology and equipment. the person is identified will be warned that person will be introduced to the judicial system with the documents to deal with this show. on march 30th two women without the hijab were in a store in northeastern iran when they were confronted by an angry man who dumped yogurt on them. the two women were arrested for not obeying the her job law. the man was arrested for quote, disturbing order. just ahead proposed restrictions on transgender participation in school sports are being discussed at the state and federal level. i'll speak with a transgender student athlete from kansas. let's just passed a ban.

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cnn news central monday at nine eastern. the biden administration has proposed a new federal role that would allow schools to enforce some restrictions on transgender student athletes. but it opposes policies that would categorically banned those students from participating on teams consistent with their gender. and while in texas transgender women and girls will no longer be able to compete on teams consistent with their gender, that's after state lawmakers. overrode the governor's veto. the ban applies from kindergarten through college and goes into effect. july 1st. joining me now are alex and cat poland. alex is a transgender cross country runner. cat is alex's mother and lgbtq rights advocate and coordinates the gate strait alliance at alex's school. together they are lobbying for

trans rights, and they join me now from hutchinson, kansas. let me get your reaction and alex, please feel free to jump in. how do you feel about the biden administration's proposed rule that will prohibit outright bans on transgender athletes but will allow some limits. i was grateful to hear that he was making, um, some kind of an effort to address this issue. um when i learned more about it, though, i realized there could potentially be a lot of loopholes that schools might use to continue prohibiting trans athletes. so i do find that concerning. what do you think people get wrong about trans kids wanting to participate in school sports? i think a lot of people think that there's disadvantages and advantages with um like biological sex and things, mainly with trends. women. and thinking that there will have an advantage over

status. girls because they have more testosterone things. and i don't know. i just think that we should get to participate in sports like normal kids and not have to be singled out by mainly adults because. i on sports, i practice it. none of the kids really said anything to me directly like with tennis. i it wasn't no one really necessarily said anything to me, but i overheard a lot of transphobic homophobic racist. semitic things like that. and, um i didn't really want to be. i was scared. that's because some kids don't know and i was scared that kids would figure out and then i'd get harassed like more and stuff and so i didn't wanna have to go to practice scared. i'm really sorry, alex that you had

to go through that. and what would you tell other parents cat who are going through a similar situation. yeah that's a great question. um, i was fortunate to, um, know some people who could connect me with support groups, i would say reach out. um find support networks reach out to other parents of trans children. there's a wealth of information out there. um unfortunately there um, is a wealth of misinformation out there as well. so um, you know, the american medical association american cycle psychological association. there are research resources out there that can give you good and accurate information and helpful information to help navigate this with your child. now, as you know, there have been several proposed bands across the country that have sought to restrict or prohibit the participation of trans student athletes on sports team. um

what's your hope for what should happen? what would be your ideal solution? yeah i just think that there shouldn't be all this stuff. that you have to go through and adults debating whether or not you should be able to play on a middle school sports team in my instance just because your genitals are different from other kids, which that part doesn't have anything to do with this for obviously. yeah i would echo what alex says that, um there shouldn't be the barriers there and, um in the night in an ideal world, every child would get to participate in an athletic team, especially that aligns with their gender and just have fun and get exercise and enjoy all the things that sports can bring. final thought from both of you would do you want people to know? above everything? that's another good question. um i want

people to know that, um being transgender is very real. it's not something that somebody chooses and transgender people can have wonderful, beautiful, healthy, thriving lives, but we just need to get out of their way and give them the best support that we can. definitely i think that people should just know that. transgender people are just normal people and a lot of people a lot of times when you tell people hey, i'm transgender. that's kind of all they see you as um but, um, me. i'm just a normal kid. i'm have things in common with all the other boys. my age and being transgender is just something that i am and it doesn't i guess defined me as a person. and that's not all i am. alex and cat poland. thank you so much. thank you. so much for coming on. thank you, of course. in the

us there is a new reality for expecting mothers giving birth could be more dangerous based on where you live. a new study shows the highest rates of life threatening complications are in washington, d c. california nevada, new jersey and new york . well, this is hundreds of hospitals across the country are shutting down their maternity wards, forcing expectant mothers into long drives for care. cnn's elizabeth cohen has more. delivering babies is one of the most important things that a hospital can do. but now many hospitals are saying they're not going to do it anymore. bonner county, idaho picture perfect, idyllic a great place to ski or swim or fish, but not a great place to have a baby. i just found out a couple of weeks ago via facebook that my local hospital is shutting down there. obi units. leandra right, has six children, and now she's five months pregnant with her 7th 10

. minutes away is bonner general hospital where they have been delivering babies for more than 70 years, but next month, they'll stop. that means when lee andrews new baby is born this summer, she'll have to do this 40 mile drive all the way to cord, elaine. on a good day, it will take 45 minutes. it's frustrating and worrisome. leandra has a history of fast laborers. her son, noah was born on the way to the hospital. my fifth child was born on the side of the highway. new moms and bonner county aren't alone since 2011 217 hospitals in the us have closed their labor and delivery departments in the past year alone, hospitals across the country have stopped delivering babies. money is one reason the american hospital association points out that almost half of us births are paid for by medicaid, which has low reimbursement rates. employer sponsored insurance pays about

$15,000 for delivery and medicaid pays about 6500. bonner general says one reason for shuttering their obstetrics unit is because they won't have enough providers certified in neonatal resuscitation and abortion laws appear to be playing a role to hospital press release says due to idaho's legal and political climate, highly respected, talented physicians are leaving. the idaho legislature continues to introduce and passed bills that criminalized physicians for medical care nationally, recognized as the standard of care. well bonner didn't specifically name abortion. the state does have one of the strictest anti abortion laws in the country, banning the procedure almost completely, with only a few exceptions. next month, leandro's obstetrician will stop seeing her. even existing patients will have to find other services. it just really is surreal that that it's something i have to worry about.

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basketball association association says it will investigate the curious case of the dallas mavericks and why it benched five of its top players and he crucial game the mavericks were playing the chicago bulls friday night for a chance to make it into a play in tournament but losing man they would end up 10th in the nba's overall standings, meaning they wouldn't have to give away. an upcoming first round draft pick, but to be clear the mavs have not said why it kept its top players after court and have yet to comment on the investigation. organizers of the masters hope the bad weather is finally behind them so players can complete golf's first major tournament of the season later today. well, the master's website says the third round is set to resume at 8 30 local time . every wayne on saturday drenched the augusta national course, forcing yet another suspension of play cnn's sports don riddell has the story.

beautiful isn't it? the australians have always excelled at irony, and adam scott captured the mood perfectly. at augusta national. i mean, i feel like i just survived early on saturday morning play resumed at the masters tournament organisms we're trying to make up for lost time the previous day when inclement weather, which toppled several trees, called a halt to the action, almost half the players returned to the course to complete their second rounds , trying to keep their hopes afloat in a torrential downpour. i think i'm good in the umbrella bone. he's got a hold umbrella. i've got a homely umbrella. he's got to clean the ball. and you know you kind of have to work together a little bit. and if you're not used to it, it can get awkward brutal this morning because it's just so cold temperature had plummeted from the mid eighties to a real feel of 39 degrees, even some of the world's best players struggled to hold it together. two time major winner justin thomas was all at sea capsizing and missing

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