i want to go back to jim sciutto is joining us from tel aviv right now. i know you're getting some new information, jim, what are you learning? >> that's right wolf, we're learning that just since five-thirty am local time. so just over the course of about the last 15 minutes, there have been approximately 150 launches from lebanon towards israel there were interceptions of some of those launches that coincides with the picture you were showing there on our screen. now, those those flares you see going up, those rockets going up, those are israeli air defenses. so 150 launches. there were some hits we're told, but no casualties reported as of yet for a sense of context here, 150 in less than an hour is quite an uptick in the pace of fire from lebanon and israel. was just talking with my team here that the busiest 24 hour period in the last week or so is about 100 launches. so to see 150 in the span of less than an hour's a significant uptick. now it might speak to what the idf spokesperson was describing when he said israel assessed a more extensive right

let's bring in jim sciutto, chief national security analyst. jim talking to some of the families here that are involved as matthew saying for putin, these are bargain we're getting chips, right? but of course these are individual lives who have been completely gutted and destroyed. one of them going to responding and we just with a heart when the possibility arose, that maybe their loved one who they never thought they would see again, could come home. and i know you have been talking to families. do they really believe that this could happen here in these next hours? >> yes, i've been speaking to someone close to the families who is with them right now, they'd been gathering at a hotel here in washington, dc in anticipation of this news. and i think i could describe it this way. best, erin, they are elated. they're full of anticipation after months. and in some cases, years of course of pain pain, but also false starts times when they thought they might. their loved ones might be released or might be part of some other deal and they were not bu

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta and i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv, secretary of state anthony blinken is now here. >> here in israel where he will meet with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu tomorrow. hamas though throwing cold water on the latest ceasefire offer, i'll have more on that coming up all right, jim, we'll get back with you momentarily right now. it is the eve of the democratic national convention and final preparations are underway as delegates are set to send on the united center in chicago tomorrow there they will celebrate their nominee, vice president kamala harris, as she builds momentum in this tight presidential race, a new abc news washington post, ipsos poll out today has harris taking the lead outside of the margin of error over republican donald trump? it's the first time a major poll has harris leading since she announced her candidacy last month? and we just heard from the vice president a short time ago you saw it live here on this program. she's spending the day on the campaign trail in pennsylvania, a critical battleground state that could hol

. >> let's get right to cnn's jim sciutto. it is almost been a year since this hostage situation has happened. what are you learning this morning? >> sara? some rare good news in this conflict, some rare good news for those hostage families that have suffered so much as we approach the one-year anniversary of the tobar seventh terror attacks, this is what we know that a hostage was rescued in a operation involving both the idf and the shin bet security security service. he is an israeli city when citizen of bedouin arab nationality, ethnicity, his name is kai eid farhan al-qadri, 52-years-old. he was working security at one of the kibbutz. kibbutzim in the southern part of israel that was attacked on that day on october 7, taken hostage that day. he is now known according to israeli officials to be in stable medical condition. they continue to conduct medical tests and we learned just in the last few moments that his family is with him now the hospital and you can only imagine that moment for this family that is waited so long

jim sciutto.ments ago confirming that evan gershkovich and paul whelan have been exchanged, were using the past tense on that. so in terms of the reporting right now, i know you have been speaking to the families so what does such a moment mean for them? obviously, this doesn't happen where there on a tarmac, right? this this exchange happens. the families are waiting, they get word. what are you learning? >> the family has gathered at a hotel here in washington, dc as news of this deal coming together, was relayed to them away. eating, visit with the president. they're going to be meeting with the president today as well as this deal is finalized, i will say an enormous amount of relief. i'm told by someone who's with the families. right now and enormous amount of joy and elation anticipation but also nervousness right up to the final moment because these are families who have been victim to really the unjust attention of their loved ones for months in some cases years. but also repeated disappoi

i'm joined now by ben wedeman in beirut and jim sciutto in tel aviv. jim to you first, what, what are you hearing about? the intelligence about why israel struck first? >> israel is saying that they detected movements, preparations for a more extensive hezbollah attack on israel more extensive than the cross-border fire we have witnessed over the last days, weeks, and months going back to october 7, that's a daily event. but they had intelligence indicating hezbollah was planning something bigger and therefore took pre-emptive action to strike some of those firing positions, missile firing positions, drone firing positions, et cetera. i'm told by the idf that its operations are still underway, that dozens of israeli air force aircraft after have been taking part in these operations striking multiple targets inside southern lebanon and interestingly the idf putting out a statement to residents in southern lebanon that hezbollah, the idf says is firing from positions close to civilian homes. and that people there should be on alert that israel is going to

good to see you. >> anytime you bet. >> more to come in the cnn newsroom, including jim sciutto, who live in tel aviv. jim that's right. thank you. jessica talks to reach each a ceasefire in gaza and a hostage deal they wrapped up for now until next week, president biden says that israel and hamas are closer than ever to agreement. the fact is there's still a long way to go. we're going to talk about it ahead with a former mideast negotiator and later, cnn's nick paton walsh inside russia with ukrainian forces who've been letting vladimir putin know what it feels like to be invaded. you're in the cnn newsroom cnn's harry we got a race for the ages here with nibbles, the hamster jumping out to a ten point advantage over jaws, the goldfish the heck is going on here. >> swim can be done kill it's a decent assessment our right to reproductive health care is being stolen from him i can't believe this is the world we live here, where we're losing the freedom to control our own bodies we need your support now more than ever, go online, call or scam this code with your $19 monthly gift and w

. >> the final details though still needing to be worked out, i want to get right to cnn's jim sciuttoso jim, what is the latest? it is that you're hearing on this front omar, i spoke to a u.s. >> official familiar with the negotiations, and i'm told that they did make progress yesterday in these talks to the point that they're in the discussion of final details, final paragraphs of an agreement, right down to nuts bolts issues such as the names of palestinian hostages that would be released or prisoners rather that would be released in exchange for israeli hostages held by hamas. now that does not certainly does not guarantee that they reach a final agreement, but they did make progress and particularly, i'm told that one of the most intractable sticking points could end up being surmountable. and that's the question of a continued israeli military presence in gaza. the debate, the discussion at this point it seems to be focused on what constitutes a densely populated area with israel agreeing to withdraw from densely populated areas, but perhaps keep forces in less populated areas ar

thank more to come in the cnn newsroom, including jim sciutto, who is live in tel aviv. jim well, negotiators from three countries plan to convene again next week as meter mediators express some cautious optimism i'm about a gaza ceasefire and hostage deals. >> but to be frank lots of obstacles remain in questions will be back in just a moment cnn is live from chicago as democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn for complete coverage that democratic national convention monday at seven on cnn, and streaming on max partial choose drama she was a club. choose the most dedicated funds in the most watched going to choose me nbc on peacock when you're a small business owner your to do list can be a lot that's why progressive makes it easy to see with a commercial auto vote online. so you can take on all your other to do is already did see if you could say that progressive commercial.com in a waiver, hide every delivery is a truly one statue over you, sir one strawberry place giant oh, by waiver, something minty. >> courts. >> it's a

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague jim sciutto in tel aviv. we'll get to you in a moment jim but first right now, vice president kamala harris is on the campaign trail in pennsylvania. the democratic presidential nominee is taking a bus tour in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. there they're west, the western part of the state. and this really is the first time these candidates, kamala harris and her running mate tim walz some their spouses are appearing to gather on this bus tour here in pennsylvania. she by the way, is riding a wave of momentum new national polls out today shows harris taking the lead over republican donald trump for the very first time since she announced her candidacy, just a month ago. tonight, harris will be heading to chicago, where the democratic national convention begins tomorrow. it will feature four nights of primetime programs to energize the democratic base ahead of november's pivotal election. but before the party starts, harris is taking time to visit with voters face to face in western pennsylvania an

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i'm paula reid in washington sitting in for jessica dean tonight along with jim sciutto in tel aviv. jim paula, thanks so much tonight to u.s. >> aircraft carriers have been ordered to remain in the middle east. this after israel and hezbollah exchange fire with rockets, missiles, and air first phase of retaliation is now complete after it launched about 300 rockets towards israel. israel however, says it struck first preemptively to destroy rocket launchers and firing positions in lebanon, heading off what they described as a major attack planned by hezbollah. all this took place as negotiations continued in cairo for an elusive hostage and ceasefire deal between israel and hamas we have cnn's jennifer hansler and nada bashir tracking these latest developments. not first to you, i wonder what negotiators there in cairo have been telling you about the status of the talks. it's remarkable. they continued today despite the fire that we saw across the israel-lebanon border last night my dad mean we might see some progress that he was some optimism around the fact that we all see hamas de

let's get the latest from tel aviv with cnn chief national security analyst jim sciutto jim, obviously this is crucial moment for these negotiations. where do things stand i think dam is the word right now, dim prospects for an agreement, boris, because when you talk about the two principal parties, israel and hamas, they're both saying publicly they're not on the same page. >> with this deal. so that despite the cautious optimism you were hearing over the weekend, at least from the israeli side, right now, they are publicly not on the same page, but there are also at the same time appears to be daylight between the us and israel specifically. and when i say israel, i should say the israeli prime minister, because there's even disagreement in this country on the way forward specifically on israel's presence in gaza. after any ceasefire and down the line specifically, in particular, along the border between gaza and egypt, the philadelphi border, which is so important because it israel concerned about the flow of weapons in that way. now, the israeli prime minister told hostage families

i'm here in the united states and my colleague jim sciutto is in tel aviv. a jim, we'll get to you in a moment and thank you to all of our viewers in the u.s. and abroad, we begin in the middle east it's where palestinian officials say and israeli strike overnight killed at least 15 members from one family. video shows rescuers looking for survivors following the attack. and in a statement, israel says it killed several militants in central gaza, including one who launched rockets toward israeli troops the attack also raises questions about ongoing talks between the u.s. israel, egypt, and qatar aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement, as well as an agreement for the return of hostages from gaza. jim, let's go to you in tel aviv. where do things stand fred, thanks so much. >> we're going to get to the ceasefire in just a few moments. the latest updates right now, i am joined by osama hamdan, who's a senior member of hamas. he joins me now from doha in qatar. thank you for taking the time thank you let me begin here. we are ten months into this war. gaza healt

let's get right to cnn's jim sciutto, who is there, jim, what are you hearing this morning? >> john? this could only be described as good news and certainly relief for the hostage families in israel that have suffered so much since the terror attacks on october 7, this? just coming in in the last several minutes, a joint statement from the idf, and the shin bet, the domestic security services, saying that the hostage hide farhan al-qarni, age 52. he was dirty worker at one of the kibbutzes in southern israel raided during october 7 that he has been freed this under special operations from the 401st brigade and other forces that are involved typically likely and operations like this one, rescue operations. they say that he is in stable condition right now being transferred for medical checks at a hospital and his family, of course, has been updated with his detail. so his family is now receiving that we'll can only be described as joyous news for them. it has been some time since a successful operation inside gaza to rescue some of these hostages, you have to go back to june

cnn's nic robertson, beth sanner, who is former deputy director of national intelligence and cnn's jim sciutto and jim, i want to start with you because you have been talking to evan's family this morning the reaction relation an enormous amount of anticipation and relief following well months of detention, but also stops and starts. >> right. there were moments when they thought they might be close to a deal and seeing their son, their brother freed. and then of course those hopes disappeared and right up until the final month home and it was interesting speaking to someone close to the family this morning. there was an enormous amount of nervousness right? because you're in those final moments despite everything you've heard, you know, the enormous efforts that were made and all the pieces that were coming together until all those pieces come together and until they're able to see their loved ones safe on that tarmac in turkey and now see the statement from the u.s. secretary of state saying they are on a flight back to the us. they were not going to be ready to celebrate. so it was a mix of

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. >> and this is cnn i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv, militant group hezbollah launched a volley of at least 55 rockets towards northern israel this morning the group says that attack was in retaliation for an israeli strike earlier in southern lebanon. such a familiar cycle here hezbollah says at least ten syrians were killed in that attack. israel says it was targeting a hezbollah weapons storage facility palestinian officials say an israeli strike overnight killed at least 15 members of one family in gaza. in a statement, israel says it was targeting several militants in central gaza, including one who launched rockets towards israeli forces, seen as nic robertson has been following the developments along with me here in tel aviv, nic this cycle is constant, right? it's been going on for weeks, months, years, firing back and-forth but the talks continue and we have secretary blinken coming here to israel. we have a number of instances of shuttle diplomacy going back and forth. cautious optimism. you hear from the u.s. and israeli sides. do we have a sense of what are the remaining hurdles

let's go right to cnn's jim sciutto, who is live this morning in tel aviv. rst jim, the very latest on the explosion in what is now being said about it well john to be frank, it's a deeply damaging development in the midst of these quite sensitive high-stake talks over a ceasefire in gaza, the explosion took place not far from where we are now in central tel aviv on a busy street it was sunday night and now this morning, hamas's military wing is claiming responsibility for it, calling it a martyrdom operation. >> it appears the explosion, the explosive might have set off early the bomber was caught on cctv footage prior carrying a backpack. he was the only victim of this attack, although there was someone injured by shrapnel. so the question is, how much worse this could have been had he reached what might have been his target. and it's listen, it's not what these negotiators certainly would not. what anthony blinken wanted to see in the midst of these talks. and of course it happened pretty much as blinken was arriving here to do to carry out what he hopes t

with us now, cnn anchor and chief national security analyst, jim sciutto. jim, what are the things you said is that to a person? zero us insiders or any of the foreign officials that you've been speaking to, saw this coming literally, no one. but my question now is how much trepidation, if any, are you sensing in your discussions with them doesn't make them nervous. what ukraine is doing about what the possible response might be it does to some degree as john as you know, for multiple years going back to start of the invasion, this administration has been greatly concerned about escalation of this conflict, bringing the u.s directly in the conflict with russia. >> and that's why there have been so many concerns about what weapons systems are supplied to ukraine and what ukraine can do with those weapons? systems. as you know, one of the restrictions has been, don't strike inside russian territory, for instance, with long-range high mars or other missiles that have been supplied by nato and its allies. now, other nato allies, they've been fine with it. the u.

in the cnn newsroom, including jim sciutto live in tel aviv. jim that's right. thank you. jessica. straight ahead, u.s secretary of state they've antony blinken is traveling here to israel tonight. as mediators and diplomats urgently pushed to get a ceasefire and hostage deal done, there still obstacles and the middle east braces for a potential iranian attack on israel, something the u.s. has said could come at any he time would be live from tehran cnn is live from chicago democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn for complete coverage the democratic national convention monday he had seven on cnn and streaming on back foot thinking i'm thinking about her honeymoon, about africa so far hot air balloon ride, swim with elephants 34 to safari. great question. like everything, it takes a little planning for what the mind towards a down payment on a ranch in montana with horses. >> let's take a look at those scenarios jpmorgan wealth management has advisors and chase branches and tools like wealth plan to help keep you on track when you're p

iran has also vowed revenge for the killing of a top hamas leader recently in tehran, cnn's jim sciutto is in tel aviv. so jim, what is the feeling on the ground now there until aviv with these twin looming threat, threats there's certainly a sense of relief after events yesterday, because as you know, there was a tremendous amount of anticipation, fear of a major hezbollah attack and israel appears that israel, along with the help of the u.s. >> got wind of that through intelligence and was able to strike preemptively. and neutralize most of that, although hezbollah did manage to fire several hundred missiles, that said, because there's been in effect a low grade war on the northern border going back to just the wake of the october 7 attacks as you know, a large portion of the north of israel has been evacuated for ten months now, more than 60,000 israelis forced to flee south same true north of the border, more than 80,000 lebanese forced to flee north because of that fighting. we went to northern israel earlier this week because the school year is approaching here and that evacuation

. >> cnn anchor and chief national security analyst jim sciutto is in tel aviv. >> jim, what are you learning about this operation this morning will join it's the biggest israeli operation in the west bank since the october 7 attack tax israeli officials, the idf say they're going after what they call islamic iranian terror infrastructure, the allegation they're making is that weapons are coming into the west bank funded by facilitated by iran, and that this attack is intended to target that the death toll at this point stands at at least nine and what we're hearing now publicly in response from hamas is hamas is calling for a mobilization of its supporters and fighters in the west bank. >> so it's significant arbor, operation. and that reaction from hamas is significant, israeli officials make the point that the terror environment, the threat is real. now, you may remember a little more than a week ago. there was a suicide bombing here in tel aviv. we're only the bomber was killed. so the israeli officials, israeli officials are justifying it based on the nature of the threat and wh

the cnn newsroom tonight, including jim sciutto, who is live in tel aviv. jim thank you. >> jessica talks to reach a ceasefire in gaza and a hostage deal. they wrapped up until next week, but the israeli prime minister offices saying this evening, their negotiators have cautious optimism. we're going to speak to the former israeli ambassador to the u.s. about the moving parts of the deal. plus former president trump has been repeatedly talking about a crisis but the u.s. border but just how bad is it actually today? we went to the border to find out. you may be surprised what cnn uncovered and hear how one man stumbled upon the wild propaganda that north koreans watch on television didn't day in and day out. it's pretty remarkable you're in the cnn newsroom cnn is live from chicago as democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn for complete coverage, the democratic national convention monday at seven on cnn, and streaming on max, which looks better, this or this seems clear to me, if you love to save, check out the

prisoner there he is in the hospital right there a short time ago reuniting with his brother, cnn's jim sciutto joins us now from tel aviv jim, the details of been trickling in what's the latest that you've learned? >> well, first of all, certainly you're happy fomin moment for, for him and for his family after these painful days, weeks, and months captivity. but this has also been quite a rarity for the idf of the close to 250 hostages taken on october 7, only aides have been freed alive via military operations. and this is the first one based on the details provided to us by the idf that took place inside a tunnel so in gaza, the first hostage to be rescued alive from that dangerous complex of tunnels underneath gaza, where not only are hamas fighters hiding, but also it is believed many of the hostages have been held and are being held. so quite an operation, quite a difficult one the idf says it was based on intelligence, special commando units were involved, including a elite engineering commando unit, which has been tasked with the jobs specifically of carrying out operations inside those

minister of undermining talks around a ceasefire and hostage since deal with new conditions cnn's jim sciutto is joining us now live from tel aviv. and jim, we've been hearing expressions of optimism around this latest round of negotiations through the weekend, this latest exchange though perhaps tempering those. what are you learning no question, jessica, israeli officials expressed cautious optimism. >> president biden, a few days ago said, the sides were closer to agreement than they ever have been before. state department officials call this an end. flexion point in these negotiations as the u.s. secretary of state arrived here in israel, justice evening, but also this evening, hamas released a statement that seems to throw so some cold water on that optimism. it assigning blame to israel, to netanyahu specifically it says for putting up new obstacles to the talks. this is how hamas put it in a statement this evening, he said after listening to the mediators about the recent round of talks in doha, it became clear to us once again that netanyahu continues to place obstacles to reaching an

not leave the philadelphi corridor in southern gaza, regardless of any pressure to do so cnn's jim sciutto is live for us in tel aviv tracking the latest jim, what are you learning about where these talks stand? >> listen boris, it's really not good i mean, the talks are happening. there will be another meeting of officials in cairo, as you said in the us, is sending senior officials to take part. bill burns, the director of the cia, brett mcgurk top state department negotiator, often involved in these talks. so the fact that they're showing up shows that the u.s. is still invested and israeli negotiating team will be there as well. hamas does not take part in these talks in-person. they have mediators who convey to them where things stand. the talks are taking place but as you mentioned, israel is now publicly insisting on a presence at what's known as the philadelphi corridor. that is the border between gaza and egypt. and why that is of a concern, israel because there are all those tunnels underneath there that bring in arms. and the concern among israeli officials that only they can tr

seeing an anchor and chief national security analyst, jim sciutto is joining us live here in washington for us. jim, what are you learning about these, these fake news sites? what people need to be watching out for, if you will? >> so this is a classic and quite frequent ammo, not just for iran, but also for china and russia, countries that frequently interfere in our politics and elections. this particular one from iran seem to have two intentions. one to undermine donald trump with posts on social media such as calling him an opioid pilled elephant in the maga china shop, as well as other things it was a fake website they also had a website that caters to left leaning audiences. again, attempting to influence the election and in addition to going after donald trump it also was diving into controversial issues in this country in a way to just further divisions, divisions here and undermine social cohesion. and again, this is, this is an intent that they share with a russia and china. it goes back years, russia, china, you see? lots of activity in any issue of the day we saw it during t

let's go now to jim sciutto for the latest on ukraine's deep push into, into russia and jim, they'regoing after some important russian targets and they're going over the border, which i know has been, has been a key thing. >> miss it. it's a big incursion inside russian territory. we haven't seen this since russia's full, full-scale invasion of ukraine, 2.5 years ago, or even going back ten years when russia had its partial invasion of crimea in eastern ukraine rain and it's big and they've been in for a couple of days now. they've advanced several miles into russian territory and they're using not just special operations units or partisans inside russia to carry out these operations because we've seen some of these savages as your attacks inside russia before. some of these are regular ukrainian units as well as special operations units. i'm told which speaks to a bigger, more ambush, ambitious push inside russian territory. and frankly in an embarrassing one for russian forces, they stormed across the border, clearly caught russian forces off guard and they're doing some damage and

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. >> i'm jim sciutto. we're going to get you back to the chris wallace show just a moment. here is a check of our top stories. florida on alert with parts of the state now under a hurricane watch, an intensifying tropical system he, is heading for the florida straits and likely to develop into a tropical storm. debby today could reach hurricane status by tomorrow, meteorologist allison chinchar tracking the latest from the cnn weather center. allison gonna be a bad one. >> it could be, especially in terms of the flooding component. now the wind component not going to be quite as serious and widespread flooding is really going to be the main concern with this system right now, just on the southern side of cuba, sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. the concern is, where does it go from there? and in terms of this particular storm, if we put that into play, you'll notice did it will eventually start to head its way up towards florida. you can see we've already got a lot of the tropical storm warnings and yes, even this pink area here is a hurricane watch because the national

our chief national security analyst, jim sciutto, has the details farhan, al-qaeda, just moments afteris rescue, smiling among the israeli commando units who freed him and as the military helicopter carrying him landed at a hospital in southern israel his family dashed through the hallways for the reunion they'd hoped for through 326 painful days of captivity appears to be a general good conditions, but will require another day or two medical do make sure he is still okay i'll carty is just the eighth hostage to be rescued alive in a military operation from gaza since october 7. >> and the idf says his rescue from gaza's notorious and dangerous complex of hamas tunnels is a first israeli commandos rescued guide for handle caddie from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence his family had been waiting 326 days to receive the news they did today but there are still 108 hostages whose families are still waiting israeli officials declined to release further details for fear of impacting the safety of other hostages believed held nearby. >> but two officials tell cnn that the

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta and i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv, secretary of state anthony blinken is now on the ground here in israel where he will meet with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other senior israeli officials tomorrow. i'll have more on that and the progress of talks on a ceasefire coming up, right way before to that, jim, let's begin with a pretty busy week on the presidential campaign trail. and a little less than 17 hours from now, the democratic national convention opens at the united center in chicago, where delegates will celebrate their nominee, vice president kamala harris, and her vision for the future. she comes into this pivotal so week riding high new national polls out today show harris taking the lead over republican donald trump for the very first time since she announced her candidacy less than a month ago, hoping to build off that momentum today, harris and her running mate, governor tim walz, are meeting voters in western pennsylvania are trying to drum up support in the key battleground state cnn's eva mckend and kevin liptak are tr

jim sciutto. thank you very much. i'm just reading the iranians are santos telling me there could not have occurred without the authorization of the united states. so we'll obviously see where this goes and more breaking news tonight as we speak local pennsylvania law enforcement are furious at the secret service and they are lashing out over the accusations that they were responsible for security failures that allowed that gunman to try to assassinate donald trump. and they are speaking out tonight and they are warning that this could happen again. and danny freeman has the interview that you'll see first outfront it's extremely misleading to the american people when it makes our guys look in competent tonight, local law enforcement from western pennsylvania, pushing back hard against the u.s. >> secret service, who blamed them for not stopping a gunman from shooting trump we assumed that the state and locals had it we made an assumption that there was going to be uniform presence out there, that there would be suffi

. >> i'm paula reid in washington i'm sitting in for jessica dean tonight along with jim sciutto in tel aviv that's right, paula, thanks so much. >> tensions here in the middle east appear to have simmered down for now, this after a series of strikes between israel and lebanon early this morning hezbollah, the iran backed militia in lebanon, says it's latest the attack was quote meticulously completed after the group launched hundreds of rockets, drones, and other projectiles towards israel tack hezbollah says was response to the killing by israel of a top hezbollah leader in beirut last month. the exchange started with what israel called preemptive strikes against hezbollah in lebanon to destroy what it said was it imminent and quite large attack targeting israel. tonight, we're learning new details about the u.s. helping israel to track and take down those incoming rockets and other projectiles with a u.s. defense official emphasizing the u.s. but was not involved. however, in any of the strikes by israel on lebanese territory, cnn's jeremy diamond joins us now from haifa in northern

jim sciutto, wolf course, get back to you. thank you so much, really appreciate it.usands of delegates say they are remaining uncommitted as a protest over u.s. support for israel. cnn's donie o'sullivan is here with me donie, you've been speaking to some of these delegates. i was talking to congressman jackson about this earlier on in this program, whether or not it's going to present a major disruption for the democrats here in chicago. what are you hearing? >> hey jim? yeah i mean, there it's going to be probably tens of thousands of protesters expected outside the arena. but when it comes to here on the convention floor i mean, obviously the democrats want to tell a story of remarkable unity and the party getting behind harris. but for pro palestinian activists and demonstrators they also want to bring that point up here on the convention floor and they want answers from harris on gaza. and we spoke some of them yesterday we've got 30 uncommitted delegates that are representing over 740,000 uncommitted voters nationwide who voted uncommitted but as a pro-peace, a

my colleague, jim sciutto is in tel aviv. jim thanks so much fred. >> we do begin with breaking news middle east, backing away from a broader war for now after israel and hezbollah exchange and intense barrage of fire across lebanon's border early this this morning. both sides are quiet at this hour. hezbollah says its attack was in retaliation for israel's killing of a top military commander commander in lebanon last month after learning, israel says that hezbollah attack was imminent, israeli forces launched what described as preempted the strikes. a u.s defense official says the u.s. did help israel track incoming fire from lebanon, but was not involved in any israeli strike inside lebanese territory. both sides appear to be standing down again for now, but the region remains on high alert. several airlines have suspended flights into the region as precaution we do a full coverage for you. our jeremy diamond is in haifa, israel, in the north, ben wedeman in the lebanese capital of beirut. state department reporter jenny han

jim sciutto is in tel aviv for us, jen, let's start with where you are right now.there have been sirens going off in northern israel anticipating what rockets and missiles and drones coming in from lebanon that's right. >> what we're hearing, sirens sounded in acre. this is just north of haifa in northern israel, about 20 miles south of the lebanon border. here, other steps being taken right now as we noted in the last half half-hour, all flights into and out of david ben-gurion airport here in tel aviv. all passenger flights have been suspended. this as a cautionary message and the idf announcing significant military operations inside southern lebanon, airstrikes to head off what the idf spokesperson said was a planned extensive attack by hezbollah. this is notable because there have been daily attacks across

in cairo, despite hamas saying they will not accept the latest ceasefire proposal, my colleague jim sciutto is live in tel aviv with more jim the latest from cairo is that wide gaps still remain. we'll have the latest coming up have i got news for you, ramirez, saturday, september 14th at nine on cnn progressive makes it easy to save with a quick commercial auto vote online so you can get back to your munster to do list. really? >> get a quote, progressive commercial.com when you're the leader is disaster, clean up and restoration. >> how do you make like a never even happened, happened rabanne whatever comes your way. >> there's a pro for them. >> serve, grow, like it never even happened ou've got your sunday of session and we got you now with verizon get nfl sunday ticket from youtube tv on us, and a great deal on galaxies e-field six for a total value of $1,250 only on verizon. see you sunday it's sprayed and eilish, 5-years-old when i came just change you trains shore and gowns, story shell. >> and then having these headaches that when i go away my mom, she would just crying what they s

required cnn chief national security analyst jim sciutto, and julia yaffa, who was a founding partner and washington correspondent for puck. jim just to you first here on the timing of what we are seeing, how are you seeing this with this exchange? >> it took a long time to get here, right? given the number of players involved, we know the administration was working to get the merits hurricane is released virtually from the day that they were taken right in this goes back years in the case of paul whelan, evan gershkovich concerns along the way about kara-murza's life, right? because they weren't just concerned that he would stay in prison. they were concerned he might die in prison. his wife certainly was, and of course, you have the case of alexey navalny. this is not an unfounded fear and caramel murza was twice poisoned before. so they're fighting not just for freedom, they're fighting to save lives here and they were really efforting this. and the number of countries involved speaks to the difficulty of this negotiation because it wasn't just one-on-one. the u.s. to russia, you h

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague, jim sciutto in tel aviv. jim thanks so much fred, we begin the hour with our breaking news. the middle east backing away from war, from a wider war, we should say for now this after israel and hezbollah exchange, an intense barrage of fire across lebanon's border with israel earlier this morning. both sides are largely quiet at this hour. hezbollah says its attack was in retaliation for the killing of a top hezbollah commander by israel last month after learning that a hezbollah attack was imminent, israel says it launched preemptive strikes of its own, a u.s. defense official plus as the u.s. helped israel track the incoming attacks. though that official says it was not involved in any strikes inside of lebanon these attacks came as negotiators in cairo continued talks on a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza just minutes ago, the hamas delegation that had traveled to egypt said it only wants to implement president biden's proposal for a deal from july that differs from it appears the proposa

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague, jim sciutto in tel aviv. jim thanks so much fred, we begin with the breaking news, the middle east, backing away from war for now, after israel and hezbollah exchange an intense barrage of fire across lebanon's border early this morning both sides are quiet at this hour hezbollah says its attack was in retaliation for the killing of a top military commander last month after learning that a hezbollah attack was imminent, israel says it launched preemptive strikes of its own in the early morning hours, u.s. >> defense official says, the u.s. help israel track the incoming attacks, but was not involved in any strikes inside lebanon. both sides appear to be standing down again for now, but the region remains on high alert. several airlines are now suspending flights into the area. we do have full coverage for you, jeremy diamond is in haifa, israel, in the north, ben wedeman in lebanon's capital, beirut. and state department reporter jennifer hansler. she's back in washington, jeremy, i do want to begin with you.

i'm paula reid in washington sitting in for jessica dean tonight along with jim sciutto in tel aviv. jim paula, thanks so much tonight to u.s. >> aircraft carriers have been ordered to remain in the middle east. this after israel and

experts, jennifer hansler, jill doherty in jim sciutto. this is a remarkable moment jim, not just in the complexity of the deal which i can't even fathom trying to get this many countries on this meeting everything, even how to get the planes there seems complicated to me but also the fact that the deal could happen at all, that underscores a shift in the administration's policy and what they are willing to do to try and free hostages that before 2021 wasn't a thing that you you could see. >> i think you're right and also these two powers, which are very much in conflict, russia and the u.s. in multiple, on multiple fronts around the world. certainly in ukraine, but in the cyber space, in russia, constantly pushing the limits of murder on european soil, right? a whole host of ways to undermine the u.s. always which are escalating that you can still have conversations like this, which is, which is evocative of the cold war. frankly, when you had again the ussr in the us very much at loggerheads, but still able to negotiate deals like this. a

and finally finally, finally deliver a ceasefire in this war cnn's jim sciutto is in tel aviv and jim, the secretary of state, just left meetings in israel for egypt to continue with meetings to try to push this forward. >> what is the very latest that you're hearing? >> hey, listen over the weekend, israeli officials use this phrase, cautious optimism, but, but frankly, watching developments closely in the last several days, it's hard hard to see the events, the statements, the progress to justify that description, hamas released a statement today saying that both blinken statements and president biden statements last night that you just played included misleading claims do not reflect the true position of hamas. we should note that as secretary blinken left here in israel last night to go on to egypt. he said that, israel has accepted the u.s. bridging proposal. that's fine. that that's the us and israel with their vision of the agreement. but it is not clear. in fact, it's it's clear that their vision of the agreement it does not line up with hamas's vision of this agreement to mov

. >> i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv, hospital officials in gaza say that israeli airstrikes in the early morning killed more than 45 people this as the israeli military says, it had begun a targeted operation going after terrorist targets as described by the idf in gaza. ceasefire talks are resuming though this weekend in cairo, a hamas delegation is now in egypt to hear what meter mediators have to say as is the cia director joining me now is andrew p. miller. he is the former deputy assistant secretary of state for israeli palestinian affairs. andrew, i wonder where you think these talks stand. they have been stop and start talks, i think in the most generous description in recent days and weeks there has been some talk of progress in recent days, but egyptian officials seem to be throwing some cold water on that just in the last 24 hours, describing still wide differences what's your view it's remains very unclear. >> jim, and that's due in part to two variables. one is prime minister netanyahu's ultimate bottom line position on these negotiations. and the other is ya yahya sinwar's p

i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv, israel, where tonight the idf says, it remains prepared for any retaliatory attack from iran or hezbollah but is giving no indication of how or when or new information about any imminent attack iran has vowed retaliation against israel for the assassination of hamas political leader in tehran. but says, it is quote, totally unrelated to gaza ceasefire talks, high level talks are happening this weekend in cairo. major sticking points however, remain to reaching a deal. yesterday, i spoke with someone who is close to the israeli military operation in gaza. major john spencer, who served in the u.s. army, is now chair of urban warfare studies at west point's modern war institute this is some of what he told me about the state of the war in gaza and continuing questions about civilian casualties. there let me just for a moment, because for folks watching here, what they will often see images of particular particularly, let me just show you video of an incident that took place just in the last week since i've been in gaza. since i've been in israel. this this took

options involves the risk of loss and and get to 6 million coin bonus, make every oh, when it i'm jim sciutto in the golan heights. and this is cnn some people in the alaskan city of ketchikan are being told to evacuate or after a landslide killed one person and injured several others? >> officials in the coastal town worry a second slide could be triggered to the south of the area. the landslide happened late sunday afternoon, sending a wave of dirt, trees and power poles into a row of homes, several houses, businesses, and roadways would damage when the slide came down in the southwestern u.s. the body of a hiker has been recovered three days after she went missing thirty-three-year- old chenoa nickerson was hiking in grand canyon national park when she was swept away by flash floods, river trip group found her body on sunday in the colorado river more than 100 for people have been rescued after monsoon storms set loose, those stories, those floods, arizona's governor called out the national guard and they used a blackhawk helicopter to live stranded people to higher ground we are following

i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv, israel, where tonight the idf says it remains prepared for any potential retaliatory attack by iran or hezbollah. however, is giving no indication of how or when around you'll remember has vowed retaliation against israel for the assassination of hamas political leader in tehran last month. but says its response will be quote carefully calibrated to avoid impacting the ongoing ceasefire and hostage release negotiations. high level talks are happening this weekend in cairo however, major sticking points remain to reaching a deal, joining us now is the israeli ambassador to the united nations danny done own ambassador, thanks so much for taking the time thank you for having me, jim as you know, the idf says it is prepared for any potential iraq attack by iran or hezbollah that they've been prepared for some time can you describe the level of alert tonight jim, we're on alert as you just reported, we are hearing report from lebanon about the intentions of hezbollah it to attack event that attacking every day but their intention is to attack deeper targets, ci

. >> i'm jim sciutto in tel aviv french authorities say they are treating a blast outside of synagogue in southern france as a possible terror attack at least two cars were set on fire across the street from the synagogue before one of those cars then exploded, a policeman was injured when the car blew up police say they are still searching for what they believe to be a lone suspect saturday morning is the sabbath, of course, for the jews. and the time when synagogues hold their services, authorities say that anti jewish incidents in france nearly tripled in the first half of this year compared, compared to 2020 three. and germany. and urgent manhunt is now underway for the person behind a deadly stabbing at a festival, three people killed another eight injured in that attack police arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with his dad status dabbing, he is not believe we should be clear to be the suspected attacker. he is though part of the broader investigation, officials stress they believe the perpetrator in that attack acted alone. no word on possible motive. and now to gaza, wher