hello, everyone. thanks for joining us for another hour of newsroom. i m michael holmes. i appreciate your company. we begin in gaza, as the war between israel and hamas is about to enter its second month. the israeli military says it is carrying out what it calls a significant strike on the territory. an idf spokesperson says a strike was very extensive and targeted hamas infrastructure above and below ground. its soldiers reached gaza s coast, in an effort to cut off the northern part of the enclave. in the meantime, communications are down again in the besieged terr territory. a local operator said there was a complete interrumgs. d gaza faces a third communication blackout. a diplomatic push is under way to prevent a wider conflict in the region. antony blinken landing in turkey. and the leader of the cia is traveling to meet with multiintelligence counterparts and country leaders. for more, let s go to elliot godkin standing by for us in london. bring us up to date on th
out president trump. again, that s unclear and too premature at this time to really make that decision which is what the house and senate intelligence committees have said. molly hooper, great to have you with us. heidi priz ball la, great to see you as well. thank you. under fire, new epa head scott pruitt is trying to roll back epa protections. ahead this morning, an interview with house minority leader nancy pelosi sitting down with joy coming up.
the spring storm is expected november out later tonight. march madness. did you see all this, you con s record 111-game winning stream coming to an end, a 15-foot buzzer beater allowing mississippi state to overtake the huskies in over time, handing them their first defeat since november 2014. what a big deal for mississippi state. congratulations for them. wh a week in the nation s capital. the traigs entering the home stretch of the first 100 days. throughout the first 70 days, the white house subject of numerous federal and congressional investigations involving russia. with me now senior political writer for usa today heidi press ball la along with congressional reporter for the hill molly hooper. heidi, when you look at the first 70 days of the white house, you said flynn was fired, the chief of staff asking the fbi to knock down reports of russian ties, attorney general
israeli plane bombed convoy inside syria. it marks the most aggressive foreign military strike on that nation since the syrian president bashar assad started killing his own people. those officials would not confirm a syrian government claim that the attacked military city near the capital city of damascus. according to the associated press they took out a convoy that they believe was attempting to deliver weapons including antiaircraft missiles hezbollah ball la in lebanon. militant organization and political party that has vowed israel s destruction and has strong ties to syria and iran. this comes less than a week after an aid to iran s supreme leader claimed that an attack on syria is an attack on iran itself. with that as our beginning the fox report correspondent jonathan hunt is here.
have had a stroke in 2008 but even though there s increasing speculation that he will soon hand power over to his son, he is showing no susan of losing his grip on power yet, alex. okay. nbc s jenny wibl. thank you very much, from london. his trip will put him right on the border with israel. he s call for israel s destruction and he denies the holocaust has ever happened. france is a staunch ally of hesitate bow lay. the stat department has said the trip is not a good yg. michael singh, michael, good morning. good morning, alex. what is the point of mahmoud ahmadinejad s visit there and what is the u.s. concerned about? well, as to the point of have t visit, from his ball la s position which is funded by iran and also plays a big role in