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Overnight, a us official told cnn, israel carried out a Military Strike deep inside iran good, this escalate the already tense situation in the middle east Jury Selection in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial could wrap up today. Opening statements in this store, a case are on track to begin monday, plus on the house floor, a critical test for a longstalled foreign aid bill for israel and ukraine hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom happening now a decadeslong shadow war b...

Extraordinary iran, israels defenses were. but defense is not deterrence. and what they need to do is reset deterrence. and you do that through two things. one demonstrating will and capability and by attacks ron, despite iran warnings up to the last minute, and then being able to reach deepened iran, theyve demonstrated that capability. now the key thing will be as is deterrence, restore, restore and did we block, did they block iran from establishing a new normal whereby anytime something happ...

This is a churchill or chamberlain moment, and democrats along with some of our republican colleagues are deciding this is our churchill moment to make sure that were standing by our allies, not just ukraine and israel, but sending the message to all of our allies around the world that you can still depend on america and not ceding more power to russia and china if this bill fails russia and china are the winners. you could not be a republican here and say youre worried about china. chinas aggre...

>> attached her step by. i want to bring in nick paton walsh right now. nick, youre monitoring the reaction from iran. what are you hearing? >> yeah. look, its been comparatively muted this morning from iranian officials or lack of transparency, frankly on the damage done. some military official suggesting were talking about three drones potentially intercepted another suggesting that the noise is heard over is for a city that has some key military and nuclear facilities are rounded, but that wa...

Middle east they are not as capable as maybe we believed. and i think maybe the same is true for their air defenses. they have s3 hundred russian air defenses, which are very good systems. but its more than just equipment. its about training, its about maintenance. its about many other things and look, the other part of this wolf, its important to keep in mind part of this trade-off thats happening right now between russia and iran, which involves the ukraine war. as iran provides shaheen drones...

Soon before these rallies conducted the strike, but still the heated the us calls to give them a heads up before they moved forward. with this strike. and the us made very clear to them as well that they did not endorse this attack. again, they have jim trying to de-escalate tensions in the region. and while theyre not outright condemning it, they are still reiterating here that a full-on war between israel and iran is obviously not something that anyone wants to see at this point. now, us offic...

Minister in an exclusive interview with our erin burnett, i dont know if you saw it, but it was an important interview said that if israel were to attack a target in iran, he said the iranian response would be immediate and at the highest level so far, i dont think theres at any iranian response, certainly not immediate, not at the highest level. what do you think the radians are going to do well, thats, thats typical way iranian bluff and bluster. >> the when you see any situations. you know, l...

Calls from israels western supporters to show restraint. and avoid a wider regional conflict. cnn is covering the story from around the globe our chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, is tracking developments from london our national security correspondent, natasha bertrand, theres over at the pentagon and then tasha, let me start with you. whats the biden administration saying about the strike inside iran? >> well, if theyre being very tight lift so far this morning abou...

Looking to make sure that were not having a hot war directly between iran and israel. but i think it was the right message. you dont get the sen. ballistic missiles into a country ballistic missiles that could carry a nuclear warhead and think that country doesnt get to respond. thats not a win. okay. you got to make sure that you re-installed deterrence. and i think thats what israel did. >> do you see any indication? in congressmen that iran will respond or do you think direct strikes between ...

Have, we have enough of a mess right now in the world between whats going on and god as whats going on in ukraine. and lets not forget these other things that are going on. the uyghurs in china the genocide in sudan, russia russia, messing with a haiti trying to destabilise haiti to cause problems in the western hemisphere, theres a lot going on and so we dont need a regional war in the middle east. but i think israel had every right right to send that message to iran. and now lets hope this sit...