the final flight premieres sunday at nine on cnn >> good morning. >> you were alive in the scene now newsroom, i'm jim acosta in washington. we begin with the fiery language coming from the white house over the senseless killing of aid workers bind israeli airstrike in gaza. seven members of the non-profit world central kitchen lost their lives while delivering food to starving civilians. in a statement, president biden said, he was heartbroken over their deaths. he also sharply criticized israel's leadership saying it has not done enough to protect gaza's most vulnerable people at some of the most blunt language we've heard from the president and the white house since the war began, israel says the strike was a grave mistake and has vowed to investigate. meanwhile, the world central kitchen shared the names of the seven lives lost, calling them beautiful souls and heroes. and cnn's melissa bell is live in jerusalem, flores with the latest melissa, what more we learning about the victims and this investigation that the israeli say they're going to conduct we've been hearing from jose andres, the man who set up that charity, the chef who set up the charity calling them angels. we now have a better idea of exactly who the seven were. they came from a wide variety of different countries, of course, amongst them, there were three british nationals that we now understand. jim we're there to provide a security. former military men who'd moved on to security. we've been hearing from the cousin of one of them, james kirby, who has been speaking to british television saying he was selfless. he would help anybody he knew the dangers. he was no fool in that regard, but he just knew that he had to help people and i think that's reminder of the kind and you people. these aid workers, war, world central kitchen has a particular place on the ground in places like gaza, but elsewhere around the world all the front lines, the disaster areas un agency's top heavy as they are bureaucratic, as they can be, may struggled to get places. world central kitchen gets there and false they're only aim twin pots and pans and food to people who desperately need it. and that's always been there strengthen in this case, sadly proved to be there great weakness. they were simply in a part of the world where it is so dangerous to work now, the israeli authorities, jim, taking it extremely seriously, we heard from not just benjamin netanyahu, but idf the defense ministry over the course of yesterday and culminated in the end in the statement that we had from the general chief of staff for the idf saying, not only that a preliminary investigation had found that this was a case of miss identification, but promising that there would be a full investigation. and i think most importantly, that that would be made transparent for the world to see exactly what the idf had fountain >> and melissa, there have been these protests in israel calling for new elections any chance of that happening and these protests have gotten pretty testy i think they've been really impressive, not just the figures we've seen out on the streets of jerusalem, but just a short while ago, inside the knesset, jim, >> those images of, and we're talking here about family members of some of the hostages still being held inside the gaza strip. they managed to breach the public gallery of the knesset with yellow on there and it's bringing chance of bring them home now. and at one point being joined by the opposition politicians in their chance of now the anger that we've seen these last four days here in jerusalem, the first time these mass anti-government protests have come here is to do with the fact that the knesset goes off on its recess and the point to these families is that nearly six months on they are still without words and increase tingly without hope. about what's happened to their loved ones. a great deal of anger out here about the way authorities have dealt with this war. and more specifically, their attempts to get their loved ones home gym all right melissa bell. thank you very much. i want to take a moment to read part of this powerful op-ed published today by the founder of world central kitchen chef jose andres he writes of the seven aid workers killed in his organization, put this up on screen for our viewers. their work was based on the simple belief that food is a universal human, right? it is not conditional on being good or bad, rich or poor, left or right. we do not ask what religion you belong to. we just ask how many meals you need. chef andres says his team has communicated extensively with the israeli military and civilian officials while doing their work key then writes israel is better than the way this war is being waged. it is better than blocking food and medicine to civilians. it is better than killing aid workers who had coordinated their movements with the israeli defense forces. the israeli government needs to open more land routes for food and medicine today, it needs to stop killing civilians and aid workers today. it needs to start the long journey to peace. >> today >> the words have chef jose andres and cnn military analysts, retired air force arnold cedric leighton joins us now kernel leighton. >> your response? to what chef jose andres is saying >> i know you >> have analyzed countless conflicts all over the world, but in every case and just about every case, there are humanitarian workers, aid workers, people like the heroes at the world central kitchen, people like the folks at the red cross who go into these war zones. and they're supposed to be allowed access to do the work, the important work that they do that did not happen here without a high price for the world central kitchen organization, your response to what chef jose andres is saying this morning >> yeah, good morning, jim, one of the big things that was on dresses mentioned in his in his comments is the fact that they coordinated with the israelis, with the idf. and what that tells me is this tragedy could have been avoided by this tragedy could have been avoided if proper communication procedures had been in place within the israeli military. and if a new organization like world central kitchen gives you there, i january in essence, they are scheduled where there going to where they're driving too. which areas are going to be covering and at what time that's something that becomes a no strike zone from a targeting perspective. and not only should it be a no strike zone, but it should also be a protected entity. and the israelis could have not only done a better job with communicating, but they could have also helped to protect these aid workers this really compounds the tragedy >> yeah, i mean, kernel late. i mean, israel's military knows that everything that comes in and out of gaza, the aid workers, cars were marked with the words world central kitchen with the logo of the organization. how did the idf get this so wrong? >> well, there are several possibilities. one of the things the idf said jim was it's happened at night, but there are ways to look at things at night. using night vision capabilities. if this was a drone strike, you'd like it seems to be really identify the vehicles you take a look at them, you take pictures first and then you shoot. if it's deemed that there's a viable target, but the pictures will tell you even at night what the logos say and that's one of the things that really needs to be investigated. how this could have gone so wrong because there is no reasonable in the modern world at this point in time, there's really no reasonable way that this could have happened without there being some knowledge of where the world central kitchen folks were, where they were going, and at what time they would be doing that? >> yeah. and current late chef jose andres, he also posted a video of one of the aid workers who was killed in the strike it shows some of the work she's been doing out in the field. let's listen to a little bit of this and we can show it >> in pakistan where today we are serving the community gone back which are longus right side here i am where the chef yeah, currently me. >> this is just >> one of the lovely people i mean, just absolutely giving their lives, giving everything that they can possibly offered bring food to hungry people. this video was shot and pakistan i believe in jose andres posted this the israeli prime minister said this happens in war but i have to ask you currently israel doing enough to protect civilians, could they be doing more to protect aid workers and get humanitarian aid flowing and they're just making a choice not to do those things. >> i think the are making that choice, sadly, jim and i think what? yes, these things happen in war, but they don't have to happen to this degree. and that's really the big tragedy here. not only did it affect to the world central kitchen personnel less seven who were killed. but it also really it kind of put see a focus on what's been happening in gaza all this time. yes, they were going to be civilian casualties regardless of how careful the israelis work but 30,000 is 30,000 to many and that is something that really needs to be looked at from a targeting perspective, from an internet national law perspective. and these are the kinds of things that we really have to look at because the israelis are basically operating as if it's 1950 it's no longer 1950. we have far better targeting capabilities. we have far better chances of avoiding civilian casualties. and every country has an obligation to avail them solves of that kind of technology to avoid these kinds of incidents and these kinds of tragedies >> all right, kernel late and we did our team did reach out to the idf to see if they can make a spokesperson available, but that did not happen kernel leighton. thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. now let's turn to taiwan where the death toll is rising from the most powerful earthquake to strike the island. and 25 years, nine people now confirmed dead more than 900 people injured the quake struck eastern taiwan during morning rush hour measured a magnitude of 7.4. look at that video right there. this dashcam video we can also show you captures the moment the quake struck, sharply rocking these cars in a bus, bringing traffic to a standstill. just unbelievable footage. i take a look at this video as well. >> the >> quake triggered landslides like the one you can see right here. rescuers have been working to free dozens of people still trapped in tunnels blocked by the degree. and cnn's i've and whiteness has just arrived at taiwan's capital five. and i know it's very late there. what's the latest on the rescue efforts? what are you seeing? >> right well i mean, this is an earthquake prone island, but it was still a staring morning for people here in taipei, for example, my colleagues on the other side of the camera, one of them woken up and trying to hold the bookshelves up as the as the ground shook, another rushing to gather up his children is as plates and glasses fell on the ground, as smashing there's still a hospital here in taipei that is offline, at least seven hospitals reported some kind of damage to their ceilings and some glasses broken. the epicenter is on the eastern coast in this rugged, mountainous area that's popular for tourists to want to go and hike in these mountains. and that's where some of the buildings have collapsed, where you had dozens of people, scores of people trapped in tunnels at least nine people killed, mostly by falling rocks. that fell either on highways or on some of those hiking trails. and there are still more than 100 people that the authority say they're working to try to rescue. we don't know how dire the situation is right now. take a listen to what several women in that area. it to say about the earthquake it was. very strong. it felt as if the whole house was going to topple all the things fellow improve things damaged now those women are from that remote town of ede, the kind of tourists >> place that people, many people traveled to surprisingly, people there right now are saying that the electricity's on, that people are kind of going around doing their business shopping. it's the eve of a holiday, the tumor sweeping holiday that said there are collapsed buildings there and rescue workers working. and finally, jim, there are a lot of aftershocks right now, dozens of them and some of them are very powerful, at least five, six orders of magnitude back to you. yeah, >> i've in the video is just astonishing. all right. i've been watson and taipei for us, keep us posted if there are any new developments. so we'll bring you back. thanks so much this morning, we should also note a plane that was meant to take secretary of state tony blinken to brussels for a nato meeting was grounded in pairs due to a mechanical issue. instead, blinken and the rest of the us delegation were forced to travel to a brussels by car we're telling you this not because it's been an inconvenience to the secretary of state, but kylie atwood joins me now at the state department. kindly, this is the second time the secretary of state's plane had an issue and this is a boeing plane that we're talking about here. what more can you tell us? >> yeah, that's right. so the secretary flies on planes that are part of the air force's slate and this specific plane is a version of the boeing's seven, for 7307 aircraft. it had mechanical issues and therefore, as you said, jim, the secretary and those traveling with him according to the press pool, that's traveling with him, had to dr. from paris to brussels for that nato ministerial meeting, instead of flying, will watch to see where this goes. but as you said, there was a similar incident in january when another boeing flight that the secretary was traveling on had issues. and so they couldn't fly on that plane either so it's an interesting development. it's lucky for the secretary frankly that he was able to drive to his next stop and this didn't really upend his schedule, but we'll have to watch and see what happens with this specific aircraft given the challenges that is created for the secretary on this diplomatic visit of course, all the questions are swirling around boeing right now as well. our colleague outward. thank you very much. i still had donald trump tells us supporters it's b or the end of the country as we know it what we'll talk about that next your life you see an image >> already sold the carbonic go to carvone in track your cars value today upon his first day of retirement, marquez rogers made a contract with themselves. i will never again work for another man or woman >> oh, todd >> especially >> i lay down my badge abandoned my corporate phone plan, and i'll get a new plan with consumers selling without a contract, without sacrificing comfort >> let's go >> when freedom calls, we're here to answer hello ghostbusters >> it's duck. we help people customize and saved hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual >> be the situation >> sure. i can in this >> yeah, we can get you know, every family moves at their own pace >> that's why we have you box. is that heavy where you can pack it a day? 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