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It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Were tracking several breaking stories right now. Israel strikes back, targeting iran overnight. The fallout as tensions grow in the middle east. Here at home, a critical vote under way right now on capitol hill to advance a whopping package of aid to ukraine and israel. In new york city, Jury Selection back under way in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial, a full panel of 12 in place as they search for five more people to fill the alternate seats. And we begin with Breaking News on capitol hill, where happening right now the house is voting on whether to consider a package of bills with 95 billion in aid for ukraine, israel and the indopacific. Joining us now from capitol hill is nbcs ali vitali ....
Revolutionary guard corps and then the unprecedented attack by iran against israel itself, 350 missiles and drones launched towards this country. the vast majority of them shot down. at this point, jose, israel s military is not imposing any new restrictions on the civilian population here. that is an indication that israel is not expecting iran to retaliate, at least not at the moment. in terms of the strike itself, we know that it happened around 4:00 a.m. local time near the city of isfahan. we believe the target was a military base there, a source familiar with the situation says this was a limited strike and israel spent the hours afterwards assessing the effectiveness. i ll also just say on a separate note, in the last hour or so, the united states has imposed sanctions on an extremist israeli settler, his name is ben zhi, he s someone i actually ....