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good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 9th. i'm amarillo walker. i'm victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your easter sunday with us. i don't i don't really remember the easter speeches from childhood. i just know i gave a lot of them. did you used to speeches? i remember that some of that may be in a break. all right. here's what we're watching this morning a weekend of religious celebrations, but also escalating tensions in the middle east. the israeli military has carried out retaliatory attacks in syria, and we're live in jerusalem...

again. >> sandra: wow, just some of what we saw today. china and russia's friendship on full display, to knock the world's number one superpower out of the top spot. president's xi three-day visit a boost to putin. >> john: looks like a world far less friendly to the west. >> sandra: headlines, putin sees anti-u.s. world order taking shape. lots to unpack in hour two of "america reports." sandra smith in new york. hi, john. >> john: here we go again for another hour. the two dictators are still in a closed door meeting that's been going on for five hours and counting now. even before...

trailing donald trump here at home. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday. i'm christine romans this morning. the u. s. has no embassy operating in sudan, a country on the brink of civil war president biden announcing the u. s diplomatic personnel and their families have been evacuated from sudan secretary of state antony blinken, adding that operations that the u. s embassy in khartoum have been temporarily suspended. cnn's sam kiley is reporting on the situation from djibouti for us and sam. how was the extraction of us personnel carried out...

tv. like, did you get a haircut? we're glad you are with us. and it is wow. very busy news friday . let's get started with the five things to know for this. friday april 7th 2023, tennessee republican led tennessee's republican led house has expelled two of its democratic members for violating house rules during a gun reform protests. one of them is justin jones. and he will join us live this morning. a story that is we have so much to cover on that plus escalation in the middle east israel launching airstrikes into southern lebanon and the gaza strip. the move comes after a barrage ...

the lead starts right now. tensions continue to escalate in the middle east, new details and images just coming in as cnn learns of a new terrorist attack and tell aviv as israel strikes after a barrage of rockets hit along its borders, plus supreme court justice clarence thomas tries to explain after a bombshell report revealed his many family trips on a god in a private jet, all paid for by a billionaire republican mega donor. and thomas never disclosed almost any of it, plus vice president kamala harris dispatched to tennessee one day after state house republicans expelled two dem...