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Is a US military strike on Iran imminent? A source tells CNN President trump has reviewed attack plans but is holding off for now to see if Tehran is willing to back away from its nuclear program. Meanwhile, an Iranian missile strikes a hospital in the southern part of Israel, prompting the Israeli defense minister to say Iran's supreme leader cannot be "allowed to exist," calling him a "modern Hitler." Anderson Cooper joins the show live from Tel Aviv.
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In this special edition of Inside Politics, Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett bring you the very latest on the Israel-Iran conflict. Among the big questions: What will President Trump do?
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First: President Trump is on the cusp of the most important decision he's made to date as Commander in Chief. Will the US join Israel in seeking to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities? The vice president just issued a remarkable new statement clearly aimed at MAGA opponents to American assistance in Iran.
Plus: CNN has new reporting on what the US intelligence community is saying about Israel's justification for striking Iran in the first place. Dana discusses that with the Israeli ambassador to the US.
And: Democrats in Minnesota say Republican Senator Mike Lee has made a horrific situation even worse with his social media posts about the state lawmakers gunned down in their homes.
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First: President Trump is meeting with top US allies on the world stage amid crucial flashpoints on trade, immigration, and the new wave of strikes between Israel and Iran.
Plus: Officials are struggling with how to keep public leaders safe after two Minnesota lawmakers were gunned down in their homes. We take you live to a press conference, where chilling new details are revealed.
And: Exactly 10 years ago today, a reality TV star rode down that golden escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential campaign. We're reconvening the people who brought you that news about the wild, norm-shattering decade that would follow.
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First: Shocking killings. The shooting of two lawmakers jolts an uneasy nation. What's the latest on the manhunt? Minnesota Senator Tina Smith joins me live.
Plus: On edge. Israel and Iran trade unprecedented blows. But as the fighting rages on, can the U.S. prevent a wider war.
And: Split screen. Trump gets his parade as his military crackdown sparks nationwide protests. Can Democrats seize the moment?
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Israel warns it's unprecedented attack on Iran is not over and says it used 200 warplanes to strike well over 100 targets in a massive and highly covert operation intended to decapitate Iran's nuclear capabilities. Iran's supreme leader promises Israel will face severe punishment after several top military leaders and nuclear scientists were killed in the strikes.
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First: We're following the showdowns on the streets, the halls of Congress and the federal courthouse as protesters, lawmakers and top Democratic governors sound off on the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown.
Plus: Is it big and beautiful or a bust? We have exclusive new reaction to President Trump's massive domestic policy bill from the voters who helped put him back in the Oval Office
And: Officials fear more than 200 people are dead after a Boeing flight bound for London crashed into a residential area in western India.
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We're now seeing a tidal wave of protests across the country over resident Trump's deportation policies. They've spread from Los Angeles to other major cities including Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York. And the primarily peaceful protesters are enraged and horrified that ICE officials are ramping up the speed and magnitude of their arrests, all to meet White House quotas. Multiple sources tell CNN that agents have been instructed to search anywhere and everywhere for undocumented immigrants.
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First: President Trump pats himself on the back after ordering marines to a major American city. But Democrats accuse Trump of abusing both his power and the military itself, and acting like an authoritarian.
Plus: New Jersey voters go to the polls after the most expensive primary ever for the Garden State.
And: RFK Jr. fires a group of scientists whose job is to keep America's vaccines safe.
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First: After three days of protests in California against his deportation policies, President Trump sends in the National Guard - against the wishes of the governor, who says the state plans to sue.
Plus: Elon Musk deletes his harshest anti-Trump posts and applauds the president's National Guard deployment. Is it an attempt to get back in Trump's good graces?
And: More than 300 NIH workers say the Trump Administration is politicizing health, and lives are hanging in the balance.
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