6 AM ET: Israel's 'dumb bombs', House approves impeachment inquiry, MRI sets off patient's gun & more

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🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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As the White House pushes Israel to be more precise in its bombardments on Gaza, a US Intelligence assessment described exclusively to CNN says nearly half of some munitions Israel has used are so-called dumb bombs. The House voted straight down party lines to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Vivek Ramaswamy kept up a series of far-right conspiracy theories at a CNN town hall last night. A recent construction boom may be taking the pressure off some renters in the US. Plus, a woman was shot after her gun went off during her an MRI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.4	Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions Israel has used in Gaza are so-called dumb bombs. That's according to the latest U.S. intelligence assessment,
0:45.0	described exclusively to CNN by three sources who have seen the assessment.
0:50.0	The unguided dumb bombs are less accurate and can be a greater threat to civilians.
0:55.7	This comes amid rare U.S. public criticism of Israel, as President Joe Biden said this week
1:00.9	that Israel is conducting quote
1:02.9	indiscriminate bombings in Gaza.
1:05.6	Adam Day from the UN University Center for Policy Research
1:09.2	says the US is becoming isolated internationally
1:12.2	after voting against both a UN security
1:14.4	council and general assembly call for a ceasefire. That's putting a lot of
1:18.8	pressure on Biden. It's clearly a worry for him. His comments about indiscriminate bombing are really a signal to Israel. I think that U.S. support is not necessarily totally unconditional or open-ended when it comes to this particular operation.
1:32.4	National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is open-ended when it comes to this particular operation.
1:32.8	National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is scheduled to meet with Israeli officials
1:36.7	today as the White House pushes Israel to be more precise in its operations
1:41.0	against Hamas in Gaza.
1:43.0	House Republicans have voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
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