Biden Dramatically Ramps Up Public Pressure on Netanyahu as Israeli-Gaza Violence Rages; Secretary of State Blinken to Meet with Russian Foreign Minister; 11-Year-Old Girl Fights Off Her Would-Be Kidnapper; Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons Discusses Man's Attempt to Kidnap Girl; E.U. Ready to Welcome Vaccinated Travelers; Ted Cruz's Cancun "Tweet" Triggers More Backlash. Aired 2:30-3p ET

• Published in: CNN Newsroom
• Main Authors: Camerota, Alisyn, Blackwell, Victor, Robertson, Nic, MatthewChance
• Format: Transcript
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta CQ Roll Call 19.05.2021
• Subjects: Assaults; Biden, Joseph R Jr; Blinken, Antony J; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Kidnapping; Presidents; Prime ministers; Gaza Strip; Israel; Jerusalem Israel; United States > US; Iceland; Russia

President Biden publicly pressured the Israeli prime ministerin a phone call for a significant de-escalation today on the path to acease-fire and to find an end the violence, soon, but no sign thatwill happen. Later tonight, Antony Blinken is set to speak with SergeyLavrov in Iceland in their first meeting, discussing substantialissues, the SolarWinds hack, occupation of Crimea, and electioninterference allegations. A Florida man was caught on video trying tokidnap an 11-year-old girl in broad daylight as she waited for herschool bus, but she fought back and escaped, and the man, with ahistory of child sexual offenses, was arrested. Sheriff Chip Simmons,of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, discusses the video of a man,with a history of child sexual offenses, attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old girl. The European Union is set to give the green light formore people to visit as long as they're vaccinated, but it's stillonly a recommendation at this point. Sen. Ted Cruz received backlashafter a Cancun trip during the Texas ice storm, but now a tweet aboutCancun from Cruz triggers more backlash. GUESTS: Chip Simmons