fighting in gaza. negotiations over hamas'

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four-hour daily pauses. it falls far shof and human rights groups have been pleading for. let's go live to claudio ha lavanga. do we know how these pauses will work in practice? >> reporter: phillip, frances, yes. on thursday the national security council spokesperson, john kirby, explained that the new pauses will be announced beforeha beforehand, about three hours before they come into effect. thi going forward, these pauses, as they're being called, will have predetermined times and will be announced beforehand. but while this sounds like a breakthrough, the israeli military has somehow down-played

the announcement bit white house, explaining that these pauses will berestricted to very small areas. sometimes just neighborhoods and will at no time will they interrupt operations all across gaza. now a second announcement john kirby made on thiften thursday that a second route or humanitarian corridor will be opened on the coast of gaza to allow civilians to move south as israel has advised them to do for a while now. but this exodus of hundreds of thousands of people from a small enclave to an even smaller part is worsening the humanitarian crisis. the world health organization has said so far about half a million people have seeked refuge in hospitals and schools run by the united nations, and inevitably, now infectious diseases are spreading quickly, and people are starving while they wait for much-needed humanitarian aid.

and on that point, president biden said on x former twitter said they are working to get more aid into gaza, announcing as many as 150 truck full of ham humanitarian aid will get in, in the coming days. it is very far from what pl palestinians need. before the war, 500 humanitarian aid trucks were getting through. but because of the war, the world health organization says at least 2,000 trucks will need to get in to allow palestinians to cope with this humanitarian catastrophe. phillip, frances? >> that's just mind-boggling numbers there, to think those are people who need help in the most dire way. a congressional game changer heading into 2024. senator joe manchin says he won't run for reelection, but will the moderate west virginia democrat now run for president? peter alexander has the story. >> reporter: a disappointment for democrats.

west virginia senator joe manchin delivering a surprise announcement that he had not seek reelection next year. >> i believe in my heart of hearts that i've accomplished what i set out to do for west virginia. >> reporter: it boosts republicans' hopes for regaining control of the senate where democrats cling to a two-seat majority. manchin was facing an uphill battle in a state that former president trump won. it's another challenge for president biden in illinois decked out in union gear. >> i've worn this shirt a lot, man. >> reporter: celebrating the reopening of a stellantis auto plant that closed in march. >> these deals are game changers. not only for uaw workers but for all workers in america. >> reporter: the president touting his support for the historic uaw labor deal that earned workers a 25% pay raise. this plant to bring back 1200 workers and hiring another thousand. many union workers giving the president credit. >> i voted for him.

i love him. i hope he gets reelected. >> reporter: but not everyone's convinced, with americans paying $734 a month more than they paid for the same goods and services two years ago. >> economically, he has not done enough. economically, we are doing horrible if everybody pays attention to the cost of food, gas, everything. >> and our thanks to peter alexander for that report. the fbi is investigating alarming threats this morning against election workers. federal authorities say suspicious letters were mailed to election offices in at least four states georgia, aoregon the trial is under way for

the man who brutally attacked nancy pelosi's husband. >> reporter: the defense says they will not dispute most of the government's evidence against david depape. we saw that video of david depape swing the hammer, knocking paul pelosi unconscious, causing him a skull fracture. they say he was very invested in these conspiracy theories which prompted him to break into the pelosi home in october of 2022. they say, though, that his intent was not to kidnap nancy pelosi or to harm paul, but that he was trying to lure target one, which we have learned is an associate professor at the university of michigan. he believed children were being harmed, and he was on a mission to save this country. and they say that is part of why he hit paul pelosi that night, because he thought that his mission had been thwarted. investigators have released several pieces of evidence showing him break into the home, hit paul pelosi in the head, but the key here is going to boil

down to intent, because the two federal charges are attempted kidnapping and assault. and if the defense can prove that he did not show up to kidnap, then speaker nancy pelosi, they might be successful in getting an acquittal. but a lot of the evidence is pretty strong in this case, and this trial is expected to last about a week, and we expect paul pelosi to testify as early as monday. back to you. >> day t >> dana, thank you. officials in texas are revealing the cause of a massive chemical plant explosion. a forklift accident set off the blast, sparking a chemical fire and sending plumes of thick smoke minto the sky. the worker involved was taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. a shelter in place order has been lifted, but authorities are still investigating possible environmental impacts. >> re . >> new warnings from the head of

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and distractions, in cockpits and control towers. 77% of them understaffed, leading to mandatory six-day weeks and ten-hour day force controllers. while it will take years to hire and train enough controllers, the ceo of delta airlines said the turnover is impacting safety. >> the air traffic controllers have had some new folks. so i think it warrants continued review of safety management. >> are you concerned about the impact of that on safety of the airspace? >> absolutely, i am worried about safety. >> reporter: congress under pressure from all sides to spend the money for urgent safety upgrades. >> all right, our thanks to tom costello for that report. travel troubles might be in store for the south today thanks to a storm system that is working its way west. angie lassman is tracking when and where that rain will fall. >> happy friday you're right about the rain. it's something we'll have to deal with across the south and stretching into portions of the

tennessee valley. by the way, this area really needs it. we'll get beneficial rainfall over the next couple days. here's where it's raining right now. places like austin, monroe, hill ro little rock and elkins. the strong rain is focussed through portions of texas today, but the front will start to slide a little farther to the east and even into tomorrow we could see rain into the picture for your saturday plans. places like atlanta with the pockets of heavy rain remaining across southern texas. here's where we see the highest amounts of rainfall. places like th high of 48 degre. rain in the picture from

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