explode and it is painful to see what is going on in gaza right now with all the civilians and the people there. and it is just awful that hamas is telling these palestinians in gaza, don't leave, stay put, what do they want, human shields or something like that? it is a dangerous situation. especially as the israeli military is being activated, mobilized, 300,000 troops are ready to move in and deal with hamas. it is a real problem. >> you know, it is -- you questioned humanity and what human beings are capable of. you and i went in the spring to the concentration camps and we questioned that and now we see these images and you questioned it again. >> yeah. it is just so painful to see what is going on. and it is -- we're journalists, we cover it, so we see a lot of atrocities. we see a lot of bad things happening, we try to report as fairly and as honestly as we possibly can.

but it is just, you know, just an awful -- none of us have ever been in a position of reporting some of the things we're seeing right now. and it is just a hard assignment. >> colleagues are bearing witness for sure. wolf, thank you so much. we'll see you in "the situation. "cnn news central" starts right now. we're tracking major developments on day seven of fighting in the middle east. i'm brianna keilar in washington with boris sanchez. we have anderson cooper on scene in israel. we do have breaking news. israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the israel defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u.s. citizens. last hour president biden spoke

with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. >> earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. you're seeing them there on the screen. the flyers tell people in the north to evacuate south within the next 24 hours. this indicates a large ground operation could be imminent. the u.n. saying that evacuating 1.1 million people in one day is simply impossible. anderson? >> here in israel idf tanks are on the move near gaza and at the northern border with lebanon. shelling broke out, hezbollah claims it hit four israeli targets, some witnessed by cnn. the specter of an escalation on two fronts very real and of great concern wlachlt are we learning about the gaza attacks? >> they're not the big inoccurren incursion. they're designed to eliminate the threat of terrorism from the areas they're going into, that's

how the idf phrases it. but also to locate the hostages we know between 100 and 150 of them israelis inside the gaza strip, scattered across the whole area in unknown locations. it just underlines just how much danger there is for the military planners, how complicated it is going to be to conduct a big military operation with all the people on the ground. hamas, 13 hostages have been killed because of the air strikes israel has been carrying out on the gaza strip. that's not been verified, but underlines the complication. >> special forces, raids by israeli forces into gaza are extremely tricky, extremely dangerous. >> they are extremely dangerous because of the densely populated atmosphere there, the street plan there. and it is going to be -- it gives you an indication how it is going to put the force invasion in as well. there is special effort under way by the israelis to try to locate the hostages. a newly appointed hostage coordinator is meeting with family members over the course of the day telling them that everything that can be done,

that is humanly possible is being done to bring them back home. >> we have new video of air strikes in gaza, seen in the geolocated, hitting an area near the mediterranean sea. rockets can seen being fired from a residential area near where the air strikes took place. israel is telling gaza residents that they should flee to the south, hamas is telling them do not leave. >> yeah. look, we're seeing the israelis tell up to a million people, more than a million people, to move their homes, locate themselves to the south of the gaza strip. that's going to compound the already acute humanitarian situation on the ground. it is going to cause massive disruption. basically the people of gaza have nowhere else to go and that's where there isis an emphasis on trying to get a humanitarian corridor. israel and i expect a lot of israeli officials would be very

happy, but it is the egyptians that don't want them in there. >> from a military standpoint, for israeli officials planning any kind of ground incursion, they would like to see civilians moved out of these areas so they can go after hamas full bore. >> yeah. look, israel is in no mood to compromise at the moment. at the same time, its spokespeople made it clear they don't want to be sort of, like, killing masses of palestinian civilians, any more than they already have done. it would be in israel's interest to move out of the way so they have free hand in that northern part of the gaza strip. >> there is no sign that egypt would be willing to allow large numbers of palestinians into their territory. >> israeli officials i've spoken to are holding back from making that allegation. but they make the point that it is egypt that controls that border between the gaza strip and egypt, not israel and say it would be in israel's -- they want as many people to leave the gaza strip as possible. egypt doesn't want potentially militant palestinians coming into that very volatile sinai area of egypt. >> also they probably feel once

they're there, there is very little chance -- it is -- the momentum would be to keep them there. >> that's the reason hamas is telling people to stay put because they are concerned that if palestinians evacuate areas of the north of the gaza strip, they're never going to go back. this whole kreregion is left wi millions of palestinians who left their homes thinking they would go back and never could. >> from a military standpoint, it helps hamas to have civilians around if you don't care about civilian population, it helps to perhaps weaken the efforts of your opponent. >> it simplifies the military equation for the israelis if everybody is there, why hold back in any way? advantages hamas and other militant groups. >> matthew chance, thank you. there is breaking news about u.s. intelligence warnings warning the biden administration for a potential for a clash in the region here before the hamas attack on israel. it is nuanced. i want to gift details from

cnn's marquardt. explain what you learned about this. >> there were clear warnings that were issued by u.s. intelligence agencies, by the israelis, that were briefed at a very high level, circulated at a very high level, but at the same time, didn't point to anything in particular like we saw on saturday, october 7th. we're now learning, my colleagues and i, that there were at least three different products that were published and circulated in the weeks and the days leading up to october 7th. i want to tick through this so people understand. on september 28th, just over a week before, there was an assessment pulled from multiple streams of intelligence that pointed to hamas possibly escalating rocket attacks across the border with israel, between gaza and israel. and then on october 5th, just two days before the attack, there was a product from the cia that warned generally of the increasing possibility of

violence by hamas and then there was this report that was circulated from the israelis on october 6th that pointed to a change in behavior by hamas, indicating unusual activity. those indications we now understand that this attack was imminent. the problem, anderson, we're told from sources is that warnings like this, the warning of violence by hamas, the possibility of cross border attacks, that had become the norm. but taken altogether, these three different products, warnings from middle eastern allies it does beg the question if at this moment the u.s., the biden administration and the israelis were taking this seriously enough. i spoke with two senior officials from middle eastern countries who said over the course of the past year or more they had repeatedly in all kinds of meetings with the white house, with the intelligence community, with the military, raised the possibility of significant violence and these sources say that in all these meetings that they were ignored

that the administration simply doesn't understand the prospect of violence that hamas could carry out. there was an assumption and senior israeli official told me this as well, the next round of violence would look like previous rounds of violence. missiles flying across the border. we know now it was extremely different and it was much more deadly. >> you use the term products, you're talking about intelligence reports. do you know how widely disseminated those were? what level -- it wasn't -- it was just sort of routine reports, you're saying? >> it was disseminated at a senior level within the administration, across the intelligence community. we know some of this was also shared with congress. "the new york times" is reporting that this was not briefed out to president biden. but taken together, again, this was several successive and not products but reports, assessments from the

intelligence community that were disseminated and so when you have them all coming like that, cumulatively in the days and weeks before this attack, it combined with the warnings from allies what we're asking now is should these have not been taken more seriously. and there was certainly a sense on the israeli side, we understand, from u.s. sources, that they didn't think this kind of thing that could happen, that the violence that could have broken out would resemble previous flare-ups and that wasn't the case. >> yeah. alex marquardt, appreciate it. right now two top u.s. officials are in the middle east, reaffirming support for israel. also trying to keep the war from expanding in the region. defense secretary lloyd austin meeting with top officials in israel including their prime minister benjamin netanyahu who the secretary of state met with yesterday. austin called hamas attack worse than isis and said america has israel's back. the secretary of state antony

blinken, he's making multiple stops in arab countries across the region. he spoke to reporters in qatar. we heard a very distant thud. talked to reporters in qatar. he urged israel to avoid harming civilians and to establish safe zones in gaza. take a look. >> israel has the right, the obligation to defend its people and the fight to ensure hamas can never repeat what it has done. we discuss the importance of taking every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. >> orren lieberman is at the pentagon for us. what do we know about secretary austin's visit to israel? >> we see this as part of a broader effort by the biden administration to give a full support for israel in the coming days and weeks and you can see that from not only secretary of state antony blinken's

statements, but from lloyd often who made it clear not is not the time for any sort of neutrality in his broad show of support for israel. listen to this. >> there's no time for neutrality or false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. there is never any justification for terrorism and that's especially true in this rampage by hamas. and anyone who wants lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate hamas. >> austin also arrived with shipments of weapons, the first of which have begun to arrive, according to officials we have spoken with. israel requested iron dome intercepters that the u.s. will

provide. that's the job of often in the re oft austin in the region. he says he's working with and the u.s. is working with international aid organizations to try to ensure any sort of safe zone in gaza that civilians could go to. all of this a very great challenge for blinken and austin as they make their rounds there. >> oren lieberman, thank you very much. back to boris and brianna. >> turning from tel aviv to washington, there is breaking developments here in the race to elect a new speaker of the house. ohio congressman jim jordan is running to be the republican nominee and at this very moment, the gop conference is behind closed doors, all of them together meeting. >> this comes after majority leader steve scalise withdrew from the race last night after it became clear he didn't have enough votes. 217 votes needed to win the gavel. jordan, though, believes he

won't have the same problem. listen. >> i think we'll get 217 votes. >> you only keep running if you get 217 votes? >> i think we'll get -- i think we'll -- watch yourself, watch yourself, i think we'll get 217 votes. >> would you be open to empowering patrick mchenry if you don't. >> i think we'll get 217 votes. that's the quickest way to get something unifying. >> let's go to capitol hill with manu raju. we understand now jordan has some competition. >> reporter: yeah, he does. he's going to face that against congressman austin scott of georgia declaring himself a candidate. this conference meeting now behind closed doors. it is a bitterly divided conference, many very frustrated members, many tired members after that historic ouster last week of speaker mccarthy, former speaker kevin mccarthy, pushing him aside, never happened before in the history of this country and this party has not been able to find any consensus to find a

speaker candidate. no legislation can get done, dealing with pressing international issues like the war in israel, or even key domestic issues like avoiding a government shutdown by november. no action can be taken unless there is a speaker of the house. can republicans finally get behind one candidate who can have the votes not just in the conference meeting, just now, where they have a vote this afternoon, that requires a majority of the 221 member conference, but then getting 217 votes on the house floor. that is the big question. jordan indicated he would only go to the floor if he has 217 votes. when they vote in a matter of moments, that's going to be what we're looking at. whether or not jordan is close to that 217 vote threshold. if he is not, that will signal problems for him and potentially could lead to another candidate in this race. another problem for jordan, there are some members who won't vote for him, including some who will vote for kevin mccarthy as

speaker even though mccarthy is backing jordan. are you going to support him? >> no. >> why not? >> i'm supporting kevin mccarthy. >> do you support jim jordan. >> i support kevin still. >> do you worry disarray will cost you guys the majority? >> i think a lot of things have happened so far that make real damage for us moving forward. i fear different people retiring, i fear of having the resources to be able to do the job, i fear that what has slowed us down on the amount of legislation we already are passing. >> reporter: now, it is very possible that even if they do find some consensus in this room, that this could all wait until next week. in part because there some attendance issues, members on both sides of the aisle who are not in washington, so they may not be able to have a floor vote today to elect a new speaker, pushing it potentially into next week, even as all these issues

continue to pile up, but the question still remains, who can get to 217 votes and if they can't get someone, will they try to prop up the interim speaker to have more power and say over the legislative process on the floor, that is an internal debate still ongoing but shows you the desperate times republicans -- after the dysfunction that is part of their own making. >> the house frozen until they elect a speaker with so much in the balance, including aid for israel. manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. we're continuing to follow the latest developments from the middle east including israeli shelling in southern lebanon. fears rising of hezbollah potentially entering this conflict. along the israel/gaza border, we're witnessing tanks on the move, amassing there. stay with cnn for the latest developments.

this just in, the white house confirms that the call that included the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for after the

attacks by hamas in israel that it has wrapped and before the call took place, president biden told 60 minutes of what he expected to say personally to the families. >> why do you feel so strongly about speaking to these families personally on zoom? >> because i think they have to know that the president of the united states of america cares deeply about what is happening, deeply. we have to communicate to the world this is critical. this is not even human behavior. it is pure barbarism. and we're going to do everything in our power to get them home if we can find them. >> the biden administration says it is working closely with israel to locate and rescue those who have been kidnapped. boris? >> i want to take a closer look at what is happening right now long israel's border ahead of a possible ground operation in gaza. major general spider marks joins us. i want to start in southern

lebanon. we have seen an exchange of artillery fire there. the idf responding to an explosion at a security fence, the fear, of course, is that hezbollah could open up essentially an operation into israel, war coming from the north. how big of a problem could that be for idf forces as they try to go into gaza. >> the big question is, israel has dealt with multiple fronts before. so the question is the magnitude of what just occurred in gaza, will it distract the idf? i don't think it will, but the concern is do they get target focused down in gaza. and not pay enough attention to what is happening in the north? my short answer to that is i don't think that's a concern. there has been a mobilization of close to 300,000 additional soldiers. what you see in the vicinity of gaza and northern israel, southern lebanon, is one of the

most highly patrolled militarized area in the world today. so, israel is a matter of routine has a number of highly trained personnel, plus it has some really good intelligence capabilities that stretch across the border into southern lebanon. so it is a major of identifying, reading the indicators and then being prepped for multiple options if hezbollah forces decide to come across. >> general, we have seen focusing in on gaza tanks starting to move closer into the border. over the last 24 hours there have been raids in gaza from what we understand, these are more specifically in the search for hostages. how do you see the early part of a ground operation into this region playing out? >> yeah, what you're seeing right now are the initial -- what would be called preparatory tasks. i think those operations to go after hostages were done because

they had a high confidence on the intelligence of where hostages might have been. not to confuse operations like that in terms of conducting those to gather intelligence. however, one of the offshoots is you'll get a better sense of what is taking place on the ground. good intelligence, going after hostages, and then positioning your forces very, very precisely in multiple locations so you don't simply come across in one location and give your enemy forces hamas an opportunity to galvanize their forces and look directly at israelis as they're coming across. give hamas multiple targets to deal with and help put them off their guard. >> and speaking with experts over recent days, they mentioned that that intelligence that you were describing is also going to be key in preventing the death of civilians in the area and

israel actually started sending down pamphlets, literally shooting pamphlets into the sky and essentially they're in arabic, a map of gaza and warning civilians in northern gaza to get out. how likely is that? the u.n. has described getting that many people out of there quickly as impossible, general. >> well, it really is difficult. what israel is saying is, look, we're going to conduct operations into gaza. we're going to go after terror cells. we're going to do the best we can to try to recover our hostages. if you are in the way of that, we are asking you to please go to ground and get out of the way. in other words, israel is conducting its operations, intends to conduct its operations with the laws of proportionality to minimize collateral damage. st civilians, get out of the way, we're coming across. hamas indicated we want you to stay in place. clearly the mixture of civilian targets, you got civilians with

military targets completely interwoven. that's the challenge and that is against international law. hamas is guilty of bringing those two together. there is an obligation that israel has, absolute sovereignty obligation to go after the source of this terror that has taken place in its nation. and what hamas is doing is they'll set up civilian targets, use them as human shields. that is against the law as well. >> general spider marks, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, boris. still ahead, we have new details about the planning of saturday's attack by hamas. clarissa ward is reporting on how years were spent training for it, literally, right over the border from israel. stay with cnn's special live coverage. we're back in moments. from chrome to duckduckgo.

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right now we're monitoring fast moving developments in the middle east. israel saying that its forces raided gaza over the past 24 news for a search for hostages. we're also seeing israeli shelling in southern lebanon. also, large scale strikes continuing in gaza. israeli tanks are on the move near the gaza border. that is coming ahead of an expected ground incursion. israeli military told more than a million people to leave northern gaza. the u.n. says that's impossible, and the red cross warns it would be in their words catastrophic.

want to turn to becky anderson, who is joining us now from jerusalem. so the idf says the troops have carried out local raids in gaza. what more do we know about that? >> it is interesting. we do know that the border is saturated in the words of the idf with some 200 to 300,000 troops. it is enormous buildup of ground troops and artillery on the ground around that border with gaza. and now as we understand it, the idf has conducted raids in the plural into gaza strip as they continue the air assault. it is interesting. i'm looking for the full idf statement. we only just received this to cnn. first of all, they don't say when the raids were conducted. i think that's important and we'll work more on our sources to get that. it says and i quote here, idf soldiers thwarted terror cells and infrastructure located in

the area and it says including a hamas cell that fired antitank missiles towards israeli territory. but it also says this is all in an effort to eliminate the threat of terrorists and weapons in the area and locate hostages. so, we know what they're describing they did, we don't know whether they have or were able to locate the area or areas where these hostages are being held, but we do know, of course, you and i have been discussing this for some time, it is as many as 150 hostages being held there. these are raids. i don't think we should be suggesting this is the beginning of the ground incursion. it has been dropping pamphlets on gaza today warning residents to get out of northern gaza and

get into southern gaza. the u.n. is saying how on earth is that supposed to be effective within 24 hours? they seem to be indicating there is a window of opportunity for residents to move out. meantime, these raids now being reported have been conducted across that gaza border, by -- in order to try to denigrate the infrastructure but critical for the israelis to try and locate where the hostages are being held. anderson? >> yeah, becky anderson in jerusalem, thanks so much. now to a cnn exclusive investigation that looks at and analyzes two years of hamas propaganda training videos. in the videos, you can see the terror group and its affiliates training for a major attack at six open air training camps in gaza itself. in the investigation, cnn's clarissa ward looks at years of satellite images and social

media videos adding to the question how did israel and perhaps the u.s. intelligence miss this. >> reporter: propaganda videos put out by hamas revealed chilling details about the years of preparations that went into saturday's bloody attacks right under israel's nose. analyzing metadata from the videos, a cnn investigation can reveal the presence of at least six training sites inside gaza. one just 720 meters from the most heavily fortified and patrolled part of israel's border. in that camp, hamas re-created an israel compound with elements of the nearby border crossing, including an insignia of the battalion. the videos show they even practiced taking prisoners and zip tying their hands at the camp. satellite imagery indicates the camp was constructed within the last year and a half. at two other locations in the

southern part of gaza, hamas trained for their audaciousp paraglider assault. in all, six sites, two years of satellite imagery reviewed by cnn shows no indication of offensive israeli military action. the imagery instead shows that in the last two years some camps even expanded, into surrounding farm land, and that there was activity in the last several months at the camps. the stunning revelations raised questions as to how hamas was able to train so openly, so close to the border, for so long. and why israeli officials were unable to pick up on and prevent the october 7th attack. clarissa ward, cnn. >> our thanks to clarissa ward. there is new video of secretary of state antony blinken arriving in bahrain as he continues his tour across the middle east. stay with cnn. more ahead.

jim jordan and austin scott are lobbying members in a closed door meeting right now competing for the speaker's gavel. >> and scott has been very critical of his republican colleagues who voted to oust kevin mccarthy and reject their last candidate steve scalise who dropped out of the race last night. we have cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju who is on capitol hill following every twist and turn and yet somehow kind of ending up back at the same place. i know you spoke to congressman

scott before the meeting. what did he tell you? >> reporter: yeah, he's been sharply critical of everything that transpired over the last week. he has a lot of people who align himself with that view. last week he called those members of eight republicans who sided with democrats called them chaos agents and yesterday leaving the closed door meeting after steve scalise who was the house majority leader, was the speaker nominee for this party to replace kevin mccarthy after the historic vote pushing him aside, when scalise stepped aside amid opposition from a number of members, i talked to austin scott about that, he did not hold back. >> very strong group of people that they have to have everything their way, and, you know, we had a group that sabotaged speaker mccarthy and a g group that sabotaged steve scalise, both great people. >> reporter: how does that make you look? >> it makes us look like a bunch of idiots. >> reporter: so yesterday in that closed door meeting, scott

said he was opposed to jim jordan's candidacy and he was not expected to run, so his decision to do so today was a bit of a surprise here. the question was how many votes will he peel away from jim jordan and if jim jordan still wins the republican nomination, a simple majority threshold of the 221 members, but if he peels away enough support, what will happen then and will jim jordan decide to step aside because jordan has insisted that he must have 217 votes of the 221 republican conference to go to the floor. if he does not have that today, this afternoon, will he step aside and then what will happen then? will there be another speaker candidate? all so many questions still, guys, after more than a week of this disarray, dysfunction and inability to do anything here in the house because of this leadership crisis on the republican side. at the moment they're trying to resolve it still major questions about whether they can resolve

that sometime today. >> deja vu all over again. manu raju on capitol hill, stand by. also joining us, cnn chief international affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, if they can't agree on a speaker, they can't get consensus on a speaker, how do they fund the government, how do they keep the government open, how do they agree on aide to ukraine? >> and aid for israel. all of those are good questions for which there are few answers. what this is showing is manu is saying the house isn't able to govern, but it is more than that. one of our major political parties is in a state of paralysis. the country is watching. the world is watching. and starting next week there are real consequences of this. why? because the senate is back from its recess next week. there will be real discussions in the upper chamber about funding for israel, funding for ukraine, other matters, that the house still does not have itself in order, they will not be able to go forward. say jim jordan does become

speaker, then what? he has been a central player in the shutdown back in 2013. we remember that covering the house. the shutdown in 2018, 2019 for which he got nothing during the trump administration. i think when you step back, it is bigger than just the speaker's race here at this moment. it is that one of our political parties is just in gridlock, unable to work, and donald trump has been at the center of all of this. he supported jim jordan and people are defying him. that may be a big takeaway ten days after he was ousted. so many are not following his lead. >> you bring up a good point, you talk about the world watching here. you hear scott saying, we look -- it makes us look like a bunch of idiots. ron desantis saying this looks like a clown show. what does this do on a -- in a broader scale of how it makes america look? >> it makes it look like the government is not fully functioning. and it is something we have, i guess, known for a while. we have seen it sort of in

chapter by chapter from the tea party through different stages, but, look, this is a moment and inflection point where perhaps, you know, there will be an impetus to come together. that has not been the case so far. steve scalise likely was that person if there was a unifying figure. there was no appetite for that. how bad would it have to get? talking to a couple of members this morning, they think it has to go several more days for there to be a true unifying government, for democrats to have to get involved and maybe some moderate republican. it is hard to get your mind around how that could happen in today's washington. that speaker would be thrown out immediately as well. >> you mentioned that scalise would have been that consensus figure there was something -- somewhere between a dozen to two dozen republicans that were hard nosed on him. as we look at this poll, this is how republican leaders in congress are handling their jobs, according to different political persuasions. fewer than 50% of republicans approve of how their own party

is handling the situation on capitol hill. is there any oudoubt this is gog to have an impact in the next election? >> surprising it is that high. republicans are so divided. it is going to have an impact in the next election, but the point is republicans are supposed to be going after the incumbent administration, the democrats, republicans are supposed to be the party out of power at least in terms of the majority showing they can govern. and that is what actually worries some republicans in terms of trying to maintain their house majority. very difficult when some of those swing members here are being sort of, you know, dragged through all of this. >> yeah. certainly worried. jeff, thank you so much. thanks to manu raju as well. heightened security concerns all across the globe as protesters take to the streets. here in the u.s., there are major cities that are taking precautions. we'll have details on that next. from chrome to duckduckgo.

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security is being ramped up in major u.s. cities today after a former hamas leader called for the muslim world to, quote, show anger on friday. overnight, fencing and barriers went up around the u.s. capitol in washington. in new york, added security is visible in the city's massive subway system. the nypd tweeted that there are currently no credible threats adding they're increasing the number of uniformed officers in

their words out of an abundance of caution. i want to bring in cnn chief law enforcement intelligence analyst t john miller. where else are we seeing ramped up security? >> at major jewish organizations, for instance the museum of jewish heritage, you're seeing it at major religious institutions such as temple emanuel on 5th avenue, iconic location. you're also seeing it in public schools in brooklyn and jewish and/or arab neighborhoods at mosques and predominantly muslim neighborhoods. what new york is doing is trying to create a sense of visibility, a blanket of security at over 400 locations, so that people understand, yes, there is no credible specific threat, but they also understand that in the threat stream on the internet and in the airways they're hearing concerns and want that

visibility out there to reassure people and also to ensure timely response. >> what are you seeing in other places around the country? >> we're seeing similar efforts. candidly because the new york city police department, even down 3,000 officers, even with cuts in the counterterrorism bureau, has a force where they can stretch to cover this many places. in los angeles, they have canceled days off, they extended tours, they have put everybody in uniform, they put more people out on the street. in san francisco, they increased security in small places like indian river county, florida, or in palm beach, where they have a large jewish population as well, they have increased patrols. they have also increased outreach, giving people access to apps where they can push information out from the sheriff's office and get tips in from people who see suspicious activity. a lot of engagement. >> all right, john miller, appreciate it, thank you. stay with cnn's live special coverage. we'll be right back.

this hour, we're following major breaking news as israel's ground invasion of gaza appears to be near. i'm boris sanchez in washington with brianna keilar and anderson cooper is on the scene in israel. the idf says that in the past 24 hours, troops have entered gaza, carrying out raids and