hamas inside the gaza strip that it thinks was involved in this terrorist attack on october 7 which has sparked this war that we're seeing right now. there were other interesting things that the spokesman was saying this morning talking about the northern border with lebanon and the flare-ups we've been seeing with hezbollah, iranian proxy in the south of lebanon, saying quite simply every time they shoot, we'll shoot back. he said that the situation right now that israel is trying to contain the situation and that hezbollah knows where the line is to avoid this spiraling i suppose out of control into another front. he also gave some updates on the hostages, that there are 203 hostages and 100 people missing. kasie. >> stunning numbers on both sides of the conflict. elliott gotkine, thanks very much. and thank you for joining us. "cnn this morning" starts right now.

american leadership is what holds the world together. american alliances is what keep us, america, safe. american values are what make us a partner to other nations we want to work with. to put all that at risk, if we walk away from ukraine, we turn our backs on israel, it is just not worth it. well, good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. erin burnett live on the ground. sara sidner live for us in the west bank. that was the president calling on americans to support war time aid for israel and for ukraine and, today, he'll ask congress to pass an aid package. in his primetime oval office address, biden called it vital for national security. >> hamas and putin represent different threats. but they share this in common.

they both want to completely anni annihilate democracy. when dictators don't pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. they keep going. and the cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. >> there is, of course, one problem, congress is paralyzed without a house speaker and right now can't actually pass anything. that all comes at a pivotal moment when israel's leaders are signaling a ground invasion of gaza could be imminent. earlier this morning, cnn's nic robertson witnessed increased activity along the border including flares and heavy machine gunfire. israel's defense minister visited troops amassing near the gaza border and told them you see gaza now from a distance, you'll soon see it from inside. the command will come. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also near the border rallying troops and asking them if they were ready to deliver a hard blow. israeli officials tell cnn

politicians have given the military the green light to enter gaza. let's start with erin burnett live in tel aviv. you've been speaking to the idf. what is the latest? >> reporter: right, and, you know, we have been speaking to sources there and, of course, spokespeople publicly. and they consider it ready. sources are saying and, of course, they don't know either, some sources are saying, 48 hours. doesn't mean it is going to be that, of course. we don't know when that order will come. we do know, of course, that the reporting is our reporting is that the army has been given the green light when they are ready. the very latest from the idf spokesperson we have, though, is this, and let me play you colonel jonathan kanrikis speaking with me in the early hours of the morning. >> they're equipped, mission oriented and standing by for the next stage of our operations. at this time, of course, we will not advertise when, where and

how we will advance or do and enhance our military activities. >> all of this, of course, dependent in part on what happens on that southern rafah border we have talked so much about. sources close to netanyahu said they thought that would be open today for aid to come in, and sources were telling jake tapper that would not happen today. so there are still a lot of questions about that and whether that would impact israel's decision on going in. sources again, israeli government say, no, it won't have any impact, but we'll see if that's the case. but nonetheless, on the edge and ready and getting the rallying visits from president netanyahu yesterday along the front lines where 350,000 troops are amassed as i speak. and on this friday, this, of course, is a friday, this is a day of prayer and the muslim community and there are pro-palestinian protests expected after mosque. in egypt, jordan, tunisia, pakistan, other places, in the

broader middle east region today as demonstrators around the world have been marching, feeling a grief, a fear, solidarity, for the palestinians who remain trapped in gaza and there are concerns about a possible flare-up of violence when you have this many people in the streets. the state department is issuing an alert advising all americans anywhere overseas to exercise increased caution. our sara sidner is live in ramallah in the west bank with more. and, sara, what are you seeing so far today? i know it has been relatively quiet. but obviously a lot of this depends on when people are in mosque and when they're gathering. what do you understand is happening there? >> reporter: it is quiet, you can hear -- you can hear the muslim singing from the mosque waiting for the afternoon prayer, which will begin about noon. but there has been a call by hamas' political leadership that people come out into the streets

and protest in solidarity with the palestinian people in gaza who have now been killed in the thousands, we're talking some 3,000 people and some more than 10,000 people injured there according to the palestinians in gaza. we're also in an area where there already have been clashes. in the west bank, there have been clashes since the day this started. two people were shot and killed here, just yesterday, during clashes between palestinians who were throwing stones and the israeli military who was responding and firing back. there have been upwards of 70 plus people in the west bank who have been killed in clashes and fighting with the israeli military and including settlers as well who have been on the attack since all of this happened. the real concern here obviously is how big these protests get and what the response is going to be from the israeli military

as the israeli military had said it is in war. and they officially declared that back after the attack from hamas on saturday. here in the west bank there are always some sort of clashes. palestinians at this point in time cannot leave the west bank because it has been closed off by the israelis for the most part so that people can't easily get in and out. and certainly tensions are extremely high. there are plenty of palestinians here who have family that live in gaza, who are living with these dire consequences in gaza, who don't have water, who don't have food, who don't have fuel. and they are hoping beyond hope there will be some humanitarian aid that comes in, but mostly they're concerned about the air strikes that continue to go on and on and hamas calling for the entire arab world and the world at large to come out and protest against what they say is the israeli occupation of gaza and they have been very clear about

what they want people to do. we should start seeing activity after the prayers, after the noon prayers here in ramallah. erin? >> reporter: all right, thank you very much, sara. we'll be checking back in with you as sara says, you know, it is usually after mosque and prayers and that these protests often begin. president biden in his primetime speech casting the moment in history as what he calls an inflection point, and a battle for the world's democracies. we have new polling about how americans really feel about this, how they feel about president biden's handling of the wars in israel and ukraine. and the defense minister here in israel telling troops they will soon see gaza from the inside. what does that really look like? is that all those troops on the border? is that just some of them? what would it really look like? we'll be back.

president biden alerting the nation that providing aid to the war efforts in ukraine and israel is in his words, quote, vital for america's national security. in an impassioned address from the oval office, the president explained the funding is imperative for the future of american leadership and for democracies to be sustained worldwide. he also warned that u.s. adversaries and competitors are watching. arlette saenz has more this morning from the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. president biden used the oval

office to paint a stark picture of what is at stake in these wars in israel and ukraine. the president drew a direct line between the two very different conflicts, warning that they pose a threat not just to u.s. national security, but also democracy at large. now, president biden faces the difficult task of convincing skeptical americans to get on board. president biden appealing directly to the american people, making the case for aid to allies,e ing existential threats. >> it is vital for america's national security. >> reporter: in a rare oval office address, biden declaring the u.s. must remain a, quote, beacon to the world. >> american alliances are what keep us, america, safe, to put all that at risk, if we walkway from ukraine, if we turn our back on israel, it is just not worth it. >> reporter: and warning what happens when dictators don't pay a price for their actions. >> they cause more chaos and

death and more destruction. we cannot and will not let terrorists like hamas and t tyrants like putin win. i refuse to let that happen. >> reporter: biden cast this moment as an inflection point, arguing that his request for north of $100 billion in aid for israel, ukraine, taiwan, and the u.s. southern border is necessary. >> hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. they both want to completely annihilate neighboring democracies. >> reporter: the white house believes it has bipartisan support in congress for the aid package, but securing the funding will likely be a challenge. recent cnn polling shows americans are unsure of what u.s. involvement in israel should look like, and the appetite for sending aid to ukraine is waning. congress failed to pass the last white house request for aid made in august. all this while the house sits paralyzed, unable to pass any legislation at all until they

elect a speaker. >> we can't let petty partisan angry politics get in the way of our responsibilities as a great nation. >> reporter: biden reaffirming the united states commitment to israel's security, but urged its government to reflect on the lessons learned after 9/11. >> while we sought and got justice, we made mistakes. so i caution the government of israel not to be blinded by rage. >> reporter: biden also acknowledging the high tensions the october 7th terror attack has sparked here at home. after his speech, he spoke to the father of 6-year-old wadea afaoume who was stabbed because he was muslim. >> we reject all forms, all forms of hate, whether against muslims, jews or anyone. that's what great nations do. and we are a great nation. >> reporter: as the president made this pitch to americans, we're also getting a look at how americans view the president's handling of this situation in

israel. according to a new cbs poll, 44% of americans approve while the majority of americans disapprove of his handling of this conflict in israel. that's similar to the marks the president is getting in his approach to ukraine, and -- but it is slightly higher than his overall approval rating which sat at about 40% in that poll. but it is clear, phil that the coming weeks and months ahead will be critical in determining whether president biden's strategy is the right one as he's ptrying to prevent this conflict in israel from widening into a deeper crisis. >> that's such a critical point and underscores both the origin and rational for the speech last night and the details of the emergency aid package that the white house will be sending up to capitol hill in just a matter of hours. in the details here, they matter, because they get at what arlette was laying out, the policy and the politics and trying to figure out a path forward in a building that doesn't currently have an operating house of representatives. what is in the package? you heard the big rhetorical

soaring speech, the details here matter. here's why. not only does it include $60 billion for ukraine, which roughly aligns with annual appropriation to continue the u.s. aid toward ukraine for a long period of time, not to have month to month reups that have caused so much political division given house republican opposition to much of that aid. when it comes to israel, the president and his team having in depth discussions i'm told about what the israelis needed, while the president was over there. landing around $14 billion. but there is also other elements as well. humanitarian aid, which has been critical, both ukraine and other places around the world. but look at this, $14 billion for the border, drug trafficking, fentanyl, that's important because republicans will have to support this plan as well. they point to that as a critical need. the administration says it is critical as well. $7 billion for the indo-pacific and taiwan. that's also a bipartisan issue. the administration in this national security package really trying to drive toward something that can get majority support in the house and the senate. they believe it is there, whether or not the house actually has a speaker still at

this point an open question. why the difference between israel -- aid to israel and ukraine? this is an important point here. it is not as dramatic as it may look in this emergency package. the $14 billion is roughly what the israelis were asking for in terms of needs. here is in part why. if you look at the scale of u.s. assistance, you want to understand just how close this alliance is, $260 plus billion adjusted for inflation since world war ii is more than any other country that the u.s. gives military aid to. israel is created in 1948. the difference is critical. ukraine, so large in part because it is not just money going to ukraine, it is going to help u.s. stocks and rebuilding those. take a listen. >> we send ukraine equipment sitting in our stockpiles. and when we use the money allocated by congress, we use it to replenish our own stores, our own stockpiles with new equipment. equipment that defends america and is made in america.

>> significant from the president making that distinction for the american people, especially for those who do not support more aid there. >> how this works matters. >> so this just in, also the u.s. department of homeland security has announced that eligible israeli citizens and nationals can travel to the united states for 90 days without a visa. this previously announced plan set to begin on the 30th of november, israel joins the visa waiver program that covers citizens in more than 40 countries. overnight, cnn's team on the ground witnessing increased military activity along israel's border with gaza, including several flares. what that could mean for the timing of israel's potential ground inincursion. u.s. navy destroyer near yemen intercepted multiple missiles after bases in iraq and syria we have learned also had to repel drone attacks. the latest on tensions rising across the region next.

there are new signs the israeli defense force could move into gaza at any minute. cnn has seen a buildup of military right along the border

and now flares late into the night. this comes as israeli government officials tell cnn's nic robertson the troops have the green light to enter gaza. >> those officials also say that gaza's 50-mile border with israel will look different after any military incursion. they tell cnn a tough buffer zone will be established, one that will be a no go zone and the idf will be able to go into gaza and arrest people whenever they want. theoretically. on their terms. much like they can now in the west bank. joining us now, mark hertling. good to see you. i want to start with the flares. nic robertson was pointing this out, we showed video of it right now. he made clear that's not the norm necessarily in this moment. what does that tell you? >> it tells me the israeli forces are looking for something or they're trying to use a little bit of psychological warfare against the people inside of gaza. this is not that big of a deal. it is just to show potentially the commanders that are on the scene where different crossing

points are, what they're looking for, to orient those who are new to the area. >> big question is will this become a regional conflict? the president talked about that last night. let's talk about what we have just seen in the region, the fact that two sources told cnn overnight that navy warships, u.s. navy warships operating in the middle east had to counter multiple projectiles, fired on the coast of yemen yesterday. and then you couple that with what the pentagon says are drone attack attempts in iraq and where u.s. officials are in iraq and syria. >> couple of things that happened yesterday, the drone attack out -- off the coast of the red sea and the gulf of aden down here drew a lot of attention. integrated air defense from that ship shot the drones and their missiles down that were coming out of yemen. that's important. but the range from there to israel is pretty far. and it is -- they don't have a great missile force, let's put it that way. the other things that were

occurring are -- would be a normal day in some countries. like the drone attack in syria, that is a u.s. military base and that particular reason it has been there for a while. other drone attacks, al assad air force base, i've been there many times in iraq, erbil, baghdad and the southern part of iraq, just tells me that the popular mobilization fronts, the iranian-backed rebels are actually targeting those kinds of locations, just as harassment attacks. there was also two israeli citizens killed in egypt, which just shows that there is a swell of a ground movement that is a result of some of the things that have been going on there and all of these does not want israel to go into gaza. >> let's take a step back to what your point has been. these u.s. bases are often harassed or often subject to drone attacks or rocket attacks. all of it happening on the same day, the same day the president gives an oval office address, as

israel is preparing for what looks like a ground incursion, different proxies that we're on, but does that tell you something? >> it is a call for harassment, it is a call for attacks, it is a jihad. they're receiving information from iran saying let's up the ante a little bit and show our displeasure at what is going on in israel. >> thank you. always helpful. >> you bet. take a look at this, these are live images right now, this is the rafah border crossing where critical humanitarian aid is supposed to be getting into gaza from egypt. the u.n. secretary-general is on the egyptian side, where trucks are loaded with aid, they're waiting just to get into gaza. what we know about when that could happen and why it keeps being delayed. that's ahead. coming up, we'll speak to a member of doctors without borders who says the main hospital in gaza is hours away from losing electricity. stay with us.

welcome back. i'm erin burnett live in tel aviv, israel. moments ago, a large group of people were seen rallying for the opening of the rafah crossing, on the egypt border. you can see this, this is right outside that border. a few miles around that crossing, there is craters in front of it, we understand about 20 trucks, some of the drivers have told us they saw the egyptian moving concrete as if it was maybe the possibility of it opening, but subsequently cnn learned the rafah closing will not open today as had been anticipated. that sense of on the ground, and that terrain, that desert, gives you some perspective on where we stand right now. moments ago, we did hear from the u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres who is at the rafah border crossing on the egyptian side. so he is there. you got a u.n. compound on the other side, where we know people are better supplied than most

places, but still with dwindling supplies. and, of course, he's standing where all the trucks loaded with aid are waiting to enter. >> behind these walls we have 2 million people that is suffering enormously. so these trucks are not just trucks. they are a lifeline. they are the difference between life and death for so many people in gaza. what we need is to make them move, to make them move to the other side of this wall. to make them move as quickly as possible. >> so, those cement blocks that i referenced, we have video of that, some truck drivers are sitting there night upon night and waiting, moving the blocks at the entrance of the crossing. there are those 20 trucks, they are expected to enter once the crossing opens.

the united nations is saying that it needs, though, 100 trucks a day to provide adequate aid to the people inside gaza. 20 trucks right now and they need 100 a day. this comes as gaza's main medical facility is in danger of running out of fuel within hours. no fuel has been coming into gaza now for days. and, of course, to run a generator, you need fuel, all of that is now running out. doctors without borders said yesterday that the hospital in gaza city only had enough fuel to run its generators for 24 more hours. that hospital is one of the few places in gaza that actually even has electricity for now. and on that front, you know, we have been getting dispatches from people inside gaza, daily, and, you know, we get small clips and they cut out because of the phone connections because they don't have the power. our journalist escaped out of the south with his wife and two sons. he's been filing the dispatches every night. here is the latest report on the

situation. >> the world is turning into a white cloud. something poetic and profound about that, that horrible image. joining us is the u.s. executive director for doctors without borders. i appreciate speaking with you again. i know that you have a team in

this main hospital in gaza, the al sheva hospital. can you give us any update on their situation? >> yes. erin, we are really beside ourselves because we often lose contact with them, as you mentioned, with the lack of electricity, the inability to charge phones, cell signals often being cut out. very difficult to get real time information from the team and what we do know is that our medical coordinator was warning that the fuel was reaching catastrophic lows. and, of course, they will ration, they will try to stretch it out as much as possible because you need that fuel to run generators for the life saving medical equipment including incubators for neonates and general functioning for all the services they're trying to do. >> the dispatches we have gotten from gaza, just the exhaustion in their voice, it is just hard to hear.

i know that the al sheva hospital you're talking about is currently treating victims from that hospital blast on tuesday. is there anything you're able to tell us about those victims, about the conditions, anything that you understand from your contacts with doctors there? >> one of the most devastating things that we have heard in many days, this has been going on for quite a time, is that there is a lack of painkillers. a real shortage of anesthesia and, again, those surgical teams will have to ration, they have to choose who gets it, who doesn't who gets the life saving surgery, who doesn't. triage is a really difficult, moral, ethical choice based on medical criteria. but it is never easy. so we know that since the beginning of the siege, the hospitals have been overwhelmed. people are also exhausted, including the medical teams working around the clock. everyone is dehydrated, malnourished, hungry. it is really a difficult circumstance in which to be able to even focus on a mass casualty

response that is needed. >> and, let me ask you about one more thing. you heard our producer there with his children, they have been sleeping on the floor and they talk about water and that there is just enough water, not enough water and they had to boil toilet water. i heard that from a pediatrician, the toilet water situation. teacher from florida who is there saying the issue is water is the issue right now more than anything. how dire is the water situation, avril? >> doctors without borders, we very much agree with that. it is a priority. in order to bring in the fuel necessary to restart those desalination and chlorination and all the things that would allow filtration of the water that is available, often very salty and brackish water. it is vital. it is essential for life. we also need, of course, medicines, because the hospitals have empty shelves at this

point. they have consumed what was available and other places where you might have some stocks are too dangerous to be able to go between and bring the supplies in. and this is one of the most critical issues. so those trucks that are waiting to be able to bring in the life saving supplies, we really implore that the shortages are going to kill many, many people. it is absolutely life or death at this point. hour by hour, it is essential for that humanitarian assistance to be able to be brought in and, of course, we're deeply concerned with everyone for the fate of everyone who happens to be in gaza right now where nowhere is safe, there is constant bombardment, even in the areas that are purported to be safe, and you have a lot of people with international passports that are as desperate as others to find some safety and hopefully be able to leave securely and, you know, without all the constant bombardments, an end to the bloodshed.

>> avril benoit, thank you very much, i appreciate your time. we do just have some news in to cnn, hugely significant news, hugely significant for so many here in israel. the idf is saying that the majority of hostages held in gaza by hamas are alive. the majority. they say that the number of these missing -- those missing is 100 to 200, with over 20 under the age of 18 and between 10 and 20 of them over the age of 60. phil and poppy, they have said there are 203 hostages. the majority could be 51% of that, we don't know. it could be the vast majority. it could be almost all, we don't know. but i can tell you that even hearing those words for the people we have been speaking to, my god, the hope that they will be given this morning. >> also, erin, hearing the ages. you have 20, according to the idf under 18 years old. children. >> yeah. we have been speaking to some of them, we know a couple that

rages 2 and 4 and that is going to give such hope to their father. >> absolutely. erin, we'll get back to you very soon. thank you very much. we're following these developments, we continue to out of the middle east. meantime here in the united states, a circuit court judge was shot and killed in maryland. what we know about that investigation. and travis king, the u.s. army private who fled to north korea in july has been charged with desertion, among several other offenses. the new details ahead.

the terrorist group hamas unleashed pure unadulterated evil on the world, but sadly the jewish people know perhaps better than anyone that there is no limit to the depravity of people when they want to inflict pain on others. and israel, i saw people who were strong, determined, resilient and also angry and in shock and in deep, deep pain. >> president biden urging all americans to get behind support for israel following his high stakes trip there earlier this week. joining us is ellie beard,

president and founder of a volunteer medical service organization in israel, among the first responders to october 7th hamas attacks, an israeli american who met with president biden in tel aviv. you see him right there. i appreciate your time. there is a lot i want to get to. i want to start with the news we just got from the idf that they say a majority of the hostages in gaza are alive. i know two volunteers in your organization were taken hostage. do you have any information on them at this point? >> well, we're praying and crying all day for them, and for rest of the hostages. our volunteers were kidnapped together with their spouses, and this is really the hardest part. some of our volunteers were murdered. some were injured. the ones who were captured, we're worried about them the

most. the ones who died had a funeral and the buried and everyone is sad and will remember them forever. but the ones who are there, we all know the hamas treatments. these are isis people. these are not people with five star treatments. we're really worried about them. everyone in israel is worried about the people who are right now captive by hamas. >> when you think about october 7th and what you're talking about right now, those who died, those who are currently being held captive, i was struck when the president was visiting with you and his public remarks, he quoted yates saying, too long a sacrifice makes a stone of the heart and said none of your hearts have turned to stone. it feels look a good capture of what your organization represents. do you think that's the case in the wake of such horror? >> well, i think israel is united and the beautiful part is we have volunteers from all sectors. we have arab, muslim volunteers,

jewish ultra orthodox volunteers and everything in between, catholics and protestants, everyone are volunteering in one organization in israel. during this time, more than ever, we all are united. our volunteers are down south now, helping people, rescuing people. during the first minutes of this attack, of this terrible terrorist -- worst terrorist attacks we ever, ever had, we had two volunteers murdered, one of them was a muslim arab volunteer, from nazareth. and another one was a jewish volunteer from the south of israel. and they were both busy saving lives, and when they were captured and murdered. and that is, i think, that was -- if you go around israel right now, tel aviv, everywhere, you see people walking around hugging each other. we're all together against hamas here. we know and i think the world now realizes that the hamas are not freedom fighters.

they're not interested in having their own state. they want to destroy and kill everyone here in israel. they want to kill our baby. they want to kill our animals. i saw my own eyes, i went into the homes of unfortunately people who were murdered, children were chopped up to pieces. and not only that, but they killed our children, they killed all people, holocaust survivors that they murdered and tortured. so in a lot of terrible things to animals, they killed animals, they shot -- i saw one dog shot 15 times. why do you shoot a dog 15 times? what is the purpose? and i think the reason they all did this is not to fight for freedom, but to destroy israel. and i'm so bothered by this because this, god forbid, could have been a lot worse. they could have gone a lot further into israel. >> do you feel like medical professionals were targeted in this attack? >> yes, definitely.

one of our volunteers actually a bedouin arab volunteer, i'm an orthodox jew and i'm proud i'm together with volunteers who are not jewish, not like me, we don't go to the same synagogue, and when i started this, when i was 16 years old, i started with 15 of my friends, all orthodox and we grew this and we called it united state. and this muslim bedouin doctor, who is on their way to his hospital in ashkelon, and he gets a call, we have an app, someone was laying in the street and he got a call that someone needs help and he didn't understand it was a terrorist attack. when he arrived on the highway, 6:25, he found someone on the street, a terrorist jumped at him and caught him and started shooting at his leg and he started screaming in arabic, i'm an arab, i'm an arab, he started

questioning him about, you know, the koran. once you realize he's an israeli arab volunteering for the -- he had a jacket like this with an israeli flag on it, he hung him on a pole and he kept him there for nine hours while shooting and killing people, until special forces were able to rescue them. we all feel it here in israel. this organization is what israel is all about. right now having you show the world what is really happening here, it is really important for us. we want to get this over. we want to go back to a nice normal life, like in palm beach, like in new york, we want to live a nice good life. >> we appreciate your time. more than that, we appreciate the work you and your team do. eli beer, thank you very much. >> thank you. and i want to wish recovery for all our volunteers in israel rescue. with so many people injured, we

didn't speak of hundreds of emotional injuries, and physical injuries. thank you so much. >> important words from him. in just over an hour, in washington, d.c., congressman jim jordan is going to hold a news conference ahead of his third speaker vote as those who oppose his speakership have been receiving threatening calls. all of that straight ahead.

welcome back. congressman jim jordan is going to hold a press conference in a little over an hour. he is pledging to stay in the race for house speaker despite two failed votes this week. the house expected to hold that third vote today at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. and jordan met with some of the republican holdouts yesterday. still trying to win them over in his bid to become speaker. >> this guy refuses to lose and that's okay. i find that to be very good. at some point, we're going to have to move forward and we can't keep the country shut down. >> joining us now our congressional correspondent lauren fox. good morning to you. interesting that he's going to hold this press conference in an effort to try to sway some of the folks like kelly we heard from or to update the american

people. >> reporter: yeah, poply. t this is an uphill climb. his intention is really to try and rally support that up until this point he has been unable to garner with some of those members behind closed doors. you saw mike kelly there, a republican from pennsylvania, who me and my colleague manu raju spoke to yesterday after that closed door meeting with jim jordan. but a source who was in the room for that meeting told me that the message from members who met with him, some of those holdouts, was there is no path for you to become speaker. the person told me that the message they meant to deliver in that room was, it's over. move on. clearly jim jordan is not taking that message to heart. he's going to have this press conference this morning. then the intention is to go to the floor at 10:00 a.m. and one of his closest allies, warren davidson, tweeted last night that members should be prepared to stay on the floor all weekend and continue voting.

whether or not that comes to pass, of course, remains to be seen. it shows you, poppy, that despite the fact that, yes there are many members telling jim jordan to move on, he's not taking the hint. >> lauren, what do we know about the threats? so many of the members that are very clearly opposed have been citing threats to themselves, threats to their family members. what do we know? >> reporter: i'm glad you brought this up. i think one of the things that people don't realize, who aren't on the hill every day, is just how raw the nerves are for these republican members. and in part because now this is extending not just to themselves, but to their families. i want you to take a listen to a message that was left to a wife of a congressman who voted against jim jordan. here it is. >> warmongering piece of [ bleep ]. so, listen, you're going to keep getting calls and emails. i'm putting all your information over the internet now. everybody else is. and you will not be left alone

because you'r [ bleep ] husband. jim jordan, more conservative, you're going to be [ bleep ] -- like you can't imagine. again, nonviolently. >> reporter: and, just listening to the vitriol in that message, members are getting calls, their staff are getting calls and i think one thing to keep in mind here, i talked to representative don bacon, he said that he had talked to his wife and she had gotten a series of terrible calls the night before last and he said he called her in the morning to check in on her, and she said that she had slept okay because she had a loaded gun. i mean, that tells you just how worried, how concerned members of congress are. and just how deeply scarred the republican conference is right now. >> i mean, it is beyond comprehension that that is happening. but it is. lauren, thank you for the

reporting. we'll see what jordan says in an hour and we'll carry it live here. phil? an investigation is under way in maryland after someone shot and killed a judge. investigators say andrew wilkinson was found in a residential driveway last night suffering from gunshot wounds. he later died at the hospital. miguel marquez is live with the latest. are there any leads here, any suspects? >> they might have something. the sheriff's office in washington county, maryland, say they'll hold a press conference later today. we expect to hear a lot more. when a judge is shot, the question is was he targeted or she targeted. we have seen this in the past. it is a great concern. this was a circuit judge in washington county, maryland. just below the pennsylvania line. he's one of six judges there. they handle everything from family law to civil criminal, juveniles. it is possible there was somebody, former defendant, current defendant, this judge was dealing with that targeted him. details on this thing are very sketchy. it was his home.

police responded, law enforcement responded to reports of shots fired. they showed up in his own driveway, multiple gunshots, he died later at the hospital and now full investigation is under way. troopers in maryland are now going to other judges out of an abundance of caution to make sure that other judges are protected. this is obviously a concern at the federal level with judges being threatened. so they're taking every precaution right now. we hope to learn a little bit more later. >> please keep us updated when you do. miguel, thank you. in california, a federal judge there has just struck down the state's decades old ban on assault weapons, weeks after striking down california's ban on high capacity magazines. the district judge ruled that the ban impedes on residents' second amendment rights and has no historical precedence that is now required because of a landmark supreme court decision last year that changed the test that courts are mandated to use when determining the constitutional iity of gun

regulations. gavin newsom zdismissed that decision. cali california's attorney general filed an immediate appeal. the u.s. military charged army private travis king with desertion among other offenses. he fled to north korea in july after being released from a detention facility in south korea. king was brought back to the u.s. last month. court documents reveal he's been charged with possession of child pornography, assaulting fellow soldiers and disobeying a superior officer. his mother said she's concerned about him and believes he is in need of mental health services. "cnn this morning" continues right now. president laying out plans he'll be sending to congress to support both israel and ukraine. >> when terrorists don't pay a price for their terror they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. >> how rare you see the president in this setting, speaking from the resolute desk. he's only done it two times. >> we reject all