hello and welcome, everyone. i'm michael holmes with the latest on the israel-hamas war. and israeli forces stepping up air strikes in gaza, ahead of what they're calling the next stage of israel's war on hamas, the idea of targeted and carried out dozens of air strikes in the last few hours. it appears to be the most sustained bombardment in northern gaza since the start of the conflict. an official telling cnn there will be no ceasefire talks amid the hostage crisis, saying humanitarian efforts can't interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting with the nation's war cabinet on sunday

to discuss security, among other things. saying it is likely the invasion of gaza needs to be israel's last moves inside the region, vowing hamas won't be around for long. >> this needs to be the last maneuvering inside gaza due to the simple reason that hamas will cease to exist. it might take a month, two, but eventually, there will be no hamas. >> journalist elliott gotkine joins me to discuss. everyone is talking about the ground offensive. there is shelling north of gaza. bring us up to date on what we know and what might be to come. >> michael, the idf, israel's defense forces still seem to be in a holding pattern outside the gaza strip. now there were clashes inside the gaza strip on the ground for the first time yesterday, for the first time since that terrorist attack on october 7th. now the result of that was an

anti-tank missile was fired by militants towards israel. one idf soldier was killed. three were injured. and hamas at the same time claiming to destroy a couple of bulldozers and a tank. so this was the first skirmish, but this doesn't seem to be the starting gun on a ground invasion. now there could be a multitude of reasons why israel hasn't gone in yet. it's still focusing on air strikes to try to target commanders, to target weapon storage facilities, and also the tunnel network that hamas maintains under ground. there could be other reasons such as the weather, or simply changing facts on the ground, maybe something to do with the hostages, israel also trying to find where the hostages are, and also where bodies may be from people that were taken from israel inside the gaza strip. but for now, we still don't know. we think it is imminent that liz go in. we heard the chief of staff over the weekend telling troops that they will be going into gaza.

but the simple fact right now, michael, remains we simply do not know when. >> it's interesting the u.s. sort of floating the idea reportedly about a delay in a ground offensive. of course hostage negotiations and so on. when it comes this sort of operation. does the u.s. yield that much influence on what israel might be wanting to do and when? >> it certainly has the most influence of israel of any country around the world. and we've seen a flurry of leaders coming to israel with more on the way. we're expecting the french and dutch leaders to come to israel as well to see prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he's had his eighth conversation with president biden as well. we do understand at cnn that the u.s. has been pressing israel to delay its ground invasion to try to get more work done, make more progress with the qataris on trying to get hostages released. we saw two hostages released

before the weekend that is what we understand. the israelis are saying that's not the case. secretary of state antony blinken says that any decision as well, these are decisions for israel to make in his words. and when asked about the possibility of the u.s. leaning on israel to delay either to allow more humanitarian aid in or allow more progress on hostage negotiations, president biden's reply was i'm talking to the israelis. so not really giving much away there either. but perhaps there clearly are conversations going on. israelis say they're not being asked to delay. and israel certainly given the imperative it feels that exists to go in to deal with hamas, to try to destroy the militant group and certainly its capabilities following that terrorist attack of october 7th. and i suppose the demand from the israeli people for israel to go in and to go in hard. but it still seems to be a matter of when rather than if

israel will go in on the ground. but as i say we simply don't know when that's likely to be. >> yeah, indeed. elliott, thanks for the update. elliott gotkine there in london for us. some parents in gaza are resorting to heartbreaking measures for their children. and a warning, the images you're to be see are graphic. they're writing their children's names on their limbs so they can be identified if the parents or the children are killed. a cnn photographer capturing these gut-wrenching images of dead children, indeed, with their names written on their legs. the government media office of hamas, which runs the besieged enclave says more than 1900 children have been killed so far. and you know a unicef spokesperson told me earlier that children in gaza need aid soon. >> without a ceasefire, without a massive increase in aid, we are going see the number of children, of boys and girls in gaza, the number killed, we're going see that skyrocket.

we urgently need a massive increase in aid there. it really is a matter of life or death now. getting medicines and getting war to end. there is grave shortages so it can unfortunately get much worse. it's hard to say that when you quote the numbers you say of children being killed. but there is no doubt the situation can get much worse for them, aid, the amounts they need right now is not nearly enough. they have enough aid for a quarter million people. we could get that into gaza in a matter of hours. we're not able to do that right now that has to change. well need unconditional aid. we need a cease-fire. the children of gaza, they need it yesterday. >> unicef spokesperson speaking with me earlier. cnn's scott mclean with new now, and a warning, his report contains graphic images. >> reporter: those who arrive at the al aqsa hospital alive are

the lucky ones. there were five air strikes this morning near the hospital. this video shows the smoke from one rising nearby. some 110 bodies were brought here overnight and this morning. one medical source tells cnn. the morgue is now full. the rest of the bodies wrapped in white sheets now lay outside in the heat of the day. relatives try to identify their loved ones, finding them confirms their worst fears. inside the hospital, children, including a toddler a are among the dead. several of these victims were found with their names written in arabic on their legs, an increasingly common marking as parents try to make identification easier if they or their kids are killed. this hospital is located outside of the area of northern gaza that israel has been trying to get civilians to evacuate. on saturday, the idf dropped leaflets telling people that everyone who chose no not evacuate from the north of the strip to the south of wadi gaza

might be considered as a partner for the terrorist organization. in a statement, the idf confirmed it dropped the leaflets, but says it has no intention to consider those who have not evacuated from the affected area of fighting as a member of the terrorist group. even those who have managed to avoid the bombs are not out of danger. a trickle of aid, 20 trucks were allowed to cross the rafah border crossing on saturday. but that's a tiny fraction of what is needed. >> 20 trucks of aid to gaza have not changed much. gaza needs at least 500 trucks daily of fuel, food, medicines, and water. as a matter of fact, for 14 day, gaza got nothing under the israeli siege. and its immediate need now is 7,000 trucks. >> reporter: satellite images show dozens of trucks waiting at the border, and dozens more a

quarter mile down the road, all unable the get in. aid groups say that the death toll could skyrocket because of disease and hospitals that are overwhelmed and undersupplied. with no electricity or generator, this shopkeeper in central gaza is keeping the store open by candlelight as the shelves look increasingly bare. the world food program says the shortage of basic supplies is pushing gaza to the edge of catastrophe. the idf says it killed dozens of terrorists overnight, but vows that the number of air strikes will only increase ahead of an expected ground operation. meanwhile, conditions for the people of gaza worsen by the hour. scott mclean, cnn, london. >> and joining me now from washington, d.c. is laila el hadad, a palestinian author and journalist. thank you so much for making the time. the week ago you told cnn that minute to minute, you don't know if your family members are alive

or dead. a week later, how are they coping north coping? and what's happen and continues to happen? >> thank you so much. they're exhausted. they're tired. they're demoralized. they don't want us to ask how they're doing. i don't know what to say. i don't know how many times we've gotten these questions, and we keep trying to justify, explain to the world why we, why our relatives, high the children are human beings. they don't deserve to be killed. the relatives i'm most concerned about with are the ones in gaza city that have elected to remain, that have been given this false choice of displacing themselves, forced transfer, which is a crime against humanity, or else with considered terrorists or an accomplice to terror. they showed me the flyers that were referenced and they sent me a picture of it.

and so it's -- it's -- i don't know what to say. they've lost all powerment they had a little bit last week. they don't have any more. they have no more water. my cousin's wife doesn't have any way to make formula for her infant twins. and yet the children keep saying to me -- they have names. they have lives. i just want a rubik's cube when this is all over. that's what he keeps saying. but we're sort of watching this unfold on our screens, and meanwhile, humanitarian aid is being weaponized. i feel like i'm in some sort of twisted orwellian rally right now. meanwhile officials are discussing not whether there should be a ceasefire, or how many liters of water each person in gaza should be getting. >> it must be -- i can't imagine what it's like to sit and watch from afar. you made the point israel warning palestinians to evacuate south, even though it's hitting

targets in the south. these flyers you mention ready interesting, and we confirmed them too and translated them. they're telling palestinians who won't or can't leaf lo the north that they could be considered, and the wording is "a partner for terrorist organizations in a ground operation." what is your reaction, your family's reaction to that sort of warning? >> they were aghast. my cousin's wife sends me a video of her rocking her infant twins. so now we're essentially being told that either we leave our home by force and get displace and join a million others in tents without food or access to water, or we're terrorists? i mean, she literally had no words. we're not leaving. we're going to stay right here and die in the dignity of our own homes. and i'm not exaggerating when i say i'm expecting at any moment to expect to see their names on the news i keep getting every

minute by minute. we lost several members of my mother's family in khan yunis in the south and lost several friends in central gaza. >> i think everyone can agree hamas carried out an act of brutal terror on civilianness on october. there has been quite right enormous sympathy with the israelis in the wake of that. but israel's bombardment of gaza has gone on and on. the death toll particularly of women and children have has mounted. do you feel a deficit of empathy for palestinians, most of whom want nothing to do with the behavior of hamas? >> absolutely. we said this from day one. it's selective moral outrage. it always has been. it always will be. not now, but it's especially emphasized now. and it has real-life consequences for palestinians who are dehumanized and demonized and othered. you know, we saw this deliberate

campaign happening in the beginning where they were depicted like this. their city was called wicked. they were called human animals and so on and so forth. the implication being the laws of war don't apply to them. we can do what we want. and the media is going along with the spin. anything the israelis want to do, that is morally justified. and the reality is, the satellite imagery and all of the analysis shows the targets have been civilian targets. the overwhelming majority of the fatalities have been -- a large percentage 1900 i want to say now have been children, and has been civilian infrastructure and have been farms and hospitals. >> the u.n. says i think the number was close to 40% of homes in housing units in gaza have been destroyed. or damaged. 1.4 million people displaced out

of a total of 2.2 million. what do you fear could happen in the next few days and weeks, particularly if there is a ground incursion? >> it's an all-out catastrophe. nothing north of armageddon. i don't know what to say. it bears repeating. we're not talking here about a sovereign nation state where people can escape, where they can defend themselves. we're talking about a besieged territory of 2.2 million women, children, elderly. i had a friend of mine who is 103 years old. she survived the ethnic cleansing of palestine, and her house was bombed. and she miraculously survived. we're talking about human beings who have no recourse, who are captive. and we all seem to be okay with this in this modern age to see this ethnic cleansing and modern-day genocide unfold. i'm literally speechless. i don't know what to say. the targets and analysis tell a very difficult story about what's going on. it's wreaking maximum damage on

the innocent population of ga. it's not targeting hamas. i don't know what the end game is here, except no one in the united states where i am right now is even interested in saying the word cease-fire. it's become a dirty ward to say end the hostilities. there is only one way this can end, which is tragically for all sides involved. >> lila, i'm going to leave there it, unfortunately. powerful testimony there to your family and we wish them well. laila el hadad. we really appreciate it. thank you. taking a short break now. when we come back, we'll tell you about the u.s. president's diplomatic push over the weekend to keep the conflict in the middle east from escalating. you're watching cnn newsroom. we'll be right back.

u.s. president joe biden has been working the phones this weekend, making calls to world leaders in an effort to keep this conflict from spreading. cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez with those details. >> reporter: president biden made calls to multiple world leaders on sunday as a potential invasion of gaza looms. now the president spoke with leaders of canada and europe as well as prime minister benjamin netanyahu. now according to a white house

readout, the two leaders discussed developments in israel and gaza, as well as president biden affirming the flow of critical assistance to gaza, a and the two also discussed ongoing efforts to release hostages. now this is the eighth call between the two leaders since the terror attacks on october 7th. of course all of these calls come on the heels of president biden's trip to israel in the past week, as well as ongoing efforts by u.s. officials to get that necessary assistance to gaza and try to get the release of additional hostages being held by hamas. now while here in rehoboth, the president was asked whether the u.s. is encouraging israel to delay an invasion into that president biden said he is only speaking to israel. now u.s. officials maintain that it is ultimately israel's decision as to how they move forward, but it is important, and they stress that innocent civilians are protected, and that assistants can get to gaza. president biden staying close with his national security team over the course of the weekend as all of this unfolds.

priscilla alvarez, cnn, traveling with the president. china's special envoy to the middle east is in the region this week, expected to promote peace talks between israelis and palestinians. cnn's kristie lu stout joins me from hong kong with more than that. so why is he there in the middle east? what is china's agenda? >> china's envoy for middle east affairs is in the region to push for peace talks saying china is willing to do whatever is con duce alternative promote dialogue to reach a ceasefire and to restore peace. over the weekend we heard that the risk of a large scale conflict in gaza is significantly rising. now some background here. china wants to present itself as a neutral mediator, but the nation has deep economic interests in the middle east, especially when it comes to energy, access to oil and gas. now on saturday, he was in egypt. he was at the conference where

he made the cairo summit for peace. in addition he is fitting the uae in saudi arabia, jordan, other countries in the region. and according to jai, china has provided and will continue to provide humanitarian aid to palestinians through the u.n., through bilateral channels, and china also wants to promote a two-state solution. now according to a foreign ministry readout of the cairo summit we visit for you. this is what was said. quote, to end the cycle of the conflict between palestine and israel, it is essential to implement the two-state solution, to establish an independent state of palestine and realize peaceful co-existence between palestine and israel, unquote. now this is what we heard last week on thursday from the chinese leader xi jinping. it was his first public comments since the war broke out in early october. xi called for a two-state solution, saying it was the fundamental way out. but what we have not heard from

china, we have yet to hear any condemnation of hamas. china has not condemned haumgs for its brutal and coordinated terror attack on israel that took place october 7th. and that has prompted both anger and disappointment from israel, as well as criticism from the united states. back to you, michael. >> and what is the thinking inside china about the israel-hamas war? >> well, you can just take a look at what we've been seeing online on social media where a number of netizens from china have turned out for open conversation about the conflict. there are many voices in support of israel saying it has every right to retaliate. there are many strong pro-palestinian voices as well, and also voices that have risen to the point of very extreme comments, anti-semitic comments. it's important know that china's very powerful online sensors have allowed those comments to

flare up and flourish across china and that's prompted a number of people in china of a warn to air their risks that those views, the anti-semitic views that have been shared online could translate into a real world threat for israelis and for jews living in china. back to you. >> wow. kristie, thanks for that. kristie lu stout in honging on the. still to come, officials urging more civilians near the northern border with lebanon to leave. more on the potential threat from hezbollah. that's coming up.

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israel defense forces are pounding u.s. targets in northern gaza with some of the most sustained air strikes in the war so far. they're also working to eliminate threats from hezbollah militants along the northern border. an id f spokesperson says they struck two hezbollah terror cells on sunday after the militants attacked israeli positions. israeli officials also announced that they would fund the evacuation of 14 additional communities near the lebanese border. robin wright is a contributing writer for "the new yorker" and a fellow with the woodrow international center for scholars and joins me from washington, d.c. good to see you again. let's start with the big picture. there are clashes on the northern border with lebanon, the u.s. increasing its force posture in the region. iran has a vested interest in the propaganda day. what is the risk of this metastasizing into a regional

conflict? >> if there is a very real danger. that's reflected in the kind of language you've seen reflected from the white house and the pentagon. the deployment two of carrier battle groups into the eastern mediterranean also shows that the united states is willing to flex its muscle to show or to signal that it is willing to act in the event of a wider war. at the moment, the kind of tensions have been playing out among iran's proxies in targeting whether it's firing drones and missiles at israel from yemen, firing at two u.s. deployments in eastern syria, a deployment in two places in northern iraq, where the united states troops are based. and of course what's happening on the northern border of israel with the attacks from iran's biggest proxy, hezbollah. so there is a real danger that iran is not just probing, but looking for something bigger. but again, we are at that kind of precipice, the cusp of

something bigger. we're not there yet. i think the lipsey we're seeing is trying to prevent, they good point. i wanted to ask you too, nearly 100 palestinians have been killed in the occupied west bank since this began. dozens more arrested in israeli raids. the risks of west bank escalation increasing, east jerusalem? and what would that do to the conflict? >> absolutely. the passions and furies among all parties are growing with each day. and the real danger is that the palestinians in the west bank turn against the palestinian authority government, and that in the process of taking on hamas and gaza, that the israelis also lose the option of talking to the leadership in the west bank because they've become increasingly unpopular at home. so the repercussions of all this play out both locally and regionally. >> can israel's -- its

short-term strategy, i guess, in gaza be successful long-term without a political path for palestinians, a path for some level of self-determinations or ought on the. >> won't the next hamas just be around the corn fer this one is wiped out as israel promises? >> michael, that's the most important bottom line of this conflict. israel can absolutely make military progress against hamas and eliminating command posts, arsenals, and leadership. but the question is who rules hamas? what happens next, and how do you prevent the creation of yet another militant group. not immediately, but down the road, because there is no political alternatives. wars do not end militarily ever. there is always a political outcome. it's been true of any major war that has ended. otherwise, wars simply beget more wars. >> has the u.s., the israelis, and others made a strategic

mistake in pushing the palestinian autonomy self-determination question to the side in the u.s. hasn't had skin in the game for nearly a decade. has pushing that aside fanned the flames of groups like or support for groups like hamas and others that sense of hopelessness, not just in gaza, but the west bank as well. was that a strategic era by israel and others? >> and the united states is a broker, absolutely. but that's been the core issue since 1948, since the creation of israel, since the deadlock over the fate of the palestinians, in part buzz of what the palestinians decided themselves. that's played out in four conventional wars and several unconventional wars with militias like the plo, hamas and hezbollah ever since. and it's likely to play out down the road that way too. the danger to israel does not end, even if it wins militarily in gaza. >> and when it comes to gaza, i wanted to ask you too, the u.s.

secretary of state antony blinken said on sunday, quote we can't go back to the status quo. they can't go back to the status quo with hamas being in a position in terms of governance in gaza. but that raises the question what does need to happen when this is over governance of gaza if israel indeed succeeds in breaking hamas. who owns whatever is left of the gaza strip? >> and that's a question unanswered. and that was the problem when the united states went into afghanistan, when the united states went into iraq. it didn't really think through how do you create peace? how do you create an alternative that is viable, credible and legitimate to those who live in the countries? it's a problem that we've seen repeatedly in the 21st century, unfortunately. >> great analysis as always, robin wright in washington, appreciate it. thank you so much. >> thank you. still to come on the program, republicans in the u.s. house can't get their act together. i'll talk to cnn political analyst ron brownstein about the

party's struggle to elect a speaker of the house. we'll be right back.

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wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. in washington, nine republicans have end entered the race for speaker of the house of representatives. they'll be making their case before the republican conference later today after jim jordan failed three times to win the spot this past week. the house has been paralyzed without a speaker for nearly three weeks now, which ousted speaker kevin mccarthy. even called embarrassing. manu raju with more on the ongoing drama. >> house republicans remain in turmoil, almost three weeks after the unprecedented ouster of a sitting speaker. kevin mccarthy was pushed out after eight republicans joined with democrats and voted out kevin mccarthy as speaker. this is initiated by house republicans, and they have not been able to coalesce around anyone to replace mccarthy as of

yet. and the house can't do any business, in legislating at all until a speak hearse been elected. they have been unable to unite behind any candidate. first they nominated steve scalise. he was unable to get the votes to be elected speaker. he bowed out before going to the floor. jim jordan, the house judiciary committee chairman was nominated then to be the next speak other telephone house. he did go to the floor, three times. and he failed to win over enough support. he could only afford to lose four republican votes on the party line vote. he lost 25 on his third ballot. ultimately, he bowed to reality and stepped aside. now nine republican candidates have filed to run for speaker. unclear which of those nine will ultimately get the republican nomination. and more constantly, who can get the 217 votes that they would need on the floor of the house to be elected speaker. it is unclear if any of them can, given the sharp divisions within the ranks. >> it's the biggest f-u to republican voters i've ever

seen. >> this conference is absolutely broken. >> americans are sick of it. and i know most members of the house are sick of it. it is time for big boys and big girls to stop with the nonsense. >> the swampy as swamp gets. >> we need to get over it and move on. >> we cannot have an entire branch of government offline. >> we internet need to get our act together. i'll getting calls. >> history will assign the blame in the right places. >> a bit here about the timing. on monday evening, that's when the house republicans will meet behind closed doors yet again. the candidates will try to make their pitch to the conference. they'll answer questions from their members. they'll do that one by one, and we'll see how that ultimately guess. and tuesday morning is a significant vote. behind closed doors. republicans will have a secret ballot leadership election that means a majority of their conference will vote to nominate the next speaker candidate. that person, it will be a secret ballot election. it's unclear exactly who is the front-runner and who might emerge here. we'll see how close that person

who gets the nomination is to the magic number on the house floor, 217 votes to be elected speaker. this is challenging for any republican candidate, because in the narrowly divided house, there are only 221 republicans. democrats are going to vote for hakeem jeffries, democratic leader that means that person, the candidate, the republican nominee must limit defections in the ranks. and it is unclear if any of them will be able to do that after we have seen just republicans going after each other, after mccarthy was pushed out, unable to get behind anyone. unable to do the nation's business, and much business is waiting, dealing with aid to israel, calls for aid to ukraine, avoiding a government shutdown by mid-november. none of that can be dealt with. the republican agenda is completely stalled amid this gop infighting. can they get it resolved this incoming week? that remains a huge question. but possibility it could still be unresolved and slip into another week if they can't get their act together behind a nominee.

manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein joins me now from los angeles with more. always a pleasure, sir. oh, boy, you're smiling already. you kind of you got to, don't you? mccarthy gone. two failed candidates to replace him, scalise and jordan. last count nine newbies to give it a shot. do you see republicans able to get behind anyone at the moment and n the chaos? >> well, you know, michael, as i said the other day, we used the word unprecedented, an unprecedented number of times since donald trump came down the escalator in 2015. but again, this is unprecedented there has only been one motion to vacate the chair, to basically fire the speaker in the house since the turn of the 20th century, and that failed against joe cannon, an office building named after him on capitol hill. that is the first thing that is taking us uncharted waters. the other thing, and it makes

the answer to the question so hard is that historically, the parties have unified behind whoever wins the closed door vote, right? you can vote against your party on various issues in congress, but you are supposed to vote with your party on the organization of congress and the leadership of congress. and in many ways, the most remarkable part of this entire episode has been that even after the caucus -- the conference, the republican conference had voted to make steve scalise the nominee, the opponents held out. after they voted to make jim jordan the nominee, the opponents held out. there is no reason to believe it's going to be any different behind whoever gets the nod presumably on tonight or tuesday. >> this sort of thing, three weeks without a speaker, this sort of thing hasn't happened before. no. >> such sustained dysfunction. how damaging is it to the party structurally, even when they pick a speaker, and how lasting

could that damage be? >> i think the damage is enormous. and a couple of different levels. first, many of us, including myself have written over the years how our house of representatives and our senate for that matter is becoming more like the parliamentary institution that you're familiar with, where there was heightened levels of party discipline and increasing penalties on members who broke from the party on virtually any issue. well, that's all out the window right now in the republican house. you are seeing members really certainly on the right, a small minority trying to lead the conference, make them follow their directives. and being so far rewarded for it. and of course the other thing i think we're seeing here is the continuing division between the maga wing in the party, the trump allied wing, which is clearly ascendant, and clearly

the dominant wing in the party, but is not absolute. and there are more institutionalist members who obviously were very reluctant about making someone as closely tied to the effort to overturn the 2020 election as jim jordan as speaker. now you may see the reverse where you have the front-runner, tom emmer, who normal circumstances would be considered the most logical person to turn to. but trump world is turning up the volume against him. so the stalemate may go on. >> well how -- will there be fallout? we also talk about lasting damage. will there be fallout at the ballot box for republicans over their dysfunction, their inability to govern as it is right now, or are voter memories too short for that? >> the conventional memory is both voter memories are short and what happens on capitol hill stays on capitol hill. it doesn't really affect voter decisions. but i'm not sure that's right. what we saw in 2022 was a very unusual outcome, where a higher

percentage of voters than we have seen previously, who were dissatisfied with joe biden's performance, and dissatisfied with the economy, still voted against republicans in the key race because they viewed them as too extreme. and certainly everything that is happening here is giving enormous ammunition to democrats to make the case in 2024 that whatever you feel about joe biden, however you feel about things going in the country, you not trust republicans with power. that argument is not going to work everywhere. but can it work in the 18 dribs that republicans are holding now that voted for biden in 20, as well as another 15 or so that only narrowly voted for trump. i'm guessing there are places particularly in new york and california where control of the house may be decided that this will like by a problem for republicans, because it is a spectacle unlike any we've seen at a moment of enormous gravity in world events. >> yeah. and that's another issue, how does it make the u.s. look to

the world. yeah, we'll do that another time. got to leave it there, good to see you my friend, ron brownstein. >> thanks, michael. argentina's presidential race is headed to a runoff according to partial results from sunday's first round. far right economist javier milei is one of the candidates in next month's second round. his supporters celebrated just as they did after their shocking win in the open primaries back in august. he's going to be going up against the economy mist center sergio massa, with 90% of the votes counted. massa leads with 36% to milei's 30%. the candidate who wins the runoff will begin a four-year term on december 10. now the killing of a beloved synagogue leader in detroit has rattled her community. what investigators are now saying about a possible motive. that's coming up.

a detroit synagogue leader who was killed over the weekend, is being mourned by friends and family members. samantha wall was remembered as a model citizen who was

endlessly positive and loved bridging divides. we have more on her memorial and the investigation into her death. >> reporter: the headline alone is a cause for concern. detroit synagogue leader found stabbed to death. and it's understandable why some may jump to quick conclusions. it's what detroit police are cautioning against in this stage of the investigation. they have not announced the arrest of a suspect. they have not announced a motive in this particular case. over the course of sunday, the detroit police chief put out a statement that read in part, that while the investigation into the death remains ongoing, at this time, no evidence has surfaced suggesting that this crime was motivated by anti-semitism. what wasn't included that they ruled out this being motivated by anti-semitism. that highlights where they are in this investigation. they are in the early stages.

that's why they are urging caution for people to jump to conclusions. on the block where i'm standing in downtown detroit, this is where police found the body. they followed a trail of blood to her home. that's where they believe the killing took place. they have not released any arrest or identity of a suspect at this point. for what happened, it did happen. and that's why the community is trying to figure out how to move forward at this point. a memorial secret service wras held on sunday, where people shared what they remembered about the 40-year-old. take a listen to michigan's attorney general. >> samantha may have been the nicest person that i have ever met or will ever meet in my lifetime. sam did more for our community,

our state, our world. our lives. in her short time here on earth, than most will ever accomplish in 1,000 lifetimes over. and her killer will not rob us of the memory of her joy and warmth and kindness that she leaves behind. >> reporter: over the course of the service, we heardle from a state senator that was with her the night before she was dead at a wedding. the only consolation was that some of her final memories were of laughter and happiness. moving forward, the fbi is assisting the detroit police in trying to figure out what happened here. the community is trying to process what happened. investigators at this point is trying to figure out why. omar jimenez, cnn, detroit. sunday was a day of global

protest as tens of thousands marched in support of palestinians. >> in brussels, demonstrators gathered outside the european commission headquarters calling for a cease-fire. and in sarajevo, thousands were also demanding a halt to the daily strikes on gaza. the new york giants on sunday, honored the ten americans unaccounted for after the hamas attacks. the team displaying american flags in ten empty seats in metlife stadium. the giants were hosting the washington commanders. the u.s. secretary of state says ten are unaccounted for and some of them are being held hostage. a renowned climber known as the french spider-man climbed a massive building in paris to

call for peace in the middle east. it took him two hours to get to the top of the 220-meter tower. he's not picking sides but called on israeli and palestinian leaders to hear each other out. otherwise, he says, we are on the verge of world war iii. thanks for watching and spending ing part of your day w us. our coverage of israel at war continues with my colleague rosemary church. thanks. ♪