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we continue here at cnn, our coverage of israel at war. you're most welcome, wherever in the world you're joining us from. i'm richard quest in abu dhabi. here the time is 1:00 p.m. it's a few hours earlier in gaza, 11:00. they're two hours behind in gaza. and idf helicopters have been seen flying along the israeli coastline. these are pictures from ashkelon earlier today. now, ashkelon is only 20 kilometers from gaza. it is there, of course, that the idf says hamas has been -- is holding 230 hostage.

and it is there where israeli military says it's hit more than 450 targets in the last day. israel says it includes hamas command centers, observation posts, and missile launch sites. first, let me update you with events overnight. >> these are the pictures israel says it's been targeting hamas tunnels and underground spaces, continues to urge everyone to go further south. in gaza itself, the near-total communications blackout apparently is easing, hospitals resume to be overwhelmed and basic needs are scarce. there is very little international aid that is being allowed in. cnn's scott mclean joins us from london. what more do we know overnight? >> we're trying to figure out precisely the extent that israeli ground truoops are insie

of gaza at this stage. israel says there are 450 strikes on what it calls terror targets, in the past day. it also says that israeli ground troops are now helping to direct some of those strikes. we also know from a journalist in central gaza that he said that the artillery strikes yesterday were, in his words, did not stop. he also said that there was gunfire heard in the eastern part of gaza near that perimeter wall, and many of the people showing up at the hospital don't have injuries from air strikes, but from artillery strikes instead. obviously, none of this is helping the humanitarian situation. we have video that was shot yesterday by the afp, showing people in gaza, desperate people, obviously, ransacking a u.n. warehouse and carrying out whatever food supplies they can. it looks like bags of rice, from what we can tell, from the video. but the israeli leadership is still sort of framing all of this in very binary terms. you have the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, coming out yesterday, calling gaza the

fortress of evil, saying anyone who accuses the idf of war crimes is a hypocritical liar. and then you have the defense minister also warning that this is going to be a long war. he said this, quote. this will not be a short war. it is a long war that will require us to be strong as individuals, as a society, as leaders. above all,l, our security force will be strong. this is a war on our home, this is a war we didn't choose. it's either us or them. now, the israelis have also tried to stress their warning for people in northern gaza to move farther south, saying that they are trying to intensify those efforts. but here's the reality, richard. we are still seeing air strikes and utility strikes in central and southern gaza as well. so even if people were to flee south, there is no guarantee that they'll be safe. in fact, there have been strikes where people who fled northern gaza have been killed in central or southern gaza, as well.

>> over the last 36 hours, the lack of communication, the breakdown, i should say, of communication with gaza, aid agencies and ngos saying they haven't been able to get in touch. do we know if things are now, if not back to normal, getting better when it comes to keeping in touch? >> i don't think anyone is describing things as "back to normal," but things are improving. this was not a total blackout, but it was a near-total-blackout. there was some limited connectivity that people had to the outside world. but many people reported that they weren't able to get online at all. we haven't heard from all of the communications companies, but we have heard from two of them who said that they are working to repair their systems and they are slowly restoring connectivity of the internet, land lines, cell service inside of gaza. but this sort of blackout period that gaza went through has brought elon musk into the debate suddenly.

he owns starlink, the internet satellite company, the same company whose terminals who have allowed troops in ukraine on the front lines to still communicate with each other. and he said, look, starlink would be available to specially recognized humanitarian organizations. that prompted a furious response, though, from the israeli communications minister, who said, quote, hamas will use it for terrorist activities. there is no doubt about it. we know it and musk knows it. hamas is isis. perhaps musk would be willing to condition it with the release of our abducted babies, sons, daughters, elderly people, all of them. now, musk responded to that saying, look, he's not naive. he said that the americans, the israelis could carry out their own security checks before the starlink terminals could actually connect to satellites. he also said that, look, not a single terminal inside gaza has actually attempted to connect to their satellites thus far,

richard. >> thank you, scott mclean reporting from london. a top concern for many is the fight of gaza's children. their lives are increasingly at risk. the video we're about to show you is graphic and some of you may find it disturbing. >> reporter: it's hard to believe this was gaza just a few weeks ago. littlele noor dressed in his finest, dancing with his brother at a wedding. his motherer still canan't beli her boy is gone. he was holding my hand as i took him to make him a sandwich, she says. he didn't get to eat it. shrapnel cutut through his neck. he's's now in heaven. god give me strength to deal with this. the air strikes that took 6-year-old noor and other relatives left her witith injurs

all ovover her bodody anand the unbearable pain so many palestinian n mothers are e hav to endure. there's a void in my heart. i can't even cry, she says. i really want toto cryry, bubut tears are not coming out. why can't i get it out?? i want t to cry for my l little. recovering at hospital, she just wants to get back to her collie other children, now homeless, sheltering at a school. hell is raining down on gaza. israel says it's going after hamas and doing what it can to spare the innocent, but it is the innocent who are paying the heaviest price. in the few hospitals still barely standing, pictures are too graphic for us to show, but faces here tell of the horrors they've survived and this living nightmare they can't escape. 3-year-old judy hasn't uttered a

word in 16 days. she won't eat or drink, her father says, still in shock with a piece e of shrapnenel lodged her r hand. what did thesese children do? we have nothing to the with the resistance, he says. they're justst tarargeting palelestinians.. they're kikilling children b bee they're palestinian. to them, we're not humans. ththey don't knonow if she'l'll able to walk again. judy is one of the lucky ones, if one can call them that. she still has her father by her side. baby arwa keeps asking for her mom and is too young to understand, her uncle says. arwa's lost her mother, her brother, and her sister, too. she shows the camera her ouch. in every corner of every hospital, so many heart-wrenching stories of loss so hard to comprehend. she only wakes up to cry, her

aunt says, in a room with her 7-year-old brother, the two are the only ones to survive an air strike that killed their mother, brother, father, and dozens of their extended family. kinan doesn't say much these days. he asks me if we have internet here. he says, i want to call mommy and daddy. doctors in these overwhelmed hospitals say every day brings a con constant stream of childreren wh no pararents, a flooood of inju they j just don't have enough t treat. with the little they have, day do what they can, but how do you begin to deal with so many going through so much? jomana karadsheh, cnn, beirut. >> i spoke to the palestinian representative and dreirector a the world food program and i asked him if israel's claim that aid deliveries in gaza are about to expand. is that claim true?

>> we hoped today we would be able to allow more trucks into gaza. 40 trucks are expected to be crossing. however, we have to also know that that's not enough compared to the soaring needs that are in need at the moment in gaza. we need more than that. just for feed, to be able to reach 1 million people, we need 40 trucks a day, if we're going to be supporting 2 million people, we need 100 trucks of food. but of course, you know that the trucks that they're going in include other commodities as well, that are essentially needed on the ground. >> hobbit fuel? is that going in? any fuel? >> not to my knowledge. those trucks are basically for food, water, and medical supp supplies. >> it's clearly insufficient by a large measure. and as israel continues its

bombardment and the ground offensive, do you worry it will become more difficult, even to bring the stuff in from the south? >> i think you mentioned it earlier on this report, yesterday was a major challenge for all of us, because of the blackout that happened with telecommunication. so even yesterday, we couldn't coordinate on the ground to facilitate for the trucks to go in. luckily, today, it's gradually coming back. but after 36 of no communication on the ground with our staff, with our partners, even just to plan for the crossing and shipment of the trucks was a major challenge. and that is something that shows how vulnerable the whole situation is, if something as simple as communication is not provided for us to be able to operate. >> but to clarify, you do have some form of communication with your people if dpgaza at the

moment? >> today, yes. this morning, yes. but in the last 36 hours, it has been a major challenge. we were not able to account for all of our staff and their fam family. in the north, israel says its fighter jets have his hezbollah targets in lebanon on saturday. it was the latest in a series of cross-border clashes since the crisis began. an idf statement says the planes hit a military compound, an observation post, following rocket and missile fire from lebanon into israel. its top general also says his trips are providing a high level of readiness to prevent possible future military moves by hezb hezbollah. saudi arabia, egypt, and uae have condemned israel's latest moves, saying they threaten to destabilize the entire region. egypt's president says his company's diplomats are working to resolve the conflict and claims some unidentified drones were brought down in egypt on friday.

he's also warning that the conflict better not spread beyond gaza. >> yesterday, drones entered egypt and were wrought down. regardless of where they came from, i previously wander that an expansion of the conflict is not in the interest of the region. the region will become a ticking time bomb that harms us all. this is why i'm saying, please, egypt is a sovereign country and i hope we all respect its sovereignty and status. what i'm saying now is no to brag, but egypt is a very strong country that shall not be tou touched. as we continue this morning or evening where you may be, hl is reacting to the death of the actor matthew perry. what we know so far and some of the trtributes foror the " "fri star. that's comoming up nexext. this i is cnn.

the actor matthew merry has died at the age of 54. warner brothers television group has confirmed this on saturday. the "los angeles times" is citing law enforcement sources and reports that the "friends" star was found dead in a hot tub at his home in los angeles.

"the times" says its sources did not provide a cause of death. there was no sign of foul play. matthew perry appeared in countless tv shows and is best known for playing the role of f chandlerer bing on " "friends." i i want to ququit thehe gym. >> youou want to quiuit? >> i want to quit the gym. >> you do realizize thatat you t have accccess s to o our newew full-s-service swedish spa? > oh! i want to quit the gym! >> cnn's camilla bernal with more on perry's life, career, and his desire to help others through his own struggles. >> shock and sadness, that has been the reaction from hollywood and from fans to the death of matthew perry, police here in

los angeles say that they're investigating his death and this is according to a law enforcement source that spoke to cnn. they responded to his home at 4:10 p.m. local time on saturday and the los angeles fire department also telling cnn that the 911 call came at 4:07 p.m. for a water rescue emergency. the "los angeles times" is reporting that he died in an apparent drowning accident at his home here in l.a. and they cited a law enforcement source saying that no foul play is suspected. now, we are, of course, waiting for more details on what happened. but let's talk about him. we know he developed a love for acting in his teenage years. he started with smaller roles and eventually landed higher-profile roles, but it was being cast as the very funny and sarcastic chandler on "friends" that made him so famous. offscreen, the actors became as close as their characters on the show and they famously

negotiated together to become some of the highest paid actors on television at the time. now, despite the joy he did bring to audiences on camera, he said he struggled with addiction and eventually was able to share those struggles with his fans in his book. and he said that he wanted to share those struggles not just in his books, but in many interviews, because he wanted to help people. camilla bernal, cnn, los angeles. >> tributes from perry's friends in hollywood are coming in. in a post on "x," the actress mira sorvino called him a sweet, troubled soul and said, may you find peace and happiness in heaven making everyone laugh with your singular wit. maggie wheeler who played perry's on-again, off-again girlfriend janice on "friends" wrote, what a loss. the joy you brought to so many in your too-short life will live

on. more impact on perry's impact on hollywood. here's emily longaretta, the tv feature editor at "varietyty." >> he e has hahad such an impac a an actor a andnd a comedian. of course, "friends" is what everyone thinks of. tv is very different today. sitcom world is very different today. and it doesn't exist where people are tuning in every single week to watch a certain group of friends gather together and 20 million people turning on their tvs and welcoming in him into their living room. it's an important thing to note is while he was of course on film, he was a really, really big tv actor. and a thing that comes along with being a tv star is that you really are welcomed into people's homes. so people fell in love with him. of course, they fell in love with chandler bing, but also fell in love with his character,

joe, on "the west wing," they fell in love with him in "go on," a short-lived series he was in. the list goes on and on, and that depose back to what an incredible actor he was with such amazing comedic timing. it depose to show that the most famous lines of "friends" were a lot of his. and that's because of his -- the way his cadence and delivering those lines of, "could i be more excited?" that is what matthew perry brought to chandler. that wasn't written in. he created that. and that's something that is a really, really nice thing to think about. >> matthew perry has died. israel is accusing hamas of using gaza's largest hospital as its command center. still ahead, we'll show you the scenes from inside the al shifa hospital and talk to former staff about that claim. also, qatar says it's

hopeful more hamas hostages will be released. a qatari official spspeaks to u on the l latest effoforts to mitigate t this crisisis.

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the idf now says it struck more than 450 targets over the past day, and that includes, according to them, command centers and missile launch sites. on saturday, israel announced a new phase of its operations. it doesn't appear that the expected all-out ground offensive has begun yet. phone and internet service in gaza has been partially restored to two service providers and a monitoring group, after the severe disruption that took place on friday evening, when there was a near-total blackout of communications, meaning that no aid group had an idea where their personnel were or even if they were safe. as scott mclean reported earlier, elon musk is offering to help meet the communications needs of humanitarian groups in gaza. the owner of "x," formerly, of course, twitter, offered his starlink service to support connectivity for internationally recognized aid organizations.

starlink uses satellites to provide internet service. israel has resisted the idea. its communications minister has posted that hamas would use the services for terrorist activities. he suggested that musk should condition his offer on the release of hostages held by hamas. the director general of the hamas-controlled gaza health ministries told us that the hospitals there are used to treat patients only. that in response to the israeli claim that hamas has set up a command and control center in bunkers underneath gaza's biggest hospital. nadia bashir has more on that situation and how civilians are increasingly playing the ultimate price. and of course, her image, i need to warn you, has images that may be distressing to you. >> reporter: a flash of light over the chilling, imposed darkness that engulfs gaza every

night. a glaring promise of more death and destruction. the ongoing siege and a communications blackout plunging gaza into erie silence. what little video has emerged so far paints a picture of the devastation wrought by israel's relentless bombardment. scenes of incomprehensible loss, shrouded bodies, the latest amongst thousands of victims. israel says that it has targeting hamas, now also expanding its ground operations. a retaliation, they say, to the hamas terror attacks of october 7th, which left at least 1,400 dead and more than 200 others held hostage inside of gaza. but within the besieged strip of land, the number of palestinians killed also rises with each and every air strike. the situation here is dire.

our homes were destroyed in the air strikes. six of our family members were ki killed. what can we do? we are all living through this? this was the scene on friday at the al shifa hospital, the largest in dpauz. now not only a lifeline to thousands of patients, but a sanctuary to tens of thousands, including children displaced by the war. we're not even asking for food. we're not asking for water. we're asking for safety, for security. our men, our women, their children, they've all been killed. >> many have come in the hope that hospitals will remain a safe haven. but this safe haven is now being characterized by israel with no verifiable evidence as a potential target. >> the red buildings, as i mentioned, are buildings that hamas is using. >> reporter: it is a claim rejected by palestinian officials in gaza, who accuse israel of falsifying

intelligence and say the hospital is only used to treat patients. but the consequence of such allegations is feared by many. any suggestion that this hospital could be viewed as a legitimate target by israel, for doctors who know the hospital well, is a warning of unimaginable bloodshed. >> i've been walking in all parts, in the basement, in the different clinics, in the different buildings. i've been there night and day, peace time, wartime, all over. i have never seen anything that could look like or function as some command center. >> reporter: on and on, israel's air strikes lay waste to this already-ravaged enclave. artillery shelling now adding to the devastation. the people of gaza gripped by a constantly cycle of mourning, still ststruggling to comprehen

in endless nightmare. death now woven into the very fabric of their lives. nadia bashir, cnn, in amman, jordan. >> the u.n. secretary general has visited doha in qatar saturday, to express his thanks and support to qatar's prime minister for helping with talks free hostages currently held by hamas. a spokesperson for the qatarry ministry of foreign affairs told becky anderson that he remains hopeful more hostages will be released. >> to let me be quite clear. the talks, the mediation to effort the release of civilian hostages, possibly a prisoner exchange at this point, have not collapsed, correct? >> no. i believe they are still going. they're still working on it. and it's become ing more and mo difficult with the current escalation. this escalation that's happening

right now, one of the most terrible escalation that has happened in the region, is making it certainly more difficult. on the logistical side of it, just moving people during a landing incursion and the increased bombardment, but from a political side, of course, mediation only works when you have calming periods, under this kind of conflict, this kind of confrontation between both sides, becomes more difficult. but it's still ongoing and we can give up. we can't give up on this, on all sides. nobody can afford to give up on this. >> what can you provide us in terms of the details of these talks? >> obviously, i can't get into the details of this, because our main concern now is getting the hostages to their families and making sure this mediation succeeds and that could be very difficult right now if we share a lot of the details. as we heard today from prime minister netanyahu and from the spokesperson of hamas, we are talking around the idea of more

hostages coming out, talking around the idea of a prisoner exchange. we are optimistic that the talks are heading more towards all civilian hostages, but obviously, it's a fluid situation on the ground. we still don't know what will hap happen. >> do we know how many civilian hostages there are held in gaza at present? >> i'm not sure to be honest anybody knows. we have our number, we're discussing the list we get through various countries, who are held hostages. we have numbers from the israeli side. these numbers are not necessarily always the same. the or not thing here is that both sides acknowledge that the civilian hostages need to go out immediately and both sides, especially hamas has said that they are willing to -- that the civilian hostages go out. we have to work towards that as soon as possible. >> we know that hamas had been pressing for at least the

release of teenagers held. we heard benjamin netanyahu say today that that had been discussed. can i press you on whether you believe that that exchange would be for women and children being held in gaza by hamas? and if so, are we talking around 50, 60 people here? >> obviously, becky, we've been talking about day one about our priorities in this. it is our main goal and our end goal to release all the hostages and get them back to their families. obviously, when you prioritize it, you start with women and children, and then you go to the rest of the hostages. and obviously, if we were going to prioritize and start with the women and children, but i believe that right now the discussions encompass the idea of civilian hostages altogether. as we continue just after half past the hour, there's more to come. the authorities in eastern ukraine are working to evacuate

the families in ukraine, the counteroffensive there, i beg your pardon. and of course, israel says its war against hamas after a long fight. analysis on what that means.

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area. cnn's anna coren with this report. >> repeporter: driviving past an that says adiffka is ukraine, the cameraman suddenly stops and takes cover from incoming russian shelling. for weeks now, russia has been pounding this city in donetsk in eastern ukraine, known before the war for its large cooking plplant, it's a bostion of ukrainian resistance. these are rorough ordinary days explains the cameraman. ththe crowne govovernment has ordered the evacuation of families, inclcluding up to o a thousand children living near the front line in dozens of settlements in donetsk and kherson regions, as russia intensifies attacks. police are going door-r-to-doorn what's left of these destroyed apartment buildings,s, looookinr adiffka's remainining residents but not everyone is willing to go. good l luck, take e care of

yourself, says the police officer. thanank you, good d luck to o y rereplies the old woman, refusi to leave her home. an incoming shell explododes cle by, as police try to deliver supplies to residedents willingo take their chances. good luck, lads. take care, you've got a difficult job, says this man. despite reports of heavy losses on the r russian side, its forc haveve launched d major assasau areas along the eastern front and intensified shelling i in t south. further undedermining ukraine'e grueling counteroffensive. and while the world's attention hahas swififtly moved from ukra to the israel/gaza war, there are grave concerns long-term funding could also dry up. earlier this week, the italian prime minister pleaded with europe not to make the mistake of weakening its support to ukraine as the middle east

conflict rages on, declaring with a world where no possible red lines exist is a an n insec world for everyone. while she was backed up by leaders attending the meeting in brussels, slovakia's new prime minister had other ideas. a day after being sworn in, robert fico announced that s slovakia will no longeger prpro mililitary aid to ukraine. for now, kyiv anxiously waits to see if u.s. presidident biden'n rerequest for more than $61 1 billion in additional aid to ukraine will be approved by a bitterly divided congress. in the meantime, secretary of state antony blinking announced a new $150 million security assistance package o of air defense, artillery, anti-tank and other equipment, prompting this promise frorom the ukraini presesident. >> translator: we are expanding our capapabilities and seeing t

end of the w war with a ukraini victory more clearly.. >> optimistitic words that are t toto translalate on this battlefield. anna coren, cnn, hong kong. now for more on the war in ukraine, how it could be affected by what's happening in the middle east, nigel davis is with me, the senior fellow for russia and eurasia at the international institute for strategic studies. good to see you, sir. thank you. i suppose it is arguably a little on the simple side, just to simply say, well, the world's attention is on the middle east, therefore ukraine doesn't get as much attention and russia can get on and do what it likes. but is that the case? is it at simple as that? >> i think it really depends how you sort of understand this issue. so, if you see sort of attention as a limited resource that has

to sort of be directed at one place rather than another, so there's not a zero-sum relationship, then, yes, you would have reason to worry. but i think looking at this strategically, understanding the underline keconnections between the russia/ukraine war, one should see it as much more complimentary. so think about the chain of responsibility here. hamas' dprgreatest supporter is ran. iran's greatest relationship is with russia, the military ties between them have deepened very significantly. and of course, russia is prosecuting this war in ukraine. so seen properly, , i think the war that ukraine is fighting against russia and the war now that israel is waging against

hamas are ultimately sort of complimentary efforts. >> okay. now, we saw some evidence of examination that point with a hamas delegation visiting moscow. now, if this is -- i mean, if one is joining the dots, what's the practical effect of what you're saying? >> well, the practical effect is for policy makers in western countries to understand that you don't have to choose between supporting ukraine and supporting israel. it's a little like another larger strategic argument that has been made in recent months about china. there are voices in the united states that say, well, we don't have enough resources to support ukraine against russia, because that means we won't have enough to support taiwan against china. that's really nonsense strategically, because a weaker russia means a weaker china, ultimately, because those two

countries are now so closely aligned. there's also a point about credibility, which is a sort of global resource. if you make commitments as the west has to ukraine and then you withdraw them and scale them back and say, no, it's too difficult, we're not strong enough, we have to divert our resources elsewhere, that sends a very strong signal to aggressors everywhere that emboldens them to try to outlast the west in a contest of resolve. and ultimately, the west collectively is far, far stronger than russia, which, of course, is at the heart of the ukraine crisis, and ultimately one removed lies behind the crisis in the middle east now. the west collectively has at least 12 times the total economic strength and therefore potential military support for its allies, as russia does. during the cold war, the west had about three times the resources of the old soviet

union in the eastern block. the west today is vastly more powerful. so we shouldn't underestimate our underlying capacity to sustain support for our allies on more than one front. >> right, i mean, that can sort of be summed up as, we can chew gum and walk at the same time, in many ways, which is a sort of relatively simple concept. but, it's, you know, this idea that policy makers will be overwhelmed by the agenda, one would hope, surely, at the very highest level of policy making, they can compartmentalize when necessary and multi-task when required. >> yeah, compartmentalizing is, i would say, a bureaucratic reflex. understanding their connections is a strategic reflex. and what the west needs is proper deep and sustained

strategic thinking based on an understanding of the larger connections between crises across the world. other countries, the west adversaries are watching very closely at the west's reaction. they are looking to see, especially, frankly, in the wake of their powers' withdraw from afghanistan in the summer of 2021, after a 20-year k commitment. they are looking for evidence that the west cannot stomach a long commitment. so if you make commitments and then visibly draw back from that, when that becomes difficult and when other challenges intrude elsewhere, you undermine your credibility around the world. that's strategic thinking. >> sir, i'm grateful for you nigel guill davis. i appreciate it. this is cnn. our coverage continues.

allow me to bring you up to date with other stories that we're following for you at cnn. actor michael perry has died at the age of 54, according to

warner brothers, which confirmed his death. the "los angeles times" has reported, citing law enforcement sources, that the "friends" star was found dead in a hot tub at his los angeles home. "the times" says its sources did not provide a cause of death, however, no foul play is expected. in recent years, the actor has battled with alcohol and drugs, specifically painkillers, has become well known. perry wrote about his addiction in his 2022 memoir, saying he went to rehab more than 60 times. the former u.s. president, mike pence, has announced he's ending his run for the presidency, announcing his decision at the republican jewish coalition's annual conference in wisconsin on saturday. >> traveling across the country over the past six months, i came here to say that it's become clear to me that this is not my time. now, i'm leaving this campaign, but let me promise you, i will never leave the fight for

conservative values and i will never stop fighting to elect principled republican leaders to every office in the land! so help me god! >> now, according to various sources, pence was struggling to secure donors and concerned that he might not even qualify for the third and next republican debate, which takes place next month. recent polls suggested, indicated that he'd struggled to break into the top tier of candidates. an aggregate analysis of polls puts him at 4% nationally in the gop race. he's only 1% support in new hampshire, where the first primary is going to be held. south africa took home the rugby world cup for the second time in a row. it beat new zealand on saturday.

>> those are the happy fans celebrating the win in johannesburg. cnn's patrick snell tells us more. >> a classic wentic final in saturday, among a huge historic achievement, among south africa, who are among the first ever to win the rugby world cup. two powerhouse nations. a clutch moment as new zealand's sam cane in the first half crashing firsthand in jesse neiler. initially getting the yellow card, but it's upgraded to red. kaine the first man ever to see red in a world cup final. four first-half penalties from him as his team opened up a halftime lead. the all-blacks came roaring back and it would be one of the three barrett brothers, bowden who goes over to get his team within one point. he's the first man to score in

two world cup finals. and another barrett brother, jordy, with a long-range penalty to put new zealand ahead, but he pulls it wide. south africa led by their inspirational captain sealing their place in history, to win it by one single point just as they did in the quarter finals and the semis, as well. >> there are so many people who come and do what we do and we show it's possible to work together. >> khaleesi became the first black captain, now he's just the second skipper in history to lift back-to-back titles. and with that, it's right back y you. >> i'm richard quest. "cnn this morning" comes next.

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