how they maintain their finances. we've pretty much given them financial planners and given them the resources for that. but the insurance part of it, we slip. this is the rose bowl. they say the granddaddy of them all, right? i'm sure granddaddy has some money. >> and he is joking there, but seri seriously, pasadena police are investigating this. such a shame while the players are on the field someone went in the locker room and stole their stuff. >> really disappointing especially for that team under deion sanders. can we talk about -- i just want to say i don't understand how ohio is number one in anything. maybe that is just something for phil mattingly. go blue. but seriously, what is up with that? >> that was quite surprising. i think just impressed with their wins so far. maybe there is georgia fatigue. i don't know. probably just looking for some

headlines, right? if they say georgia one, that is boring. so put ohio state there and get people talking. >> andy, thank you so much. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere. "cnn this morning" starts right now. we begin with breaking news. i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. breaking this morning, americans and hundreds of other foreign nationals who have been trapped in gaza could be getting out. the same with injured civilians. you're looking at live picture this morning. >> ambulances have been rushing there after qatar brokered a deal with hamas, egypt to allow 500 foreign nationals to leave gaza. we're told the deal does not include hostages held by hamas. we have team coverage from tel aviv to the white house. let's start with selma in london. what are we learn ing about thi

actual deal? who can get out and when? >> we understand this is a deal that has been mediated by qatar in coordination with egypt and the united states. this is a deal that people have been hoping, wishing and praying for week nous. we're into the fourth week of the conflict. we have seen days and days of people sitting at the crossing hoping for it to open. now we understand it will open. we don't have a clear timeline, but we could see up to 500 foreign nationals cross today. we also could potentially see several injured people. some 80 injured palestinians potentially could be part of this deal as well. these would be the first palestinians allowed to leave the gaza strip since the conflict began just after october 7th. we did have images of ambulances. i thus you're playing those now. ambulances just waiting at that crossing. this is a major breakthrough, one that president biden had been working on, one that the

white house had been working on. one that, again, these families have been desperate to see, but you have to remember there's still 2 million people who are trapped in gaz sa who do not have the option. potentially up to 500 nationals do have to come through, but it is a sign of a diplomatic breakthrough. i'm sure for those immemediator hope that negotiations could move further along with hostages and other issues. >> it's really important that you point out also that this is not about the hostages being held and how they are going to make the distinction between those 80 or so that are injured and not to be able to leave and all the others is impossible task. talk about the rafah crossing. there are two check points they would have to go through. >> yes, so the rafah crossing is extremely important because you have to remember that the gaza strip has been blockaded for

more than 15 years. it's closed off on the israeli side. it's closed off on the egyptian side. very few palestinians would have the permissions to leave the gaza strip. but the crossing is one of those few class and now because the israeli side being closed and that complete siege announced right after october 7th, it is the one and only crossing. what we have seen over the course of the last few weeks is sort of chaos at that crossing, to be frank. we have seen families lines up day after day, including our own cnn producer among those families time and time again going to that crossing, hoping it open. there were explosions, airstrikes near the crossing. aid groups were warning that the roads were also damaged. so there has been a the great deal of contention, if you will, and tension around that rafah border crossing. for many of these family that have been waiting for more than three weeks, the question will be why did it take so long to get us out. and yes, they are going to have

to cross through the territory that has been damaged according to egyptian officials in the course of the last few weeks they have to go through multiple check points to get across to the other side. the select number of wounded, we are hearing only 80 wounded. there are thousands of wounded people inside the gaza strip. the 80 wounded will also go through intense security checks. the ambulances are waiting on the other side. it's a very active border in the last few days because you have aid going in that very small trickle of aid, but this will be important to see these mechanisms take place torks see these wheels start to turn. and again for mediators, a sign of hope for progress in the future. >> a real sign of hope. thank you for that breaking news. >> joining us now is military analyst colonel leighton. this has been the center point of intensive diplomatic discussions and a place of hopes and hopes dashed over the course

of the last few weeks. americans being told they might be able to leave and then never actually finding an open border. how does this actually work in terms of getting out of gaza and into egypt? >> good morning. the big area here is really that right here at the rafah crossing, this is the area where they have to go through. as cselma was mentioning, there are multiple check points here. what they are going to be doing is looking for to make sure no hamas fighters get over this way because the key thing here is security. so what they are trying to do is move tricing to move the foreign national asks trying to also move the wounded people that will be in those ambulances that we saw earlier. so this is the kind of thing that's going to make a big difference. and when you look at the way this is going to go, it's going

to be a test for the diplomatic efforts that have been going on between the white house, the egyptians, hamas and qatar. so these are the kinds of things that will make a difference on the ground for a select few people. but the misery in gaza will continue. >> how significant that qatar appears was able to brokeer this? we're not talking about a handful of people. they are reporting some 500 foreign nationals and also about 80 pretty severely injured palestinians. >> that's going to be a really big thing because what the foreign ministry was able to do was work with people that the really don't want to talk to each other. and that's the key thing. when you lock at hamas and israel, two parties in this particular thing, and you are looking at really an ability to get people who need to get out, out of a very intense conflict

zone. with this crossing not being open, this is an open air prison still for these 500 people and the 80 injured, this is going to be, i think, a major break for them. hopefully, it will allow them to achieve safety and get out of the danger zone. >> colonel leighton, thank you. the israeli military revealing new details about the extent of its bombardment in gaza. the idf is saying 11,000 targets have been hit since the start of the war. that includes the recent bombing of gaza's largest refugee camp, which has triggered concern from around the world. look at that. eyewitnesss are describing a horrific scene. a warning the images are very hard to watch. >> one witness tells cnn it felt like the end of the world with

seven to eight huge craters filled with dead people and body parts. another witness saw children carrying other injured children. the the military is defending the strike and saying it killed a top hamas commander. joining us is correspondent raphael romo. how is the idf responding to very, very unequivocal backlash against this attack on a refugee camp? >> good morning. first and foremost, the defense forces say it was not an attack against the civilian population. the intended target was a senior hamas commander was hiding in that location as well as numerous militants with the islamic organization. hamas denies that the commander was even there at the time. idf spokesman told cnn earlier that they hit a tunnel buried underground where the commander was hiding. later the idf claimed that fighter jets acting on intelligence killed the

commander of hamas central battalion and one of the leaders responsible for the october 7th terrorist attacks in israel adding that numerous militants were also hit in the strike. this is how the israel defense forces responded to the criticism about the civilian casualties. let's take a listen. >> in this specific attack, we were targeting a military command er. there could be no warning before. we struck the target. what we did hear was to strike with the the acquired amount of fire power in order to get to where he was hiding in order to achieve a military achievement of support. the overall aim of the war. that's why this was struck. it is both legitimate and an important military strike to do. i understand that the pictures are difficult. i understand that our human

feelings when seeing something like this. >> reporter: he went on to say that trying to use civilians as human shields when it is a common practice. he said just as much as not allowing to evacuate from a combat area, which they have also done. back to you. >> has the idf presented evidence that they indeed were able to take out that hamas target? and have there been an actual number given on all of the civilian deaths from this? >> reporter: no evidence so far. that's one of the questions that we have been asking. the evidence that actually the commander was there. so far they haven't been able to do that. but in the past couple weeks, they have also claimed that they hunted down and killed and published the list of 32 alleged

members of hamas leadership. it is very difficult to verify their claims. also we have to talk about the fact that because it is a zone, it's impossible to verify for us. there's nothing we can tell you to verify that information. >> thank you for the reporting for us live from tel aviv this morning. a student at cornell has been charged in connection to really severe online threats made against a jewish community there. those details, ahead. and secretary of state antony blinken about to head back to israel. protesters interrupted his testimony before a senate committee yesterday as they called for a cease-fire in the war between israel and hamas. more just ahead. we are continuing to follow the breaking news that a deal was reached to release foreign nationals and critically injured civilians. stay with us.

you're looking at live pictures of the rafah crossing in southern gaz that's been impassable for so many desperate to leave gaz is a. sources tell cnn that qatar has brokered a deal between israel and hamas for the release of potentially hundreds of foreign nationals and critically injured civilians. we will keep you posted as we learn more. secretary of state, who has been integral in negotiations is

going to meet with government officials. it will mark his third visit since the war against hamas began after the october 7th terrorist attack. it comes as president biden and top national security officials are inkrcreasingly facing tough questions about israel's commitment to minimizing civilian casualties despite the mounting death toll and the bloody scenes we're seeing out of gaza. blinken also testified before senators yesterday in defense of the white house's $105 billion aid package for israel and ukraine. a tight rope walk supporting israel the while casualties grow, it's evident they are interrupted by angry protesters demanding a cease-fire. watch. >> cease-fire now. cease-fire now. >> secretary blinken, you may continue. >> president biden has so far resist ed calls for a cease-fir

and refuses to denounce the tactics making clear his views has responsibility to defend its citizens from terrorism. priscilla alvarez is live with more. in the wake of the refugee camp, this underscores that impossible balancing act. what's the white house saying right now? >> reporter: it does. it vividly caps the tight rope you were mentioning that u.s. officials maintain that israel is trying to protect civilian lives, but at the same time, these images and this destruction in gaza is fueling that public outrage. that weighs heavy here at the white house among senior officials. and that also goes from the president all the way on down. this was something that had come up over the weekend in a phone call between president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, which was reiterating that israel has a right to defend itself, but it also has to do all it can to follow the rules of war and protect

innocent civilians. we often see from u.s. officials is that demonstrating empathy with images while also making it clear that israel has the right to defend itself particularly after the attacks in october to get a glimpse of that, take a listen to what john kirby had to just yesterday. >> unlike russia and ukraine, unlike what hamas did on the 7th of october, the killing of civilians is not a warning of israel. i'm notdenying it's happening. we have indications they are trying. i'm not predicting that on any given day they aren't going to fail to meet their own expectations about killing civilians. sadly, our own experience as a military over the last 20 years has shown us that even with our best intentions and the efforts we put in to avoiding civilian casualties, we still cause them. it's tragic each and every time.

>> they believe the warnings are delivered in tougher conversations and private than they are publicly, but all the same, the reality that the white house is facing here is that there are risks within the president's own party about the response and that a road that the public support for israel could erode in time. all of that weighing heavy here at the white house. >> that's weighing heavy on the diplomatic side of thirngs but at home on the domestic front, there's a battle over the president's $105 billion emergency aid request. $60 billion for ukraine, $14 billion for israel. the white house has issued a veto threat of the republican proposal. >> that's right. so republican rules doesn't include ukraine. it's only israel. it was set up for a collision course within the senate and now here at at the white house. the white house coming out just last night saying that it's bad for israel and the middle east

region and for our national security. if it gets to the president's desk, he will veto ta it the president delivers marks in october about this supplemental making clear to americans that these conflicts that are playing out abroad are not just far away conflicts. they affect national security here in the u.s. and the white house has had to rash et up their own support for this supplemental. so this veto would be for this bill that only includes aid to israel. just making clear again the stance needs to include aid to israel and ukraine for matters of national security. >> priscilla alvarez, thank you. a significant update for you on the breaking news this morning. a western official confirming to cnn americans are not expected to be among the first batch of people allowed to leave gaza today. it was unclear when they would be allowed to leave. it's expected americans will be

allowed to leave later this week according to the official. we just don't know when. we'll continue to follow it very closely. >> as we do continue to follow that breaking news at the rafah crossing, we're watching it closely. there's also domestic news as well here in new york. this morning donald trump jr. is expected to kick off a trump family testimony in that civil fraud trial. what to expect. that's ahead.

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we're showing you live p picturesover the rafah border crossing. it's been a critical point of discussion, often frustration over the course of the last several weeks as american citizens, palestinians are being told to evacuate or move from the northern part of gaza. they have been looking to get out and have been unable to do so. now we understand there is a deal brokered by qatar officials that would allow for up to 400 or 500 foreign nationals to exit along with 80 or so wounded gaza residents. we are keeping you posted on the latest as we continue to learn more on this breaking news. donald trump jr. is expected to take the stand and testify today. the former president's eldest

son will testify in the $250 million civil fraud trial. don jr., the new york attorney general accuses them of inf infraudulently inflating their father's net worth. what are prosecutors trying to get from him? >> reporter: good morning. remember the judge in this case has already ruled that donald trump jr., his brother eric, donald trump, the former president, they are all liable for fraud. but they are also trying to prove they all work together to create this fraudulent scheme over decades. so they are going to have to answer questions to that. so what you just said, donald trump jr. and his brother eric took on expanded roles at trump org when their father took on the presidency. so there's going to be a lot of questions about what role did

they play, what did they know about the preparation of these financial documents. in a former deposition done by donald trump jr., by the attorney general's office, i went to business school, by didn't prepare these documents. i just relied on my legal departments, the accounting departments to prepare these documents. i would sign off on them. we'll see how he expands on that. certainly, we're going to see the documents being put into evidence today that they are going to have to answer to. they will behoove them to answer those questions because in the civil trial, saying take ing th fifth or not answering questions could look to the judge as if they are basically just not wanting to be truth ful about this testimony. we are expecting don jr. to take the stand some time this afternoon. trump likely will happen tomorrow, but it's important to note that the former president isn't expected to be in the courtroom for his son's testimony both today and tomorrow. so we'll see how this shakes out in the coming days.

>> thank you for following it. appreciate it. we are continuing to follow that breaking news. multiple sources saying qatar brokered a deal to get foreign nationals out of gaza. this is separate from the hostage negotiations. western officials tell us that americans will not be among the first group released, but they are expected to be able to leave in the coming days. israel this morning defending its bombard mment as that deadly strike on the crowded refugee camp saying they were targeting a key hamas leader.

we are following breaking news this morning. you're look at the rafah border crossing where foreign national who is have been trapped in gaza could soon have a pathway out. same with critically injured civilians. you're looking at live pictures, ambulances have been rushing

there and crowds of people have been gathering after sources tell cnn qatar brokered a deal to allow up to 500 foreign nationals to leave gaza and enter egypt. we're told the deal does not uncollude actual hostages held by hamas. joining us is colonel leighton. we have talked so much about this border crossing and the frustrations reted to its closure. how will this work for those foreign nationals who have been waiting for weeks? >> yeah, so a big deal for them here is actually when they move down to this area and get a green light to come into egypt through the rafah crossing, these people have actually had to come from northern gaza all the way down through the area down into the rafah area where they have been waiting. they were told by the israelis to evacuate this area and move down into the southern part right here. so how they are going to do sha

that is go through on foot through the border crossing. there will hopefully be buss or other form transcription. those buss maybe arranged by the egyptian government or by the consulate or embassies of the countries that they are nationals of. so that's the kind of thing that happens through the security process at this gate. and that will involve processes possibly by hamas as well as by the egyptians and the israelis who will also be involved in that. so it's going to be a very intricate ballet dance that's going to take place at this point. >> just remind people. that's in southern gaza. i was just going to say the strike on the refugee camp late yesterday is in the north. so presumably, these ambulances crossing would not be able to help all of the people injured there. >> that is correct. keep in mind that the number of

people that are going to be moved by ambulances probably around 80 based on the reporting that we have right now, and given that fact. it's going to be a very small portion of the wounded people. these would be people that can be helped by medical care in egypt in a more sophisticated hospital environment than what they are able to do in gaza at the moment because of the war that's going on there. and the israeli attacks, they concentrated on the north. to get people out of here at this particular point in time and move them down there in time to cross that border, that's going to be extremely tough to do. really impossible. they are going to have to wait, anybody injured is going to have to wait before they can cross that border if they need that kind of care. >> looking at those images of the craters caused by the strike that we have seen, we know as we're still trying to get a high count, a high number of ca

casualties. thank you. >> you bet. we have been talking about this breaking news. a deal brokered by kqatar to allow foreign nationals to leave gaza. we're told hostages are not part of that deal. we'll be joined by someone who has been involved in the hostage negotiations prior with hamas, next. people across the u.s. have been putting up posters for the 200 israelis kidnapped to bring attention to what is going on in israel and gaza. many of those posters now being ripped down. >> we see them taken down was another hut. they don't have a voice right now. we're trying to get them one. they are being silenced.

new this morning, sources tell cnn that qatar has brokered a deal between israel, hamas and egypt in coordination with the united states to release all foreign nationals being held in gaza along with critically injured civilians.

this deal is separate from it any hostage negotiations. hamas claim it is will release some of these foreign nationals in the coming days. we'll see. they did not specify which nationalities or how many hostages they would release or impact exactly when. joining us is the person who helped negotiate the release of israeli soldiers from hamas captivity in 2011-being held for 5 years. he was exchanged for more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners. thank you for being with us for your expertise. when you think about what it took to get him out, i think it was 1,000 palestinian prisoners, one who went on to lead hamas currently, the families are calling on the hostages on benjamin netanyahu to trade all of the palestinian prisoners estimated to be about 6,000 for their loved ones. is there any chance that happens? >> there's a chance that it

could happen because the weight of the families of the hostages and their message to the israeli public is gaining. their support within society. three weeks ago, no one was thinking about the hostages. they were all thinking about dismantling hamas' ability to govern and threaten israel. today while i haven't seen accurate polling on this, my impression is that more than half the society is backing the families of the hostages and saying that israel has a moral responsibility to bring back all these hostages. we're talking about women and children, infants, elderly people, sick people, wounded people, this is something that israel has a responsibility to bring home because israel failed to protect them. the major the function of any country is to provide defense and security for their citizens and israel failed these 240 people and has a responsibility to bring them home. it's a huge dilemma for the israeli government. >> you have said since the start

that you have had contact with officials or contacts. when was the last time you spoke to them? have you been given insight into what an actual strategy is at this point? >> they have gone on radio silence over the last three days. i haven't receive d any responss from them. i have been communicating with people in gaza and beirut, including some people who are members leadership. that may be an indication that things are at an intense stage of negotiation, but it might be that they are irrelevant and have nothing to say about what's being negotiated. at the end of the day, the decisions are going to be taken in hamas fighting, and they are located in tunnels deep underneath the gaza strip. >> the release that we're hearing that qatar brokered of foreign nationals, not hostages, that is coming today, does that

indicate anything to you about where hamas' mind set is? or do you view the two as completely separate? >> they are completely separate. we're talking about palestinian nationals who have second passports. there are a few thousand of them. it's not a major exodus of gaza of palestinian people, but they are palestinians with passports and they are nationals of other countries. some of those countries have fought very hard to get in the agreement to allow them to leave. i think there's bye-bye internal pressure on hamas within gaza to allow people to leave who have foreign passports. it has nothing to do with the hostages. when hamas says they are thinking about releasing foreign national hostages, they are not talking about israeli passports. they are talking about the workers, they are talking about philippine caretakers who were taken along with the hostages.

hamas is no difference with no other passport. >> you noted that this is kind of up to the military wing, to some degree. people may not recognize there's a military wing, they are located in different places and often in the midst of different discussions. there's also multiple groups holding hostages or at least more than one. do you believe there's a centralized place for qatar officials, israeli officials to actually go to negotiate at this point? >> i think it's very difficult and it's impossible to determine who is really in charge of making the decisions at the end of the day. in gaza, there is little difference between the political wing and the military wing. there's a great overlapping of them. the military wing of hamas could not have done what they did on october 7th without the agreement and knowledge with at least the most senior leaders of

the political wing. the political leader of gaza was released in a deal in 2011. this is no question that he is part of the decision making process of the military wing. but as you said, apparently, islamic jihad and individuals are holding hostages. it's not 100% clear that hamas has control of all of the hostages. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. the uptick in anti-semitic septemberment is bleeding into more facets of everyday life. cnn has the report. >> we can start on one side and come back on the next. >> reporter: the goal is to raise awareness to those i kidnapped in israel by showing their faces, names and ages. >> this is a 12-year-old boy who was supposed to have his celebration with his family, and instead they can't even say happy had birthday.

they don't know if he's alive. >> reporter: but after these are put up, sometimes in minutes they are ripped off. >> you see them taken down was another fact. to see faces of innocent civilians taken from their homes, they don't have a voice. we're trying to fwif them one. they are being silenced. >> reporter: in some cases, it's personal. >> it's not only that i have seen the people tear down the posters and videos. i actually witnessed it with my own eyes. i struggled myself walking in the streets of manhattan and brooklyn and people were so hateful towards me. people cursed me. people threatened me. threatening my life. >> reporter: her partner created the posters. the israeli citizens were in new york for an art program, but after the hamas terrorist attack

israel that killed 1400, they felt they had to do something. so they stopped their program and started the kidnap from israel project. >> then after we uploaded it to our social media, people just downloaded it. so for us, it was like a miracle. >> reporter: a miracle and a curse. >> the anti-semitism is rising above any nightmare i ever thought. >> reporter: she feels and feels it in california. >> this is not a new concept. i have known this. i have experienced this. i felt this for years. but the loud er they get, thor e have to get. it just hurts. >> but it's not stopping them.

even when the posters are taken down, they comeback and do it again. >> until they are back, you're going to see these posters. >> cnn, los angeles. >> our thanks for that reporting. fbi director says it's becoming more and more dangerous for jewish americans and anti-semitism is nearing historic levels. >> we're watching the breaking news about a deal brokered to aa low foreign nationals to leave sgaz nap comes as israeli officials are defending their strike on a refugee camp saying they were targeting a hamas commander. the number killed is still unclear, but eyewitnesss saying it will be significant. we'll speak to a spokesman haed. stay with us.

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welcome back. fbi director ray warning that americans are facing ab increased terror threat. during a senate hearing, he caution ed that the terror group's propaganda could inspire violent extremists in the u.s. >> the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. here in the united states, our most immediate concern is that violent extremists will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east toer carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> joining us now is jay johnson, also a partner at a law

firm. to that point, i heard from officials who are concerned this would dramatically accelerate recruitment around the world. why should this reach domestic shores, to some degree? why should this threat be considered real at home? >> first of all, it's amazing to me that wray said this yesterday, the yet they are the victims of 60% of the religious hate crimes in this country. anti-semitism is on the the rise. i go to speak to groups at cig gogs, the level of security necessary at a house of worship, the rise of anti-semitism in this country is undenial. i agree with the message that the fbi director sent yesterday, which is that americans -- i used to say the same thing in times like this. americans should continue to go about their daily lives, go to

public events, holiday season is approaching, but always be be vigilant. if you see something, say something. it does make a difference. it has made a difference. and without a doubt, passions in this country from what's happening in the middle east are rising. you see this on the campuses of colleges and universities, you see this at public events, we all need to be indivigilant and careful. >> this is what sec the success tear said about the rise in anti-semitism and threats against jewish, muslim and arab americanss. >> in the days and weeks since we responded to an increase in threats against jewish, muslim and arab american communities and institutions across our country, hate directed at jewish students, communities and institutions add to a preexisting increase in a level of anti-semitism in the united

states and around the world. >> we have seen the biden administration speaking out on this, taking some action to change language. a federal hate crime is, what more do you think there is more this administration could do right now? >> i think we all need to make clear where the line is. this a free society like this one, where we all have a right to free speech, in times like this, we are allowed to be loud, we're allowed to be emotional, we're allowed to be vulnerable. in the expression of our views about what's happening in israel and gaza. the line, however, is we should not be -- we should be discouraging inciting hate, inciting violence directed at american jews, inciting hate against palestinians.

but in a society such as ours, we should expect that people are allowed to express their views in a very passionate and emotional way without inciting hate. >> i think that is often missed in the debate of freedom of speech. there's a line. there's a line and the line is incitement. >> correct. the line is incitement to hate and violence. in many instances, it can be criminal. what we're seeing on social media and elsewhere are irresponsible individuals who go that step further, cross that line and put people here in this country in real jeopardy. it's disturbing that so many americans today feel that the only way to express themselves is through violent, hateful speech. great social movements in this country have most often been peaceful. the civil rights movement in the

'60s, dr. king always preached nonviolence. there's a way for young people who are on campuses of colleges and universities today feel passionate about this subject on both sides, there's a way to express your views without resorting to encouraging violence against others, without putting others in jeopardy. >> considered to be the architect of the obama administration's counterterrorism infrastructure, when you look at strikes like what we have seen, what are your concerns? >> israel is, of course, party to the geneva conventions. they are governed by the laws of our conflict. i do not believe that the idf is targeting civilians. i believe that the idf is seeking to avoid civilian casualties in gaza, but they do