hi, everyone. i'm jessica dean alongside boris sanchez here in washington, d.c. and for the first time since the hamas terror attack on israel a small number of civilians are being allowed to leave gaza and escape the several hundred strikes a day by israel on hamas targets. egyptian state affiliate media reports the first group of foreign passport holders has arrived into egypt through the rafah border crossing. and sources are telling cnn the opening is the result of a deal mediated by qatar among israel,

hamas and egypt. a senior u.s. official says this deal could ultimately lead to about 7,000 people allowed to cross. stressing that total, though, is far from exact. >> and just minutes ago president biden posted on social media that some american citizens are going to be among those departing gaza as soon as today. he hailed u.s. leadership and efforts to help some gazans and foreign nationals leave amid what is obviously an escalating ground offensive in the north of gaza. so far we should point out no hostages have been included in this deal. that's according to sources that have spoken to cnn. all of that is taking place in the southern part of the country -- or rather the territory in gaza. in the north for the second day in a row a massive explosion has rocked the largest refugee camp in gaza, in jabalya. israel is receiving widespread condemnation for this attack on the camp that took place yesterday. the idf, though, they argue that it was a legitimate target because they were able to kill a

senior hamas commander in this attack. let's discuss with our reporters. we have cnn's m.j. lee who's at the white house. cnn's jeremy diamond is in ashkelon, israel. but we're going to start with cnn's melissa bell who's live for us in egypt. melissa, what is happening at that rafah border crossing right now and how many people have been able to get out of gaza? >> reporter: well, we're just waiting for the confirmation on the exact numbers. but we understand, boris, that it may be several hundred already as yet to be confirmed and we're beginning to get an idea of who some of these people are. four italian nationals have definitely crossed already. all aid workers. five french nationals. and it really is the consular services of many different countries that are there on the other side, the egyptian side, waiting for these, the first few civilians to be allowed out after all these times. all this time. consular services from austria, indonesia, japan. of course the united states as well. jordan. a lot of foreign nationals that

were trapped inside. and that as we understand it will be allowed as part of this very comprehensive deal to get out over the course of the next few days. of course logistically that takes some time. there is a list that's been put up and those families on the other side, on the gazan side are waiting to see when they can get through. and of course some of them will be traveling without documents. so quite a complicated logistical process in terms of getting them out. and i think it's important to point out that beyond the civilians the foreign nationals and the dual nationals that have started to make their way out, amongst the civilians are also some of the most wounded palestinians, boris, the very first to be allowed to leave the gaza strip since israel announced the total siege of the enclave. we expect that over the course of the day 81 of those palestinians will have been taken to the field hospital where egypt has constructed about nine miles away from the crossing. the most severely wounded, these are people who need immediate surgery, but definitely some hope there that at long last this crossing is open at least to the foreign nationals and the

most severely wounded. of course a glimmer of hope for many. and yet a drop in the ocean when you consider the number of people still stuck inside and the conditions, boris, under which they remain trapped. >> all right. melissa bell for us in egypt. thanks so much. let's go now to jeremy diamond, who's in ashkelon. jeremy, there's been another massive explosion at the jabalya refugee camp, which is gaza's largest. the idf said it bombed yesterday when it was targeting a senior hamas commander. we know more than 100 likely were killed or wounded. what more can you tell us about what's happening there today? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, this is the second large blast to hit the jabalya refugee camp in gaza. and jabalya is the largest refugee camp in gaza, taking care of refugees stemming from the 1948 war who were displaced from that time. and again, the images that we're seeing of the destruction today are quite similar to those that

we saw wryesterday. a second devastating blast hitting that camp in as many days. a very densely populated area. as of yet the idf has yet to confirm whether this blast was caused by one of its airstrikes. yesterday they did take responsibility for that enormous blast that left a massive crater in jabalya. they said yesterday that they were targeting a senior hamas commander who they said was responsible in part for those october 7th terrorist attacks. and they also said that he was commanding the forces of hamas in the northern gaza strip who were fighting -- who were fighting idf forces. the israeli military effectively were waiting to still hear from them whether or not this was -- they were responsible for this strike. >> jeremy diamond, thank you so much for that. let's go to the white house now because m.j., president biden just wrote on social media that americans will be getting out as soon as today. what more can you tell us about

that and about how this deal was brokered? >> reporter: well, boris, these negotiations have been ongoing for weeks and needless to say they have been incredibly complicated. one thing that a senior u.s. official told me earlier today was that something that hamas had asked for was for some of its own fighters to be released from gaza and into egypt as a part of the group of injured people that are being released and that that demand had been rejected. and one other complicating factor too, of course, is from the egyptian side, that egyptian authorities are very keenly set on making sure that they can basically thoroughly vet and look into every single person that is now going to be entering their country. now, ultimately, if all goes well, if all goes according to plan, and that is a big if right now given the fluidity of the situation, u.s. officials do believe that thousands of people, upwards of 5,000 people could ultimately end up leaving

gaza and get into egypt. remember, the state department has said that there are some 400 american citizens in the region and that there are an additional 5,000 foreign nationals as well. this is an incredibly complicated and complex situation. and we do expect that this process is going to take stage over the course of several days possibly with some 500 people potentially being processed today and upwards of 1,000 people being processed starting perhaps tomorrow. >> and m.j., i want to ask you too about some additional reporting. you're learning there's this intensifying concern among biden officials about israel losing some worldwide support as we see more civilians killed. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, you know, president biden and his top officials have been very clear from the very beginning of this attack beginning on israel that israel really has a right to defend itself. but they have also been insistent that they must conduct

itself following the laws of war, that they have to minimize civilian casualties. but the challenge that the administration is facing now is that as these strikes, idf strikes are targeting some of these civilian-heavy areas those questions about whether israel is actually adhering to that principle, they are really very much being challenged. we know that after the strike yesterday, for example, at the white house press briefing a question that john kirby, the white house spokesperson, got a lot was whether the u.s. still believes that israel is trying to minimize civilian casualties. and what he said was he certainly wouldn't deny that civilians are dying but that they do believe israel is trying to make an effort to minimize civilian deaths. but the problem i think right now is that many people would look at some of these scenes coming out of gaza and they would disagree with that assessment, that israel is making a real effort to minimize civilian casualties. i will also say that there is a recognition within the biden

administration that support for israel could begin to erode as this conflict drags on and you start to see more and more civilian deaths in the region. so that is something that officials here are contending with as well. >> it is a significant question. m.j. lee, thank you so much for that reporting. let's pose that question and more with former israeli prime minister naftali bennett. he also served in an elite unit of the israel defense forces and recently enlisted in the idf reserves. mr. bennett, thank you so much for sharing part of your day with us. let's start with the deal that qatar brokered to open that rafah crossing to some palestinians and foreign nationals. is it your understanding that the idf has effectively agreed to a ceasefire around the rafah area of gaza as part of the deal? >> israel does not citizens who are moving away from harm's way. in fact, israel has allowed

800,000 gazans to move away according to laws of war from northern gaza to southern gaza and also from gaza through rafah into egypt. so whenever we're talking about human beings, we bend over backward to allow them into safe havens. >> would you like to see the arrangement that's in place right now around that crossing extended and perhaps widened to allow more palestinians to leave gaza? >> we will not prevent anyone from leaving gaza, assuming it's a civilian and not a terrorist or a terrorist taking a hostage. so given the right supervision, we obviously don't want to see civilians unnecessarily hurt. >> well, on that note, sir, yesterday it appears that hundreds of civilians were killed or wounded by the fda strike on that jabalya refugee

camp. does israel risk losing support within the united states with that kind of attack? >> we're attacking hamas. we're doing everything to prevent civilian casualties. hamas is doing everything to increase civilian casualties. so the death in gaza is fully hamas's responsibility. i also want to acknowledge that right now there's 230 israelis including babies like ariel who's 9 months old, 9 months old baby and another 9-month-old baby, they are currently still being held hostage by hamas. i cannot understand how every interview in the world doesn't start with the first question, why is hamas not releasing babies, girls, boys that are held hostage, which breaks all the rules of war? that's the real question.

>> "the new york times" is reporting that there's concern in the white house over whether israel has a long-term plan for gaza, for what happens if the idf succeeds in eradicating hamas and how it's going to deal with the vacuum that's created by that. how confident are you that prime minister benjamin netanyahu, your successor, has a plan to fill that vacuum? >> well, we're talking about right now hamas, which is pure evil, that sent thousands, roughly 3,000 terrorists into our homes to kill, rape, dismember and burn whole families. so the main goal is to eradicate and eliminate hamas and we're going to continue as long as it takes. even if it takes years, we're going to continue. regarding the day after, it's not that complicated. you can have many different mechanisms.

for example, once hamas is eradicated you can have elections, choose a local leadership. there's many solutions. just like after nazi germany was eradicated a new germany app appeared. so that is highly solvable. but the main issue is to stay the course until we kill or expel all hamas terrorists. >> respectfully, sir, i think there are a lot of experts that would disagree with you in the thinking that it would be a solvable situation because as we've seen with the united states in iraq and afghanistan after terrorist networks there were eradicated a long-term military occupation often leads to more civilian loss of life. that means more extremism, more terrorists. you're not concerned that eradicating hamas would not lead to perhaps another terrorist network fighting for the palestinian cause to take effect? >> of course we are. and we're thinking about that as well. but right now when you have the

purest form of evil, when you have a barbaric, savage regime there's no question whatsoever you need to eradicate it. israel for the past 17 years contained hamas and said you know, we can live side by side with them, they have an opportunity to create singapore in the middle east. there's no easy solutions. but right now the main thing for any decent-hearted person watching this right now is to ensure that israel can continue the course, complete the course of eradicating hamas from the face of earth. >> so one of israel's neighbors, jordan, announced today that it would immediately recall its ambassador. they want a ceasefire. they are concerned about the loss of collateral civilian life. what's your response to them recalling the ambassador, and are you concerned that normalized relations with jordan

are at risk? >> let's put it this way. jordan depends on israel more than israel depends on jordan. and you know, the fact that certain regimes are weak and do these sort of actions, it doesn't really move me. we have to do what we have to do to ensure our future. and this war is not only between israel and hamas. it's a war between radical islamic savagery of middle ages and the free world. we're fighting the world's battle. if we don't win, if the world tries to stop us and god forbid succeeds, you're going to see the same scenes in new york city, in london, in madrid. and i know this because last time when the palestinian terrorists came up with a startup which was called suicide bombing it started against israelis but it continued in

america with 9/11 and then madrid and then london. so the world should stand behind israel. give us backing so we can defeat radical islam and it doesn't rear its very ugly head. >> former prime minister naftali bennett, we appreciate your time and perspective. thanks. >> thank you very much. >> of course. still to come on "news central," donald trump jr. could take the stand soon in the civil fraud trial against him, his father and the entire trump family business. what this could mean for the future of the trump organization. plus, a busy day on capitol hill. and on the agenda, votes to censure two lawmakers and expel another. we have a live update coming in jujust momentsts.

in new york right now we're waiting to see if donald trump jr. will take the stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump family and

their company. don jr. and his brother eric are accused of knowingly participating in a scheme to boost their father's net worth. cnn national correspondent brynn gingras is joining us now from outside the courthouse in new york. brynn, do we know when he might take the stand or what kind of questions he might face? >> reporter: jessica, we're in a lunch break right now for this civil trial, but i can tell you we did just see don jr. walk up the stairs right here behind me into the courtroom. it's unclear if we'll actually get to his testimony today because there's currently an expert witness from the state that's on the stand being cross-examined and the defense said it will take about three hours. we're about an hour into that. so we'll see if we actually get to don jr. but listen, when he does take the stand, whether it be today or tomorrow, we are expecting him to answer questions in regards to the preparation of those financial statements. what part did he play. did he have any involvement in overvaluating assets of the trump organization and their father's net worth, as you just

explained? and listen, if you just look back to last year and the deposition that he gave under oath to the attorney general, it gives you some sort of inkling as to how he might testify when he does take the stand. he basically distances himself from the preparation of those financial statements saying listen, i have a degree in business but i rely on my accountants, i rely on my legal team to prepare these statements, and then i sign off on them. in that deposition he said this quote. "i had no real involvement in the preparation of the statement of financial condition and don't really remember ever working on it with anyone." so we'll see if he sort of sticks to that when he actually does take the stand. up next after him will be his brother eric trump. obviously he and don jr. had more expanded roles in trump organization once their father went into the oval office. so there will be a lot of questions for those two especially in regards to this case particularly also because they are defendants in this case as well. their father, though, not in

court today, jessica, and not expected to be in court for either of their testimonies. >> but president trump hasn't been quiet on social media. he posted on truth social -- that post is filled with some colorful language i guess you could say. does that violate his gag order in this case? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, listen, the judge basically made it clear in that gag order that the president can speak ill of anyone on his team. trump has been very vocal about this case, the attorney general, the judge. but the judge does seem to get really -- you know, really persistent about that gag order when he speaks ill about particularly his clerk. so we haven't heard from the judge that he is, you know, taking that truth social post that he had, you know, anything more than what it was. but certainly it doesn't seem that donald trump will stop talking about this trial just as he does when he appears in court. and we are expecting him to testify, take the stand next week. jessica?

>> all right. brynn gingras for us in new york city. thanks so much for that update. boris? >> we want to give you a live look at gaza right now. and you notice how dark it is. barely a light anywhere in that frame. just after 7:00 p.m. local time. we're obviously going to keep an eye on the situation. and up next we're going to speak to the friend of a palestinian american family stuck inside the enclave still desperately trying to get out.

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right now in gaza thousands of foreign nationals and injured palestinians are desperate to exit through the rafah crossing into egypt after a deal mediated by qatar several hundred have reportedly made it out today. among those still stranded, approximately 400 americans and their families. president biden says some u.s. citizens could be leaving gaza today. this after the stranded americans began receiving official word from the state department about when they'll be allowed to get out. and we're joined now by sammy nabulsi. he's an attorney for a massachusetts family of three who's trying to leave gaza right now. and sammy, we've been following the story of abuto kal and his wife wafa abu zaida and their 1-year-old son. we know they were contacted by the state department today. what else can you tell us? >> yeah. the movement at the rafah

crossing of course is encouraging. but unfortunately, both the family and i remain incredibly frust frustrated but somewhat hopeful. they did receive a communication from the state department that the state department had reliable information that the crossing would be open in the next 24 to 72 hours, which we did see that today. the part of this that's frustrating is the list of foreign nationals that were permitted to cross today through the rafah crossing included foreign nationals of eight countries, none of them being the united states of america. so at this point neither the family nor i have heard of a specific departure date or time or option at the moment. in fact, abboud reached out to the u.s. embassy in cairo maybe two to three hours ago and he was told that there is no timeline for his family to be able to depart gaza and enter into egypt.

so i'm encouraged by the development, but as of this moment there's still no departure option and there's still no timeline being communicated directly with the family. >> right. and you're saying that he reached out directly to the state department. that's what he was told. do you know why u.s. nationals are not on that initial list? have you been given any insight into that? >> i don't. and frankly, i don't understand. my understanding is there was an agreement brokered, mediated by qatar that included the united states, israel, egypt and hamas. and i don't understand who we're bargaining for, what we're bargaining for if not the departure of u.s. citizens. so i don't know why foreign nationals of other countries were permitted to cross but not the foreign nationals of the united states. but i'm trying to have some bit of hope that this family in the coming day or two will be able to depart. obviously, the difficulty

continues to be every day that passes and the airstrikes continue we don't know whether the family makes it to the next day. abboud was telling me as early as this morning every night before they go to sleep they both worry but at the same time try to have some hope that they'll wake up and live another day. >> and the president has said that he was hopeful it would be today that some would be able to leave, but it sounds like that's not the case, at least for this family of three. >> it's not the case for this family. they've received no communication. >> right. and i want to ask you about just kind of the logistics of all of this. they have to monitor their e-mail. you're talking about reaching out either by phone or on e-mail. how are they able to do that? i know the internet and cell phone access has been difficult there. >> yeah, that's right. it's actually incredibly difficult. every passing day the

telecommunication issue becomes worse and we get more worried about this. right now the way i'm able to communicate with them has been primarily through whatsapp text messages. anytime i've tried to call them the call usually drops after a few seconds. my understanding is they have u.s. cell phones with them and if they step out into this open field that is next to where they're currently sheltering with 40 other people they're able to pick up a bar or two by connecting with some israeli telecommunication infrastructure and so that's the way in which they're able to get e-mails and communicate with the outside world but it's really difficult when they're inside the house and it gets extremely difficult when we get into the late hours and into the evening over in gaza. because on top of the connectivity issue electricity gets shut down to gaza so they're unable to keep a charge once they get into the lifetime. >> again, just about 400

americans and their families including the family that you're working with and talking with, your friends, still trying to get out. we will wait and see how this develops. sammy nabulsi, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for telling their story. i appreciate it. and today is expected to be the first big test for house speaker mike johnson as the house weighs a historic decision on whether to expel congressman george santos and the censures of two other lawmakers. we go to the hill, next.

right now republican house speaker mike johnson is meeting with the full senate gop conference after breaking with

senate republican leadership to link funding for israel and ukraine and instead pushing ahead with a stand-alone funding bill for israel that he has tied to huge spending cuts to the irs as a way he says to pay for that bill. johnson refused to accept president biden's request to link the israel and ukraine funding and several senate republicans including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell are vehemently opposed to that, saying funding the two wars is critical to u.s. national security. let's go straight to cnn's melanie zanona who's live on capitol hill. mel, what are we expecting to see coming out of this meeting? >> reporter: well, really this was an opportunity for senate republicans to get to know speaker johnson. a lot of them have never interacted with him. one of them, susan collins said she had to actually google who mike johnson was. and for johnson it was an opportunity to lay out his vision for how he plans to approach the job. and we are getting a readout from some of our colleagues who've been chasing this this afternoon about what was said in that meeting. according to our colleague manu

raju speaker johnson says that his focus is going to be on passing things that can get through the house with the support of house republicans and worrying about reconciling with the senate later on. and he also signaled that he would be open to additional ukraine aid but only if his republican conference was on board. he would not be doing that with the support of democrats. so obviously, that is a very different approach than what senate gop leader mitch mcconnell has taken. he has been a staunch advocate for ukraine aid despite the fact that there are divisions within the senate gop over that issue. so mitch mcconnell is advocating for a broader national security package that includes ukraine, israel, taiwan, border security, much more similar to what chuck schumer and senate democrats and the white house are pursuing. so at this moment, jess, it is just really uncertain how the house and senate are going to come together. >> and i want to go back to the senate -- to the house rather where you are closer to right now, melanie because we know this afternoon the house is going to take up votes to censure two lawmakers,

republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and democratic congresswoman rashada tlaib. as well as this vote to potentially oust republican congressman george sanity oos who's been indicted with multiple criminal charges including wire fraud and identity theft. what are the chances of any of these passing as we stand here at 1:40? i know things can change. >> reporter: i've been checking in with my sources all day today and at this point it doesn't look like any of those resolutions are going to pass. just a reminder expulsion say really high bar. you need 2/3 of the entire chamber in order for that to succeed. but i will say that these votes are going to be very divisive. on the expulsion resolution you have new york republicans who are now leading the charge here. they have been impatient waiting for the house ethics committee investigation to wrap up even though the committee now says it's going to wrap up potentially by november 17th. these republicans are worried that santos is going to be a drag on their re-election bid. they're pressing ahead with this regardless of the fact that it

likely doesn't have the votes. and then on the serns yur effort of rashida tlaib i'm told there was riechbt gop conference call and on that call young kill, she's a congresswoman who represents a swing district in california she spoke up on this gop call and expressed concerns over this idea of a censure resolution. sxharnlg rie taylor greene who has her own history of antisemitic tropes and is backing that resolution shot back at her. just an example of the tensions that are spilling out in public view at a time when mike johnson would much rather be focused on policy than personal feuds. jess. >> melanie zanona for us on capitol hill. thanks so much. boris? >> let's discuss all the happenings on capitol hill with cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, obviously we'll get to israel aid, speaker johnson, et cetera, but there is some breaking news. republican congressman ken buck of colorado announcing he's not going to run for re-election. perhaps not surprising given some of his recent rhetoric. >> he certainly has been going against the grain of the republican party. but he's from a very conservative district here. and he's been a very conservative member of congress. but it's one of those examples

of some senior members here who seem to be just frustrated with the lack of action and progress in the house. and shortly before that this morning kay granger, who's the chair of the house appropriations committee from texas, she also said she was not going to run again for re-election. so now there are 21 members in all, seven republicans who are not running. that's about on average of what it was in the last time at this cycle. but just an example of ken buck, he likes to be in the spotlight. we've seen him on our air a lot. >> many times. >> obviously. and he was trying to sort of talk some sanity throughout the long speaker's run there. but clearly he said that he's had enough time in congress. >> yeah. so let's talk about israel aid. speaker johnson approaching this in a really interesting way because a stand-alone bill providing aid to israel with no attachments would pass with huge numbers. but he's attached this sort of caveat that it has to come with spending cuts, part of president biden's inflation reduction act.

he's setting a tone here by moving it forward this way. >> he is. look, he's trying to rein in spending. but a problem with that, the cbo, the congressional budget office released a report earlier today saying that by tying this to irs funding basically taking out some agents and things who would collect tax money that would add to the deficit. some $12.5 billion. so that is going to be dead on arrival. it would have been anyway in the senate. but he's trying to link these together. the bigger question is he's meeting with the senate republicans, as melanie was just saying there. there is at least some support. there's much more support for ukraine among senate republicans. senate republicans are skeptical of this approach. so this is where the rubber meets the road here in terms of governing. is the new speaker going to be squeezed here by what the senate does or will he get the house to do something first and try to jam the senate on this? but what is ticking here is that deadline for november 17th.

so never mind the aid for israel, which eventually will happen in some form, there's no doubt. ukraine funding i would say is more up in the air. but how do they get to the ultimate goal of keeping the government open by november 17th? that's a question. >> shutdown looming in just a little bit over two weeks. jeff, on to the censure votes. congresswoman rashida tlaib, marjorie taylor greene, how do you see that playing out? >> look, i think that it's very difficult to expel certainly. censuring we will see. but look, this is just something that is pointing out the ongoing poison nature of our politics i think where one side wants to have retribution on the other side. the george santos thing is a little bit more interesting i think. but 2/3 of the house has to vote to expel. democrats likely would. the new york delegation wants to. my guess is most republicans would not join that because they need that vote still. so we'll see how this afternoon progresses. but as many was reporting there, the sense is that none of these may pass.

but that certainly does not ease any of the anger, particularly with congresswoman tlaib and others. >> the thing about santos that i find most interesting, like you said, the republicans want the numbers. very thin margins in the house. but it's members of his own party from districts very close to him in new york that won biden districts, who introduced this resolution to get him expelled. i think they're obviously concerned about how it looks moving forward in 2024. >> without a doubt. they're trying to inoculate themselves. they don't want him to become an issue in their races. and that's already happening. they do not want george santos and all of his problems, which are still ongoing, to drag them down. we'll see if they're successful with this effort. >> jeff zeleny, we've got to leave the conversation there. prees appreciate the perspective. >> you bet. >> stay with cnn. we'll be right back.

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for the first time in more than two decades the rate of babies dying in the united states has increased. a new report from the cdc shows the u.s. infant mortality rate rose by 3% in 2022. joining us now with details is cnn health reporter jacqueline howard. jacqueline, how concerning is this increase? >> yeah, boris, this is very concerning. that 3% rise that we saw in infant deaths last year means the rate of infants dying has reached the rate of about six infant deaths for every 1,000 babies born here in the united

st states. so that is concerning. this is preliminary data. so cdc researchers are continuing to examine this closely. but when they look at the data by state they found that only one state in the entire country has seen a decline in infant deaths. that's the state of nevada. but four states have seen significant rises. georgia, iowa, missouri and texas. so this is what's concerning here, to see this increase across the country. and again, boris, this is something researchers over at the cdc are continuing to monitor. >> so jacqueline, what's behind the increase? what's actually causing these deaths? >> that was interesting too because when researchers looked at the ten leading causes of death two stood out as having significant rises last year. causes -- or deaths caused by bacterial sepsis, those rose by about 14%. and then, boris, deaths caused

by maternal complications. so those include like preterm deliveries or preeclampsia, which is having high blood pressure during pregnancy, those deaths rose by 9% last year. and we already know that here in the u.s. we have the high yost rate of maternal deaths among all high-income nations. so when we look at those trends in maternal health, there are some questions about how that might be associated with trends in infant health as well. so that's something, again, that researchers are continuing to monitor as they look at these trends over time. >> jacqueline, there is some other health news we wanted to get an update from you on. the american cancer society recommending that more adults get screened for lung cancer. tell us about that. >> that's right. yeah. the american cancer society just updated its screening recommendations for lung cancer. what they did, they recommend adults who are either current or former smokers between the ages of 50 and 80 to get screened if

they have a history of smoking that's at least a 20-pack year history. what we mean by 20-pack year, that means you either smoked a pack of cigarettes a day or over 20 years or you may have smoked two packs of cigarettes a day over ten years. but what's different with this update, they used to recommend to get screened if you fit this criteria, but if you are a former smoker and you quit smoking at least 15 years ago you no longer were recommended to get screened. well, now they're saying, boris, it doesn't matter how long ago you quit. if you're a former smoker and you fit that criteria that we just talked about, you should go get screened. >> jacqueline howard, thank you so much for those updates. >> yep. >> so for the first time since the war between israel and hamas began people are being allowed out of gaza. hundreds of foreign nationals could get out over the next few days. we have new details from the state department on these efforts when we come back.

you're watching "cnn news central." i'm boris sanchez with jessica dean. evacuations in gaza have begun as israel's ground offensive ramps up. the first group of foreign nationals has gone out of gaza and entered egypt. and that group according to the state department does include some americans. here was a ske