be careful. >> john avlon, always a pleasure. thank you. "cnn this mormorning contin. president biden calling for a pause in gaza to allow for the release of more hostages. >> new devastation and fear in a gaza refugee camp rocked by a secondary strike in two days. >> the fear is that there's simply nowhere safe to turn. >> an underground city that's an integral part of their military machine is, we'll attack it fwen. >> some civilians finally being allowed to leave. >> the madministration has been working nonstop to reach this arrangement. >> many of the thousands of foreign nationals will get out. it's an important measure that exists in a situation that seemed. >> growing tension in the democratic ranks over the conduct of israel and its war. >> i believe it's a war crime. the speaker is at odds over how to pay for aid. >> this is anacin call, political bill.

we will not allow them to use israel as a political country. good morning, everyone. welcome. i'm phil mattingly in new york. we're going to show you live pictures at the rafah border crossing there in egypt where 400 foreign nationals and 60 injured people are expected to leave gaza today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up the wounded. we spoke to an american pediatrician who was able to get out yesterday. it was her first interview and she feels terrible for the people still there running out of water and food. >> just relieved to be here, but i just feel awful for the devastation that the gaza people are going through. pretty much camping for the last several weeks, but it's been scary in the last two weeks. we kept running out of water and that was water to flush the toilet. we were fortunate to have drinking water, which was not true of the gazaens just outside the fensz from us.

they were running out of drinking water. >> meanwhile, israel continues its air and ground assault gaza. you're looking at the devastation from a secondary strike in two days on gaza's largest refugee camp. the idf says it was targeting a hamas command center, but the human rights office is warning the high number of civilian casualties from the strikes on the densely populated camp could amount to a war crime. >> the israeli military says the defensive lines are collapsing and militants are retreating into central gaza. this is the latest video from the idf of tanks and soldiers advancing. at the same time, president biden says he supports a hu humanitarian pause to support civilians. a protester last night interrupted the president and called for a cease-fire. you can see some of it here. according to reporters in the room, biden responded, quote, i think we need a pause. a pause means give time to get the prisoners out. ed lavandera is live for us in tel aviv.

when it comes to not just the prisoners, but let's focus now on the americans waiting at the border crossing. do we have any sense of how many more make it out today? >> reporter: there's some crucial developments undergoing, as we speak, at that crossing into egypt. the egyptian ministry of foreign affairs said just a short while ago that they are planning the e evacuation of 7,000 foreign nationals in the coming days. it could take several weeks, but we'll see how that plays out. included in all that is at least 400 american citizens still almost a month into this war still trying to get out of gaza. there were about 360 foreign nationals, including 2 americans, that were able to leave through the rafah crossing yesterday. hundreds more expected at some point today we'll see how that continues to play out. but right now, the logistical

process of getting thousands of foreign nationals out of gaza is a very dell indicate situation that will be going on for several days. and that process is just now getting underway. as you mentioned off the top, the ambulances seen there at the crossing where egypt says it was also the agreed to take in at least 80 palestinian civilians that have been wounded in the attacks there in gaza as well. so all of that playing out a at really the only crossing into gaza that has seen any kind of openness at this point nearly a month into this war. >> israel this morning is defending a secondary strike on that same refugee camp where they struck to take out a hamas leader, that they said they had already taken out. do we know why they struck again? >> reporter: according to the israeli defense forces, the area underneath this refugee camp is an elaborate system of tunnels,

where military fighters essentially hide and operate from. the idf says this is exact ly wy they are going after this particular area. this was a high-ranking commander that they felt was a crucial target in this war, but all of this exists under where civil yans live. that's why the strikes over the last two days have been so controversial. israel continues to urge those gaza civilians living in that area to continue moving to the south, but obviously, that's very difficult for many people there in gaza. and remains a very controversial area. this is the ground attacks continue in other places as well. there have been airstrikes further south there near the hospital, which is the middle part close to the middle area of gaza. and that has the directors of the hospital say that's an area where some 12,000 displaced

people inside of gaza have been seeking refuge. so the fighting continues to intensify in gaza. >> ed lavandera live for us in tel aviv, thank you. joining us now is a senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mark, thank you for being with us. can you help us understand why israel struck the refugee camp again, if you are able to as israel says successfully take out the hamas commander the first time? what was this specific goal? >> i can't go into each and every operation specifically other than to say what you know to be true. underneath the refugee camp, there's an elaborate system of tunnels, command posts, arms depots, missile launching sites, which are an integral part of the military machine. and we are out to destroy that

military machine. we saw what sort of violence it could inflict on our people. we see it in the missiles that they are daily firing into israeli cities. we saw that on october 7th with the terrible massacre, the atrocious murders, the horrific violence, the beheadings, the rapes, the burning of people alive that hamas did when they envaded our country. so for those reasons, we're acting now to take apart and dismantle the military structure. those tunnels are part of that. >> you told our colleague last night, quote f we need to attack it again, we will attack it again. if you have all that intelligence that you just tribed to us, you knew that the hamas leader was there, what is intelligence tell you about how many civilians are still in that refugee camp right now? as you make the calculation on proportionality on these strikes. >> we can discuss proportionality separately, but over the last two weeks, the

overwhelming major ity of the civilian population has voted with their feet. they have taken heed to our advice and has moved out of the combat zone. let's be frank. the people of gaza, though the might not be able to say so live on cnn because they face consequences, but they know what's underneath. they might not know the details, but they know hamas has built military -- >> are you saying those refugees that are still there just want to stay there and don't want to leave? the u.n. has called it impossible for everyone to leave. >> no, i'm saying the good news is the overwhelming majority of people the have already left. there's only a minority of civilians who have stayed because they heeded our advice. those still there, we urge them to move out of the combat zone. it's common sense. we still know, and i want to stress this point, we still in a difficult combat situation will continue to make a maximum

effort to differentuate between civilians and the terrorist who is are our enemies. we will fight them. we don't want to see innocent civilians caught up in the cross fire. we urge people who can still move to noouf move. we understand not everyone can and we will make a maximum effort, but hamas will be destroyed. we will take apart its military machine. >> mr. ambassador, that maximum effort is something the white house will be heading back to israel have asked for repeatedly. i want to ask about something the president said. he was interrupted at a fundraiser by a protester who asked hum to call for a ce cease-fire. he said he supported a humanitarian pause, but he also said, i'm the guy who convinced bb to call for a cease-fire. i'm a guy that talked to him to open the door. referring to the prime minister you advise and the egyptian president. do you know what he's talking about here? >> i do, and i can't go into the

confidential conversations between the united states and israel. i can say this. if we want to talk about a cease-fire, when they attacked us brutally on october th, what they butchered our people, that happened on a cease-fire. they broke the cease-fire. so now that we're hitting them back, we want a cease-fire again, no. we are responding. we refuse. i think if you were in our position, you'd understand this very well. refuse to go back to october 7th at 6:00 a.m. in the morning where we live next to this terror enclave with isis-type terrorists who want to kill our people. that will no longer be the reality. we will end hamas' ability to inflict the horrific violence that we saw just three weeks ago. >> i understand not wanting to read out private conversations,

but that presentation you heard from the president, does that track with reality and truth based on what you know about those conversations? >> i know that israel and the u.s. are both democratic countries. i know that israel and the u.s. both pursue our military conflicts when we need to fight in accordance with international law. i know both the u.s. and israel want to differentiate between gaza civilians and between hamas terrorists. we target the terrorists and we are making a maximum effort to move civilians out of harm's way. >> ambassador, thank you for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. we are also watching the rafah crossing very closely. hundreds of foreign nationals expected to be able to leave gaza today. what about the more than 200 hostages still being held. we'll be joined by the friend of a woman still being held in hamas custody.

donald trump jr. returning to the stand followed business his brother as the fraud trial continues. we'll have more on that, stay with us.

donald trump's eldest son is expected back opt the stand in the civil trial against his family and their business. donald trump jr. testified before a judge for 90 minutes yesterday. prosecutors pressed him on his involvement in the company's financial statements and more broadly on his roles and responsibilities within the trump organization. legal analyst honest honest joins us from the magic wall. let's take a step back for a second. what are the core allegations? >> for all the big personalities and drama around this case, it comes down to one thing. valuation. this is a civil lawsuit. this is against the trumps, where they allege the defendants grossly inflated trump's net worth by billions of dollars. let me show you how it worked. let's take mar-a-lago. it was assess ed by a county assessor of being worth around $20 million.

the trump organization later claimed it was actually worth $500 million. that's an enormous discrepancy. the allegation is they didn't just do this for trump's ego. they take this inflated number, bring it to banks, and use those inflated numbers to get bigger loans at better interest rates than they otherwise would have gotten. important to note, those loans were paid back with interest. trump is arguing no victims, but it doesn't matter for some of the claims here. also important to remember, this case is being decided by the judge, not a jury. and the judge has already decided before the trial started in favor of the a.g. against the trumps on one of the counts in the case. the judge said the numbers they were creating is a fantasy world, not the real world. there are other counts still in play here. the trial has been going for about a month so far. most of the witnesses have been financial experts, accountants, but we did hear from michael cohen. >> not the best drawing.

>> these sketch artists are very good. she used to draw me. not her best work. this is michael cohen. he testified that no, donald trump never said to me, i need you to falsify these, but ko hen said he made it known that this was the mo, this was the goal, make him look as wealthily yi as possible. use that to our advantage. >> don jr. on the stand yesterday. eric trump maybe today. ivanka trump is appealing. >> the three trump children were named as defendants, along with donald trump himself. ivanka has been dismissed out of the case because the claims are too old. the allegation is that they were executive vice presidents and in on this. don jr. has been on the stand. he took the stand late yesterday. he will resume his testimony in a few hours. what i found important is he did not try to say these numbers

were accurate. instead he tried to distance himself. he was asked did you put together these financial statements. he said yesterday, i did not. the accountants worked on it. that's what we pay them for. there's also a question of will ivanka have to testify. she's appealing that now. the fact that she's not a defendant, fine. it doesn't mean she's out of it as a witness. i think she's going to lose that appeal and will have to testify. >> mar-a-lago, what's happening in florida right now. you're keyed in on that, right? >> this is really important. let's switch over to the criminals case, separate from what we were talking about. the four criminal cases, there's an important development. we need to look at our favorite blank calendar, the mar-a-lago federal trial is scheduled to start in late may of 2024. if it goes then, it would carry through the summer. and remember, we had this important thing happening in november of 2024, which is the presidential election. the problem is, jack smith's other case, the january 6th related case, that has been scheduled to start in early march. and the manhattan hush money case, a third criminal case is

scheduled to start in late march. those aren't both going to go at the saim time. but the concern that the judge in florida said as well, he has to go to trial in d.c. on january 6th, that's going to push right up against our dait. the judge said you can't make someone go to trial back to become. the judge has said i'm concerned. he may need time to prepare, which would mean you have to push this really past the election. you're not going to start a trial in august and run it through september. >> keep an eye on that. i want to make clear to the sketch artist. you are always welcome to come on and critique our work. >> she's drawn me before. she's excellent. >> way to cover yourself. you know she's going to come on. >> she makes you look better looking than you are. she's done it to me. >> you're trying too hard. ahead, cnn visited several college campuses. where the response to the israel-hamas war is triggering

serious division among students and fact ul ity. people are on the move out of gz. the families of some 240 hostages still become held by hamas continue to hold out hope. more on n that, aheaead.

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welcome back. a palestinian official says 400 foreign nationals are expected to leave gaza today through egypt's rafah crossing. 60 injured people will also be allowed to leave. today's vasevacuations are a continuation of the deal br brokered to allow those to escape. this dool does not ex-tend to release of hostages. the families of those 240 hostages are continuing to pray and hold out hope and pressing israeli officials to do more to bring them home. our next guest is a friend of sasha. his girlfriend, mother and grandmother are all believed kidnap ped by hamas. his father was killed in the attack. his mother was one of the three women shown in a propaganda video released by hamas on monday. you see her on the right of the

screen. we see them on your shirt. you are wearing their images to keep their names and faces very much present. it is his 28th birthday next week. what do you want people to know about him? >> he's a nice guy. he's smart and sensitive. he's a really good friend. i met sasha in college. we studied together. he's lovely. and i hope that until then, he will be back home and can celebrate hoar in israel. >> i'm sure seeing his mother in the hostage video that hamas released on monday was very hard for you to see, but i also

wonder if it gave you some hope. >> yeah, so actually, it was really hard to see her, but it gave us hope because we saw that she's a alive and we actually hope to see more video like this of hostages to see they are alive. >> just so people ubs, sasha's entire family was either kidnapped or killed on october 7th. >> yeah. i will explain. so 25 years ago, the family moved from russia to israel. they made how we called it in hebrew. they moved to community that called kibbutz.

and sasha was the only child. a few years ago, also the grandmother came from russia to israel. they don't have any other relative in israel. so nobody can tell the story of the family. this is the reason why i'm here to represent the family. me and other friends are doing that. we the everybody to know the story. we will do whatever we can. >> we're so so glad you are keeping them very much in everyone's mind. thank you for being with us. >> yeah.

>> thank you. a pilot threatened to shoot the captain if they diverted the flight for a passenger experiencing a medical emergency. we'll discuss cockpit safety, next. take a look at these live pictures this morning. egypt says 7,000 foreign nationals could be released from gaza is into egypt. we know some are lined up waiting right now to leave. new developments, ahead.

it's yet another example of rising anti-semitism around the u.s. overtly so. graffiti was found on a jewish deli. they posted the image of the vandalism showing the words free gaza and israel's only religion is capitalism. they confirmed they are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. the mural was created in 1986 by artstists to honor and represent the jewish community in los angeles. a rash of anteset mettic a acts on college campuses has so many people on edge i a cross the company. columbia university announcing it will form a task force after a series of anti-semitic

incidents were reported. the university says the task force will ensure the campus is safe and inclusive for jewish students, faculty and staff. the president of israel's top universities has penned a letter expressing concerns. college campuses have become breeding grounds for anti-semitic sentiments. cornell university has cancelled classes on friday to acknowledge the extraordinary stress the campus and the students and staff have been under. a a cornell student has been arrested and charged after a series of violent threats against jewish people on campuses were posted online. cnn traveled to cornell to speak with students ask faculty there. >> i'm palestinian. i have family in gaza. this has affected me my entire life.

there's bombs in the background. they need to go somewhere safe. >> i have a lot of family and friends in israel. just having so much hate and misinformation. that's what's going on. and on social media has been chalking. >> at tulane, a fight broke out after someone tryied to burn an israeli flag. a truck showed up on campus naming students who belonged to organizations that released an anti-israel statement. >> i'm shocked at the temperature on campus. >> there's a level of i don't want to see hatred, but anger and fear. >> the jewish fraternity was hit with a graffiti attack of the jews are nazis earlier this weekend. >> cnn visited three campuses where the response to the war has had major consequences. university of pennsylvania and

drexel, where students were part of a walkout in support of palestine. cornell, this weekend they faced anti-semitic threats. >> i was on my way to the kosher dining hall and looked down and saw the threats. >> it's terrifying. this isn't anything that we thought we would ever have to deal with in the united states. >> the posts threatened to shoot up a kosher dining hall and kill jewish students. but on wednesday, a 21-year-old cornell student was arraign ed n a federal charge for making online threats. >> i think that the quick response by the university really did quell a lot of fear. a lot of people are choosing to do zoom options for classes or asking for special accommodations because they don't want to put themselves at risk. >> what did you think when these threats were posted online? >> they were very hateful things to say. it's very disturbing to see such is hate ful comments being made

in the name of allah. it's disrespectful. en anti-semitism will never be respected. >> the head of students for justice and palestine, a group whose drawn a ton of criticism for the attack was a historic victory. some other college chapters posted images of paragliders, but her group acts independently. she doesn't get talking points from the national chapter. >> we make statements based on what our students are feeling, what needs to be said. just having that equal treatment from administration. >> reporter: some students say they are frustrated they are asked to denounce hamas. that's a fits traction from their message about palestinians. >> there's a lot of concern that pro palestinian students are pro terrorist tactics. is that true? >> absolutely not true.

my condemnation is inconsequential. it's racist, that pfr ames allowed to have a view on genocide, i have to condemn a terrorist organization. >> but it's so hard to say. i condemn hamas. >> but what does that do? why is the immediate association i support hamas. i can say clearly, i appall the killing of all civilians, no matter where they are, on who does it. don't go around asking white people if they condemn the kkk. >> from the river to the sea. >> palestine will be free, heard in many campus ro tests has become a lightning rod. >> free palestine is when palestinians can live with food, water, electricity, all human rights. you're ignoring the affordable care act that people have lost all their family members. they have had neighborhoods wiped out. >> many student lead see the

chant as a threat. >> from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. free of what? what will happen to the people who live there? that sounds like a call for genocide. that really does terrify me. >> chanting slogans of from the river to the sea is never going to invite a conversation with jewish students of, hey, look at me. i'm also experiencing suffering as a result of israel. >> what it means is that palestinians will live freely in that region away from violence. that's not call ing for the extermination of jewish people. >> this working two ways. i don't hear people talking about israeli violence preoctober 7th. i'm not hearing it. if the term makes you uncomfortable, ask why it makes you uncomfortable.

>> the students remain proud of who they are. >> in my lifetime, it may never change. but i feel encouraged like we are on the right side of history. i can go to bed comfortably. >> i'm proud to be a jewish leader on the campus. it really has only strengthened me and my pride since october 7th. i hope that will continue for a long time. >> i feel like you're going to ask about this with anything going on in the world. what role does social media play? talking to people is valuable, but what does social media do to this complex issue weren't. >> the protests are not just campus protest because they are filmed and go all across the internet. so that means that anyone can pluck a student from obscurity and hold them up as a representation of everything you think is wrong in the world. people are afraid to speak. they don't trust each other. they are afraid of being doxed

on social media. >> it's just interesting how it continue ss to exacerbate the problems and escalate. >> i'm interested in what it felt like being there. because we're talking about what's happening, but you're on a lot of them in the middle of this. what does it feel like? >> they are very emotional. they are really young. they are born after 9/11. this is the first huge event that's happened in their lives where they feel really connected. one student said she can't sleep at night because she feels like she has to stay up all night watching the news knowing what happens in gaza. >> it was an interesting window. thank you for doing it. appreciate it. congressman george santos staying in congress at least for now after surviving a vote to expel him from the house. we'll speak to one of the house republicans who advocated for his exexpulsion, n next.

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we're learning of another frightening moment in the air this time involving a co-pilot who was armed and threatened to shoot the captain of a commercial flight. his name is jonathan dunn. the incident happened last year, but he was just indicted last month. now according to the department of transportation inspector general, he told the captain they would be shot if the captain diverted the flight because of a medical emergency. officials say dunn was authorized to carry a gun on board as part of the flight deck officer program and was put into place after 9/11 it's a way to respond to a hijacking attempt. dunn has been fire d, respondin in a statement, out of respect for the ongoing aviation authority investigation, delta will refrain from commenting on this matter, but will comic-con firm this first officer is no long deployed at delta. joining us is safety analyst,s former faa safety inspector. we appreciate you coming on.

they have seen multiple events like this, this is probably the most dramatic, is it safe right now? >> yes, it's always been safe. it will continue to be safe. these individual incidents happened next to each other, although it's not a coincidence, there's an underlying problem that the faa needs to look at, which is the fact that pilots are basically encouraged to lie on their medical application if they have any kind of anxiety or they are going through any mental issues at all because if they do so, if they sigh save on their medical examine that i have some anxiety and minor depression, anything like that could lead to them loouzing their jobs completely. >> what's the solution for that that addresses a severe mental issue that might make it not safe for them to fly, while also allowing them to continue with their job when they are dealing with something that a lot of americans deal with?

>> that's a great point. the faa is a little ancient when it comes to these rules. but what has to happen is the unions have to fight to protect people to allow them to put the correct information on their medical and not lose their jobs. they need to have part of their benefits package, part of what happens. there needs to be a safe environment for them to deal with these issues before they exacerbate and become something much larger for them to deal with. >> do you feel this is something that's particularly acute in this industry, in this profession? or is this a reflection of where a lot of people are at this point? >> anxiety is prevalent. we have gone through everything from 9/11 to covid and other anxiety that was not present before when the faa wrote these rules and regulations. so they just need to update and understand that times have changed. pop are under a lot more stress. anyone in a safety critical business that we're relying on needs to be able to deal with

any kind of anxiety openly and freely and frankly privately with their doctor. >> david, that's so helpful. thank you so much. good to have you. >> thank you. you too. this morning, six americans have arrived on the egyptian side of the rafah crossing after being trapped in gaza for weeks. >> this comes after several americans were able to leave yesterday, including dr. zinn. we'll hear from heher, just ahe.

. i will continue to fight to defend myself, continue to serve the third congressional district of new york until the people choose not to have me. this is a victory for the process. due process won today, not george santos. >> new york republican congressman george santos still a member of congress. he survived the vote to expel him from the house. a vote brought forth by some fellow new york republicans. he has been indicted on charges including conspiracy, wire

fraud, identity thet, and more. he has pled guilty. the resolution failed to require the two-thirds vote threshold. here what congressman dan goldman had to say. >> i rise today in support of this resolution to expel george santos from congress as i did in may when i co-sponsored a similar expulsion resolution that the sponsors of today's resolution, my colleagues from -- my republican colleagues from new york, did not support. >> joining us is congressman -- one of the new york republicans advocated for santos' expulsion and pushed for the vote. i appreciate the time. that is a new york democrat who would like a new york democrat to win your seat next november. however, to congressman cold man's point, why the change? >> well, i wouldn't say he is as

phony as george santos is, but dan goldman is a phony, too. constantly doing stock trading while he should be a member of congress focusing on bills and has yet to denounce the democratic socialist of america in his manhattan borogh. recently, george santos treasurer pled guilty to tee fraud donors to ensure that he was elected to the congress. that is the information which has given this resolution to expel mr. santos more thrust. we are pleased to see that 24 republican colleagues supported the resolution expel mr. santos last night. it is a step in the right direction yet short of the number of votes we need. we need to pick up 90 votes from both sides of the aisle. 31 democrats did not vote for the resolution last night.

we have work to do between last night's vote and the vote we expect in three weeks after the ethics committee submits its report to house members. thomas detwiler, that information -- you are shaking your head no? >> nancy marks is the treasurer who pled guilty to the conspiracy with santos probably two or three weeks ago during that time we zrdidn't have a speaker. we put forth the resolution to expel mr. santos. >> i want to ask, an accountant thomas detwiler claimed in january that santos did work for the santos campaign according to his lawyer. i believe that individual is your campaign treasurer as well as several colleagues. what's your response to that? >> i understand that my treasurer does services for 100

different members. i haven't confirmed what the beast reported yet. i will hold out comment until i confirm that information myself. >> the letter you and injury colleagues wrote, this wasn't a political issue, a moral issue, if you view it through that lens your speaker didn't support you, new speaker didn't support you largely because of the fact that you have such a slim majority. does that concern you? >> 31 democrats and many republicans did not support the resolution last night. many hung their hat on process, hung their hat we need to see something in writing, a conviction by a jury, a guilty plea or findings from the house ethics committee. i expect in three weeks many more republicans and democrats flip their votes to vote yes to expel when they can hang their hat on something. i don't need that. i know the facts. i am in long island at the

epicenter of the george santos disaster. i understand all the facts that he defrauded donors, lied to voters about everything, his education, his professional background, his association with lionel evan, even claimed that he was jewish when he wasn't. i understand that that lie, that alternate persona he created was the basis upon which voters and donors relied so they could connell contribute money to him, so they could vote for him. but those for lies, he would not have been elected in congress. i live there. i am the center of the zgeorge santos disaster and i expect after that ethics report is finalized and published many more colleagues will come to the same conclusion. >> you have electoral -- are you going to get behind someone to take his seat? >> i am certain i will. i will defer to the gop on who it picks and i will probably put a lot of my force behind that

candidate to ensure that candidate wins. it's a battleground seat like mine is. if we perform on the elections we can hold the house and focus on the things that matter like the budget, securing our southern border, holding this administration accountable. it's important to hold that seat. >> just one -- you said this, but to close it out, you believe george santos will be expelled in the coming weeks? >> i do believe that because i do believe that the ethics committee report, which is expected to be published the next couple of weeks, will give many colleagues from both sides of the aisle something to rely on to cast their vote. it's a serious vote to expel. it's not something that should be taken lightly, not something historically that gets done that often. some of my colleagues want more to lean on when they vote yes. yes, i do expect that to happen in a few weeks. >> thank you very much. our coverage continues right now.

when they attacked us brutally on october 7th, when they butchered our people, when they machine gunned the young concertgoers at that outdoor music festival, that happened on a stceasefire. we refuse to go back to the reality of october 7th where we live next to a terror enclave with isis-type terrorists who want to kill our people. that will no longer be the reality. >> hello. i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. that was a top advisor for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking to us moments ago and rejecting the theory of a ceasefire. you are looking at the rafah border crossing this morning in egypt where 400 foreign nationals are expected to be able to leave today under this deal brokered with hamas. we have learned that