this hour, big developments on two fronts at least in the israeli-hamas war. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has been the ground meeting with top leaders and reiterating the u.s. commitment to stand with israel. >> it is striking and in some ways shocking that the brutality of the slaughter has receded to quickly in the memories of so many, but not in israel, and not in america. >> at the same time, he is pressing for hamas to let out more hostages, and also to allow more humanitarian aid to come into gaza. >> and it has been relentless

with the efforts to secure the release of the hostages including the american citizens. discussing these ongoing efforts we believe they would be facilitated by humanitarian pauses to increase help for the civilians and sustained humanitarian assistance. >> all right. we are watching this mission very closely of the secretary of state, and also, we are watching a speech by this man, nas san nas raw la who is the hed of to group and not to mention huge rockets that have been hitting all over israel. people have been watching this speech from nasrallah to see if he is signaling any possibility of escalation to open up a new front. he did say that all scenarios

are on the table, but importantly, at least so far insofar as we can tell, he has not called for a specific escalation of the front. and we are digging through that, and much more in a moment. we have cnn crews all over the region, and beirut, northern israel, near the gaza border, doha and qatar. we begin with jim chsciutto whos there on the lebanese and israeli border. what did you make of the statements made by the secretary of state? >> listening to secretary blinken, it is clear that his mission in the region is multiple goals. the main goal perhaps is to get some progress on freeing hostages from gaza, perhaps in exchange for a pause the

fighting inside of gaza by the israeli military. and also, other players, hezbollah, warning them not to get involved in this conflict. and this is the message. and also a message between the friends here, and secretary blinken is making it clear that the u.s. is pressuring and cautioning israel from being too aggressive in gaza, and pushing for concrete changes to protect the civilian lives there, and have a listen to how the secretary put it this afternoon. >> civilians should not suffer the consequences for the inhumanity and brutality. we have advised israel advice where only friends can, the pro civilians that must take place not just in gaza, but also on

the west bank where incitement and the extremist violence against civilians must be stop and the perpetrators held accountable. >> reporter: it is. ♪able t-- it is notable that he mentioned the settler violence, and the violence in gaza. and now he is going to go to jordan where he is going to be meeting with leaders who have been making the consternation very clear how they are viewing the violence against gazans. and it is an extremely delicate balancing act, john and kate. >> jim sciutto in the lebanese/israeli border.

and now, we go to ben wedeman who is monitoring that speech from hassan nasrallah. >> well, it ended a half hour ago, and he said that all possibilities are open on the border of lebanon and israel. he described hamas' attacks on israel of the 7th of october as an earthquake, a political-political-military- psychological earthquake. he said what is going on at the border between the crossfire of hamas and israeli solders has resulted in 43 israeli communities in border, and tying down one-third of the israeli army in the north. by and large, he didn't actually

come out to say anything concrete steps that hezbollah is going to take going forward. in fact, what was interesting is that just when his speech began, we heard a huge volley of celebratory gun fire here in beirut. massive. when itened, it was somewhat more muted which seems to indicate that those who anticipated a much more fiery speech, and one that actually laid out a plan might have been disappointed. one hezbollah supporter who i have been in contact said, to israel, if you want a war, we are ready. so it does not change the situation dramatically at this point, but certainly what we saw yesterday was hezbollah claiming 19 individual strikes on israeli

targets on the other side of the border, and perhaps we may be seeing in the coming days a continuation of that heightened level of cross border fire. it does appear that for the time being hez labollah is going to maintain the written rules of engagement, and hezbollah and others can strike over the border, but not too deep into the territory. he did hold the strikes in the eastern mediterranean as not scaring us, and they have never scared us. >> so ben, there is a tense situation between lebanon and israel at the border and

anything that has happened in the last hours does not necessarily make it any worse. thank you for being there. kate? >> and in the meantime, the israeli forces say that they have gaza completely surrounded of artillery fire in and around the city, and the idf are saying that the forces are advancing and destroying above ground and underground terrorist infrastructures. we go the cnn's jeremy diamond who is in sderot with the latest. >> well, as you say, forces have circled gaza city, but we are still hearing the active fi fighting and as they have said,

the israeli forces have broken down the hamas defensive line, and last night, it was an intensive military operation carried out by israeli by sea and air. and in that city of beit hanoun. but they areot a cease-fire or pause in the operations at the moment, and the israeli prime minister moments ago made it clear after the meeting with the secretary of state tony blinken, and saying that even as blinken was pressing him for some temporary pause for humanitarian aid, and the ministers are saying that the only degree of when they would agree to cessations of hostages is if they were

removed. and even if that can happen, they are going to be destroying the hamas and they say they will continue their completion of their objective by any means necessary. >> thank you, jeremy diamond. and now over to becky anderson, is secretary of state's trip now over to amman, georgia, and he was supposed to go there couple of weeks ago, but the jordanians canceled it by that bombing of a hospital that was caused by that

explosion. >> yes, and it was right after that trip, and the explosion of that hospital, and then pulled out of that meeting, and the resultant blame that it was at the point at which that news came out, it was clear that it would be very difficult to get anything out of that meeting. as i was told by the palestinian prime minister, in fact, the americans did understand why that summit a week or so ago was not possible. so, yes, there is going to be another meeting today, and what you will hear from the jordanian foreign minister, and the king and talking to the sources familiar with what will be seen

in this meeting at jordan, the country go ing to the be calling for an immediate cease-fire, and nothing less. they want to see, an and they have ruled it out with additional forces, but they have ruled it out before now, and we have heard from prime minister netanyahu and predecessor, and when pressed by antony blinken, and pressed today at least in principle for a temporary pause in hostilities, a temporary pause, and call it a pause or a cease-fire, in order, you know, in the first instance, to try and get these mediation efforts sorted on the hostage file.

and the defense minister said no to that. so that is going to be the message from israel as antony blinken moves to jordan. he is going to be hearing real cease-fire, and from the jordanians who have a peace deal in place, and have had with israel, along with e human darren and they are really fearing a risk, escalation of conflict around the region, and they be assured somewhat of what they have heard or not heard from hassan nasrallah, and no implicit threat of an escalation, and we will have to keep an eye around that border, and so we will have to keep an eye on there, and so there is no

incliication of that. john, and kate? >> yes. laying it out well, and the challenge, and the complicated and the hugely risky mission that tony blinken is headed on from israel to jordan. thank you, becky anderson. we have brand-new jobs report in this morning showing where the labor market or the economy could soon be headed. and donald trump's son, eric son, they are already found liable of fraud, and what he is saying and how he might be helping or hurting the case. and it is almost election day in america, and there are important elections next tuesday, which will tell us a lot of where things are turning for 2024.

the u.s. economy is showing signs of cooling off. the latest read from the labor market. 150,000 jobs added last month in october, and lower than september's stronger than expected total and slightly lower than what the economists were expecting this time around. a read on this, and joining me with more is the acting secretary of labor julie su, what is your reaction to the

jobs report? is the americans out of woods yet? >> it is the that over a year ago, recall, that president biden said that in light of the really, what was then red hot jobs number and 500,000 or so at the time, that once we got to the point where it was about 150,000, it would nit cal, retorgd sen we are seeing it with respect to the massive strikes in the automotive industries, and the writers walks, and what is the impact on the pronger than expected s

strikes on the economy? >> yaer, and what we saw is that they got historic deals at the bargaining table, and wages that have never been seen, and the benefits and security that we want every single worker to have is something that the uaw won, and together, they have charting a poth and with the transition of the auto industry, and good union autoworkers. >> and jay powell was expressing fears of a recession, and

overindicative in the near term. tr transand consistent with the recession? >> these numbers are consis sent with the sessionp and the focus of workers and the focus of the middle-top up economy, and in which nobody is left behind has exceeded the expectations of sustained unemployment, and devastation and the invest gamuts something made continue to wep ep and i want -- continue

to look at some of the jobs that are replaced by a.i., and is it good for the market and are you optimistic or pessimistic of what this should mean for workers? >> well, to give you some historical context, the changes in automation, and innovation have been met with impact on the labor force. but none of that is inevitable, because there will be policy decision of how we use it deployed and regulated that will affect people. and also, what we have seen is that when workers are having a voice at the table, and bargain with the union, there is a point of view of the ai can be, and

help to make the dn >> and part of it coming with the congress and the administration, and what is that potentially going to look like when it comes to a.i. madam secretary, thank you. john? moments ago, eric trump wrapped up the testimony in the civil trial against him and his brother and the father and the family business. we will tell you what the state pressed him on over the last few minutes. and the most election of 2023 are just day ed. we will tell you what he was pressed upon.

moments ago, eric trump finished his time on the stand in the $250 million civil trial against him and his family. he testified that everything that he believed in the financial documents were true as presented to him. and the judge has already found the family guilty of pumping up the value of the assets for financial gain. we will get the latest from the court. brynn gingras has been there,

and how did it wind up for him? >> well, kate, he is to my left speaking to the cameras, and the press, and aim trying to overhear what he is saying, but he is essentially talking about how the attorney general, this is a political stunt of her to bring this case. and the family is in good standing, and they don't owe any money to anyone, and the same tag lines that we heard from his father and brother yesterday. he was on the stand less than an hour today, and continuing the testimony from yesterday that got a little bit heated. we have to keep in mind that as we are discussing the statements, this is the core of the entire civil trial. es the sen thally the state is saying that they essentially ramped up the value of the real

estate, and what knowledge did they have of that, because they ran the trump organization when their father took over the organization when their father became president. and so, it got pointed, because they were bringing up different emails and phone call, and the prior deposition preparing financial statements, and today at the end of the testimony, he said, he did nothing to do with the preparation of the accounting documents, and he called them perfect, and that is what we heard from the brother. he is talking to the cameras, but when he leaves, we will see what happens. we know that next week, the plan is that the president will be under oath, and starts with former president trump. then they will have ivanka

trump, and she has just lost another appeal, and she did not want to come to the court, and it is undue hardship, because it is in the middle of the week, when the children are in school, and the judge did not buy that and we do expect her to come to testify next week. >> all right. thank you, brynn gingras. next tuesday, the most election day of the year, 2023. what is it going to tell us about 2024. cnn data reporter harry enton, and i wanted to start in ohio where there is an abortion rights measure on the ballot, and explain what it is, and what we know. >> the ballot measure is going to be to legalize abortion rights in the state of and so,

there is a proxy that instead of abortion rights to get half plus one, and it has60%, and a lot of people said no, and so 60% is in the people's mind that people in ohio want it legal and not illegal. >> and so 20 is like 24 in many ways. on the issue of abortion rights, is 2023 going to be the same as everything that we have seen since dobbs? >> yes, and abortion rights has won every bit. kansas, 64%, and michigan 57%, and montana, 53%, and vermont, 57%. we have blue states like verdict, but other states, if it

is going to pass, it is going to be popular in blue states, and not so much in the red states. >> and now, there is a long run way on this. >> yes, we have actual ballot in november. now, maybe the marquee race of candidates is in kentucky of andy beshear who is a democrat and running for re-election. >> yes, that is a state that donald trump won easily by over 20 points in 2020. look, kentucky has elected a lot of democratic governors, and beshear's father was also a democratic governor, but there are questions if he could win re-election, and it is within the margin of error, and essentially beshear has a 60% chance of winning based on the historical data, and his

contender has a chance of winning because it is getting tighter and tighter with 40%. >> this is very tight for an incumbent. >> that is right. >> and virginia is the most predictive and what we see next week might be predictive of what we will see in 2024, and explain. >> the entire house of delegates is up in the state of virginia, the state senator, and the house of delegates is the lower house of legislature in and the gop won the house, and in 2019, the democrats won the assembly, and look at that. biden wins. in 2017, the dems won the house, and so if they can take it back from the republican, it is a good sign for biden, and if not,

it is a good sign for donald trump. >> and so, that is what the democrats are hoping it shows this time. >> and the democrats and the republicans. >> yes, thank you, harry. >> a lot of races, and fun times. >> coming up for us, a $14 billion aid package has been passed by the united states congress, and tony blinken making the case that it needs to be provided to israel, and there is no money for ukraine. plus, presidential ben is -- presesidential b bid, and wewe e back w with more o on the deadl shootitings in l le lewistoton come bacack.

the top democrat in the senate chuck schumer says the senate will not be taking up the aid package that was passed by the house, because it does not include funding for ukraine, and it does include cuts to the irs. so this is tony blinken saying that the funding for israel is needing. >> we are working with congress to provide for the israel defense as well as urgent needs for gaza. >> joining us is congressman ralph norman. now, you have passed this israeli bill last night, and according to chuck schumer, it is not going anywhere and the

white house has said that the president will veto it. what is the next step? >> well, first of all, kate, tony blinken as a biden administration is a disgrace for america, and for him to have the audacity to say that israel ought to abate their going against hamas as the people is an insult, and -- >> congressman to be clear, he said clearly that the united states stands with israel and their need and obligation to defend themselves against hamas, and he said they are not call for a cease-fire, but rather, they are taking about a humanitarian pause to allow more hostages to come out and more aid to come in, and you think that is a disgrace to america? >> it is a weakness that he shows. this biden administration is completely surrendered america

across the globe, and not near the comments -- >> you think they have been weak in support that they have offered -- >> i think that the biden administration has like the $100 million that they gave a couple of weeks ago that hamas got control of is just a total disconnect with the reality of what is going on in israel. they just -- >> and we don't have -- and cnn does not report that $100 million of aid went to hamas. >> what aid did go, did not go to the intended resources, and the audit and the making sure that the aid goes to where it should is not just with this administration, but back to your comment about chuck schumer, it does not surprise me. it is under new speakership now, and mike johnson said that we will separate the two bills, and ukraine will have an opportunity to vote on that, but on israel,

to pay for it with cuts to the irs, what chuck schumer, and the democrats are saying is that they prefer the irs agents over support for israel, and this is an outrage. it does not surprise me though. >> the cuts for the irs, the point being is that it would be a pay-for, but when we hear from the congressional budget office, the cuts would actually cost taxpayers money and add to the deficit more than just borrowing the $14 billion. again, that is according to nonpartisan congressional budget office, and what do you say to that? >> well, the cbo, and i have very little confidence in the cbo, and they have an agenda to back up whatever view the current administration has, so i don't go with that, and the bottom line is there is funding set aside for 80,000 irs agent, and any way you cut it, any democrat or anybody to say, really, that it is not going to

have to have a pay-for the go further in debt is an outrage, and this is why it is putting this country on such a financial peril for this country, and nowhere in the executive orders, and nowhere in the reports that i have seen from the white house do they have cuts for anything, and not just this but no pay-fors and under this speaker, it is not going to be tolerated and we won't let the senate rule what the house does, and it is such a breath of fresh air. >> i will say there are different analyses looking ten years out looking at the bills like this, but saying that you have no confidence in the cbo and they have the agenda, and just push the agenda of the administration in power, and i have seen you out to the cbo in some of your efforts in the past. i was looking this morning, and your office put out a press release in february of this year leaning on the cbo to make your

point, and calling it a jaw-dropping report coming out from the cbo reaffirming what you have said about out of control spending and national debt for a long time. so what has changed? >> well, the debt ceiling numbers, the cbo cannot mani manipulate, and they are not wrong 100% nor are they right 100% of the time. so, take the cbo's numbers that if it does increase the deficit. where in the biden administration's plan can they have an offset? we have $1.7 trillion deficit this year, and where under any circumstances can they come to bring themselves to have an offset? they cannot change anything. what about the woke agenda in the military? that is aid to israel or aid to ukraine, but they will not do it, and they are intent of bankrupting the country, and we are tired of it here in the

house, and particularly under mike johnson. >> and now, in ukraine, and part of the core of this disagreement over the funding in israel is a disagreement over more, providing more aid for ukraine, and where are you todayn tho, because i was looking at the past statements, because you are supporting efforts in ukraine, but do you think that no more aid should go to ukraine at this time? where are you on this? >> we have had over $100 billion gone to ukraine. and israel, and it is two separate pots of money that go to countries that need our help. israel is our democratic ally in the middle east, and ukraine, we have funded to date. and i have great doubt that this administration can allocate anything that have it go where it needs to go. i will look at it, but it is not going to be combined with israel, and if the two were combined, and came back to the house, it would go down to

defeat, and we need to vote on it separately. i have not seen the details of the ukraine package, but it has to be offset, and we need some accountability that the aid is going to go to where it needs to go. >> candidly, the politicians need to talk about what a real offset is, and what adds to the deficit and doesn't, because this is important, because the finances of the country as you are talking about crucial talking about seriously about what analysis you are going to be leaning on, and you need to talk about the definition of the terms first. congressman, thank you for coming on, and i appreciate your time. >> thank you, kate. >> john? and the president is about to depart for lewiston, maine, to mourn for those lost in last week's shooting.

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president biden is about to depart for lewiston, maine, where he will visit the sites of the mass shootings there that killed 18 people. just this morning we've learned that three people injured are still in the hospital. cnn's omar jimenez is in lewiston. this promises to be an emotional visit. >> reporter: it really does. president biden is expected to appear alongside the first lady, dr. jill biden, and the governor here in maine. a little bit more than a week after these shootings actually happened, and to give you an idea of what this community has been trying to process, i mean, we are outside the facility that houses the bowling alley which is where the first of the shootings actually happened. you can see people actually they've been coming over the course of the day to lay flowers and remembrances here at a curb

that has been littered with messages of support, signs, hearts, you drive throughout this town you see essentially the state of maine with a heart over where lewiston is here in this particular part of the state. to give you an idea of what president biden is going to be doing today, he will first meet with first responders, then he's going to make some remarks and then meet with victim families as well over the course of, again, what is set to be an emotional visit. for people here still trying to process what happened, again, just last week. >> it's so hard. omar jimenez, thanks for being there. >> thank you for being with us today. this is "cnn news central." "inside politics," up next. yed h .

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