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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. today marks one month since hamas launched its horrific attacks on israel. as israeli forces strike back in gaza, calls grow for a resolution to end the fighting. and order in the court. donald trump stay takes the witness stand in the fraught case against him. but his testimony is fraught with attacks on the judge. it is 10:00 a.m. in gaza, where the war marks one month today.

as the conflict looks to intensify, benjamin netanyahu says israel will have overall security responsibility for the territory for an indefinite period once the war is over. his comments came in an interview with nbc news, that he once again israel won't allow a cease-fire until hamas releases all of the phostages. israeli air strikes hit year a hospital in gaza city on monday, after large explosions rocked the area the day before. the palestine red crescent says they have encircled and cut northern gaza out from the south. the ministry of health that

relies on gaza, says the death toll has surpassed since the war began. a of u.s. official says that number defies humanity. for more, i want to go to el elliot gotkine. israel will have security responsibility for gaza after the war. >> it's interesting, rosemary. there appears to be comments, whether that will stay down the line or the weeks, it will happen eventually. no one knows what happen will happen next. so it can no longer controls the

gaza strip. we don't know what is going to happen next. if you read between the lines of what netanyahu said, he is not saying there won't be boots on the ground in gaza for an indefinite period, nor will he govern the gaza strip. but that israel will have security responsibility for gaza, for an indefinite period. that could be in peace keekeepi which israel is allied or in the united states. not a lot of discussion or thought has thus far gone into what happens afterwards. the most convenient solution is to have the palestinian authority that has parts of the israeli west bank to go back and retake the control of the gaza

strip, that they lost in a violent struggle in 2007. he is hardly likely to go in the slip stream of israeli forces and being characterized by some puppet government for the israelis. that seems unlikely to happen, in the absence of major con investigations or agreement wean israel and the palestinians. the question is, what happens next? we really don't know. as we've seen in previous wars, between israel and some of its neighbors, we saw it in the aftermath of the yom kippur war. and the last major conflict in 2006, that the governments of the day, when there's questions raised about their performance or the decisionmaking, whether there's major israeli losses, the government of the day found

it out of office. elliott gotkine, thank you. antony lincoln is making a tour to make progress on the goals he set. blinken focused on the needs in gaza and the hostage situation with hamas. william burns is expected to meet with counterparts, discussing the latest on the hostage negotiations in gaza and the u.s. commitment to keeping the hamas war from spreading further. h.a. hilliard is a senior goeshl fellow for the carnegie

endowment piece. many thanks for speaking with us. >> thank you. as israel continues to obliterate gaza, the civilian toll rises. and in the ground, we're seeing u.s. diplomatic efforts working to find a two-state solution, once the war ends. how achievable is ending this long and complicated action in the middle east? >> actually implementing a two-state solution has been in effect since the occupation began in 1967. israel occupied gaza and the west bank and the golan heights.

since then, has been unwilling to withdraw, and turned over the conflict, of the past five or six decades. when you see the tension, as you called it, escalate to the point, that we're come barding the gaza strip, that is under teej, and had the hamas government, to put it lightly, i find it difficult to imagine that in the aftermath of whichever this escalation ends, is going to be easy to have some sort of political solution. you mentioned the peacekeeping

sh speed after the dom bardment. there's little of tight in the region to come in and clean up the mess that israel has carried out in the gaza strip. i don't think that people realized that the level of antipathy for israel's policy on the gaza strip is high. >> and prime minister netanyahu says israel will have overall security responsibility for gaza after the war ends. who is equipped to govern gaza if israel steps back? >> it's good you mentioned the prime minister. the prime minister, of course, netanyahu, has said many times on the record, he opposes a palestinian state.

he has many in his gott, and on the contrary, see the existence of palestinians in their own country. to be there by mistake. there's a very -- there's very little appetite on the israeli side to do this. on the country, where there is, is to maintain control over the territories. east jerusalem is annexed. i don't think they want to annex gaza. it remains an occupied territory.

the reporter did mention the indefinite security control, but without occupation. that's complete le contradictory. they will remain, legally speaking, in occupation of the territory. they are destroying the structure within the strip right now. health infrastructure, educational structure. i'm not sure what's left to govern in that regard. there will be people but people have to spend years, if not decades, trying to recover. let alone the human costs, of course. i'm not sure who wants to step in. the regional part of the international community, suspects greatly that part of

the policy of the netanyahu government right now is to make things so difficult for people in gaza, they are forced to flee, and never to return by the israeli forces. the jordanians are worried. the egyptians are worried about this. and it's being widely condemned by regional governments. >> how much do you worry that this war might expand beyond the borders of israel? do you see that as a possibility here? it is a possibility. that every governments and nonstate actors like hezbollah, decide they want to jump i into the fray.

last week, he did give his speech. the content was somewhat ambiguous. but clear they are not interested in jumping in. the level of escalation, and hezbollah, has a great deal to lose if it jumps in the fray. israel would suffer in terms of a conflict with hezbollah, in a way that -- just to be blunt there. hezbollah has ten-times the amount of men and ten-times the amount of weaponry. it wouldn't be the same as fighting hamas. and i think hezbollah knows that. and i don't think either are interested in jumping in

furtherer. having said that, war has the lull of unintended consequences. can lead to escalations, to a development of hostilities and fronts they weren't considering. there is another escalation for us to keep in mind. on the west bank, on the occupied west bank, there's escalation going on right now, from israeli far right settlers, extremist settlers. otherwise, we would call ethnic cleansing. that is a ticking time bomb. on the west bank, we're seeing settlers taking advantage of our tension on gaza and using that to move forward there, the plans for the west bank.

the united states has condemned this. has publicly gone after israeli policy on this particular point. very little is changing. one arms transfer, from the united states, that's agreed with the israelis, was made on the condition this weaponry ry s not go to extremists on the west bank. they're taking it seriously. there's north hamas. everybody is trying to use hamas as the reason why, this bombardment has taken place in gaza, this needs to continue. there's no hamas in the west bank. and yet, we still see an uptick of violence there by israelis.

>> thank you so much. we appreciate your perspective on this issue. it's election day in the u.s. in the hours ahead, americans will head to the polls to vote. there's a race for governor in kentucky, where andy bashyr is facing re-election over daniel cameron. cnn senior data reporter, harry enten, discussed his chances. >> it's a very red state. andy bashyr is in a very red state. i looked at historical data. and the chance of beshear is

well within any margin of earer. at this point, it seems like beshear was hold on and give democrats some leg in a very red state. the big issues in ohio, cannabis and abortion. voters will decide on a ballot measure. and ohio will vote whether to legalize recreational marijuana. in virginia, races will determine the balance of power in state government. and in deeply conservative mississippi, a second-cousin of the king of rock 'n' roll, is challenging the governor. it's brandon presley, versus tate reeves. a former u.s. president has taken the stand has a defendant. during his testimony, donald trump hurled insults at the court, the judge and the prosecution, while repeating the

campaign claims that the trial is a witch hunt and election interference. there is no risk of jail time. the case could hurt trump's brand and see him barred from doing business in new york state. he was found liable for inflating financial statements about the value of his properties to get more favorable loans. the jump who appeared annoyed will decide the outcome. outside the courtroom, jump said his testimony, quote, went very well. kara scanell has our report. >> reporter: donald trump blasting a new york judge. >> this is a case that should

have never been brought. it's a case that should be discussed immediately. the fraud was on behalf of the court. the court was the fraudster in this case. it's a terrible thing that's happened here. >> reporter: the former president taking questions under four hours. inside court, the judge warning trump not to give speeches in response to direct questions. and trump attacking the judge saying, i'm sure the judge will rule against me because he always rules against me. the judge replied, you can attack me but answer the question. after things started getting heated, with the judge asking trump's lawyer to warn this client. that was a simple yes or no question. we got another speech. i besiege you to control him if you can. i will excuse him and draw every negative influence i can.

do you understand that? at one point, trump leans into the microphone saying, this is a very unfair trial. very, very. trump did look over the financial statements and acknowledged some property values on them were incorrect. agreeing that his apartment was overvalued one year. others were undervalued, including mar-a-lago. still, trump said the statements were not important and had warning clauses not to rely on them. he added it was the responsibility of account continues to put together the statements. letitia james addressing those claims head-on today. >> he engaged in fraud. the numbers won't lie. mr. trump has been engaged in all of these distractions. and that's exactly what he did, what he committed on the stand today. engaging in distractions and

engaging in name-calling. i will not be bullied. i will not be harassed. >> reporter: the court is closed tuesday. ivanka stand should go up on wednesday. and trump's lawyers will present their evidence on monday. that can go as long as december 15th. 12 still to come, dozens of morn nationals and injured palestinians cross into gaza.

the rafah border crossing reopened on monday after it was temporarily closed over the weekend, in a dispute between hamas and israel. dozens of foreign nationals crossed into egypt.

15 people with severe injuries were sent through to receive medical treatment. and 99 foreign nationals were allowed to pass into egypt. they were on the initial list when the crossing opened wednesday for the first time since the war began. melissa bell is in cairo and has more. >> reporter: the resumption of crossings at rarafah was a revil of a deal that some of the passport holders could get out, as well as the wounded palestinians. a break where nearly 48 hours and no one got out of gaza, after the bombing of the hospital on friday. they would only allow it to open if the ambulances were able to

get safe passage to gaza's southern border with egypt. good news for the families of those stuck inside. it was estimated there were some 7,000 foreign passport holders inside the gaza strip. now, just over 1,000 were able to get out. it comes as aid organizations, 18 of them, get together to demand a cease-fire for gaza strip. the organization in charge, says it has lost 88 staff members over the conflict. largest amount of u.n. staff lost in a conflict. we had the secretary-general saying this is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity. for the time being, all eyes on who is allowed out of the rafah crossing and what is allowed in.

it's been estimated there's been under 500 trucks of aid allowed in over the last month of the conflict. before the conflict, about 500 trucks a day. important to note for how much more needs to get in for the urgent need of the palestinians to be met over the coming days. donald trump wraps up a day of combative testimony in a trial that could topple his business empire. his time on the stand is next. and a jury returns its verdict against a colorado police officer. that's just ahead.

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welcome back, everyone. a stunning day in court as donald trump took the stand at his civil fraud trial. trump and his adult suns have been found liable for fraud. now, at risk of being fined 2$20 million and losing the right to do business in new york. as kristen holmes reports, the former president says it's all about politics. >> reporter: the testimony in court is a preview of what the next year is going to look like. the former president doubled down on this was election interference. it was his rivals and democrats out to get him. that's why he was facing so many

charges and so many trials. we've heard this over and over again. listen to some of what he had to say. >> it's very unfair. the people of the country don't like it. they see it and understand, and they don't like it. >> reporter: trump's campaign believes this strategy of painting this is head-to-head, hypothetical leaving in several battleground states. that's what they were talking about, those poll numbers. they believe their political strategy is working. trump advisers will warn this is unprecedented. a former president in the middle of all these legal battles.

they don't really know how this will play out. when they see the poll numbers and see him leading and the fund-raising numbers and the support he gets after he is indicted or arrested, they believe their political strategy is working. kristen holmes, cnn, new york. i want to bring in aretha martin from los angeles now. she's an attorney and public affairs coordinator. donald trump lashing out, while admitted he probably saw some of the statements that went to banks and lenders. how critical is that admission in this trial? >> dump, in the midst of his bluster, disruptive conduct, made statements that were hurtful to his legal case.

at one point, i had determined that trump's case had given up. and he was more focused of making this a part of his rallies and his efforts to become the next president. he made many admissions you would not expect someone in his position to make. you saw his sons saying, everything was done by the accountants, by the lawyers. trump on the other hand, says he did see financial records. at one point, he said everyone, means him and his sons were responsible for ensuring that fraud wasn't committed. he didn't serve himself well in the testimony he gave today.

based on his ego, he thought he was upping the judge. and the prosecutors were strategic. in his rambles, he gave testimony that was adverse to his case. new york's attorney general says the numbers won't lie. how strong is this case against trump? how do you expect this will play out in the end? >> we know that judge has determined that trump and his organization engaged in fraudulent conduct. they inflated the value to get the loans. there's been a determination about liability. this phase is about the size of the penalty to be assessed against trump and the organization.

2$250 million is an es nation. and to have trump unable to do business in new york. attacking the judge and the attorney general, and the judicial system didn't do trump any good. this judge said he was going to make inferences negative to trump because trump refutzed to answer the questions supposed by the attorney general. there's going to be fines against trump. his proseperties will be sold. it will be the record and if he will have nafavor. he will appeal this to every higher court. >> and trump's daughter ivanka

is going to testify on wednesday. >> we know she was originally called as a witness in case. trump is upset, that his sons and his daughter was subpoenaed by the new york attorney general. she has to come forward and testify. it will be interesting to see if she testifies consistently like her brothers. that she relied on the professional accountants. or if she will testify as consistent with her father. i think there's not much she can say or testify to, that will salvage this case for trump and his organization. >> many thanks for your legal analysis. as always. appreciate it. >> thank you. the office-sharing company wework has filed for chapter 11

bankruptcy. the company that was valued at $47 billion, trialed and failed to go public in 2019. it went public two years later at about $9 billion. after the pandemic, an economic slowdown caused giants to close their doors. an aurora, colorado, police officer, has been acquit on all charges in the 2019 death of elijah mclean. nathan woodard went to a call of a person wearing a ski mask and wrestled him to the ground. medics injected mccleon with a

poweul sedative. >> my son was murdered by killer cops and their accoaccomplices. and the justice system allows them to continue with their crimes. >> reporter: one of the two other officers was found guilty of lesser charges. the other officer was acquitted and two paramedics will go on trial soon. g7 foreign ministers are gathering in tokyo. what is likely on the agenda?

representatives from g7 member countries will be meeting in tokyo today, with a long list of issues to discuss. israel's war on hamas will no doubt be high on the agenda. antony blinken arrived in tokyo, after meeting with key arab leaders last week. he is expected to meet prime minister fume io. what can we expect to come out of this meeting? >> rosemary, the one in ukraine and the one in gaza, high on their agenda. the morn ministers hope that this could be an example as the united approach to conflict.

we're seeing differences in when it comes to the gaza conflict because of different concerns and loyalties and priorities. the french voted for a u.n. security council resolution calling for a seize fire. even though the u.s. veto membered it. and the host nation, japan, resisting the u.s. when it comes to a public stance of pro-israeli positions. taking a balanced approach because of its interests in the middle east. these mounting casualties in a way of reinforcing that approach in coke owe. it will be a tall order when it comes to the conflict in gaza. to get the aid into gaza.

they are keenly aware, that what they are saying or not saying is being watched by allies and partners. moscow and beijing, blaming the u.s. and the western allies for being the root cause of this conflict. and claiming themselves as peacemakers. the foreign leaders understand this has actions to the political relevance of the grouping of democracies. >> many thanks. and we'll l be right b back.

russian president vladimir putin is closely watching the conflict between israel and hamas, as he wages his own war in ukraine. and he's using the war in gaza to craft a new narrative about the west. >> reporter: as israel's military continues its war against hamas. vladimir putin is framing the conflict of america and the west against the rest of the world. >> translator: it's the ruling elites of the united states and their satellites that are the main beneficiaries of instability. >> reporter: while many condemned hamas, after the raid on israel, killing 1,400, and taking hundreds of hostages,

russia invited a high-level hamas delegation to moscow for meetings. they would give captains from their russian friend. >> this treatment to russia we treat more positivity due to relations with our nations of russia. >> reporter: so far, no russian hos tangs appear to be released. moscow is carrying on the campaign in gaza. >> translator: condemning terrorism. we disagree that terrorism can be responded to by violating the norms of international humanitarian law. including the use of force against targets where the civilian popopulation is k know be l located. >> b but for yeaears, i was rus

that waged a bombing campaign. the u.s. and aid groups accuse moscow of targeting areas, including hospitals and markets, killing and wounding scores, even though the kremlin has denied those claims. and russia's war against you train continues. vladimir putin, though, trying to argue that russia is invading ukraine to help palestinians. >> these are soldiers, officers. and a real warrior will pick up arms and stand with his brothers. the fate of the world is being decided. more than 500 protesters

gathered at the statue of liberty on monday, calling for a cease-fire in gaza. jewish voice for peace said in a statement, from ellis island to gaza, never again means never again for anyone. and it said the iconic landmark has a long from decision as protest site and holds significance among american jews whose families fled violence. cnn newsroom continues with max foster next.

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