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viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world and streaming on cnn. i'm rosemary church. gaza's hospitals are collapsing under the weight of war, with electricity and supplies running out, doctors say there is little they can do to save the most vulnerable patients. washington is again staring down a government shutdown, with less than a week to reach a deal and keep the government open. and iceland braces for potential disaster. a state of emergency in effect, as the nation faces the threat of a volcanic eruption. thanks for being with us. we begin in the middle east, where the medical situation in gaza is growing more dire by the hour, as israel steps up its war

against hamas. israeli forces went deeper into gaza city on sunday, reaching the outskirts of the refugee camp and conducting raids in multiple areas. the idf has arrested 20 alleged hamas members, including some accused of taking part in the october 7th attacks on israel. multiple hospitals in gaza are closing due to air strikes and lack of fuel. agencies and staff and civilians are trapped in the biggest hospital, due to fighting nearby. >> garbage and medical waste are tiling up in the hospital. and there's no water available in the hospital wards or toilets. these pose death to the

patients, medical staff and displaced people. the world health organization says due to the lack of facilities, the hospital is not functioning as a hospital anymore. p prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is helping to leave the hospital. >> there's no reason why we can't take the patients out of there instead of letting hamas use it as a command center for terrorism. clare sebastian is following all of the developments for us. she joins us live from london. what are you learning about the situation at gaza's hospitals? what else did prime minister netanyahu have to say in that interview? >> good morning, rosemary. the majority of gaza's hospitals were out of action before this. now, we have reports that the two largest are no longer

working. that's according to aid agencies. three days without electricity and water in the lead-up to this. and the impact on patients, particularly the most vulnerable, in these hospitals, is stark. we are seeing modern medicine in reverse. newborn babies, from the reuters agency, had to be moved from the incubators after a power outage on saturday, placed in one bed. they were improvising. using an air conditioner to keep them warm. a precarious situation, according to a doctor we spoke to at that hospital. now, there are still patients in a in gaza. 650, including 36 more babies. and the situation for them very, very precarious. it's fair to say we don't know the full extent of this.

the health ministry can no longer update the death toll over the weekend. it's lost contact with hospitals in northern gaza. the world health organization has lost communications with its contacts at al shifa hospital. the idf is saying it is doing everything it can to get civilians out. it opened up evacuation orangements in three hospitals in northern gaza. listen to what the prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say to cnn about this. >> we have designated routes to a safe zone south of gaza city, where there's no fighting. we're telling them, 70,000 moved three days ago. 50,000 moved yesterday. we want all of the civilians to be moved out of harm's way. and hamas is doing everything in their power to keep them in harm's way.

>> reporter: idf released video showing soldiers hand-delivering jerry cans of fuel to the hospital. now, they say that hamas prevented the hospital from taking delivery of that fuel. but cnn spoke to the director of the hospital who said the staff were too scared to get the fuel because of the presence of israeli tanks in that area. hospitals, even though they are shutting down, that doesn't mean that the displaced people in those hospitals are out of danger. >> thanks to clare sebastian, joining us live from london. the white house says one of the hostages that hamas is holding is a 3-year-old american toddler whose parents were killed on october 7th. that news came from the readout of a phone call between joe

biden and the amir of qatar. the two leaders spoke about the war in gaza. including qatari efforts to free the hostages. mr. biden says he hopes for a future where israelis and palestinians can live side-by-side. but he added that hamas has long been an impediment to the outcome. israel says it's in talks with the u.s. about a long-term plan for gaza and the israeli ambassador to the u.s., is making clear that palestinians will govern themselves. >> we are not in gaza to occupy gaza or to govern gaza. we're removing the hamas threat against israel. and the rebuilding the strikes again and again. that's our intent. long-term, we have put a lot of thinking and entering the

dialogue about that. we understand that palestinians have to govern themselves. what will be the palestinian authority remains to be seen. everyone understands that the current composition they can hardly govern ramallah. certainly not gaza. they will have to undergo reform. but in the meantime, they will be palestinians, will have to govern gaza. the executive vice president at the quincy institute and the author of "losing an enemy, obama iran and the triumph of diplomacy." international pressure is intensifying on israel to announce an immediate cease-fire to end the bombardment of gaza and the killing of palestinians. and allow for the release of 200 hostages being held by hamas.

what will it take to see all this happen, do you think? >> there's only one thing that can really make a difference here. that is that president biden decides to actually use a tremendous leverage that the united states has over israel. to push and secure cease-fire that would entail hostages removed by hamas. biden has refused to use that leverage. has only pushed for much more insignificant measures, that will not make a significant difference on the situation. certainly is not going to alleviate the suffering or get release of the hostages. and at the same time, this status quo, this approach, will further increase the risk of the conflict spreading. and potentially involving hezbollah and lebanon, iraqi militia and iran. that would be a disastrous scenario.

that is where we're heading. it is a bit odd to see that biden has so far not used the leverage that he has. >> right. i mean, that is the big concern, isn't it? the expansion of this. it has to be said, the actions of hamas on october 7th, with abhorrent. but of more than a month of israeli strikes on gaza, there's indications that president joe biden and his secretary of state antony blinken, are getting uncomfortable with this support for prime minister netanyahu's war, given the thousands of deaths and no indication that israel is work ing and showing focus of releasing the hostages. israelis calling for more to be done on this particular issue. what could this mean for israel standing in the world, if netanyahu does not end this war immediately and focus more on the release of hostages? and if, as you say, president

biden doesn't play his part in using his leverage to see all this happen? >> it was a significant outpouring of sympathy for israel after hamas' october 7th attacks for understandable reasons. it was a large number of people that were attacked that were civilians and hostages taking children. these are all war crimes. they should be condemned and they were, by the world. what followed, this in indiscriminate bombing of civilians. const destruction of large parts of gaza. a new disaster, essentially thethe ethnic lensing in place in the formation of israel. all this caused israel to be isolated in the world on this issue. you look at what happened in the united nations, general assembly, resolution calling for a cease-fire was supported by more than 120 countries, only 14

countries voted with israel and the united states. the united states called for humanitarian cause. this has cost israel tremendously. and it's costing the united states. look at the large protests worldwide. this is not just in the middle east. in latin america, in indonesia, in south africa. the cost of the u.s. to support this and not preventing it by standing way of a cease-fire, is going to be as costly. american diplomats themselves say, as the u.s. invasion of iraq was, for the u.s. standing in the world. >> the u.s. and other western nations are pushing for a two-state solution to this long history of tension and conflict between israel and the palestinians. is a two-state solution the

answer? and how would that work, given these latest hostilities? >> a two-state solution, the palestinians have their state and the israelis have their state, and they can live in peace next to each other, would be the ideal situation. i'm not sure that the premise of the question is correct, saying the west is supporting this. the united states just voted against, asking for the end of the settlements, things that the u.s. has opposed, recognizing in the 1980s, that illegal settlements are an impediment to the two-state solution, in practice the last 28 years or so. the united states has not pushed against this. that makes the belief that the u.s. is pursuing a two-state solution, one that most countries in the region no longer believe in.

>> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your perspective on this issue. >> thank you for having me. more than 180,000 people marched against anti-semitism across france. sunday's demonstration is the largest since the desecration of a jewish cemetery in france 130 years ago. 105,000 people filled the streets of the capital city. the demonstrations come as tensions have been flaring in france over the israel/hamas war. and there's been a spike in anti-semitic incidents. french president macron posted on social media, a france where our jewish citizens is afraid is not france. the u.s. house speaker is facing a challenge as a government funding deadline looms just around the corner. and lawmakers show little sign they're working together.

details ahead. and chinese president xi jingping will soon travel to the u.s. where he is set to meet with president joe bide p. a look at what's at stake for the two leaders. that's next.

welcome back, everyone. well, the field of u.s. republican presidential capped d candidates is shrinking. as tim scott is suspending his campaign for 2024. we're told his announcement caught many of his aides and donors by surprise. he was facing an uphill battle with donald trump. he won't endorse another candidate right now. he plans to serve out his term in congress that runs out in 2028. members of congress are working against the clock with a friday deadline to keep the government up and running. the new speaker of the house is pushing an unconventional plan that would provide staggering funding into the new year. it remains to be seen if lawmakers will approve it. >> reporter: speaker mike

johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling a plan to keep the government open with a handful of days before tend of the week deadline. facing fire from the right flank, about the lack of spending cuts in the plan. democrats didn't want spending cuts. said they would vote against it. democrats are concerned it does not have aid to israel and ukraine. they are criticizing the approach being taken by johnson. this approach johnson leaves can achieve the objectives. how many folks on the right will try to push him out because of the lack of spending cuts? recall that not too long ago, kevin mccarthy, lost his job

because, he advanced a bill without spending cuts. i asked mccarthy, if he believes that johnson's job could be at risk by taking a similar approach? >> no. you get a honeymoon. and they can't go through it again. think how long it took last time. do you think he would do that again? >> reporter: even if he goes and realizes the democratic votes, it would be safe? >> i don't think anyone can make a motion to vacate for this term. i think he is safe regardless. >> and democrats are weighing how they will proceed. i'm told it's uncertain how many votes he will need from democrats. there is hardly any time left. democratic leaders said they would be open to this. house democrats are remaining mum.

a lot of questions as we head to another week of shutdown fears on capitol hill. for the first time in more than six years, chinese president xi jingping will be back in the united states. he is expected to meet with president joe biden this week on the sidelines of the apec summit in san francisco, their first meeting since last year's g20 summit in bali. the two leaders are looking to stabilize relations in the midst of growing geopolitical conflicts. and steven jung joins me now. what's at stake here? what is china hoping to get out of this meeting? >> reporter: stakes are high, not only for china and the u.s., and many other countries around the world, who feel they are coming between the u.s./china tensions. expectations are low. when the two men last met in bali, it was when relations

plunged to a historic low, when nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan. things were looking up after that meeting. then, the chinese spy balloon popped up. it's a big deal for them to meet in san francisco. but the biggest deliverable may be resumption of communications. government including a senior level. and people-to-people exchanges. we've seen positive signs on that front, with resumption of more nonstop flights between the two sides. and more american academic and cultural delegations visiting china. how they view the strengths and the other intentions have not changed. being viewed as america's most menacing strategic competitor. and xi jingping has said america is out to contain china's global rise to suppress the chinese interests.

that's translated into policy measures in key economic sectors and tech. widening counterespionage campaigns that's affecting american and other businesses operations and confidence here. not to mention, growing close encounters between the two militaries that has become more dangerous day after day. with each side pointing to the other being the culprit. that's assuming the communications that were cut off after the pelosi visit. that can be part of the deliverables along with cooperation on climate change and fentanyl. he is expected to deliver a speech to business leaders, meeting old american friends from the time he was a local official. one suggestion, just give americans more pandas. >> all right. thanks to steven jung for that live report from beijing.

israel warns it could do in beirut what it is doing in gaza. as the conflict with hezbollah escalates at the border with lebanon. details just ahead.

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the director of the hospital in gaza city says the facility is in a dire state from lack of electricity with all operating rooms now out of service. hospital staff have been trying to keep babiyies alive after th incubators oxygen supply ran out. the world health organization says the hospital is not functioning as a hospital, being without electricity, water and internet for three days. israel says it offered 300 liter of the fuel to the complex but claims hamas blocked the hospital from receiving it. the video comes from israel defense forces. cnn cannot verify it. the hospital's director says while israeli officials did offer fuel, it was enough to run the generators for 30 minutes.

the staff was scared to get it. israel's prime minister is receiving more calls for a cease-fire. here's his response to that. >> the only cease-fire we will consider is the hostages released. it doesn't mean that we can't give humanitarian pause for a specific time and place. >> as israel focuses on hamas in gaza, the conflict with hezbollah is escalating with lebanon. it holds the group responsible for the fighghting. ben wedeman has more. >> reporter: in may of this yearar, hezbollah put on a s sh for the medidia. acting out a future operation.

leaving no doubt who the foe would be. that was then. this is now. hezbollah posts daily videos of attacks along the israeli border. a low intensity war has been raging, as well as other factions operating in south lebanon. hamas in gaza, and the lebanese israeli border area, seeing exchanges. it's a mulultifront war.r. saturdrday, the hezbzbollah lea proclaimed that the struggle with israel has reached a turning point. regardless of what the zionist do, israel is a different

israel. existentially, strategically, , and in terms of security. the day he made the speech saw the heaviest cross-border exchanges yet. the weapons both sides are using, ever more deadly, reaching ever deeper into one another'r's territorory. >> israeli defense minister warned what we're doing in gaza, we can do in beirut. it's a slow burn for now. but it could, at any moment, explode into something much bigger. ben wedeman, cnn. top defense officials from the u.s., japan's south korea have agreed on a plan for real-time data sharing on north

korean missile launches starting next month. the agreement came during annual security talks in seoul over the weekend, which pentagon chief lloyd austin has been attending. the talks have largely focused on ways the three countries can counter threats from north korea, including a strategy in which the u.s. will use its military and nuclear assets to deter pyongyang and defend allies. paula hancocks joins us live from seoul. good to see you, paula. what are you learning about the security talks between the u.s. and south korea? and how is north korea likely to react? or is it reacting now? >> reporter: these are part of the annual security talks between the defense ministers of the u.s. and south korea. but further to that, this time around, they have updated one of their bilateral security agreements. this is the announcement they

have come out today this monday. a security agreement that's intended to deter north korea with the nuclear missile activities. what we have heard from officials and within the agreement, as well, this was signed ten years ago. it hasn't been updated. and yet, the threat from north korea is very different to what it was. it eludes to what we've seen from pyongyang for the blallistc missile programs. that's why the two sides have decided to update the security agreement. it's part of the extended deterrence strategy where the u.s. has intended to come to the defense of its allies, using all of the capabilities including the nuclear capabilities. one other tangible change is when the defense ministers of

the u.s., south korea and japan all spoke and said they would put together this mechanism, this system in place, to have real-time data sharing when it came to a launch of a north korean missile. it had been politically agreed on already. the leaders of the three countries agreed to it at camp david in august. this is the military catching up, saying they are in the final stages of the testing. they think that the system should be fully functional by the end of december. on sunday evening, they invited lloyd austin to dinner. they talked. north korea, being one of the main focuses. we heard from the south korean president, talking about the other two wars that are happening in the world and how north korea is directly or indirectly tied to both of them.

we have seen evidence that there are north korean weapons being used in that arena. when it comes to ukraine/russia, we have seen an increasing security allegiance and alliance relationship between north korea. that concerns washington, seoul and many others in the region. earlier this month, at the beginning of november, the n.i.s., say they believe that north korea has exported 1 million shells to russia already since august. >> our thanks to paula hancocks, joining us live from seoul. still to come, officials in iceland have declared a state of emergency following a wave of earthquakes and the threat of possible volcanic eruptions. the latest after a short break. stay with us.

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iceland is under a state of emergency, when it comes to volcanic eruptions. this comes in a region well known for seismic activity. and reports after a magma tunnel forming near one fishing down. >> reporter: waves and tremors are splintering part of the country. and the seismic activity there is going to get worse. thousands of earthquakes have struck the peninsula in the last few days. geologists say it's related to an underground corridor of magma that's shifting and could lead to volcanic eruption. in a town some 50 kilometers away from the capital, the ground has politic open in places because of the volatility under the earth's crust. 3,000 residents were evacuated saturday, with few allowed back

sunday to relieve pets and essential items from their home. the magma corridor that stretches kilometers could cause an eruption and destroy much of town . >> reporter: iceland has declared a state of emergency and as a caution, caused the blue lagoon, a spa near. with three eruptions in the past 2 1/2 years. in 2021, a fissure measuring 750 meters long, spewed lava into the sky, attracting tourists to ton populated hot spot. this time around, with an entire town potentially at risk,

officials warned this eruption could have far more dangerous conse consequences. michael holmes, cnn. >> thanks for joining us this hour. i'm rosemary church. for our international viewers, world sport is up next. and for those in the u.s. and canada, i'll be back with more news in a moment. stay with us.

welcome back to our viewers in north america. i'm rosemary church. the mayor of new york city, will continue to cooperate with central authorities, according to his chief council. the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york is investigating eric adams campaign finances. on sunday, "the new york times" reported that authorities are also looking into whether adams pressured officials to approve a manhattan housing high-rise. paula sandoval explains. >> reporter: did new york city mayor eric adams pressure foal low new york city officials to sign off on the building that houses the turkish consulate? that's among the list of

questions surrounding this probe. the outset sites three different unnamed sources saying the fbi is look sing into the possibili, that mayor adams, may have pressured officials at fdny to sign off on the occupancy manhattan skyscraper that houses that consulate, despite safety issues at that building. adam responding saying that as bureau president, that adams would hear about some of the issues. they would relay the information to officials. a campaign spokesperson repeating what we heard on friday, that he had some of his electronic devices seized. the mayor has not been accused of yoing and he continues to

cooperate with directors as they push forward with this probe. fire damage has shut down a major freeway in southern california. a section of interstate 10 in los angeles, known as the smant monica freeway is closed after a fire broke out. it was whipped by strong winds and covered some 80,000 square feet at its height. more than 160 firefighters responded. much of the fire was extinguished in less than three hours. authorities say this part of the highway will stay closed until further notice. the fire's cause is still under investigation. a search is under way for a missing california woman and her parents, after police arrested her husband on suspicion of murder. the 35-year-old's arrest comes

after human remains were found in a dumpster. police traited the remains back to the couple's home in los angeles. authorities arrested the 35-year-old on suspicion of murder. they say this is after someone in los angeles was looking few dumpster bins and found a bog with a woman's torso inside. authorities at the moment say they have not been able to identify the remains but continue the investigation. the evidence they found led them to samuel haskell and his home. he shared a home with his wife, three children and in-laws. the children, according to police, are safe and okay and with family. but the wife and in-laws are missing. the community in shock and terrifying, reacting to this.

>> i don't know what to say. no human should die like that. >> the woman that's missing, grandma. i don't know what we're praying for her? >> i don't know what kind of a person can do that, honestly. it's another human being. it's very scary. >> reporter: police found blood and other evidence in the home they searched. that's according to our affiliate, reporting that no other human remains are found. haskell is going to appear in court. it's unclear if he has an attorney. a trial reveals that a medication given for weight loss could help prevent heart attacks, brokes and heart-related deaths.

the drug was shown to reduts th reduce those effects. the study looked at thousands of people who had cardiovascular disease. lower blood pressure and reduced levels of key information markers. patients were less likely to develop diabetes. one of the study's authors says it's unclear if the hearart benefits are attributable to how much weight people lost while using the medicine or if the drug has other effects, as well. doctors in new york successfully completed the first whole eye and partial face transplant surgery this year. the patient was an arkansas man named aaron james. he was working as a high-voltage power linemen two years ago when an accident cost him his left eye and most of his face.

mow, he is patient zero for a first of its kind procedure, that may help advance transplant medicine. omar jimenez explains. >> reporter: aaron jameses was working g as a high voltagage lineneman in 202021, when his f touched a live wire. he lost his arm and d part of h face. his new reality left him ununrecognizabable. no memory of what hahappened.. he wasas sent t to a hospital i texas not long after. >> i got up and went to work. woke up six weeks later in dallas, texas. >> reporter: doctors at new york university, got wind of his case and saw possibility. less than two years after the accident, they performed a partial face and whole eye transplant, the first time

that's ever been done in history. this is what james looks like now. the new eye still not open. but receiving blood flow, his doctors say. when you walk by the mirror, do you stop yourself and go, wow? >> every time i see a mirror, i stop. it's unbelievable. >> in the beginning, it was a poor outlook. they were preparing me for his death. >> reporter: did you ever lose hope? >> no. >> reporter: why is that? >> because he was fighting. >> reporter: their daughter wasn't sure what he would look like. that's not what she cared about. >> most of my worry is how he would be when he was awake and aware. >> reporter: did you think you would lose him? >> yeah.

>> i'm still a little in shock. i don't know how in the world, how this happened to us. >> reporter: the procedure was intricate at every level. why is adding an eye to a face transplant much more complicated than the already complicated face transplant. >> completely unchartered territory. >> reporter: dr. eduardo rodriguez helped lead the surgery. in one of two operating rooms, he dissected the face that james would receive, including an eye. >> we disconnected from the donor and the race begins. at this point, the face and the eye are not receiving blood supply. the amount of time that is not receiving blood is critical. the eye can die. i take the face and begin all of the connections. >> use to use a microscope to connect nerves.

>> is there a possibility that he will see in the future? >> at this point, he does not see. but we've made one huge step forward. >> reporter: this was james seeing himself for the first time postsurgery. you don't look at this as a finish line. this is a starting point? >> absolutely. >> through it all, james sees a purpose greater than his own. >> that's my biggest hope out of this deal. i can see out of it, that's great. will kick start the next path in the medical field, i'll all for it. >> extraordinary. that was omar jimenez reporting. doctors say they will keep running tests to look for a connection between the brain and eye that would indicate sight of any kind.

in college football, one of the game's highest paid coaches is out of a job. texas a&m fired jimbo fisher sunday, almost six years after hiring him away from florida state, where he led the se seminoles to a national championship. he had 45 wins and 25 losses. this season, the team is 6-4 overall, with two games remaining. fisher was making $9 million a year and his firing will cost the school roughly $76 million to buy out the rest of his contract. the school's athletic director called the finances behind the decision monumental. megan rapinoe appears to be dealing with a serious injury that forced her out of her final professional match on saturday. in the opening minutes of the national women's soaker league

championship, she went down with a noncontact injury and remained on the turf before limping off the field. her team lost 2-1. she suspects she tore her ach achilles. before we go, a seaside town near rome can breathe a lot easier, now that a circus lion is no longer roaming around. you can see the lion walking the streets. police are investigating if the animal was let out, after a employee found a broken lock and saw three people running from the lion's cage. the local may yr announced that the lion had been recaptured and returned after it was on the loose for five hours. a lot of relief there. thanks for your company this hour. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with more news in a moment. stay with us.