hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and in canada, and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead, israeli forces move deeper into gaza city, as more hospitals in the enclave are closing because of the violence and lack of fuel. u.s. president joe biden will meet with xi jingping. we will have a live report from beijing this hour. a surprise announcement from tim scott, as he suspends his presidential campaign, thinning the field vying for the republican nomination.

good to have you with us. we begin in the northeast, where the medical situation in gaza is growing more dire, as israel steps up its war against hamas. israeli forces reached the outskirts of the jrefugee camp. the idf has arrest ed 20 allege hamas members. meantime, multiple hospitals in gaza are closing due to air strikes and lack of fuel. aid agencies, say patients and staff are trapped inside the biggest hospital, due to

fighting nearby. we have more on the desperate situation in gaza hospitals and a warning. some of the video you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: these are the sounds of the final gasps from gaza's collapsing health care system. medical staff, working under bombardment for nearly a month. now, this chorus of frantic voices, seen here working under torchlight, tells its own story. the hospital, the second-largest in gaza, has now collapsed. the hospital is no longer operational. these scenes are across the gaza strip. these hospitals are out of service. the palestinian health ministry says. and those remaining, now on a cliff edge. >> translator: there was a

direct injury in the head. internal bleeding. we can't do surgeries. no oxygen. no electricity. we workman yuli. we're using a manual resuscitator. it needs an urgent surgery. he is less than a year old. >> reporter: remarkably, this baby survived. but his father, in the same building when an israeli air strike hit, did not. atat gaza's lalargest hospspita nenewborn babibies had to o be . and three babies in the neonatal unit died when incubators was damaged in the israeli strike. the idf regularly says it is targeting hamas. doctors here say the hospital is

now completely surrounded. >> the situation is difficult. there is no electricity. they cannot communicate. there's a lot of targeting around the hospital. >> under a barrage of air strikes, it is impossible for patients and staff to safely evacuate. doctors are overwhelmed. morgues now long beyond capacity. with communications frequently cut off, contact between medical teams on the ground and the outside world is growing increasingly difficult. thousands of displaced civilians are thought to be in the compound, taking shelter in what once was a sanctuary in the midst of this unending nightmare. >> we thought the hospital was a safe place. but it wasn't. if we stayed another five minutes, we would have been

killed. they started to bomb us. we ran away. >> israeli military says it is enabling passage from three hospitals in northern gaza. with additional routes being opened to allow people to evacuate southwards. >> translator: this is another form of torture. we have six kilometers to go. she got a stroke. she can't speak and is paralyzed. >> reporter: the united nations has raised doubts over the so-called safe zones outlined by israel. warning nowhere is safe for civilians anymore. and for those too injured, too sick, evacuation is impossible. many doctors on the ground, vowing to stay by their patients no matter what. israel says it opened an evacuation corridor outside of the hospital on sunday. but the red cross says it can't confirm if anyone left through

it. cnn says dana bash sent netanyahu about the situation. netanyahu said the hospital is being used as hamas command center and israel is willing to help civilians evacuate. >> we called to evacuate the patients from that hospital. 100 or so have been evacuated. i called for hospitals. i have asked the emirates to send a field hospital. i expect the u.n. to build it. there's no reason why we can't take the patients out of there. instead of letting hamas use it for terrorism. we are treading carefully. we're not going to give immunity to the terrorists. even though hamas has tried to prevent civilians from leaving, hundreds of thousands have left, sometimes having to go through hamas gun point and gunfire that

wants to keep them in harm's way. >> dana bash spoke to jake sullivan. he says that israel is trying to eliminate hamas, as the militants conceal themselves among the civilian population. >> what israel is facing is a terrorist enemy who hides among civilians, who uses civilians as human shields. it has an added burden of establishing between terrorists and innocent civilians. that doesn't lessen its responsibility to operate according to the rules of war. we have continued to make that point publicly and privately. we will continue to do so as we go forward.

clare sebastian is following all of the developments. he joins us live from london. what more are you learning about the situation in gaza's hospitals? and what else did prime minister netanyahu have to say in that interview? >> reporter: yeah, rosemary. the majority of gaza hospitals are now not functioning. we see that some of the tenants of modern medicine are in reverse. not working without water, electricity, medical supplies. this has been building since the beginning of this conflict. it is coming to a head at the moment. you hear the world health organization say that it's not functioning as a hospital, it's worth noting that is a gray area. we know that 650 patients are in that hospital, including 36 babies. we know that doctors are doing their best, improvising to try

to keep in particular the babies alive. three died in the neonatal unit of that hospital when the power was knocked out over the weekend. the idf said it would help try to evacuate the babies, in a response to a question, they didn't address that topic. they said they are taking all mitigating measures, sur rounding the hospital, not in the hospital itself. there are serious questions that israel is facing, given the high death toll and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in gaza. we have seen for the pauses. evacuation routes in operation to get civilians out. in terms of hostage

negotiations, a deal was being considered. to get a large group of hostages out. this is something that he made it clear there are limits. >> we're going to pursue the battle to destroy hamas to its end. the only seize fire we would consider is one in which we have hostages released. that remains true. doesn't mean we can't give a pause in a place. we want to have a corridor and have people leave safely. >> how long of a pause would you be willing to support? >> so far, we've dealt with a few hours. if you want to talk about a cease-fire, i'm not talking about that. >> a longer pause. days, for example. that's not a pause.

if you are talking about stopping the fighting. that's what hamas wants. >> reporter: he feels that would amount to a cease-fire. that's not on the table. that makes it clear how difficult that kept thecy is. to get the hostages out. it's becoming how urgent the situation on the ground in gaza is becoming. benjamin netanyahu and his government are facing criticism for failing to foresee the october 7th terror attack beforehand, the deadliest in israel since the country was founded in 1948. and dana bash asked him if he should take personal responsibility for failing to prevent the attacks and to protect israel that day.

here's how he responded. >> i said, the question will be addressed after the war. did people ask george bush after the attack of september 11th. >> i think those questions were asked. >> one thing that's important. i said, we're going to answer all of the questions. i'm going to be asked tough questions. what we have to do is unite the country for one purpose. one purpose awe lone. pressure is intensifying on israel to agree to a cease-fire. i spoke to the executive vice president at the quincy institute for responsible state craft. he says the u.s. is not doing enough to stop israel's bombardment of gaza. take a listen.

>> 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 working 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 indiscriminate bombing of civilians. destruction of large parts of gaza. a new disaster, essentially the 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. more than 180,000 people marched across anti-semitism in france. the demonstration was the largest such march since the decesecration of a jewish cemety

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. xi jingping will travel to the unite, where he is set to meet with joe biden. a look at what's at stake for the two leaders. that's next on cnn. plus, the u.s. defense chief has signed new agreements in seoul aimed at countering missile and nuclear threats from north korea. a live report from the south korean capital just ahead.

welcome back, everyone. for the first time in more than six years, chinese president xi jingping will soon be in the united states. he is expected to meet with president joe biden 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. steven jung joins me now. what's at stake here? what is china hoping to get out of this meeting? >> reporter: stakes are high, challenges are plenty and im implications are global. whatever the two men say or do do affect the world economy, when you have the two biggest economies at lagg gerlaggerhead. it's important for them to meet. whatever comes out of san francisco can only be best described as tactical stabilization. how the other strengths and intentions have not changed. in washington, chirn in a is the only bipartisan competitor. and here, the u.s. is out to

contain china ease rise and suppress the interest. that's translated into measures on key sectors, like tech aex expanding counterespionage efforts. not to mention, growing close encounters in the region with each side blaming the other as the culprit. that points to the importance of the military-to-military communications, which has been cut off since nancy pelosi went to taiwan. the biggest deliverable could be resumption of communications on government-to-government and people-to-people. we've seen some positive resumption on that front.

xi jingping has less pressure to improve tiess as he faces stron economic headwinds at home, as well. he may be on the offensive, meeting business leaders and old american friends. and many have suggested, if he wants to win american hearts and minds, he should consider sending pandas to the u.s. >> steven jung, joining us live from beijing. many thanks to that report. top defense officials from the u.s., japan and south korea from agreed on a plan for real-time data sharing on north korea missile launches 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. we did see on sunday, after the defense ministers spoke about the fact they were going to update the scheme they had, to share real-time intelligence and data on any missile that north korea would launch. this had been agreed politically back in august, when the leaders of the three countries met at camp david in the united states. this is the military making sure it can be put into practice. we're told that the final

testing is under way at this point. they are expecting this br procedure to be in place by the end of december. lloyd austin, the secretary of the defense of the united states. you cannot ignore the two wars happening in the rest of the world. and pointing out that north korea is directly or indirectly linked to those. pointing to hamas. they have been vocally supportive of hamas. we've seen weapons in the arena. and pointing out the concern that north korea and russia have an increeing security partnership. spy agencies believe that north korea has given 1 million shells to russia since early august.

>> thanks for that live report from seoul. still to come, a surprise announcement from tim scott as the u.s. senator says he is suspending his campaign for president, reportedly leaving his aides and donors stunned. plus, eric adams says he will work with federal investigators as he faces an inquiry into his campaign finances. that's all ahead.

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when i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. i think the voters who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been clear that they're telling me, not now, tim. i don't think they are saying no. i think they are saying not now. i'm going to keep working hard. and look forward to another opportunity. >> scott's announcement to suspend his campaign caught many of his aides and donors by surprise. he was facing an uphill battle against donald trump, the clear front-runner in the party. scott says he won't endorse another candidate right now. he plans to serve out his term in congress until 2028. members of congress are working against the clock with a friday deadline to avoid a funding crisis and keep the government running.

the new speaker of the house is pushing an unconventional plan that could provide staggered funding into the new year. it remains to be seen if lawmakers will aprove it. manu raju has more. >> reporter: speaker mike johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling a plan to keep the government open with a handful of days before the end 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. joining me now is the director of the university of virginia center for politics. always a pleasure, to have you with us. >> thank you, rosemary. >> so, here we go again. the u.s. just days away from a possible shutdown. while the new speaker of the house, mike johnson, does have a plan, it doesn't look like he has much support on either side of the political aisle. what is the likely path forward here? >> i think for the new speaker,

the only real hope is that he is still in the honeymoon, if there is one anymore for house speakers. i don't think the people that put him into office want to cut his legs underneath him this quickly. give him a few months. i think they will help him get through this. it isn't his entourage in the conference that he has to please alone. he has to get this through the house and the u.s. is not and the president has to go along, as well. none are in agreement. they have five days. 22 days of a clown show, picking him as speaker. >> it never does the gop any good to take this risky action. they seem to pull it together at the very end, don't they? can we be hopeful this will get done? >> absolutely.

we're entering the holiday season. i believe in being hopeful. >> good. larry we just got news late sunday night, that tim scott is dropping out of the 2024 race. what impact if any will that likely have as republican candidates battle it out? >> it's a good decision for tim scott. he was going nowhere. he recognized it. he suspended. that's what mike pence did. that's what most candidates do. a way to get out without dropping out completely. he had no chance of being the nominee. very little support, really. i don't know how you divide up the several present of the vote. i'm sure it makes not much difference. his donors is interesting. he has wealthy people behind him. where do they go? we don't know. >> we'll see what happens there. i want to revisit the big voting wins for democrats last tuesday night. all three victories were linked

to abortion rights. and all this coming, despite troubling polling numbers for president joe biden, putting him behind donald trump in key swing states in a hypothetical match-up. what do you make of this contradiction here? >> i think voters send messages in different ways. they send messages with answers to polling questions. between the two, it's obvious which is more important. elections are forever, or as long as an amendment will last in the constitution. polls, there will be three tomorrow and four the next day. >> given what we saw tuesday night, how likely is it that abortion rights will move to be a major issue rallying democratic voters come november 2024? >> normally, i'm doubtful that issues last all that long.

it's clear this decision by the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade had a big impact in november 2022. and had a big impact in the 2023 elections. i think there's a big chance in all of the referenda that have been passing, in red states, plo-p pro-choice, it will be a major one in the presidential race. and the senate races. >> larry, joe manchin just announced he won't be running for re-election next year for the senate. fueling speculation he could run as a third party presidential candidate. how will that likely affect support for joe biden and donald trump, if trump ends up being the gop nominee?

>> some are contending that manchin will hurt trump as much as biden. i think he would take more votes from biden. biden needs the moderates and moderate liberals much more than trump needs the conservatives or the never trumpers. it would be very damaging to biden if manchin ran for president. i don't think he is. i don't think he wants in the history books to be listed as the cause, one, two, three, of donald trump getting another term in the white house. >> you are in the business of projecting elections. are you ready to project for 2024? too early? >> not a chance. >> that's a peity. >> skw me again. >> larry, a pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you, rosemary. the mayor of new york city

will continue to cooperate with federal authorities. the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york are investigating eric adams' campaign finances. on sunday, t"the new york times reported that the authorities are looking into whether adams pressured officials to approve a manhattan high-rise housing the turkish consulate general. 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 looking into the possibility, 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 any wrongdoing, and he continues to cooperate with federal investigators as they press forward with the public corruption probe. fire damage has shut down a major freeway in southern california.

a section of interstate 10 in los angeles, known as the santa 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. still to come, the u.s. launches its latest round of strikes in syria, the third of the last three weeks for the region.

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training flight was not related to the fighting in the middle east. lloyd austin paid tribute to the troops and their service as he visited a war memorial in south korea sunday. officials say they are continuing to gather information about the deadly crash. 12. the u.s. has conducted a fresh round of strikes in syria against targets linked to iran. it's the third time the u.s. has struck in the region in three weeks. orrin lieberman has more. >> reporter: the u.s. targeting facilities used by the islamic revolutionary guard corps. the third time strikes have been carried out. the u.s. targeted a training facility, as well as a safehouse in eastern syria, used by the irgc and affiliated groups. this marks the third time in three weeks we've seen the u.s. carry out strikes against the

irgc and affiliated groups. that's because of the ongoing attacks the u.s. has seen on forces in iraq and syria. as of the latest update on thursday, the u.s. has seen about 46 attacks against forces, drone and rocket attacks, in iraq and syria. the attacks according to the fog have resulted to 56 injuries, brain injuries and minor injuries. the u.s. felt the need to act, trying to calibrate the response. also not escalating the situation. austin called these precise strikes and says they have been directed by president joe biden. we saw the u.s. target weapons and storage facilities over the course of several weeks, calibrating the responses to further avoid escalation. the u.s. has been watching what's happening with the conflict in gaza between israel and hamas. it has tried to separate that from the rest of the region. it han been successful in that effort, as groups affiliated

have responded to carry out attacks on u.s. forces. the u.s. respondsing to those, trying to send a message to iran not to attack. make sure the situation doesn't escalate and the conflict of gaza spreading in the region. we'll be back in a moment. do stay with us.

breaking news just into cnn. u.k. home secretary has been sacked by the prime minister. this according to u.k. national news agency p.a. media. according to p.a. she was asked to leave the government today. it comes as accusations of stoking tensions after she accused u.k. police forces of showing bias in its treatment of protesters. iceland is under a state of emergency due to the threat of volcanic eruptions. it comes amid an intense wave of recent earthquakes in a region well known for seismic activity. allison chinchar has the latest. >> reporter: there's been a lot of seismic activity in just the last 72 hours. most of that focused on the

southwestern portion of iceland. dots here indicating an earthquake that has happened. this has been shallow. depths of ten kilometers at best. that usually signifies movement of magma underneath the ground. it doesn't guarantee a volcanic eruption. but the key thing to notice it, this area is one of the most seismically active on the planets. the link between the eurasian and the north american tectonic plate. because of the flurry of activity on the southwestern side, iceland did declare a state of emergency. in anticipation that something may may or may not happen in the coming hours or days. one thing that is going to be looked at and kept a close eye on, over the next few days, because we have seen this in the past. if it triggers some kimd of volcanic eruption, the concern

becomes the particulates going up in the air and the impacts on air travel. we have two systems over the atlantic. storm debbie and a low pressure system. both of the systems will keep the winds aroundize land pushing around the south and southwest. if there was an eruption, it will keep the particulates away from mainland security. a lot of that can change. and it depends if there's an eruption, something we have to keep a close eye on in the coming days. 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 just walking the streets saturday. police are investigating whether the animal was let out on purpose after an employee reportedly found a broken lock and saw three people running from the lion's cage.

the mayor announced on facebook, the lion had been recaptured and returned to the circus after being on the loose for five hours. the mayor added that he hopes the episode can help put an end to the exploitation of animals in circuses. thanks so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. enjoy the rest of your day. cnn newsroom continues with max foster, next.

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