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all right, let's cross live now to robert berman. he's a tour guide whose friend lost a family member and he joins us live from jerusalem. robert, good to have you on with us since you're interested, i'm. i want to ask you 1st about the current situation there and what you and your loved ones have experienced the last couple of days. i'm actually located in televisions and every day we're running into the shelter day and night. there are missiles, landing and television. i'm, i've gone all around, was a great amount of few. okay, and fortunately, it seems like we've lost our connection with robert berman. so hopefully we can reconnect uh with him or prime minister benjamin netanyahu. opposition leader benny gans and defense minister. you'll have guidelines have agreed to form an emergency war time government. it comes after several months of political turmoil and israel due to traditional reforms which seem to give more power to the government, the new war time cabinet. however, states they will not pass any legal measures unrelated

i'm john berman. kate bolduan is in new york. to update you on something we saw a few minutes ago, shimon prokupecz, we saw a presence at a farm less that be one mile where the suspect's car was last found. you can see some video of what we were just look ing at moment ago. shimon tells us they were investigating a tip, some of the more than 530 tips that have come into law enforcement over the last 40 plus hours now. they got a tip. someone at the farm reported they heard something that so sounded like a gunshot. law enforcement went there and is checking it out right now. it goes to show you where this investigation is at this moment. mainly, that there is still a manhunt underway for robert card, who is still believed to be armed and dangerous. there's still this shelter in place situation for some 700 square miles, including tens of thousands of people. and the only update that we have from law enforcement is what they will be doing today, which involves more search ises like the one you're seeing on the screen now as tips co

joining us live now to talk about its impact is the author of the bill, assemblyman marc berman from menlo park. assemblyman berman, thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me, kristen . >> so tell us, what will this law require for so you alluded to it, but as we know, so many youth these days get their news from social media, from the internet, from tiktok, youtube, twitter. >> and we know that there's a ton of misinformation and disinformation that's being spread. and so this law requires that we integrate media literacy curriculum into the four core subject areas in school english, math history and science. so that our young people can be more critical consumers of the information that they're being inundated with on on practically on a minute by minute basis. and that they have the skills to be able to differentiate. wait, what's what's true and what isn't. and know how to go and do their own research to determine whether or not something is a fact. >> i see. well, what recent events highlighted the need for media literacy for kids is, i think we've seen a lot of really impor

john berman, thank you for all of that. stand by for us as well as we come back to you as the night goes on. we also have new reporting to night on the suspect's past. i want to bring in cnn anchor and chief investigative correspond pamela brown. pamela, you and our investigative team are really digging into this. it's giving us some clues about how we might have gotten here. he is a skilled shooter and has mental health issues. >> that's why it's so hard to track him down because of the military training he had. he enlisted in 2002 into the army reserve. i was a skilled marksman. one of the best shooters in the army reserve unit. i was also an avid outdoorsman. one colleague said he would be very comfortable in the woods. that he was very outdoorsy. we know from the pictures we've seen, he is fishing, he has a boat. all this put together paints a picture of someone who has skills from the military and knows how to operate in the outdoors. then you also have the mental health component here. we spoke to his sister-in-law wh

joining me is rabbi ari berman.ry much for being here this morning and my condolences to you an and your country this morning. i know you were in jerusalem on saturday when the attack, the unprovoked attack from hamas started and your son is now at war fighting for israel. >> thank you so much, maria, for having me on the show. you're doing such an important job in shedding light and truth on the situation. i was in israel over the holidays and we were coming to a close on this amazing holiday last saturday and in synagogue we started to hear air raid sirens, one time, two times, three times, four times. we're blessed with the iron dome that gives us a certain sense of protection and of course our prayers to god who always protects us. but we didn't ourselves understand the extent of this attack on our way home from synagogue, somebody came over to us and said you need to check your phones. we don't carry electronics with us. my son opens his phone and he found he was one of the reserveists, one of the over 300,000

john berman here in lewiston, maine. breaking news is we just learned the coast guard is now involved in the search for mass shooting suspect robert card. they are searching from the air and in the water. remember, card's car was found near a boat launch, about ten minutes from where i'm standing which is one of the shooting sites. his car was found right next to the androscoggin river. the coast guard is involved. residents here in lewiston advised to shelter in place in their homes and cars. pastor littleton is here. pastor, thank you for being with us, first, how are you and your family and congregation, how are you all doing tonight? >> well, thank you for checking on us and having us on today. our church family, our family is basically fine. it's obviously been tragic events, and indeed we've reached out to our congregants to help them through this struggle that they're facing and their emotions and fear. >> and i do understand, i know your congregation is not far from where i'm standing which is the bar and that pe

sara sidner is in israel, and i'm kate bolduan with john berman in new york. this is cnn "news central." >>> this morning a rapid intensification of israel's assault on gaza on the air and on the ground, and israeli troops are inside of gaza now as the israeli military is hunting for hamas and what is believed to be more than 200 hostages in that underground tunnel system underneath gaza. in the sky, new strikes and new explosions as u.n. security officials prepare to meet amid urgent calls for a pause in the bombing. so desperately needed food, water and medical supplies needed to get into gaza. we will go to jeremy diamond near sderot, and you are hearing the steady drum baeat of explosions and what are you seeing in this hour? >> just over my right shoulder, you are seeing the plume of smoke that is the result of an explosion inside of gaza, and this is coming as israeli forces have been expanding their grand operations inside of gaza over the last several day, and just today, the idf spokesperson saying that israel is going to continue to add troops as par

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, and this is cnn "news central." >> this morning, the house is essentially frozen and unable to legi legislate, because it has no leader. the house members have gone home to their districts and that means any legislative work is stalled until the house republicans can come together to elect a new speaker to replace kevin mccarthy ho'ohio's jim jon and steve scalise say they will take the job, but the road to 218 votes is fraught. this is what one republican congressman told john berman last hour. >> if we don't change the foundational problems within our conference, it is going to be the same stupid clown car with a different driver. matt gaetz and those hardliners are a real problem, and i don't think that the pyromaniacs are going to be satisfied after they have burned down one house. they will have a itching to burn down a couple more. >> perhaps the strongest words of discontent that we have heard yet. lauren fox is joining us from capitol hill, and you spoken to jim jordan this morning, and what is he saying, what is the plan? >> ye

keep us posted, i want to go now to cnn's john berman. he is in lewiston. john, the suspect, you just heard from brian, they were looking at the home, the last known address, they were talking about coming out with your hands up. there was no response, no indication as to why they went there. the suspect remains on the run. what are you learning at this very hour? >> yeah, the suspect remains on the run, which means where i am, in lewiston, the second most populous city in maine, some 40,000 residents here, they are in a shelter in place order right now. they have been told to secure your homes, secure your cars, and it's not just lewistown here, but it's parts of two pretty big counties totaling about 100,000 people that have been told to shelter in place and that will extend, now, through tomorrow, assuming there are no dramatic developments overnight. which means that schools will be closed in these communities, a lot of businesses will be closed, banks have been closed throughout the state, al been, as i've been talking about all day was closed today, i

i'm kate bolduan, john berman is on his way to maine, sara sidner is in israel. we are tracking breaking news, the manhunt in maine, a mass shooter at large this morning. people across multiple cities in the state are being told to shelter in place. it's now been more than 12 hours since the two mass shoot gs happened in lewiston, maine. police are looking for this man, robert card. he's 40 years old and police are calling him a person of interest right now. they've released several images of him, including surveillance photos which we're showing right now from the bowling alley where the first shooting took place. card is a certified firearms instructor and a member of the u.s. army reserves. police say he's armed and dangerous. we will be getting an update from police this morning. >> this unfolded last night at a bowling alley and a restaurant in lewiston, maine. law enforcement sources tell us at cnn that 16 people were killed and 60 others were hurt. we just received video from outside the bowling alley when police arrived on scene. take a look. >> folks, th

and berman and children that are also among his very hostages, captured to buy from us. some members of from us visited moscow where they met the countries deputy foreign minister from us reportedly said no hostages could be released unto the cease fire was agreed to the homeless visit to russia is indicative of the close ties. russia has to all the key players in the middle east, where the moscow uses that to push for peace in the region. you're still an open question, but here's mol, on what's at stake for russia. in this conflict. the joe biden left shows clement or my client to some of the far leaders to made the trip to his ro in recent weeks, each choosing to make the show of support. their respective cost differences with benjamin netanyahu. but not letting me put you in the russian president took over a week to even cool netanyahu, and that's despite more than 20 worse initials, confirmed killed, and how much attack instead, pretend has repeatedly blames us policy for triggering waste and events criticized israel, holding gordon's quote collectively responsible w

john berman, we'll check back in with you if you get any updates in this hour. want to go to intelligence analyst john miller, and katherine swiet, who is a former fbi official and ran the bureau after massacre that happened at sandy hook. i'm so grateful to have both of you with me tonight. john, i want to start with you. as we're looking at the police clearly going back to what is the last known address of the suspected shooter, they were already there twice today. did they really think this was someone who would return back to his home, which is obviously a place the police are going to go after they find out who this guy is? >> it was a question they couldn't eliminate with a positive answer, which is, they weren't able to say, we can say 100% from the time of the shooting until now he hasn't been in there. so, they had to take the tactical position going in that we're going to do a dynamic entry, as if he is in there. and as soon as we clear the house, then we're going to let the search team come and execute the search warrant. the problem was that a certai

the law, authored by assembly member mark berman from silicon valley, removes barriers that can leade disqualified for financial aid. california colleges can no longer require academic progress, qualifications that are more strict than those required by federal law. we spoke with assembly member berman on the floor about how removing these barriers support students from marginalized communities as it impacts communities of color a lot more black and native american students did not meet their school's financial aid standards at a rate double that of their white and asian peers. and so you know what? this is going to do is this is going to help narrow graduation gaps among low income students and students of color. and it's going to support our goals of increasing enrollment numbers across the state's higher education institutions as experiences such as pregnancy or homelessness will also now be taken into account when students appeal a financial aid disqualification in. we're getting closer to the weekend out there. beautiful sunset this evening. we'll look at that. we'll also look a

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attorney for the seventh district of new york, jeff berman. mr.berman telling us tonight that before hearing that that's what's in capacity hutchins and book, hearing from us tonight when we called for comment, he'd been aware that his foreign had been ordered by president himself. there are six different allegations about various white house men groping or creeping on cassidy hutchinson in this book, although i should mention that two of the six are both matt gaetz, so there's six alleged incidents but only five different men. we'll have more on that later. there's a lot to talk about here. and i'm cognizant that we're -- there's a lot to talk about in general. in the news right now, looks like the writer strike is finally over and in hollywood, when biden is going to walk the picket line tomorrow. something no president has ever done before. senator bob -- calling for his resignation after his indictment on corruption charges last week, and now former house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for his resignation as well. in the senate, democrat john

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jason berman joining us now from harvard. your first reaction to the report? where are you landing?irst reaction was to be really, really surprised. my second reaction was to be happy. and it takes a lot for me to let myself be happy with a report like this. there is t ghlish temptation toay good news is bad news, because it's going to put pressure on the fed, put pressure on interest rates. but in this case, i don't think that ghoulish reaction is the right one. i think in this one, the good news was good news. what we're seeing in this economy is labor supply is increasing. there's more people making themselves available for jobs. there's employers willing to hire them. and really important, i think it's sustainable because you saw wage growth slow down this month and slow down in a way that i think will be consistent with getting to 2% inflation. i don't think this puts a whole lot more pressure on the fed. i think this is a better than average month. you shouldn't get used to anything like this. but i think that everyone should have something to be happy about and celebrate thes

california governor gavin newsom signing a bill from assembly member marc berman of menlo park yesterdayg a growing number of states to do so. abc7 news reporter tara campbell shares why this added subjects it couldn't be more important. >> from deep fakes to false stories, california students will soon be getting a lesson in navigating news. governor newsom signing a bill into law saturday day mandating media literacy be taught in k through 12 classrooms as use of the internet grows and as technologies like ai become more sophisticated and misinformation becomes more complicated. >> we think it's important that california's young people are taught media literacy standards. >> the move comes as a growing number of young people are turning to social media to stay informed. a recent survey from common sense and surveymonkey showing 55% of teenagers are getting their news from social media at least three times a week. and according to a 2020 survey from the pew research center, the majority of teens today use youtube and tiktok every day. and some report using these sites almost constantly.

from the perspective of the berman commission , thank you very much . will you have other meetings in the continuation of this trip? we have almost finished our meeting and tomorrow we have to go back to tehran and we were able to spend about four days out of these five days , whether in the morning or after that , i had various meetings with the institutions that were necessary. be near let's examine the strengths and weaknesses of the work we are doing with russia and what assistance we should provide in the parliament and what assistance should be provided through the supervision of the budget program commission in the ministry of home affairs and institutions that should actually carry out our joint work. they should follow up with russia and we felt what matters need to be followed up, we summarized and tonight we did the last summary of the same at the embassy, ​​after which the committee should form a meeting plan and the ministers and institutions that are necessary in this the commission will be present. yes mr. haji babaei indeed my final ques

thank you for that berman international lawyer there talking us from balley indonesia we had ash with us from uh khan yunis prior to him. with that we come to an end for our uh news coverage to say with us uh recap of the headlines coming up. the israeli occupation demonstrates its hatridge on houses of the lord. this mask was reduced to rubble by f16 warjet. their way led to the destruction of the houses around the mask causing the fall of martyrs and injuries amongst neighbors of the mosk. the palestinians did not stand the... the romans of the masks idly, but they created temporary most that don't protect them from neither the cold of winter nor the heat of the sun. keeping you up to date with world news every half hour on press tv, the world health organization has warned of the real catastrophe in gaza as israel continues it steady onslot against besieged territory. the who said on monday the gaza has only 24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left. it said if aid is not allowed into gaza, patients will die. the military wing of the palestinian resistance movement hamas says it

berman visited the minister of foreign affairs and president the american president evaluated tel aviv in the current situation of trying to revive the zionist regime from the collapse of political, military, psychological, social security. in this meeting, the iraqi foreign minister stated that the aim of the zionist regime's current attacks is to destroy gaza and lay the groundwork for the displacement of palestinians from gaza. faad hossein said: it is necessary to have all the necessary capacities to stop the attacks of the regime. gaza, send humanitarian aid and lift the siege of gaza . jewish groups against the war gathered inside and outside the us congress building and demanded an end to the attacks of the zionist regime and the war in gaza. in a report on this rally, al-hura tv reporter said: some jews in this rally expressed sympathy with the people of gaza and said: what is happening in gaza today is another holocaust. some also called for the trial of benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of the zionist regime. specialists of a company of scientists succeeded in developing

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i'm kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in israel.his is cnn "news central." >>> we are just hours away from an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council as israel is expanding the assault on hamas. on ground in gaza, israeli military officials say now more troops are and the ground than just 24 hours ago. the troops are pushing deeper into gaza as they are hunting for hamas, and what is believed to be the more than 200 hostages that are in that underground tunnel system complex. from the sky, a steady drum beat of the explosions that we have seen and heard, and this is amid urgent pause in the bombings, and so desperately needed food, water, medical supplies can get into gaza. right now, egyptian officials saying that 85 aid trucks are waiting to cross into gaza from the rafah border into gaza. and right now, the u.n. is calling this a catastrophic failing. we begin with the ground incursion, and what happening now, where there is some according to the palestinian health ministry some 18,000 people have been killed in the past t

called for the partial criminalization of palestinian flags, and the chance in britain celebrate berman has urged police in england and wales to climb down on pro homeless protest. she says such a raleigh as are supporting terrorist and intimidating the jewish community journalist and political analysts. robert in the cash that says the case demonstrates one sided. western support for israel in the united kingdom is not for freedom of speech or freedom of expression at all. if they go ahead with this, it shows that there is a complete pro as real bias inherent in the collective west, which we've seen across the political spectrum. so a lot of virtue signaling from western politicians. and of course then a permitting israel to go ahead with its current murderous rampage on civilians in the gaza strip. and because of the rhetoric coming out of western capital, which is not calling for a ceasefire, which is not calling for the protection of civilians inside of the gaza strip, we are seeing one of the worst massacres ever visited on gaza. so it's not just that it has implications for the pe

and for whom it will be, we will tell you in our next story, before the war, i first worked as a bermanhe coronavirus started full-scale war, mobilization. joined the army. the war made adjustments in the life of every ukrainian, and even after changing civilian clothes to a military uniform, one has to learn something new every day. thus , stepan, a former fighter of the fire support group, is now also mastering modern methods of fighting invaders. at the moment, i work as a mavic, but now i want to master fpv, because it is quite effective, it can sometimes destroy the enemy's equipment, manpower. despite the fact that this crew is just mastering new equipment, it already has to acquire. in this video, these guys are filigree fly into enemy trenches, we use them to, well, inflict fire damage there on enemy positions , they already have more than one liquidated occupier, enemy equipment and warehouses with ammunition of the russians, for even greater efficiency, the fighters have already undergone a special ten-day training, even for such a short period of time gave a fairly large base

iron dome and relentless bombardment for yet another day there including strikes as you heard john bermanalking about the southern part of the gaza strip, and this is where the israeli forces that you had heard people move to, and you are hearing of six strikes right next to the rafah crossing, and nearly 3,000 people killed, and we had spoken to a 22 dentistry student, and she from the northern part of gaza, and she and her family were ready to move to the south, but they were having difficulties to find a place that had electricity or beds or a room, but after today's strikes they are simply too nervous to move to the south, because it does not appear to be safe, sara. >> clearly, nowhere is safe in such a densely populated area. clarissa ward, thank you so much for your excellent reporting throughout this entire conflict. jeremy diamond is joining us from jerusalem, and jeremy, looking at the political aspect, because president biden is expected to leave the white house today and arrive in israel at some point tomorrow. what more can you tell us about at the plans when he arrives here

i'm kate baldwin with john be berman.s is cnn news central. >>> this morning, is the fifth time a charm? we're seeing if mike johnson from louisiana will end up as speaker of the house in the next few hours. this could unfold before our eyes after a chaotic three weeks that saw kevin mccarthy booted from the speaker's chair. steve scalise get the no, ma'am nalgs and drop out before a full house vote. jim jordan get the nomination but lose several house votes. tom emmer, he got the nomination and lasted four hours. it's mike johnson's turn. he may be the last man standing. how do things look for him. overnight, in a ballot today. 22 republicans voted absent. three voted present. if he loses four of these votes today, that would be enough to sink his efforts to be speaker. you're getting new reporting on the status of these votes. and we'll update you on that shortly. and we'll explain who mike johnson is. in the meantime, in israel, new reporting on the u.s. intelligence on the hamas tunnels. the vast spider web of tunnels

john berman is live in lewiston, maine, the scene of mass shootings at two separate locations.fficials today updating the death toll to 18. they say eight of those killed have been identified. another 13 were injured. several of them in critical condition. john. >> yeah, boris, the gunman is still on the loose. in fact, we just got an updated public safety alert that crossed all of our phones up here that said a shelter in place order in androscoggin county which is where i am, and the northern county nearby has been extended. please make sure your homes and vehicles are secured. that warn just came out seconds ago. people in multiple locations now being told to shelter in place. this huge manhunt is intensifying for the suspect, robert card, you can see him there on your screen, 40 years old. his family is urging him to surrender. police have released several images of card, including surveillance photos. you can see him pointing an ar-15 style rifle during an attack. we know he serves in the national guard. has extensive rifle training is said to be an outstanding marksman on

sara sidner is on assignment, and i'm kate bolduan in new york with john berman. this is cnn "news central." >>> defense secretary lloyds atin, and secretary of state tony blinken is on capitol hill right now, and the goal and the mission for them today is to make the case to lawmakers for president biden's $106 billion ask for an aid package that he wants in order to support both ukraine and israel, two nations at war, two allies of the united states. but what has happened is protests. blinken interrupted multiple times by people protesting, angry over israel's action in ga gaza. >> cease-fire now! cease-fire now! >> cease-fire now. >> sasha bertrand is tracking hearing for us and joining us again, and they have essentially been able to make the opening statements and to the questions from the senators, and what is the case they are making for the aid package? >> well, kate, one of the big themes that we are hearing from secretary blinken and acetin is that the wars that ukraine and israel are fighting is inextricably linked and you can't divorce the two in a sup

starting at 5:00 eastern, our special coverage of israel at war is next with my colleagues with, john berman and anderson cooper.

sara is off today, and i'm kate bolduan with john berman. >> insanity circus is how you could describe this show, but it is how some are describing this televised debate of sorts of the leading candidates to become house speaker. jim jordan and kevin hearn, you can see them right there, they are to participate, and that is swirling around the house conference, and in the meantime, donald trump is putting his full support behind jim jordan. lauren fox is joining us. how is jim jordan reacting to the endorsement that came in over knight. >> yeah, i mean, you can expect that he is grateful for the former president's endorsement, and a question of whether or not this is really going to help him in the race given that he had large swathes of the republican bloc and members of the house freedom caucus behind him. those are the same members who might look to donald trump as a potential arbiter as to who could be the next speaker. i wanted to get to some new news as reported from melanie zanona, that he wants to talk to some people of the caucus before the interview with bret baier, and this i

i'm kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in jerusalem, and this morning israel is ramping up air strikes. they are coupled with raids thaz enter the quote, unquote next phase of the war the take out hamas. t this is some the video this morning of some the aftermath of the strikes in gaza. now, the humanitarian crisis is dire, and system of the aid is coming in through egypt. our crews have spotted a third convoy headed to gaza carrying food, water and medical supplies. >> overnight, the idf have upped the amount of people kidnapped in october 7th, and as many as 222 could be held hostage inside of gaza, and this would be the 17th day in captivity, presumably somewhere within the gaza strip. this morning u.s. officials tell cnn there are still 10 americans unaccounted for. it is not clear if all are hostages or not. the u.s. does not know the condition of any american hostages at this point. we will get right to the ground. our friend sara sidner is in jerusalem this morning. sara, give us the latest. >> hey, john and kate. the idf has said it launched a series o

i'm john berman in new york.cnn for continuing coverage of the conflict between israel and hamas.

with john berman, i'm kate bolduan, and this is cnn "news central." >>> this morning, that new word of a televised debate between the leading candidates to be house speaker and a new reporting on the difference that a donald trump endorsement can make, and the issue of addition or subtraction? overnight, trump endorsed house judiciary chair jim jordan over the house majority leader steve scalise. he may want to be the kingmaker, but might it have the opposite effect? they continue to work the phones to drum up the support, and see where things stand. lauren fox on capitol hill, and what are you hearing? >> this morning, a lot of questions of what trump's endorsement for jim jordan means for him in the race. in some ways, jim jordan was already a favorite of the conservatives and member of the house freedom caucus, and many who are watching that trump the endorsement closely, but again, the larger question looming is how the two candidates jim jordan and steve scalise are going to win over the moderate colleagues, republicans who won in districts that biden carried in the last president

sara sidner is on assignment, and i'm kate bolduan in new york with john berman.

i'm kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in jerusalem, and this morning theumber of people taken hostage by hamas is being raised to 222. and sources say that the u.s. is asking israel to delay a ground incursion into gaza to allow more time to get these hose tajs o -- hostages out. >> and nevertheless, there is a huge build up of military armor stationed around the enclave, and israeli sources say they are preparing for ground assaults even as it has conducted more intensified ache strikes overnight. our nic robertson who is stationed here in sderot says it is some of the most intense shelling that he has seen into gaza for some time. we go right to sara sidner who is here in tel aviv, and nic robertson is right there in sderot. >> yes. i have come over to jerusalem which is an hour's drive from tel aviv. here, there is quiet in jerusalem honestly, but in the west bank, there is a lot of activity and protests in solidarity with those people who are they related to some of the palestinians and who they see being bombarded in gaza. there have also been dozens

. >> a lot to get to this hour with sara sidner, i'm kate bolduan with john berman.nd the pictures of the smoke hanging over gaza that you can see on the left of the screen. in the last 30 minutes, we are seeing the action picking up in what israel is describing as the large scale strikes that the idf is carrying out in gaza and israel, and the families are starting to bury their loved once killed in the attack. and secretary of state antony blinken is showing support for israel as he arrived there this morn. >> we are also right now, waiting to hear again from antony blinken this morning as he continues what has become and always has had been a deeply emotional and personal time. he is on the trip to israel to reiterate america's support. last hour, a survivor of the terrorist attack on a music festival saturday shared this emotional moment with blinken. watch. >> we were saved by a miracle, but there were so many friends that weren't. >> i know. i know. >> thank you for being here. it is really important. [ singing in global language ] [ singing in global language

i'm john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is in israel.is "cnn news central." ♪ ♪ >>> a speaker of the house, it might be imminent. this could be happening for real this time, maybe. possibly. we are standing by for a full house floor vote on the louisiana republican mike johnson after the republican house conference said he was their man overnight. now, if you're following this at home, this last three weeks, they booted kevin mccarthy from the speaker's chair. they then picked steve scalise, but he dropped out before a house vote and then it was jim jordan's turn and they voted on him. he lost several house floor votes. yesterday they selected tom emmer. he lasted four hours before dropping out before a house floor vote and then they settled on mike johnson late last night. now, emmer gone, too. mike johnson, as far as he is concerned, they held a ballot to see how republicans would vote today on the house floor. three republicans voted precedent which is to say they withheld their support for johnson. 22 were absent during that vote. if

>>> i'm anderson cooper in tel aviv with john berman in new york. you're watching cnn's special coverage of israel at war. israel is promising that a new phase of its war in hamas is coming, just not clear when exactly that will be. troops have been amassing for days now near the border with gaza getting ready for an expected ground operation. israel pounded the territory again today with air strikes. officials say hamas' commander who played a key part in last saturday's attack was killed. hundreds of thousands of civilians tried to heed the idf's warning to get out. u.n. official warns such a large scale evacuation under siege could lead to a humanitarian disaster. >> anderson, there is an important development tonight from the pentagon as well. we learned a second u.s. carrier strike group led by uss dwight d. eisenhower is sailing to the middle east, sailing to the mediterranean. it is designed to sell messages to israel and proxies including lebanon and hezbollah not to get involved. the eisenhower group will join the uss gerald ford that reach

only berman, cnn, in the pentagon. >> a group challenging donald trump's eligibility for the ballot inado, he used the former presidents own words against, him as the case went to trial monday. citizens for responsibility in ethics in washington is looking to use a civil war era provision, of the u.s. constitution that part people who have engaged in, quote, insurrection or rebellion. from holding federal office. the group played clips from trump's infamous election night speech where he falsely claimed victory. and when he urged supporters to fight like, the u.s. capital on january six. a lawyer for trump denied the former president has sided supporters to violence and said it would set a dangerous precedent to disqualify him. now, the stars of friends have broken their silence over the death of cast mate got the pair, in a statement to people magazine, jennifer anderson, -- , courtney cox, and matt leblanc, and lisa kudrow right that we are also utterly devastated by the loss of matthew. we were more than just cast mates. we were a family. there's so much to say. but right now we're

i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn "news central." >>> maybe it is phone tag. maybe it is a very serious and consequential game of telephone or maybe we should call it speakerphone, and the race of the gavel is on, and in full force since kevin mccarthy is out, and just learned that one of the two top candidates merged is staying in d.c. this weekend to work the phones. we are told that jim jordan is staying in washington over the weekend and trying to lockdown some support to win over the gavel, but if either of these men -- jim jordan or steve scalise -- expect to win, they will have to do what seems almost impossible right now which is to unite the divided united conference and reach 218 votes in support and do it possibly in less than 15 rounds this time. cnn's manu raju is join us from capitol hill. how does the next speaker pull off the impossible? >> yeah, it is really in a great question, kate, because we don't know whether ooet ore of the candidates can get to 218 votes to be elected speaker and br

my colleague, john berman is in new york. we will have the perspective from the ground in israel and israel announces a war is coming. the ground operation as troops gather near the border with gaza. israel power pounded the gaza strip from the air. a hamas commander who played a part in last saturday's attack was killed and the u.s. officials are warning more than a million people leaving would lead to disaster. >> tonight, we're learning more u.s. military power is heading to the middle east. the second carrier strike group led by the uss aircraft carrier in sending a message to iran and its proxies. the state department said the number of u.s. citizens killed is gone up and 59 americans are still unaccounted for. anderson. >> we go to the strike group. we have the latest. these are two of the navy's most powerful warships. what's the plan? >> anderson, this is broadly speaking a message of deterrence as the biden administration watches what the fighting at gaza could spread beyond those borders. sending the strike group in

i'm erin burnett in israel alongside my friend john berman in new york. the head of the israeli defense forces told his commanders tonight that, quote, we'll enter the gaza strip. not a question. a definitive statement. a spokesperson for the idf saying they are increasing airstres to gaza to minimize risk to troops for the next stage of the war. they've been running on some days at more than 200 strikes and they'll increase that number. they saw dozens of tanks, personnel, carriers, as well as bulldozers massed at the border. and we've seen those bulldozers, massive military ones designed for an urban incursion they will be facing. this video represents just one of several grouping that's our team witnessed. altogether, cnn saw hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. this comes as the world health organization warns that the limited amount of supplies allowed to cross into gaza from egypt today is not enough. it was about 20 trucks. they say they need about 100 every day. the director general saying that the hospitals inside gaza are already at their, qu

with john berman and sara sidner, i'm kate bolduan. this is cnn "news central." >>> it is chaos on capitol hill right now, and in a special kind of chaos this time. house lawmaker are getting set and ready to vote on whether or not to oust kevin mccarthy as speaker at some point to today or if he is going to be able to narrowly avoid that fate. he is facing a small, but determined revolt amongst his own party led by republican congressman matt gaetz. here is mccarthy last hour. >> if you throw a speaker out that has 99% of their conference, that kept government open and paid the troops, i think that we are in a really bad place for how we are going to run congress. >> while this chaos plays out, it is really basically paralyzed on the house side. we have team coverage on capitol hill hill, and cnn's manu raju and lauren fox are there. you been tracking republicans, and what is happening right now? >> yeah, speaker mccarthy is making it clear that he is planning to have this vote this afternoon. the first vote is a procedural vote aimin

bentley berman reporting earlier, two u.s. intelligence, more evidence was supposed to be presented to president biden, i believe, when he gets here on the ground. i said there is going to be a press conference. there is no telling what the effect of this may be, abby. >> the press conference, just to underscore what you just said, in a few hours were potentially israel says it will present this evidence that it has, anderson. thanks so much. and as anderson mentioned, there are ongoing anti israel protests across the middle east tonight. people angrily taking to the streets in lebanon and iran, in jordan and iraq, and in other countries as well, condemning the gaza hospital blessed and laying the blame squarely on israel. and on the west. cnn's not up a shear is in amman, jordan right now. not, that the protests exploding all across the arab world after this hospital, including where you are in a man, a big source of concern. what do we know about what's happening right now? >> happy, from the outset of this war we have seen

john berman here in lewiston, maine. down the street from the bar, which is the site of where eight of the 18 people were killed here in lewiston in these dual mass shootings. this is where part of it took place. and we are learn ing so much moe about the people at these two locations, which by the way, are really pillars of this community. it's where people would go on average nights to hang out. they had regulars at the bowling alley and the bar. the bar was known as corn hole night, where the deaf community. you get a sense of how integrated they are to this community, the second most populous city in maine, where everyone knows each other. let's get much more information on the victims that we know about so far. >> what we're learning is that these victims come from all walks of life. one of the victims just 14 years old. it's becoming more and more clear that some of these victims fought for their lives and tried to stop the shooter. >> the manager any tud of what happened coming into focus as authorities remove the

representative kevin hern, representative austin scott, representative jack berman and representative emmer and byron donald. joining me is michael schnell, a congressional reporter for the hill. good to see you. so this long list, this growing list, i guess, who at this point seems to be the frontrunner? >> yeah, amara, look, the key question is who isn't running for speaker rear than who is? that field is just growing and growing by the day. right now it appears that tom emmer is going to emerge as the frontrunner. he is currently the majority whip. he previously served -- he served in leadership for a few years now. he will be the highest anking republican to be vying for this seat now and would essentially be third in line after mccarthy came scalise and then after scalise the highest resppublica in the conference is tom emmer. he received a large boost last week winning the endorsement from former speaker kevin mccarthy. so a significant boost there. we will have to see if he is able to, you know, get enough support from all different corners of the conference. as you mention, th

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara sidner is on assignment in israel.s is "cnn news central." ♪ ♪ >>> next hour, the house representatives and republicans especially are going to give it another go. they're going to gather and try once again to elect a new speaker. this is a try for the fourth time in less than a month. senior republicans tell cnn that they do think that louisiana congressman and the now-republican nominee for speaker, if you will, mike johnson, they do believe they can win the gavel on his first try. johnson is the latest lawmaker tapped to fill the job that has been vacant now for 22 days. in those 22 days there have been 14 candidates, four nominees and three floor votes. if johnson, if he is elected, johnson would be the least experienced and that's not a subjective call either and it's the resume of the past speakers and the least experienced house spooker speaker in recent history. the question on everyone's minds right now is can mike johnson do what steve scalise, jim jordan and tom emmer could not? cnn's manu raju has all of th

." >>> all right, john berman here in lewiston, maine.ou're looking at live pictures outside of schemengees bar & grille. on the right-hand side of that screen, behind that tree there, you see a group of law enforcement there. it's a mixture of state and federal officers there. there are officers there. you can't really make them out in this picture, wearing fbi vests -- there you go. this is the first time we've actually seen of the fbi, we've known that there are fbi on the scene here. you can see them there wearing those vests. so a mixture of federal and state law enforcement now engaged in this furious manhunt for 40-year-old robert card who is now wanted specifically in connection with the deaths of eight people because they've only identified eight of the 18 victims. so far, he is considered armed and dangerous. and they are casting a wide net throughout this area around lewiston, maine. as i said, at this time, only eight of the 18 victims have been identified. with me now is brian todd, to get a sense, brian, about what we know a