i'm boris sanchez live in washington, d.c.anderson cooper in israel with more of our global coverage of the war

i'm going to go back to boris sanchez. boris? >> anderson, we are continuing to follow breaking news out of capitol hill. congressman steve scalise winning the republican nomination for speaker by 14in vo -- 14 votes. and after some disagreement the decision is that house members will not move forward on a vote to elect the next speaker today. let's take you live to capitol hill where manu raju has been following the action all day. house members will still gather this hour but not for a speaker vote, rather a procedural step. >> reporter: that's right. in fact, it just happened and it's over. the house came in for just a couple of minutes, called a pro forma session on capitol hill. they simply turn on the lights, turn it back off and that's pretty much it. patrick mchenry gavelled it in, who is still the interim speaker, put in for the vote to oust mccarthy from the speakership. he was asked when the vote would be for the speakership. he said that is up to steve scalise. he said scalise has the right to take it to the vote when

i'm brianna keilar in washington with boris sanchez. we have anderson cooper on scene in israel. we do have breaking news. israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the israel defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u.s. citizens. last hour president biden spoke with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. >> earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. you're seeing them there on the screen. the flyers tell people in the north to evacuate south within the next 24 hours. this indicates a large ground operation could be imminent. the u.n. saying that evacuating 1.1 million people in one day is simply impossible. anderson? >> here in israel idf tanks are on the move near gaza and at the northern border with lebanon. shelling broke out, hezbollah claims it hit four israeli targets, some witnessed by cnn. the specter of an escalation on two fronts very real and of great concern wlac

i'm boris sanchez alongside brianna keeler in washington. >> and today secretary of state tony blinken is in israel trying to help open the only viable option for palestinians to leave gaza which is the rafah crossing into egypt in the south. at the same time blinken stressed that israel's obligation to defend itself after the hamas terror attack on october 7th that killed at least 1,400 people. >> you know, our deep commitment to israel's right, indeed its obligation, to defend itself and to defend its people, and in that you have and will always have the support of the united. >> i want to go right now to nic robertson along the gaza border. nic, what have you been seeing? >> reporter: yeah, literally two seconds ago three rockets coming out of gaza right on the horizon there. there was a couple of rockets, 30 seconds before that, coming over our heads, i just saw another flash, two coming out, going in the direction of northern israel. this appears to be rocket fire coming out of gaza and that erupted out there coming from gaza, literally two minutes after we heard two heavy impact,

♪ ♪ >>> i'm anderson cooper live from tel aviv alongside boris sanchez and alex marquardt in washingtonc. buildings in gaza in flames as the military air assault on hamas continues through the night. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says this is just the beginning, speaking just moments ago just the beginning of his country's response and quickly escalating a war between israel and hamas began saturday at 6:30 a.m. with the terror offensive that left hundreds of civilians slaughtered dead. in the last hour we learned volunteers in israel checked more than 100 bodies from that massacre. hamas claims to have taken more than 100 hostages and islamic jihad says they've taken 30 and hamas warns they will start killing them if israel strikes gaza without warning. >> i want to go back on the ground with cnn's nic robertson who is, i believe, stilld sderot. nic, talk about what you are seeing there this evening. >> yeah. we've heard the fighter jets in the sky. we haven't heard any major, massive explosions coming from gaza for a little while. there haven't been any incoming artillery

alongside boris sanchez and alex marquardt reporting from washington, d.c. tonight the skies are still lit up in parts of israel as the israeli military carries out a fierce response in gaza. it is in retaliation they say for the unprecedented and coordinated terror offensive carried out by hamas on saturday that has continued for the last 48 hours. israel says at least 900 people have been killed by hamas. palestinian officials say over 500 people have been killed in gaza. it is not just the death toll, though, that is harrowing. the terror group says they are holding more than 100 israelis hostage. israel has not confirmed the exact number. hamas now threatening they will start executing hostages if attacks on gaza are launched without warning. we now know from two sources that the qatari government has been in talks with hamas about those hostages and u.s. officials are coordinatiing wit the qataris. we're still awaiting remarks from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we have been expecting that any minute. we will bring that to you obviously live

i'm boris sanchez in washington. and we are tracking major developments on day 6 of fighting in the middle east. israel has launched large-scale strikes on hamas targets in gaza and reports that israeli missiles are hitting inside syria, taking out runways at two major airports. during this latest barrage u.s. secretary of state antony blinken stood side by side with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, vowing that israel will never have to stand alone. moments ago secretary blinken discussed the gruesome evidence he's been shown by the israeli government, showing purported hamas atrocities. listen to this. >> it's beyond what anyone would ever want to imagine, much less actually see and god forbid experience. a baby, an infant, riddled with bullets. soldiers beheaded. young people burned alive in their cars or in their hideaway rooms. i could go on. but it's simply depravity in the worst imaginable way. you can't help but imagine yourself, your family, your loved ones, your friends in that situation, in that predicame

. >>> i'm boris sanchez live in washington, d.c. alongside anderson cooper, who is in tel aviv, israel. and we are tracking major developments on capitol hill and in the middle east. republican congressman steve scalise has just locked down the republican nomination for house speaker. a full vote to determine if he will become the 56th speaker of the house is potentially coming up this afternoon. we will of course follow that live. anderson? >> and here in israel a nation readies the next phase of a war. one of the largest troop mobilizations in the country's history is now under way. we have been witnessing the build-up of forces over the last several days, amassing along the gaza border and at other sites. the bombardment of gaza continues. in less than a week of fighting both israel and gaza are reporting more than 1,000 deaths. both sides are bracing for things to get a lot worse, obviously scrammage to get civilians out of the crosshairs. a senior official telling cnn talks are happening to allow palestinian civilians in the ga

i want to go back to boris sanchez. boris?rson, we do have some breaking news just into cnn. there was a big vote among republicans in the house today to determine a new speaker and the gop's nomination for speaker has gone to steve scalise, the republican congressman from louisiana, winning the gop's nomination for speaker on a secret ballot that is per multiple sources in the house of representatives. a major win, but not a guaranteed path to the speakership. he still needs a majority of the entire chamber to replace kevin mccarthy, the ousted speaker who was removed by the house last week. let's get to you capitol hill right now. i believe we have cnn's manu raju in place. manu, this is a big win for congressman scalise. >> reporter: yeah, no question about it. this victory coming barely clearing the majority threshold that he needed to be nominated as speaker of the house. that majority threshold was at 111 republican votes. he got 113 votes. the vote was 113-99 defeating jim jordan who had the support of former president

i'm brianna keilar here in washington with boris sanchez and israel's defense saying they will soon see gaza from the inside. saying "the command will come." >> bracing for that next phase and still waiting for deliveries of food, water and medicine. right now the u.n. secretary-general is in egypt witnessing preparations for those shipments. now, an egyptian official tells cnn aid trucks will start going through the rafah border gates starting tomorrow. kaitlan? >> reporter: tonight president biden is set to make the case for a different kind of aid. this is a massive military aid package. for not only israel but also ukraine. the war happening there. a rare primetime oval office address throughly only the second one president biden has done since taking office. closely watched here in israel and in ukraine. really all over the world. get to coverage, though. covers what's happening here or not ground on the border need gaza. nic robertson is with us and jeremy diamond as well. n nic, showing viewers what happened while you were on the ground there in the last few hours. >> reporter: l

i'm boris sanchez in washington, d.c.ohn berman is live in lewiston, maine, the scene of mass shootings at two separate locations. officials 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 serv

i'm boris sanchez, alongside brianna keilar. anderson cooper is live in tel aviv.n gaza city people are digging through rubble searching for family members after the deadly explosion at the hospital. >> the u.s. government is saying it believes israel is not responsible for the blast. president biden citing multiple pieces of evidence. >> palestinian people are suffering greatly as well. we mourn the loss of innocent palestinian lives like the entire world. i was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday at the hospital in gaza. based on the information we've seen it appears that it was the result of an errant rocket fire in gaza. >> outrage has been pouring over in cities throughout the middle east, renewing possibilities that the conflict could spread wider throughout the region. we want to begin with jeremy diamond with me now. let's talk about what the idf is saying. there was a press conference this morning at around 9:15. the head of public information was giving it. talk about what israel presented. >> they presented a number of pieces of

>>> i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar live in washington, d.c. anderson cooper is in tel aviv where sirens are going off. anderson? >> yeah. these air raid sirens have started 30 seconds before we came on air. we saw one interceptor going up from iron dome. we have not seen -- heard any explosion and now it seems like sirens are down. it would seem whatever it was, was either intercepted at a greater distance or it's done. oh. that was an interception. just took a while, perhaps, for the sound to reach us. there's low cloud cover so it's a little hard to see exactly all the rockets when they come, they come from that direction, obviously, the direction of the gaza strip. today secretary of state antony blinken was back here in tel aviv meeting with israel's defense minister and newly formed cabinet. that's one of the big developments that occurred on the ground today in israel as the military gears up for the next phase of the war. fighter jets struck hezbollah targets in lebanon as well. cnn's nic robertson is in sterrot. nic, talk about what yo

i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington. just a short time ago, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu unequivocally rejected growing international calls for a cease-fire in israel's war with hamas. israel says its military campaign against hamas has entered its second stage now, not only with more intense air strikes but also an expanding ground operation on the ground in gaza. the idf says that dozens of militants have been killed, but now the palestinian ministry of health in ramallah, which draws from sources in the hamas enc enclave, says more than 182 people have been killed in strikes since hamas' terror attack began on october 7th. >> just as the united states would not agree to a cease-fire after the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october 7th. calls for a cease-fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. >>> in

i'm boris sanchez live in washington, d.c.h anderson cooper in israel with more of our global coverage of the war in the middle east. the white house just updated the american death toll from the hamas terror attack. at least 27 americans killed. 14 still unaccounted for, and less than a handful as the white house describes it, are believed to be held hostage by hamas. tomorrow, u.s. charter flights will begin for americans seeking to leave the country. anderson? >> a short time ago, the secretary of state met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing the u.s. would stand shoulder to shoulder with its ally, and described the overwhelming nature of the atrocities committed by hamas. i just spoke with a commander for the israeli defense forces. here's what he told me about the fight ahead. how difficult is this fight going to be on the ground in gaza? there have been incursions before? i know it's a tough place to fight. >> we will do what we need to do in order to get to this goal t that isis won't govern gaza. and

i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar.e want to go straight to anderson cooper, where sirens are going on. what's going on? >> sirens have not occurred here for really today, certainly over the last several days. they're quite extensive sirens. you hear them all over tel aviv. it started maybe 30 seconds ago. it remains to be seen. if rockets do come, they generally come from that direction -- that sounded like an iron dome interception. that was a rather large explosion. that is something we have nod heard very much here in tel aviv. no, i think we're fine in this location. matthew, what do you think, was that an iron dome interception? >> i vice president hearty anything like that dinse sorb. >> and interesting that the sirens stop as soon as that hit. i'm assuming that was an interception by iron dome, but there's cloud cover here, we didn't actually see the rocket, but there's quite a large explosion, and it is sirens had now stopped the there was an araid maybe a 45-second warnings, but tel aviv i haven't seen it that

i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington, alongside anderson cooper in tel aviv. palestinian civilians desperately need humanitarian aid. yesterday president biden got assurances that food, water and medicine would be allowed through the rafa border crossing, though delivery trucks are waiting for the green light. >>> a few hours before that happens tonight, president biden will be addressing americans from the oval office. anderson? >> here in israel -- sorry. let's go to nick roberts. nick, what's going on? >> reporter: anderson, we're seeing outgoing intercepts from the iron dome. we've just taken shelter because we had the incoming siren of missiles incoming. it's a very short range to gaza from here. when the siren goes off, you have about six or seven seconds to take cover. i think there were two salvos of rockets. we saw intercepts that were heading to the north. then the sirens went off where we were, which is why we took cover. we heard those rockets come over. it's been a bit like that this afternoon. sorry, i'm a bit out of breath. we were just ducking

i'm boris sanchez in washington, d.c.ith john berman on the ground in maine where an urgent manhunt is under way for the suspect in two mass shootings. and cnn just learned the name of one of 18 people gunned down in that rampage. trisha ashlan was a 53-year-old mother who worked at the bowling alley, according to her brother, that is one of the locations where the shooting broke out. the other was a bar & grille, a ten-minute drive, three of them in critical condition, john. >> yeah, this is huge manhunt under way in the surrounding area here. hundreds of officers state and federal on the hunt for this alleged mass murderer. 40-year-old robert card. his family has urged card to surrender. that is according to his brother. but that man is now been on the run for some 18 hours now which is really shut down much of the area. schools, stores, banks, the department of motor vehicles. l.l. bean which is about 15 miles away which many people know is open on christmas day, it is shut today, because of safety concerns, everyday l

alongside boris sanchez in washington, "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. and we start with breaking news. the white house said 20 or more americans are missing in israel. this is an addition to the 14 americans killed. this is after the terrorist attacks carried out by hamas. u.s. officials say it is not clear if all of the these 20 americans missing are being held hostage, just that as of now, their currently unaccounted for. this aunnouncement came minutes ago after a speech by president biden where he pledged support for israel, the pure unadulterated evil of hamas. >> hamas offers nothing but terror and blood shed with no regard to who pays the price. and let there be no doubt, the united states has israel's back. we'll make sure that the jewish and democratic state of israel could defend itself today, tomorrow and as we always have. it is as simple as of that. >> this afternoon we learned that that evil of hamas, has resulted in more than 1,000 deaths in israel so far. mostly of civilians. the death tol

i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington and wolf blitzer live in tel aviv. breaking developments in the israel-hamas war. we're learning about the first idf casualties reported since israel started its ground incursion into gaza. we're going to begin with this explosion, images showing the result of a major blast on one of the largest refugee camps in gaza. >> reports are still coming in but dozens are dead and injured. those numbers are expected to rise. many are still under rubble according to the hospital director in gaza who is treating victims. the ministry of interior in the hamas-controlled enclave reported that 20 homes were key stroids. wolfe? >> -- destroyed. wolfe? >> it's very, very powerful what's going on here. the israel defense forces have not immediately responded to cnn's questions about that explosion at the refugee camp in gaza. meantime moments ago, right here in the heart of tel aviv we witnessed iron dome intercepting rockets that are coming over right another where we are in tel aviv. jeremy diamond is standing by the ash ke lone, isr

♪ >>> i'm boris sanchez live in washington where at any moment president biden will address the nationnd the world on the escalating war between israel and hamas. we are going to bring that you speech live. a speech in which we've learned biden is not expected to urge israel to exercise restraint in a potential ground incursion into gaza, something that president biden we've learned has not tried to dissuade prime minister benjamin netanyahu from carrying out. we want to take you live to israel with my colleague anderson who is on the group with us. >> thanks very much. today the bulk of the fighting has been in the skies here, israel air strikes, hamas rocket attacks ra ramping up on this fourth day of blood shed. here, take a look at the aftermath of air strikes on gaza, entire city blocks wiped out, the israeli defense forces say that they have hit hundreds of hamas targets. on the israeli side the scale of hamas atrocities is now just really fully coming into view. new video shows the scene left behind after more than 250 civilians were massacred by hamas at that music festival on

i'm brianna keilar with boris sanchez, wolf blitzer is in tel aviv and we're tracking multiple developments in israel's war in hamas. rescue efforts under way following an israeli air strike, a strir strike the idf say was ordered to take out a hamas leader. >> reports are still coming in, dozens confirmed dead, many more injured. those numbers are expected to rise. officials in hamas controlled gaza say 0 h20 homes were destrd there. >> just moments ago, i spoke with an idf spokesperson who confirmed that israel was involved in the blast. listen to this. >> we'll be coming out in the next hour hopefully with more data. i can give you there was a senior hamas commander in that area. sadly he was hiding, again as they do, behind innocent civilians. that's all i can say. we'll be coming out with more and what happened there. >> can you confirm it was an israeli attack that destroyed a big chunk of the jabalia refugee camp? >> yes, i can. we were focused again on a target, a senior -- commander and we'll be updating you with more data as the hour moves ahead. >> let's get to cnn's internationa

i'm brianna keilar in washington alongside boris sanchez and let's go straight to gabe cohen on capitol hill where a protest is under way. >> brianna, we are in the canon office building in the capitol and you can see from where i'm standing a huge crowd of protesters who are here occupying the rotunda in this building calling for a cease-fire in gaza. this comes just a few minutes after they were holding a rally on the national mall, but as you can see, right in front of us right now someone is being arrested. we have seen a lot of people being zip tied and led away after being told that this was a sealed space, that they could not here. in fact, we were standing about five feet that way, and i was told by a police officer move or you will be arrested and that's exactly what's happening to the people here. these are the same organizers and the same groups who were outside the white house on monday, 30+ people arrested outside the white house who are blocking entrances. there was a huge crowd there on monday and now we're seeing the same thing today. they, again, are calling for an end

i'm boris sanchez in washington.ohn bermen is live in lewiston, maine, where people are now entering their 17th hour sheltering in place as a manhunt for a mass killer intensifies. a short time ago, the governor updated the death toll in last night's shooting rampage to 18. this happened over two locations, about four miles apart. a bowling alley and a bar and grill in lewiston. we understand another 13 people were wounded. and now hundreds of officers are furiously searching for this 40-year-old army reservist named robert card. we see him in these images released by the sheriff's office pointing an ar-style rifle. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous. based on our investigation, we believe this is someone who should not be approached. this is someone, if you come in any contact with this individual or someone who looking like this individual, you are to call 911. >> reporter: yeah, law enforcement made clear they consider him armed and dangerous, card is charged with eight counts of murder at this time, t

>>> i'm boris sanchez. jake tapper is in tel aviv and we're following the latest out of israel where talks are continuing to free a large number of the more than 200 people being held hostage by hamas. this as one of two israeli hosta hostages released yesterday is now speaking out about her harrowing experience. >> i went through hell that i could not have known. i was kidnapped on a motorbike on my side while they were driving towards gaza. as we got there, the people told us that they are people who believe in the koran and they will not harm us and we will get the same conditions they get in the tunnels. we begin walking inside the tunnels with the wet ground. there were guards and a paramedic and a doctor who took care of the fact we would have the same medicine that we need. there, we laid on mattresses. they took care of the sanitary side so we won't get sick and we had a doctor who came to see us every two to three days. >> as israeli troops gear up to launch a possible ground assault on gaza, prime

i'm brianna keilar with boris sanchez here in washington. kaitlan collins is live from tel aviv.te department is warning all americans overseas. >> this is a rare warning and says to, quote, exercise increased caution citing rising senses all over the world. it comes as the humanitarian crisis in gaza grows more dire. egyptian security officials told a cnn journalist on site that the rafah crossing between inmate and the gaza strip will be open on friday to deliver critical aid. workers were seen making preparations. >> yeah. that would be critical aid. today an israeli strike on a neighborhood about ten miles from where the crossing is killed a number of people and also injured dozens more. that's according to the interior ministry in gaza. a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces said he did not have information but said the military was looking into it. jeremy diamond has been tracking this. we'll begin with nic robertson who is in sderot, israel, near the gaza border. what have you seen on the ground today? >> reporter: well, more incoming rocket strikes. some headed nor

♪ >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar with boris sanchez here in washington.e have wolf blitzer in tel aviv and you are watching cnn's special live coverage of israel at war. today we are tracking several major developments from the battlefield, just a short time ago the idf confirming one of their soldiers who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th has been released or is now in their custody. private ori megidish who is seen here, said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. >> we're also hearing directly from some of the other 230 plus hostages held by hamas, the terror group release ago short video showing three women held captive. cnn is not showing that footage but in it one of the hostages who may obviously be under duress speaks directly to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, pleading for freedom. the prime minister spoke just moments ago about the need not only to rescue the hostages but also for israel to continue this war for the sake of its own survival. >> just as the united states would not agree to a ceasefire after the bom

i'm boris sanchez in washington with brianna keilar and anderson cooper is on the scene in israel. the idf says that in the past 24 hours, troops have entered gaza, carrying out raids and searching for hostages. >> earlier today the idf dropped flyers on gaza, you see that here. these flyers telling people in the northern part of the gaza strip to evacuate south within the next 24 hours. u.n. saying evacuating more than 1 million people in one day is impossible and cnn has learned that u.s. intel warned the biden administration of the potential for a clash in the region days before the hamas attack on israel. we'll have more on that new information here in just a moment. what is the latest on the ground? >> soldiers and tanks were massing near the gaza border. we have been seeing that now for days, fighting along the northern border with lebanon has been -- there has been an uptick on that. it is conducting drone attacks on sites inside of lebanon. we're covering all angles with our reporters and analysts standing by there is a lot to get to in the hour ahead. first to matthew chan

i'm brianna keilar here in washington alongside boris sanchez, anderson cooper is on the scene in israel ahead of an expected israeli ground invasion of northern gaza there are roughly half a million people who have fled south at the urging of israeli officials, but there is no power, there's also no way out. the border crossing into egypt is closed. >> among those who are stranded more than 250 american citizens and their families. u.s. officials are pushing egypt to open the rafah cross to go let aid and evacuations through. anderson? >> here in tel aviv secretary of state antony blinken is back holding high-level meetings. we may be hearing from him soon. i want to get our global cnn coverage with jeremy diamond natasha ber grand and becky anderson is here with me in tel aviv. jeremy, the secretary of state took cover in a bunker alongside benjamin netanyahu for a few minutes as i understand as air raid sirens went off. what are you learning about what's come out between them today? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. secretary blinken has been meeting with the israeli prime minister ove

i'm boris sanchez alongside brianna keilar in washington with destruction on full display in the house of raptives as president biden is preparing for a wartime visit to israel. his trip, partly a show of support, part deterrence for israel's enemies and part diplomatic push to get roughly 200 hostages, many of them american, out of gaza as they also attempt to get humanitarian relief in. >> right now gaza is very much at a breaking point. a palestinian health official says hospitals there are in actual collapse and that was before the latest devastation. these are images that are disturbing that you're seeing right here. a hospital that was hit in gaza a short time ago. the palestinian health ministry says at least 200 people were killed by an israeli air strike. israel is not confirming that this was a strike by its military. it says that it is looking into this. let's get you on the ground now. cnn's clarissa ward who is in ashkelon, israel, which is ten miles north of gaza. jeremy dimon is in jerusalem for us. clarissa, what can you tell us about what happened at this hospital? >>

i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington, d.c. >> we're seeing live pictures now out of gaza where we have been watching explosions lighting up the sky. we want to bring in anchors jake tapper anderson cooper live for us in tel aviv. >> we are seeing an intensification of explosions over and in the gaza city, more than we've seen in recent days. the idf, israel defense forces v n , have not commented on what seems to be an uptick. they have not commented on their upscale of operations targeting hamas. >> on a day we've been learning more about hostage negotiations with hamas and the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing dire by the day. there had been a lot of anticipation about a potential breakthrough of sorts in the hostage crisis. that, obviously, is now overshadowed by this. we don't know what the developments are on the hostage front. >> this would seem to suggest it's not going as desired. i mean, you wouldn't have an intensification of the bombing campaign, one would think f they were about to release a bunch of hostages. >> the level of explosions we've been hearing, e

i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington and wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv. in a few minutes prime minister netanyahu will speak to reporters as israel enters what they're describing as the second stage of their war on hamas. israeli defense forces as you can see on your screen intensifying air strikes and expanding operations on the ground in gaza where the idf says dozens of militants were killed over the weekend. >> today the terror group hamas released a short video that shows three women, it's believed, taken hostage on october 7th when hamas murdered more than 1,400 people. cnn is not showing this footage, but in it one of the captives who obviously may have been under duress speaks to netanyahu, pleading for freedom. wolf? >> in gaza civil order is beginning to collapse right now in the southern and central region according to u.n. officials. they say and i'm quoting now thousands of people broke into warehouses and distribution centers taking wheat, flour and hygiene supplies, it's a sign of the growing despair as the very few aid trucks continue to t

. >>> hello, i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington. we begin with a major breaking development in the is heal-hamas war. two americans taken hostage by hamas nearly two weeks ago have been released according to a source familiar with the negotiation noose this is a mother and a daughter as we understand it, they were among at least 200 people who were kidnapped during hamas's attacks on israel in which 1400 people were killed. we have cnn's alex marquardt and mj lee with details on this. alex, tell us what more you can about this release. >> reporter: well, a mother and daughter as you say, we understand from a source that i spoke with about the negotiations, that the mother is not in good health. so we've been told by both our sources and by hamas that this is a, quote, unquote, humanitarian release because presumably hamas doesn't want to deal with someone who is not in very good health. we've been told that they have been handed over to the red cross so they are now an independent body, they are not with the militant group anymore a

." ♪ ♪ >>> good afternoon, i'm brianna keilar with boris sanchez here in washington.are following breaking developments in the middle east. today the israel defense forces say that the majority of hostages captured by hamas are still alive. the terror group claims that it will free them if there is a pause in fighting. the red cross has been in touch with hamas, seeking access to those captives, and russia says kremlin officials have communicated with hamas about haj hostage releases. >>> on the military front the idf says it is prepared for a broader conflict and as the world braces for the next phase of its operations,enally a move into gaza, the carnage continues there. the latest, a greek orthodox church compound leveled by an idf air strike. you're looking at video of it now. cnn can't independently confirm the number of casualties, but the health ministry in gaza says that 17 people were killed. >>> in the meantime, trucks with food, water and medicine are still idling at the rafah border crossing between egypt and gaza in the south. days after gazans were first

sanchez. this is the latest from the newsroom. boriswarned of the covid inquiry he warned of the imploding like a zombie apocalypse film. dominic cummings says he called for daily crisis meetings fearing the pandemic was coming much faster than expected. he also said the government had no plan to help vulnerable people during lockdown and the cabinet office was trying to block the creation of a shielding plan . of a shielding plan. >> the cabinet office was a bombsite and many officials had come to me and said this is causing chaos. there has to be some formalised system to actually grip this because the cabinet office was a dumpster . fire >> meanwhile, a group of pro—palestinian actor activists staged a sit in at liverpool street station earlier this evening in protest at the israel hamas conflict . more than 500 hamas conflict. more than 500 people joined the protest to demand an immediate ceasefire to israel's attacks on gaza and an end to arms exports to israel

sanchez. >> nigel, thank you very much. and good evening. this is the latest, boris johnson's former chief adviser has told the covid inquiry he warned of the nhs imploding like a zombie apocalypse film . dominic apocalypse film. dominic cummings says he called for daily crisis meetings, fearing the pandemic was coming much faster than expected. he also said the government had no plan to help vulnerable people during lockdown and the cabinet office was trying to block the creation of a shielding plan. >> the cabinet office was a bombsite and many officials had come to me and said this is causing chaos . there has to be causing chaos. there has to be some formalised system to actually grip this because the cabinet office was a dumpster fire. the us state department says it's intensely focussed on getting the rafah crossing open to allow foreigners to leave gaza. >> it will reportedly be opened tomorrow. earlier explosions were seen and heard in tel aviv as it suffered its second major rocket barrage of the day. it comes as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu di

sanchez. >> nigel, thank you very much. and good evening. this is the latest, borismer chief adviser has told the covid inquiry he warned of the nhs imploding like a zombie apocalypse film . dominic apocalypse film. dominic cummings says he called for daily crisis meetings, fearing the pandemic was coming much faster than expected. he also said the government had no plan to help vulnerable people during lockdown and the cabinet office was trying to block the creation of a shielding plan. >> the cabinet office was a bombsite and many officials had come to me and said this is causing chaos . there has to be causing chaos. there has to be some formalised system to actually grip this because the cabinet office was a dumpster fire. the us state department says it's intensely focussed on getting the rafah crossing open to allow foreigners to leave gaza. >> it will reportedly be opened tomorrow. earlier explosions

sanchez. >> jacob, thank you very much and good evening. this is the latest borisjohnson's former chief adviser has told the covid inquiry he warned of the nhs imploding like a zombie apocalypse film . a dominic apocalypse film. a dominic cummings says he called for daily crisis meetings fearing the pandemic was coming much faster than expected. he also said the government had no plan to help vulnerable people during lockdown and the cabinet office was trying to block the creation of a shielding plan. >> the cabinet office was a bombsite and many officials had come to me and said this is causing chaos. there has to be some formalised system to actually grip this because the cabinet office was a dumpster . fire >> israel's military says it was targeted . a very senior hamas targeted. a very senior hamas commander in an airstrike on the jabalya refugee camp that as it confirmed it did indeed hit the camp, which killed 50 palestinians. and left 150 injured. the director of a nearby hospital in the territory says a densely populated area in the north strip was targeted

sanchez for tonight's latest news headlines . michelle, latest news headlines. michelle, thank you very much. and good evening. this is the latest . evening. this is the latest. bons evening. this is the latest. boris johnson's former chief adviser has told the covid inquiry he he warned if the nhs implode like a zombie apocalypse film. dominic cummings says he called for daily crisis meetings, fearing the pandemic was coming much faster than expected. he also said the government had no plan to help vulnerable people during lockdown and the cabinet office was trying to block the creation of a shielding plan , describing of a shielding plan, describing a culture of uncertainty . he a culture of uncertainty. he said. the former prime minister was referred to by colleagues as the shopping trolley due to his tendency to change direction . tendency to change direction. sign ahrens have sounded across tel aviv as hamas launch another rocket attack. explosions have been seen and heard as the city suffers its second major rocket barrage of the day. it comes as israel's prime minister dismissed calls for a ceasefire in the war, saying it would mean surrendering to terrorism . more surrendering to terrorism.