thanks to fred pleitgen for that report. israeli officials are now reporting more and more clashes with iran-backed hezbollah. earlier today the idf says it fired into southern lebanon after anti-tank missiles attempted to target israeli territory. cnn anchor jim sciutto joins us now live from northern israel with more on this. jim, we've seen these kinds of skirmishes taking place along the lebanese border over the last few weeks. there has to be concern about a potential escalation. >> reporter: no question. i would describe the conflict along the northern border as a slow burn. it's been that way since october 7th. and as we've traveled this border the last several days, wherever we go, whether it's the northeastern end facing syria or the northern end facing lebanon, there are multiple clashes per day. typically that's artillery rounds, rocket fire coming in this direction, artillery and tank fire going back. air strikes going back it's in the opposite direction. there was another one today not far from where we are on t

cnn's fred pleitgen is there with a bird's-eye view at the evacuation zone. >> reporter: taking off straightthe emergency zone. we're on a mission with iceland's coast dpaguard to the already affected area of what could soon be a massive volcanic eruption. the authorities are doing everything they can to save the town and save the infrastructure. the town is called -- massive cracks in the roads show the places where pressure from an underground magma stream has already burst through the earth's crust. the ground now uneven as the crew says they've been observing the rift widening in the past days. >> we see differences between days. we see -- sometime we see the crack a little bit wider. >> reporter: it was evacuated and could soon be completely destroyed by hot lava, authorities fear. from up here you can already see just how extensive the damage already is to the town. and the crack that you see runs all the way to the ocean. iceland is in an area of massive volcanic activity. while this part of the country had been dormant for around 800 years, scientists say, in the past two years volca

cnn's fred pleitgen has details. >> taking off strike to the emergency zone, we're on a mission withoast guard to the already affected area by what could soon be a massive volcanic eruption. you can see how everything here is on a knife's edge, but of course, the authorities are doing everything they can to save the infrastructure. the town is called grindavik. massive cracks in the road show the plus or pressure from an underground magma stream has already perished through the earth's crust. the ground now an even, as the crew says they have been observing the rift widening in the past days. >> we see differences between days. we see, sometimes we see it corrects a little bit wider. >> reporter: grindavik was evacuated and could soon be completely destroyed by hot lava, authorities fear. you can already see just how expansive planet already is to the town of grindavik, and the corrects you see runs all the way to the ocean. iceland is in an area of massive volcanic activity. well that's part of the country had been dormant for around 800 years, scientists say, and the past two years

cnn's fred pleitgen is in iceland for us. fred, how dangerous could a possible eruption be? >> reporter: well, it can certainly be very dangerous for that town and in general for the south of iceland. of course, one of the things we know, paula, is what is a big volcanic eruption in iceland can really affect the entire northern hemisphere. about 10, 13 years ago there was a big eruption of a volcano in iceland that disrupted air travel for a long time. i'm at the last checkpoint you can get to before the town you mentioned. you can tell it is about 10 kilometers, so 6 1/2 miles from where we are right now. underneath that sign the world famous blue lagoon, the hot springs that, of course, are only there because of the volcanic activity in this part of iceland, all of that now cordoned off as the authorities here believe that it is highly likely that there is going to be a large eruption and that that large eruption could very well happen extremely soon. now, there's another dangerous factor in all of this as well, because between where i'm standing right now and the town the

cnn's fred pleitgen has more. >> israel's rejoicing over the hostage release for the prisoner swap withas. almost exclusively women and children. only one meal has been set free so farar. roroni kriboy, pictured in t ths hamamas s video, showing the exchange w with the red d cross. [speaking in a non-english language] >> reporter: he is also a russian citizen, and the brother thanked the russian government for making it happen. >> we see what russians can do, they helped us and we believe they can help others top. >> roni kriboy's aunt told israeli media that he escaped captors after the house he was kept in was bombed, but that he was apprehended by hamas again after four days. his release now was not part of the larger prisoner swap agreement between israel and hamas, it happened thanks to moscow's good relations with hamas's leadership, russian officials say. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: his release was possible thanks to direct contact between our diplomats and hamas representatives, russian ambassador to israel says. after hamas's october 7th assault on south

fred pleitgen, cnn, vienna. >>> up next, i'll speak with a doctor in gaza about the challenges gefts getting his pa the care they need. c'mon, we're right there. c'mon baby. it's the only we need. go, go, go, go! ah! touchdown baby! -touchdown! are your neighbors watching the same game? yeah, my 5g home internet delays the game a bit. but you get used to it. try these. they're noise cancelling earmuffs. i stole them from an airport. it's always something with you, man. great! solid! -greek salad? exactly! don't delay the game with verizon or t-mobile 5g home internet. catch it on the xfinity 10g network. >>> head of the main united nations relief agency in gaza tells cnn that israeli airstrikes on thursday killed at least 20 people sheltering at u.n. schools. cnn asked idf for comment. salma abdelaziz reports and a warning that the images are graphic. >> reporter: victims of gentjabalia victimized yet again. some of the survivors of the bombardment took shelter here, a u.n. school. only to be cut down. desperate moments after an israeli strike nearby shown on social media. this is on

fred pleitgen has more. >> reporter: good morning.l, the authorities in iceland say that they believe a massive eruption could very well be imminent here in the south of iceland. as you can see behind me, there is a checkpoint there because that area is now completely cordoned off. the main sort of focal point right now is a town called grindavik. we have seen the footage from that town, streets cracked, there is steam coming out of of the cracks as it seem as though ma magma is trying to burst through earth's crust. again, the scientists on the ground are saying they believe that that is something that could happen in the very near future. i want to show you around just a little bit because you can see right behind me there is a sign here that says grindavik and that is crossed out. that's ten kilometers away. so about six and a half miles. of course, the world famous blue lagoon as well closed off. if we look in the distance, you see there is a mountain with steam coming up next to it. that is a geothermal power plant. the authoriti

as fred pleitgen reports, the man convicted has received a pardon in exchchange for fighti in ukraine. and he's nootst the only one. >> reporter: as russia loses large amounts of soldiers on the frontlines i in ukraine, the kremlin continues filling the ranks wiwith convictions pardong and releasing even the most dangerous ones if they survive their tour of combat. sergei was sentenced to 20 years in 2014 for organizing the high profile killing of a prominent journalist and kremlin critic who was gunned down in her apartment block in 2006. now hard after fighting in ukraine his lawyer says. and the journaljournalist's fam irate. it is a monstrous fact muof injuststice and insult to the memory of person carrying out their beliefs and carrying out their professional duty. and there are others. one sentenced to 17 years in jail for brutally murdering his girlfriend and ordered to pay compensation to the victim's family russian media repeports. he was also pardoned after fighting in ukraine and doesn't even have to pay the compensation. the kremlin defending the decision. there is a certa

>> all right, fred pleitgen, thank you so much.p next a group of former israeli soldiers uniting to protest reforms by prime minister netanyahu. cnn's jake tapper shows us how after the hamas attacks on october 7th. >>> one group of former soldiers in israel initially formed to protest prime minister netanyahu's government claiming it was too right wing and a danger to national security, and they even vowed not to serve in the israeli reserves. well, that was until october 7th. as jake tapper reports from his time in israel, they are emerging as a key relief organization. >> reporter: it was a campaign largely led by the non-profit organization brothers in arms. formed by members of the israeli army reserves including this man, special forces veteran eyal nave. they were convinced netanyahu was threatening israel's very democracy. in addition to acts of protest and civil disobedience, brothers in arms got around 10,000 members of the reserves to pledge to stop serving. and then came october 7th. the reservists reported for duty, an

here is fred pleitgen. >> reporter: as israel's military continues its war against hamas, russian leader vladimir putin is framing the conflict as part of a global struggle of america and the rest of the world. >> translator: current ruling elites of the united states and their satellites that are the main beneficiaries before they extract the blood toll from it. >> reporter: while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7th raid on southern israel, killing more than 1400 and taking hundreds of hostages, including russians, russia invited a high level hamas delegation to moscow for meetings. a top hamas leader saying the group would give preference to captives from what they call their, quote, russian friends. >> translator: this request from russia we treat more positively and attentively than others due to the nature of our relations with russia. >> reporter: and so far no russian hostages appear to have been released. still moscow not criticizing hamas. instead, ripping only into israel for the many palestinians killed by the idf's on going aerial campaign in g

fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: ukrainian naval drones have occupied crimea.y hit two battleships, destroying the vessels. a key blow to russia's navy. according to updated information, they were sunk and kb can't be repaired. armored equipment was also destroyed, in particular a bmp on board one of the landing aircraft. cnn can't verify the incident and moscow has not commented. kyiv says they're continuing to pile pressure on russia's forces, ukraine saying its troops recently struck this corvette in the port with several cruise missiles. and the military intelligence service is claiming responsibility for assassinating a former pro-russian militia commander in the occupied city l luhansk. on the ground ukrainians acknowledge they have barely made any progress. >> i'm sure that we will have success. it's difficult. >> reporter: while both sides continue to bleed manpower with little territory changing hands, the russians seem eager to get former fighters of what was the wagner private military company once led by yevgeny prigozhin who was killed in a plane c

let's pick up on that reporting by my colleague fred pleitgen. yemen houthis have now waded into this conflict, confirming the expanded scope that everyone has been so worried about. what fresh dangers does that present? and how are they best navigated? >> on the onset of the hamas attack on october 7th, i think it was a priority for both israel and the u.s. and other western allies to prevent the spillover of this war. i think the response now is a dei response. so israel, but also in the part of the saudis, the perception into their territory reportedly is defense mode. there is no interest to encase, and i think those indicate many in the region that this war is actually something between two axis, which many countries are on the side of israel and the u.s., will also be very concerned what israel is doing to palestinians. an anti-hamas, anti-iran axis. >> we've heard iran speak about red lines being violated, ramping up the rhetoric further. what do you expect to see from iran next, the intensification of more attacks threw its proxies or som

fred pleitgen reports. >> repororter: iranianan backedh thigh -- houthi fighters with a show of force while hitting only u.s. and israeli flags in this exercise, houthis say they have also launched d a massive long distance attack on israel using ballistic and cruise missiles. confirmed that this is a report of our s suppressed brothehers spspokesman says. israel confirms the attack saying its defense managed to thwart it using a modern air a defense sysystem. we gotot a r rare e chance to f some of iran's drone and missile arsenal at a military fair in take tehran in 2014. iranians are also flexing their own military muscle. a recent large scale exercise aiming to shshow tehran's defen capabilities but one of the commanding generals also making cleaear the islamic republic go is to destroy israel. regarding the message to the zionisist regime h he says, wew announunce the destruction of ts regime and god willing we will witness it s soon. iran's's military y is not nears modern as the u.s.'s or israel's. many are u.s. made from before the islamic revolution in 1979 like these v vietn

fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >>> still ahead, trophy called the lord s stanley cupup stoppp the e white housuse to celebebr wiwith the preresident. >>> nfl eden v denver broncos we straight games. bills were sloppy and had four turnovers. still they had a chance to win after taking a one point lead with less than two minutes to go. but then russell wilson led the broncos down the field for a game winning field goal with no time left. final score denver 24, buffalo 22. >>> u.s. president biden honored the vegas golden nights. the team gave mr. biden personalized hockey jersey and while in d.c. the knights will face off against the washington capitals on tuesday night. >>> and story in the spotlight, today is king charles' 75th birthday. monday they hosted a traditional tea party with community members, teachers and nhs workers attending that event with him. and in a few hours king charles will launch the coronation food project that seeks to help eliminate food waste and hunger across the uk and also expected to attended a private birthday party. >>> the film "the marvels on i "posted ju

fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> thanks for joining us this hour.osemary church, for our international viewers world sport is coming up next. for those of you here in the united states and canada i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. to stay with us. >> welcome back to our viewers in north america, i'm rosemary church. a stunning day in court as donald trump took the stand for nearly four hours in his new york civil fraud trial. trump is accused of falsely inflating his assets to get better deals with banks. the judge has already ruled that the former president and his adult sons committed fraud. during testimony, trump lashed out against the attorney general who brought the case and judge arthur engoron. at one point, engoron told trump's lawyer, quote, control your client. the judge also threatened to have trump removed as a witness, but eventually gave up trying to control the former president. the high stakes court case threatens the very heart of trump's brand. he is realest date empire. new york attorney general letitia james

thanks to fred pleitgen for that report. >>> still to come, planes, trains, automobiles. millions of americans on the move for thanksgiving. some of them, many are already. we'll tell you how much patience you should be packing. stay with us. >>> the tsa has predicted a record number of travelersgivin holiday. aaa is predicting the busiest thanksgiving in years. the timing of a storm couldn't be worse. >> how are things shaping up? >> the severe weather is terrible news. this is going to impact tens of millions of americans, on some of the busiest travel days we've seen here in the united states. experts are predicting around 49 million people on the roads between wednesday and sunday. and 30 million fliers over this period we're into around the holidays. for folks on the roads on the east coast, as the storm comes in tomorrow, we're expecting a lot of extended rainfall that could create not just basic traffic but dangerous conditions, more crashes on the road. could amplify what we were expecting to see, these stoppages. a lot of people look at their schedules, i don't w

fred pleitgen explains. >> reporter: as israel's military continues its war against hamas, vladimir putin is framing the conflict as part of a global struggle of america and the west against the rest of the world. >> translator: it is the current ruling elites of the united states and their satellites that are the main beneficiaries of global instability. they extracts their blood toll from it. >> reporter: while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7 raid,extrac from it. >> reporter: while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7 raid, tooing hundreds of hostages including russians, russia invited a high level delegation to moscow for meetings. a spokesman saying that they will give request for their captives. >> translator: we treat this more attentively due to the nation of our relations with russia. >> reporter: so far no russian hostages appear to have been released. still moscow not criticizing hamas, instead ripping only into israel for the many palestinians killed by the idf's ongoing aerial campaign in gaza. >> translator: conde

fred pleitgen is near an evacuated town close to a mountain that everyone is watching. >> reporter: it is a race against time. residents only have a few minutes to gather some items and then they have to get out of grindavik fast. the town in southwestern iceland is right in the path of a possible volcanic eruption. >> you have to leave quickly? >> yeah. friday night. >> what was that like? >> horrible. >> reporter: the brute force of steam from a massive underground magma stream already bursting through the streets and homes here causing massive damage. those rushing out understand their homes, their town, their community might soon be gone for good. >> are you hopeful about the situation that maybe the town will be spared if the big eruption happens? >> regarding our house, no, not really. because the lava tunnel is laying very close to our house. so we are expecting to lose everything if it will erupt. >> i'm not sure about the town. but looking awful. very hard to go there and see everything. >> reporter: iceland is in what is called a hot spot where magma often breaks through the

fred pleitgen is "outfront." >> reporter: ukrainian naval drones near the coast of occupied crimea.ys they hitched two russian landing ships destroying the vessels, a key blow to putin's navy, ukraine's military intelligence tells cnn. according to updated information, they were sunk and can't be repaired, he says, armored equipment was also destroyed in particular a bmp on board one of the landing craft. cnn can't independently verify the incident, and so far moscow has not commented on it. but kyiv says they are continuing to pile pressure on russia's forces, ukraine saying its troops recently struck this corvette in the port with several cruise missiles. and the military intelligence service is claiming responsibility for assassinating a former pro-russian militia commander in the occupied city luhansk. on the ground, though, the going remains tough. the ukrainians acknowledging they're barely making any progress, even as they release this drone footage purporting to show massive losses of russian armor near the town of dievka. >> i am sure that we will have success. it's difficu

details now from cnn's fred pleitgen. >> israel's rejoicing over the hostage release for the prisoner swap with hamas. almost exclusively women and children.. only one meal has been set freee so far.. roni kriboy, picturered in this hamas videdeo, showing the exchange with the red cross. [speaking g in a non-engnglish language] >> reporter: he is also a russian citizen, and the brother thanked the russian government for making it happen. >> we see what russians can do, they helped us and we believe they can help others top. >> roni kriboy's aunt told israeli media that he escaped captors after the house he was kept in was bombed, but that he was apprehended by hamas again after four days. his release now was not part of the larger prisoner swap agreement between israel and hamas, it happened thanks to moscow's good relations with hamas's leadership, russian officials say. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: his release was possible thanks to direct contact between our diplomats and hamas representatives, russian ambassador to israel says. after hamas's october 7th assa

fred pleitgen filed this report after getting a look from overhead. >> taking off straight to the emergency on a mission with iceland's coast guard to the effected area by what could soon be a massive volcanic eruption. >> you can see how everything here is on knife's edge. the authorities are doing everything they can to save the town and the infrastructure. >> the town has massive cracks in the roads, a magma stream has burst through the earth's crust. the crew says they've been observing the rift widening in the past days. >> we see differences between days. we see the -- sometimes we see the crack a little bit wider. >> the city was evacuated and could soon be completely destroyed by hot lava. >> you can already see just how extensive the damage already is for the town. and that crack that you see runs all the way to the ocean. >> reporter: iceland is in an area of massive volcanic activity while this part of the country had been dormant for around 800 years. in the past two years, a volcanic activity has come back to life with several major eruptions. we fly over the most recent one. p

cnn's fred pleitgen has more. >> reporter: ukrainian naval drones near the coast of occupied crimea, kyiv says they hit two russian landing ships, destroying the vessels, a key blow to putin's navy, ukraine's military intelligence tells cnn. according to updated information they were sunk and can't be repaired, he says, armored equipment was also destroyed in particular a bmp on board one of the landing craft. cnn can't independently verify the incident and so far moscow has not commented on it, but kyiv says they're continuing to pile pressure on russia's forces, ukraine saying its troops recently struck this corvette in the port of -- with several cruise missiles. and the military intelligence service is claiming responsibility for assassinating a former pro-russian militia commander in the occupied city luhansk. on the ground the going remains tough, acknowledging they're barely making any progress even as they release this drone footage purporting to show massive losses of russian armor. >> i'm sure that we will have success, it's difficult. >> reporter: while both sides continue

fred pleitgen is there with the latest. >> president biden turned 81 today. he made a few jokes about his age during annual thanksgiving turkey. this picture was posted on the presidents instagram account, a birthday quick ablaze with candles, comment reads, thanks for the birthday well wishes today everyone. turns out, on your 146th birthday, you run out of space for candles. white house tonight leading into what is considered one of biden's biggest political liabilities, his age. right now, he is showing poorly in the polls, particularly amongst younger voters. they backed him in 2020 by about 20 points. polls now show that's supports collapsing. a new one from nbc shows former president, the former president, donald trump, leading president biden 46 to 42% amongst 18 to 34-year-olds. what is more, 70% of young voters disapprove of biden's handling of the israel-hamas war. the white house press secretary was asked about that disapproval today by our mj lee. this is what she said. >> what i will be very clear about is we're not going to govern by polls here.

>> fred pleitgen, thank you. >>> coming up next, not one, but two donald trump sons taking the stand in new york city in new york civil fraud case facing the business. some tense moments as they responded to accusations of completely lying about the value of the company's assets. next. >>> in a new york courtroom today, the former president's two adult sons took the stand in a case of fraud in the family business. the two helped run the organization while their father was in the white house. they along with a former president and other executives were accused of overvaluing properties to win favorable terms from a bank. they admitted to banks and insurance companies clearly contained invalid valuation that the defendants used to get business. eric grew tense as he was pressed about his understanding of his father's financial statements. earlier donald trump jr. wrapped up his second day of testimony, repeatededly saying the company's accountants, not him handle the company's statements. how did the testimony unfold? >> well, anderson, it began with donald trump jr. on the stand. he w

cnn's fred pleitgen is with us now from iceland. looking at all of the emergency crews behind you there, fred. give us a sense of what is happening right now and whether they're telling you how imminent an eruption might be? >> that's exactly what they're saying. they still believe it's highly likely a large eruption will happen in the not-too-distant future. they're using that word "imminent," and that's something that hasn't changed over the past couple of days and hasn't changed right now. in fact, one of the things that was interesting that a couple of folks here are telling us, they say they're seeing a sort of pattern that they saw before, a major eruption in 2021, as well now in this case, also. they say that the earthquakes have become a little bit less than they have in the last couple of days and that's exactly what they saw in 2021, just before the magma then burst through the earth's surface. that's something that could happen in the area that you see right behind me. you're absolutely right, kim, we are at that final ch

fred pleitgen has always been president biden's calling card. this is one of the things that really was central to his election in 2022. restore america's place in the world. and china was always going to be at the very center of that. of course, for any president, events get in the way. events intervene. ukraine and now the middle east. china is still so central to everything he is doing. but every move he is making there throughout the time of the summit, them walking side by side, shaking hands. everything is top of mind as he is running for re-election again. he turns 81 years old on monday. we are told that he wished the wife of president xi jinping a happy birthday. her birthday is the same day as president biden. but that points out the fact he does turn 81 on monday. every step he makes he is watched very carefully. but, again, this is something that diplomacy is something he wants to be doing. he wants to be focused on this rather than other domestic challenges. but we are being told that fentanyl was a central part of this conversation

fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: nature's brute force punching through the ground. ahead of what could be a massive volcanic eruption threatening the entire town. residents are on the run, like paul peterson who evacuated his wife and three small children. >> reporter: you had to leave quickly? >> friday night. >> reporter: what was that like? >> horrible. >> reporter: iceland is in a hot spot where magma breaks through the earth's crust and can result in eruptions. what happens here can affect large parts of the globe. in 2010, ash spewed into the atmosphere by a volcano here brought transatlantic air travel to a standstill for weeks. iceland's government says this time around, the effects could also be devastating with grindavik and a power plant nearby, that provides energy to iceland's main international airport in the possible path of lava. authorities here are concerned about the town that has been evacuated and about the power plant here in this area. they are working 24/7 to dig a trench to redirect the lava if it comes to the surface. government experts are

as fred pleitgen reports, he cites the intervention of vladimir putin and the support of russian positionhe palestinian cause. >> reporter: israel is rejoicing over the hostages released in the prisoner swap with hamas, almost exclusively women and children. only one military age male israeli has been set free so far pictured in this hamas video showing the exchange with the red cross. he's also a russian citizen and his brother thanked the russian government for making the release happen. >> translator: we see what russians can do. they helped us and we believe they can help others too. >> reporter: his aunt told israeli media he escaped his captors after the house he was koept in was bombed but he was apprehended by hamas again after four days. his release now was not part of the larger prisoner swap agreement between israel and hamas. it happened thanks to moscow's good relations with hamas' leadership, russian officials say. his release was possible following direct intensive contact between our diplomats and hamas representatives, russia's ambassador to israel. after hamas' october 7

fred pleitgen, nn, vienna. >>> new polling in the u.s. showing president biden slipping in the polls in key battleground states in a hypothetical 2024 electionon m match-up agagainstr presesident trumump. >>> today m the 2024 u.s. presidential election, and fresh polling numbers out of several key battleground states show former president trump beating president biden among registered voters. you can see here trump leads biden in nevada, georgia, arizona and michigan. but we should note with the margin of error factored in, there is no clear winner in a pennsylvania or wisconsin match-up. even though we're a year away from election day, it's already on the minds of many arab american voters, especially as tensions escalate in the middle east. cnn's dianne gallagher explains why. >> reporter: it's not a statement she ever thought she'd make. >> i voted for biden. >> and are you going to vote for him again in 2024? >> if you would have asked me a month ago, i would have said absolutely, 100%, no doubt about it. honestly, the past two weeks

. >> fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> still to come here on cnn, detained in israel for almost a month.estinian workers from gaza are rushed in the wake of the hamas attacks are now accusing the idf of abuse andnd torture.. >> welcome back. in the days after the october 7th hamas attack, israeli security forces arrested hundreds of palestinian workers from gaza, many are now accusing the israelis of abuse and torture while being detained. cnn's nada bashir has our report. a warning, the images in her report disturbing. >> bound, blindfolded, some even stripped. in this video the jeers of israeli soldiers, abusing and mocking palestinian workers from gaza, detained in israel just days after the beginning of the war. at the -- crossing, men wait anxiously, hoping that their brothers, fathers, sons, are among the palestinian workers who have finally been returned to gaza by the israeli military. thousands of gazan workers like these men had their permits to work in israel revoked after the october 7th hamas attack. but with no option but to return home, many attempted to flee to the occupi

. >> fred pleitgen, cnn. >> coming up for us, dozens of a trucks entered gaza through the rafah border causing tuesday, but more awaiting in egypt to get through. latest on the humanitarian crisis in gaza. aid workers in gaza city the stories coming out of that refugee camp, are simply horrific. this really defense forces targeted that heavy populated camp, with airstrikes tuesday. saying they killed a hot top hamas commanders. the strike killed an unknown number of civilians, and laid waste as you can see there, to parts of the camp. doctors without borders say young children came to the hospital with deep wounds, and severe burns. one man, just 100 meters from the camps that he saw children carrying other injured children. bodies hanging in the rubble, and hysterical dazed civilians. cnn's wolf blitzer, as the idf spokesperson why the camp was targeted? >> do you know there are a lot of refugees, is innocent civilians in the refugee camp as well? >> this is the tragedy of war wolf, as you know we've been seeing for days -- >> as israel does ramp out air strikes and gaza, the u.s. def

. >> sure, fred pleitgen, thank you. >>> and a circus lion escapes in italy and roamed the streets for hours before being tracked down and captured. it is a wild story. we'll tell you about it when we comeme back. >>> this lion named kimba is finally back in its cage after escaping from the circus. a little bittersweet on this one. but he was roaming the heavily populated streets a rome suburb. >> he was on the loose for hours. putting the community on edge. before finally being krcaptured. we have the story. >> reporter: it may seem straight out of a film but it happened in real life in the seaside town in italy. a 8-year-old male lion named kimba escaped a local traveling circus and roamed the town which is about 12 miles west with a population of a little over 40,000 people. it roomed the town for about five hours an the mayor calling for people to stay inside and make sure their children were safe while they tried to capture this male lion. now they were finally able to shoot it with a dart and sedate it while they captured it and returned it to the circus. now the use of live anim

cnn's fred pleitgen is near an evacuated town close to the mountain in question. fred, scientists are obviously watching the situation very closely. what's the latest they're saying about when an eruption might happen? >> reporter: well, they think that it certainly could be imminent. you mentioned that number of 700 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. the interesting thing about that, john, is that is fewer earthquakes than we have seen over the past couple of days. sunday, it was 2,000 earthquakes in a single day. the scientists say that could be a sign of an imminent eruption because they believe that magma is rising to the top, toward the earth's crust quickly, and that's why there's fewer earthquakes. but that magma could burst through at any time. >> reporter: it's a race against time. residents only have a few minutes to gather items, then they have to get out fast. the town in southwestern iceland is right in the path of a possible volcanic eruption. >> you had to leave quickly? >> yeah. friday night. >> what was that like? >> it was horrible. >> reporter: th

fred pleitgen is "outfront." >> reporter: as israel's military continues its war against hamas, russian leader vladimir putin is framing the conflict as part of a global struggle of america and the west against the rest of the world. >> translator: it's the current ruling elites of the united states and their satellites that are the main beneficiaries of global instability. they extract their blood toll from it. >> reporter: while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7th raid on southern israel, killing more than 1,400 and taking hundreds of hostages including russians, russia invited a high-level hamas delegation to moscow for meetings. the group would give preference to captives from what they call their, quote, russian friends, said the group's leader. >> translator: this request from russia we treat more positively and attentively than others, due to our nature of our relations with russia. >> reporter: so far, no russian hostages appear to have been released. still, moscow not criticizing hamas, instead, ripping only into israel for the many palestinians

fred pleitgen, cnn, vienna. >> and a muslim american advocacy group is reporting close to 400% increase in islamophobic incidents since the october 7th hamas attacks. the council on american islamic relations says it has recorded nearly 800 incidents targeting muslims, palestinians, and arabs across the united states. the white house announced plans on wednesday for a national strategy to counter islamophobia, still many groups have denounced what they say is president biden's pro israel stance since the conflict began. with that, we wiwill takake a st break.k. in a a moment, an n upcoming adjusted the leader of hezbollah who has been unusually quiet since the start of t the w war with hamamas, evn though h his forces have been exchanging fire with the israelis. more on that in a moment. >> -- unusually silent in recent weeks, but now the leader of hezbollah is expected to make his first public remarks since fighting erupted between israel and hamas last month. many from the united states to israel will be watching for any signs of the iran-backed militant groups intentions. more now fr

fred pleitgen is joining us live. not every day that you hear about things like this, that you see entire towns evacuated. and officials there are calling the area you're in a danger zone. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, they certainly are. and you're right, very rarely you see something like this. of course we know that iceland is an area that has a lot of volcanic activity, but the big issue that they have right now is that this volcanic activity is taking place in a place where a lot of people live and also where there is a really big geothermal power plant as well. so it is a huge issue here, very dangerous situation. here is what we're learning. nature's brute force punching through the ground, cracking roads and houses here in grindavik threatening the entire town. residents are on the run like paul peterson who evacuated his wife and three small children. >> young family, yeah. >> you had to leave quickly? >> yeah, friday night. >> what was that like? >> it was horrible. >> reporter: iceland is in what

. >> really important story, fred pleitgen, thank you. >>> america's top diplomat is back in israel this morning, antony blinken, balancing support for israel's war with hamas, but protecting civilians in gaza. what can he achieve? that's next. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. >>> in sports this morning steelers sending fans home happy with a win over the titans, not easy getting there, down by three, kenny pickett leading pittsburgh on a 92 yard drive ending on this touchdown, you see the touchdown pass to dionne day johnson was his first td catch since 2021, steelers taking the lead there but then a really carry moment for tennessee. wide receiver tray lon burkes trying to catch this pass, his head hits hard on that turf. he would remain down, a stretcher brought out to the field to take him off, burkes giving a thumbs up

our fred pleitgen is there with a bird's eye view. >> reporter: taking off straight to the emergency zone, we're on a mission with iceland's coast guard to the already affected area by what could soon be a massive volcanic eruption. >> you can see how everything here is on edge, but of course the authorities are doing everything they can to save the town and save the infrastructure. >> reporter: the town is called grindavik. massive cracks in the roads show places where pressure from underground magma stream has already burned through the earth's crust. the ground uneven, as the crew says they've been observing the rift widening in the past days. >> we see differences between days. we see -- sometimes we see the crack a little bit wider. >> reporter: grindavik was evacuated and could soon be completely destroyed by hot lava, authorities fear. >> from up here, you can already see just how extensive the damage already is for the town of grindavik. and that crack you see runs all the way to the ocean. >> reporter: iceland is in an area of massive volcanic activity. while this part of th