i'm kate bolduan with omar jim jimenez. sara and john are off. >>> the israeli war cabinet is announcing that they will be gathering this morning, and voting on a deal to get the israeli hostages released by hamas in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israel. an announcement could come as soon as today about the culmination of this. and the number of hostages could be significant. a u.s. official says this is the closest they have been to a deal since the terror group kidnapped the innocent civilians in the october 7th attack. two israeli sources tell cnn is the names of who would be released, but regardless, it does appear that it will be a significant number, and potentially 50 women and children currently held in gaza in exchange, three palestinian prisoners could be released for every one hostage set free. on top of that, the swaps would be coming in a four to five-day pause in fighting. that is just some of the details of what this potential deal is starting to look like. we will get over to the white house, and mj

cnn's omar jimenez is in lewiston.his promises to be an emotional visit. >> reporter: it really does. president biden is expected to appear alongside the first lady, dr. jill biden, and the governor here in maine. a little bit more than a week after these shootings actually happened, and to give you an idea of what this community has been trying to process, i mean, we are outside the facility that houses the bowling alley which is where the first of the shootings actually happened. you can see people actually they've been coming over the course of the day to lay flowers and remembrances here at a curb that has been littered with messages of support, signs, hearts, you drive throughout this town you see essentially the state of maine with a heart over where lewiston is here in this particular part of the state. to give you an idea of what president biden is going to be doing today, he will first meet with first responders, then he's going to make some remarks and then meet with victim families as well over the course of

that was omar jimenez reporting.ll keep running tests to look for a connection between the brain and eye that would indicate sight of any kind. >>> in college football, one of the game's highest paid coaches is out of a job. texas a&m fired jimbo fisher sunday, almost six years after hiring him away from florida state, where he led the se seminoles to a national championship. he had 45 wins and 25 losses. this season, the team is 6-4 overall, with two games remaining. fisher was making $9 million a year and his firing will cost the school roughly $76 million to buy out the rest of his contract. the school's athletic director called the finances behind the decision monumental. >>> megan rapinoe appears to be dealing with a serious injury that forced her out of her final professional match on saturday. in the opening minutes of the national women's soaker league championship, she went down with a noncontact injury and remained on the turf before limping off the field. her team lost 2-1. she suspects she tore her ach ac

. >> cnn's omar jimenez is in lewiston, maine, for us this afternoon. omar, what more can you tell us about the president and first lady's visit? >> yeah, so literally seconds ago, you can see over my shoulder the amount of people from the lewiston community and surrounding area that were here to greet the president as he passed through. he did not get out and shake any hands or anything like that, but you can see the tail end of the motorcade. we are at the bowling alley, what was the first site of the pair of mass shootings that happened a little bit over a week ago now. and where these people are standarding across the street what we've seen are memorials to the people, the 18 killed here. also signs of strengths and support, a symbol of the state of maine with a heart over lewiston, a sign that says simply be nice pointing of course to the sensitivity of the time and what this community has been through. the president was just at right before he got here at schemengees bar and grille which was the second site of the pair of mass shootings that happen

i'm omar jimenez. it is wednesday, november 8. and it is a great day for democrats. they may still be celebrating victories that they notched in elections across the country. in ohio a decisive vote in favor of enshrinie ing the right to abortion in the state's constitution. this has been a proven winner for democrats since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. >> there was no choice. we had to win. we had to end the ban. winning was our only option and we did it together. >> abortion was also a major factor in virginia where cnn projects democrats will now control both houses of the state legislature. in the governor's race in deep red kentucky, andy beshear fended off his republican challenger daniel cameron. >> this wasn't my win. this was our victory. it was a victory that sends a loud clear message, a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. >> so with all of that good news for democrats, republicans also scored some wins tuesday. in mississippi tate reeves bea

omar jimenez, thank you for to this story. >>> california has the highest rate of homelessness in theountry, and often living among the thousands of unsheltered people are their beloved pets. top ten cnn hero kwane stewart has made it his mission to offer veterinary care at no cost on the streets of california. >> i have seen people give up their last meal for their pets. people who have $3 to their name. after i am done with the treatment they will try to give me that $3. this is your partner, obviously? >> my best friend. >> they see me with my stethoscope and bag. >> yeah, you look good. >> this little dog was days away from dying. and then they start sharing stories about their dog and history. >> he makes me feel good. and he loves me. and i know he loves me. >> i can treat about 80% of the cases i see out of a really small bag. >> vaccines too? that's cool. >> it's antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, flea and tick, heartworm prevention. no cost to them. it's free. i'm building a network of trusted volunteers, technicians, but hospitals and clinics we can call on. it doesn't matter

i'm omar=j jimenez. we begin in gaza where urgent humanitarianh crisis is worsening. the situation is growing more desperate for the health care c" system. the palestinian red crescent gaza's second largest hospital al-quds is out of service.ok and many medical centers have become shelters for thousands of people displaced by the e fighting. israel defense forces opened an evacuation corridor and for the first time since thursday, foreign nationals were able to4 evacuate gaza at rafah.çz and nine palestinian patients were also allowed into egypt for tleemt. >> reporter: we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cnn this morning saying thatand? >> reporter: we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cnn this morning saying that no jz why it would. but we've had no confirmation that the offer to remove children anÁbabies from th al-shifaal hospital in the hear of gaza city, whether that has come to fruition. as you mentioned, there were a number of people who were allowed to leave through the rafah crossing into egypt including nine palestinians]p w were four sdult a

omar jimenez, cnn, lewiston, maine. >>> an appeals court has issued a temporary freeze on a gag order that kept donald trump from speaking out about his federal election subversion case. the former president can now publicly criticize possible witnesses in the criminal case. paula reid has more. >> reporter: in just over two weeks, a three-judge panel here in washington will hear arguments about whether or not this gag order is constitutional. and while that is pending, the former president is not subject to these specific restrictions. judge tanya chutkan, the judge overseeing the election subversion case here in washington, the case filed by special counsel jack smith, she imposed these restrictions at the request of prosecutors. most defendants know they are not supposed to attack witnesses or go after the prosecutor, but the special counsel's office asked for a broader set of restrictions on trump after he made a series of statements appearing to attack the judge, witnesses, and prosecutors. now, his lawyers have argued that these restrictions are unconstitutional, that they viola

cnn correspondent omar jimenez is joining us with more. there's a lot in this complaint. what else is said in this complaint? and this is in civil court, correct? >> civil court as of now. and look, there are a lot of allegations here. one, that she alleges he was physically violent toward her, that he controlled all aspects of her life, that at one point when she tried to break up with him in 2018, she says he forced his way into her home and raped her. also, she alleges he made her perform sex trafficking acts. there's a lot here, and they first met back in '05 when she was 19, he was 37, and she says back then, it began a lifestyle of heavy drinking and drug use that she says she was brought in by diddy, the effects of which she feels today. i want to read part of the statement she has put out so far. she said after years of silence and darkness, i'm finally ready to tell my story and speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships. now, timing-wise, her statement also mentioned the new york adult survi

omar hi jimenez, what are you saying?as far as we know, diddy not being investigated, because they don't have a complaint on file as of now. and this complaint that we are talking about is a federal civil complaint, and in this, this is when cassie alleges that over the more than a decade period that he was physically abusive, that he forced her into sex trafficking acts, and controlled every aspect of her life, and in 2018, she alleges that when she tried to break up with him, diddy forced himself into her home, and raped her. they felt in 2005 and she was 19 and he was 37, and around then she became engrossed and alleges because of him in this lifestyle of heavy drug use and heavy alcohol use, and she still feels the effects of it today. now a little bit of the statement she put out says that after years of silence and darkness, i am finally ready to tell my story and speak up on behalf of myself and the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships. >> how is combs responding to this? >> the

i'm kate bolduan with omar jimenez. this is cnn "news central." this morning, secretary of state tony blinken says that israel must do more to protect palestinian civilians and seen as one of the most direct condemnations so far of the civilian death toll of the hamas-israel war. and this as strikes hit a hospital in gaza. watch this. explosions were seen near two hospitals where israel says that hamas has placed some of the headquarters underneath in tunnels. just a few miles away, and parent shelling was felt at gaza's largest hospital, and then a fourth hpospital for children has been surrounded by tanks as israel is pushing further in. we go to oren liebermann in tel aviv. these comments from secretary blinken, and are you hearing any comments from israeli officials yet? >>, we have not heard any comments yet, but as you point out, this is some of the most vocal criticism we have seen of the israeli operations in gaza and the coastal enclave as they operations around the gaza strip. now they say it is not time for a cease-fire according to the

omar jimenez, thanks so much for bringing that to us. stayay with "newews central.l."e're back i in just a moment. >>> all right, we have some exciting news to share. we love these. our colleague sara murray has welcomed a healthy son. sarah says that archer, andrew, paul, art -- came wailing into the world. also mussed his due date by a few names. >> his two middle names come from his paternal and maternal grandfather and also the name of a taylor swift song. maybe archer attended no

coming up, i'm kate baldwin with omar jimenez. this is "cnn news central." >>> it is very close.s the word from a u.s. official to cnn, and the word also now from two israeli sources, a hostage deal could be announced as soon as today. there seems to be a lot of moving parts and a lot of things happening at one. listen to the latest and urgent painstaking work to get the hostages released. innocent victims were kidnapped on october 7th. here's what john kirby said. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens we know are being held hostage. everybody should be out now, but here we are in negotiation, and we're getting closer to the end, we believe, of that negotiation, so again, i'm going to be careful. >> the israeli prime minister's office just announced the war cabinet will meet this morning in about two hours about the negotiations. overnight, the political chief for hamas are, in their words, close to reaching a truce agreement with israel. however much weight you want to put on what a hamas leader says. mj lee is standing by. >> we are told that an announcement i

cnn's omar jimenez is on the scene for us in lewiston. omar, president biden is now set to meet with some of the victim's families. set the scene for us as we're watching all of this unfold. >> yeah, well, president biden just finished those remarks not too far from us right now, and as we understand he is going to meet with the families of some of the victims killed in these pair of shootings that happened a little bit over a week ago now. just based on the people we've spoken to now it appears that they're glad he's here to at least be the consoler in chief as he's done many times and even as president biden mentioned in his remarks he's had to do it at places all across the country whether it's buffalo or uvalde or monterey park as well, and so he offered that familiar wound that was opened yet again after these particular shootingsch to give you a sense what he's done today, he's met with first responders, nurses, some of those on the front lines of these pair of shootings and then went over to schemengees bar and grille which is one o

. ♪ ♪ >>> this just in, omar jimenez is look into this. the nypd is not actively investigating sean "diddy" combs. according to the sources, this after the r & b singer casey ventura has filed a lawsuit against her. and the allegations against him are truly shocking. she was his girlfriend and she says in a lawsuit that combs repeatedly abused her and beat her when she tried to leave him, and forcibly having her have sex with other mean, and let to his life for allegations that are extremely shocking. and joey, this is extremely shocking, with sean combs and the names, p.-diddy, puffy, and he is an icon in the business, but this is civil and not criminal at this point, right? >> yes, absolutely. sara, what is happening is explosive allegations within the complaint, and to be clear, it is a civil lawsuit which lays out chapter and verse, and what she is caming about his conduct and so this is filed in southern district court of and leads to damages, monetary damages if it is proven. that is distinguishable if it were a criminal prosecution

i'm omar jimenez in for fredericka whitfield. we begin this hour with the u.s. barreling toward another potential government shutdown. the clock is ticking. there are now just five days for congress to,a vert a shutdown of the federal government. newly elected speaker mike johnson has announce a two-step plan to fund the government and it is running into opposition from democrats and some republicans. cnn's manu raju has the details. >> speaker mike johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling the plan to keep the government open with just a handful of days before the end of the week deadline, but already facing fire from his right flank who members of the house freedom caucus concerned about the lack of spending cuts. democrats didn't want any spending cuts and would vote against it and it would not have aid to israel and they're criticizing the unconventional approach by johnson and some agencies would be funded until mid-january and others until early-february and this is an unusual approach, but one johnson says can help achieve their legislative objective

i'm kate bolduan with omar jimenez. john and sara are off.s is "cnn news central." ♪ ♪ >>> we are closely following the breaking news of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. it's just about 16 hours from now. the air strikes and the fighting that we have seen is still happening this morning, and it will temporarily stop for at least four days. and then according to the agreement, a significant number of hostages who have now been held in gaza for nearly 50 days will be released, this in exchange for palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails and also more aid trucks being able to come through and into gaza. >> right now we don't know which hostages will be freed, but president biden says the deal should bring home americans. we've got team coverage standing by in israel. cnn anchor kaitlan collins lead us off this hour. so, kaitlan, are you learning anything new about lodgist beings and how this will actually happen here? >> they're trying to figure that out, what the details of this are going to look like. we've gotten broad out

i'm omar jimenez. we begin with the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza as calls for a ceasefire are mounting. right now israeli troops say they are engaged in ongoing intense fighting against hamas near one of gaza's major medical centers. al shifa hospital has already been hit by artillery fire. the idf has denied the claim by one official in gaza that the hospital is under complete siege with staff and patients unable to evacuate. gaza's biggest hospital is now out of service. the situation on the ground is growing more dire by the day for civilians. the red cross says gaza's health care system has passed the point of no return. but israel is pushing ahead with its attacks. the idf says their soldiers have now captured 11 hamas military posts. today thousands were able to move south during a seven-hour evacuation window. it was the first straight day israel has opened evacuation corridors in northern gaza. at the same time arab and islamic leaders met in saudi arabia. in a joint statement, they're d

omar jimenez is joining us, and what do we know about more threats yesterday? >> yes, the president said that there was another concerning crime alert that came across yesterday which was unsubstantiated, but it added to the stress of what seemed to be a tense campus, and it is part of the reason that the university is canceling the classes friday to acknowledging how tense things have been there, and including as you have said a student accused of federal charges making the online posts threatening to kill and injure jewish people on campus. in response, the university president outlined many things to try to do to help the anti-semitic threats on campus, and including responding rapidly and forcefully to threats and responding to anti-semitism experts on campus to prevent doxing which is to sdisseminate private information of people. and so we have seen not just at cornell, but a rise across the country in islamicphobic incidents. >> it is not going to be over any time soon. thank you. >>> and donald trump jr. has arrived at the new york courthouse and he is

i'm kate bolduan with omar jimenez. john and sara are off. this is cnn news central. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the breaking news. there is an agreement, a truce, it's being called to soon see dozens of hostages free from captivity. they have been held by hamas for some seven weeks meaning right now there are families including american families waiting, hoping, praying that their loved ones are among the group that will be coming out in the coming days. as part of this truce, here is what we are told. a four-day pause in fighting will begin roughly 17 hours from now. hamas is then expected to begin releasing 15 women and children captive in gaza. in return, israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. >> before the truce begins tomorrow morning israel is continuing its assault on hamas targets. these are brand-new images. we want to show you them here of what rafah and southern gaza looks like right now. the images will come up shortly here. you see the smoke there on your screen. the plumes rising and that was just last hour and it

i'm omar jimenez sitting in for fredicka whitfield. we begin with heavy shelling and fighting in gaza putting emergency centers in emergency situations. the red crescent society said gaza's second largest hospital is out of service due to the dep please of supplies. israel defense forces say they're enabling safe passage from gaza's hospitals, but medics say it's too dangerous to leave because of intense fighting. with civilian casualties mounting, today israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu told cnn the lives lost fall squeri on the shoulders of hamas. >> i think any civilian slos is a tragedy and the blame should be placed squarely on hamas. it prevents them from leaving the zone. the other day, to prevent palestinians from leaving harm's way, it puts rockets inside schools, hospitals. it has tunnels below children's beds. this is what we're dealing with. so obviously we can't give them i'm munlt. >> today for the first time since thursday, foreign nationals were able to evacuate at the raff far crossing. we are correspondents sta

let's take you live to lewiston with cnn's omar jimenez, and what are we anticipating from the president's visit? >> reporter: yeah, we're anticipating president biden to meet with first responders and nurses and basically those on the front lines of these shootings that happened a little bit more than a week ago. he's now expected to make his way here to just outside the just in time recreation center, which is where the first of the two mass shootings happen on that wednesday night. he's going to make some remarks there for meeting with the families of the victims killed in these shootings. at least 18 killed in total, others injured, and some as you mentioned still recovering in the hospital. what we've seen over the course of today is a community trying to come to grips with what happened, again, just a little more than a week ago now. signs everywhere you look. even just outside the bowling alley behind me, along the curb pumpkins with decorations that say things like lewiston strong, hearts as well, messages written to the people that were killed here, even the symbol of the state of

omar jimenez is live with more details on this. tell us what we know. >> yeah. what we're learning is the new york police department says they don't have an active investigation against diddy and that's important because that would give us clues into any criminal investigation here. these accusations coming in his former girlfriend are on the civil side at the federal level and they are very serious allegations. among tem, she says that diddy was physically violent toward her, controlled all aspects of her life. also forced her into sex trafficking acts. and that when she tried to leave him in 2018 he forced his way into her home and raped her. those are part of her allegations. now you're showing a little bit of some of the statement she's put out to this point, but said that after years in silence and darkness, i am finally ready to tell my story and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships. now, as you can imagine, folks from diddy's camp, lawyers in particular, saying that these cla

i'm kate bolduan with omar jim jimenez. >>> we start at the white house where congress has one week to avoid a government shutdown, and this is because they barely reached a deal last time which gave them where they could only get it together to get the government funding for 45 days. t this time, it is also a new house speaker who is now forced to navigate the choppy political waters that are not just between the democrats and republicans on any day, but also from within the house republican conference as well. a source is telling cnn that the house republicans could release text for a potential funding bill as early as tomorrow. let's get back to cnn lauren fox who is on capitol hill. lauren, will that funding bill have any legs and any chance of survival? >> well, that is the key question, because we don't know what speaker johnson is actually going to release in that text, kate, and that why it is such an anticipated move by house republicans, because all week, we have been hearing from the conservatives who want the two-step approach with two various deadlines where the various ag