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Begin on the border with gaza with the clock is ticking down to an Israeli Ground offensive, what negotiations continue to tried free more than 200 hostages being held by hamas and other militant groups in gaza. Sources say those negotiations appear to reached an impasse, with a mask demands for fuel. Israel says that is a nonstarter, at the same time israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have reassure troops who have been on standby for more than two weeks, the Ground Offensive is still on track with just one goal to smash hamas in retaliation for the militant groups attack on october 7th which killed more than 1400 civilians. Even before any ground incursion unrelenting israeli airstrikes have had a devastating impact on gaza, and more than 2 million palestinians who live there are now facing a dire humanitarian crisis. On tuesday, only eight of the expected 28 trucks crossed over from egypt. As the civilian death toll in gaza climbs, higher the Jansen Qatari General Antonio Guterres is con for any mandy humanitarian ceasefire, bringing angry backlash from israeli diplomats. Guterres said the appalling acts of hamas to not just the highways collective punishment of the Palestinian People, and a delivered sofi to gas as a small match the enormous need. The humanitarian release is into gaza, but it is a drop of aid in an ocean of need. In addition, our human full supplies in gaza in a matter of days, and that will be another disaster. Without fuel, aid cannot be delivered. Hospitals will not have power. And Drinking Water cannot be purified, or even pumped. Humanitarian assistance from gazas coming by the rafah Border Crossing with egypt, with other israeli crossings remain closed. Now the images appear to show the additions or sealing the crossing point with cement slabs and between a convoy. Cnns Tom Abdelaziz has more on the civilians caught in the cross fire, and a, warning her story contains graphic images. Moments after an overnight strike in gaza, stunned survivors stumble out. People nearby rush to help. There is no ambulance, we have to get people, out the man shouts. Men dig with bare hands. It is dark, and dusty. The screams are jarring. Look at the, children look at the children, he says. It is sheer chaos, and carnage. This is the aftermath of just one of the hundreds of bombings that matter the strip, the scene captured by a journalist. Israel says, it is targeting hamas, and aims to wipe out the group, palestinians aid agencies say it is civilians that are dying by the hundreds. Drone footage shows entire neighborhoods already leveled by the near constant bombardment, nothing is spared. Schools, mosques, shelters, medical centers all struck according to the United Nations. Gaza is all too familiar with war, but has never seen it on this scale. And for survivors, there is a little life left here. Is now an orphan, but far too what did this little boy do . An Airstrike Hit his house while he was, sleeping as uncle says. His whole family was killed. He is the only survivor. Stop this. Stop this suffering. There are calls for israel to pause hostilities, but the idf is only ramping up its tax and preparing for what is expected to be a full on Ground Invasion of the enclave. They say they can endure no more. He says, nearly 50 members of his extended family are killed after they followed israels evacuation instructions. We were hosting our family from the north 50 to 70 people because it was supposed to be safe, he says. But at dawn, our home was bombed, we do not know what to do we have lost our minds. Gaza is play for relief. The cries of anguish here are so far unheard. The bloodshed wont stop. Some abdelaziz, cnn, london. Joining, us Elliott Gotkine is live for us from london, so, elliott the thing about gaza is just when you think things are about as bad, they tend to get worse. That is a shortage of fuel. Hospitals are closing, the agency says it will support incoming, hours and this is the crunch moment for gaza. John, just because things have gotten, worse it does not mean they cant get even worse than they are, now especially if and when this expected Ground Invasion takes place. We understand that at least six hospitals are closed already, the United Nations Relief Agency and Palestinian Refugee says it will half operations by this evening on wednesday evening, it does not get Fuel Supplies, a fuel is not allowed in from israels perspective, as weve heard them say repeatedly, if you will not be allowed into the gaza strip because it believes that hamas and other militant groups will simply take it, and used it to continue to fire rockets at israeli communities, and support their own war machine. But of course as he calls for a cease fire as the humanitarian situation gets worth and death rises in the gaza strip, is reaching deafening levels. We heard that u. S. Secretary general Antonio Guterres yesterday, calling on israel to engage to impose a ceasefire, humanitarian ceasefire. This really sparked a furious not simply for the call for the ceasefire, but because of some of the other comments saying that hamas is terrorist a tax of October The 7th did not have been in a vacuum, and they happened after 56 years of what he said, was suffocating occupation by the israelis. Thats worked a response from israels ambassador to the United Nations, calling on mr. Guterres to resign immediately, saying he is not fit to need the United Nations, and accusing him of tolerating terrorism. It seems from israels perspective right, now as we wait for this gravitation to happen, as we have been waiting for more than two weeks were to happen, that such is the diplomatic pressure for israel to not go into, do not make the situation or us on a humanitarian level. Israels problem is that it doesnt feel it has achieved an eighth of objectives. Its objectives are to specialists and there was a Prime Minister monumental in yahoo and attack on the scale of it it only to be the seventh to free the more than 200 hostages that are being held by hamas and militant groups. And Stop Rocket Fire from happening, it we of still seen and even just yesterday, there was an infiltration they said from a the tunnel into the seat north of the gaza strip, which the idf says it took out. So they are still infiltration, still rocket, Fire Hostages still being, how israel hasnt achieved its objectives, and against that backdrop despite a deteriorating humanitarian situation, it is hard to see how israel is going to sell some kind of humanitarian ceasefire to the israeli public when hasnt achieved any thoughts of objectives. John . Elliott gotkine live for us in london. Will the israeli message to the eu and has not let up until all hostages are released. In recent days, hamas has set free for women, to american, to israeli. Now we are doing more details about her ordeal in gaza, or she says hamas underground to a vast network of tunnels, she, said like a spider web. Details now from cnns bianca nobilo. It was a i could not have known. An 85 year old grandmother one of the two israeli hostages released by hamas monday night expressed not taking the hamas threat seriously. The lack of awareness by the idf and won three weeks before hand. They sent balloons, and the idf did not treat it seriously. Safely reunited with her daughter, she detailed the horror that unfolded in her home. All of a sudden on the saturday morning, everything was very quiet. There was a hard pounding on the settlement. I was kidnapped on a motorbike homicide, while they were driving towards guys are in the field. In the two weeks, she was held hostage in hamass Secretive Knit Work Of Underground upon her release, her testimony of the traumatic ordeal extraordinary, from core to displace humanitarian from her captors. When we got there, they told us they believed in the quran, and would not, harmless and they would give us the same conditions that they had inside the tunnels. For each of, us there was a guard. They took care of every detail. There were women who knew and they took care of everything there. She was released inside her female neighbor, but her husband remain solid in gaza. Her freedom, a relief for and glimmer of hope for the families whove loved ones remain as hostages under hamas. Her experience now a potentially critical insight into hamass spiderweb of tunnels, and behaviors, planning, and objectives of a group which shocked the world with our capabilities, preparedness, and brutality on October The 7th. We are not, below, london. And joining us now is christopher, Senior Vice President with the which advises both governments, and the private sector about global security. Hes also the u. S. Governments former director of hostage, rescue and recovery. Christopher, thank you for being with us. Good to be here. So a Hostage Negotiations between hamas and israel are taking place by qatar and egypt, cnn reports as part of the negotiations, hamas once more fuel allowed into the coastal enclave, according to a person familiar with groups demands. Israeli officials have made clear publicly, that is not negotiable. Explaining why. The government decision is a field is not going, because it will get stolen by hamas, and it will be used by them to power rockets that are fired into israel. So right now, are the odds pretty slim of any kind of breakthrough here . That is the bottom line of break free them if they dont . So yes. They are jammed either way. They have to continue negotiations of hamas, being very calculated on everything they are doing. The release of the hostages to this point, has been calculated. It is a ability of first to show some discord, and a little friction between the United States and israel. Now releasing two elderly israeli citizens, also creating some doubt within israel for the hostage families asking things to be delayed, so there is other opportunities but the negotiations of to continue for israel, it is an opportunity to get some small victories, but also to gather enough information and intelligence about where the other hostages are. Also, identifying all of them. Not all hostages or potential hostages are fully identified. So negotiations are an opportunity to gather information as well. There are you touched on it, these hostages of a number of Different Countries as and not all of them are being held by hamas other Military Groups like small number as, well scattered cross gaza. So how much more complicated this all of this make negotiations . It is quite a bit more complicated, and first off, it is more islamist and more radical than hamass, or the hamas probably change that calculus a little bit on but Palestinian Islamic jihad is an extension one out of egyptian you know, if you peel that back a, bit some of the founders of alqaeda came from the ig, and they are very militant, very islamist, and traditionally hamas has been a bit more nationalistic and with is lamost leaning on the that has been turned unattended in recent weeks. Trying to negotiate with hamas, who does not have control of all the hostages, it makes it much more challenging negotiation to try to get all of the hostages out at some point. And right now, more than 300,000 israeli troops arrested at the border with, cross that the idf says they are ready for a Ground Offensive. That level of readiness comes with a time limit. So, how much more time can these negotiations have from a Military Point of view . And it was the offensive begins, or the chances of rescuing the hostages . Any kind of operation . Going in the gaza is going to be extremely difficult and complex. Having spent time in places like and gaza is much denser because they had limited geography in gaza. They built buildings up where as if you look across the middle east, most middle east cities have, you know, buildings that are on average two or three stories with open rooftops. The family sleep on the roof during the holiday months. You know, gaza is much more complex, making any kind of Hostage Rescue very difficult. It is a three 60degree threat picture, and also has been widely reported, potentially hundreds of miles of reinforced tunnels, which is likely where all the hostages are being held. Christopher christopher, thank you for being with us, we appreciate your insights. Still to come on cnn, the u. S. Secretary of state is calling on u. S. Security Council Members to stop the u. S. Home of the israelhamas war from expanding. More of what hes saying, when we continue. French president Emmanuel Macron is the latest world leader to visit the region, a show of solidarity with israel and also support for the palestinians. On tuesday, he met with a president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in the west bank, telling him nothing can justify the suffering in gaza, adding that hamas does not represent all palestinian. Earlier, macron met with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in proposed a International Effort to fight hamas and other Terror Groups, similar to the anti i. S. I. S. Coalition. The french president also grief with israel, with at least 30 french citizens killed in the hamas attacks earlier this month. At the u. S. Security you Insecurity Council on thursday, israels Foreign Minister try to remind fellow diplomats of the horrors of that october seven attack by playing a gun a phone call between hamas gunman and his parents. Cnn has translated the call, but the audio we cannot conform its voracity, how is recorded, and whether it was actually obtained by the idf. Here is part of it. Just a few, a few of the many, too [inaudible] [speaking in a nonenglish language] allahu akbar. [speaking in a nonenglish language] this is a terrorist of hamas. What is said he is telling to his mother and fathers that hes proud that his blood of the ten that he murdered. Not long after, that tensions flared under comment by the u. N. Secretary general, who said the hamas attacks, quote, did not happen in a vacuum. U. S. Secretary of state though is able more diplomatic and calling for an increasing humanitarian assistance in gaza. Heres cnns Alex Marquardt had. At the u. N. Security council today, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken called on the world to help stop the expansion of the war between israel and hamas. He urged countries to pressure iran and its proxies from opening new fronts and warned that if iran or the proxies strike u. S. Targets, he said, quote, we will defend our security swiftly and decisively. Interestingly when blinken talked about the need for humanitarian aid in gaza, heid s must be considered to allow that it reach civilians. He didnt use the word ceasefire, which the u. S. Refuses to say and israel says they wont do, but how a pause is different from a ceasefire is unclear. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, also created a firestorm and comments he made about israels suffocating occupation, what he called it. Take a listen. Its important to recognize the attacks by hamas are not happening in a vacuum. The Palestinian People have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. Israels ambassador to the u. N. Responded furiously, saying in a tweet that it is truly sad that the head of an organization that arose after a holocaust holds such horrible views. He called and guterres to resign immediately. Some Family Members of hostages being held by hamas were visiting the u. N. Refused to meet the Secretary General following his comments, while others called on the world to free their loved ones, take a listen. We feel it. I want to say thanks to the countries that support us in bringing our families back. I was born in manhattan, raised in long island, living in the jewish community. Women being hel women being. We feel and believe in which all of you to think that these are crimes against humanity. One mother of a son who was kidnapped says that nothing seems to be moving on freeing the hostages. He said that this is a world crisis, not just a personal crisis. Alex marquardt, cnn, washington. Queen arena of jordan says there is, quote, a glaring double standard in the worlds reaction to the israel hamas conflict, telling Cnns Christiane Amanpour that western leaders condemn the october 7th of tax but stood by israel and not called for a ceasefire when it comes to israels bombing of gaza. She also said palestinians in gaza are now facing a terrible choice. I want to ask you about what jordan has said and your husband the king has said, that there has been an attempt or suggestion to move palestinians who seek safety into egypt or jordan, your country. And the king has said this is a. Red line. I think planned by certain of the usual suspects to try to create de facto issues on the ground. No refugees in gordon, no refugees in egypt. Well, look, the people of gaza now are facing two choices, either they leave or they faced death more collective punishment. So essentially, theyre giving a choice between expulsion or extermination, between Ethnic Cleansing and genocide. And no people should be given should have to face that kind of choice. And what my husband was referring to is the people of palestine should not of gaza should not be forced to be moved again. Most of the residents of gaza are already refugees. And right now, at least 1 million have been displaced from their homes. So we do not want another Mass Displacement of palestinians, like what happened in the nakba in 1948. And thats what my husband meant about this being a red line. The palestinians have the right to remain on their land. The nakba, or catastrophe, that queen rania mentioned, is how palestinians described israels Independence Day and the mass exodus of arabs of the newly formed israel state. When we come back, despite warnings from Rights Groups of urgent and growing needs to gaza there still only limited eight making it to the enclave. But it means for the 2 Million People who live there. Also, u. S. Israeli officials are learning more about how hamas has launched the murders surprise attack on israel. Those details, also next. You want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. With reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. Fellas, fellas. Thats how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. We wanted to give yall the necessary skills to compete with the future. Kevins now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. 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Residents are also saying they need more assistance. [speaking in a nonenglish language] [applause] translator the thing is being distributed cannot be called it at all. And it should not be referred to as such, because these islands do not cover any peoples needs. People in gaza are dying in two ways, a fast death, or a slow death in refugee camps. We are asking for the simplest and most essential elements that allow every person, young or old, child or adult, to state allied. If living our lives like this is unacceptable. Joining me now from ramallah in the west banks doctor mustafa barghouti, president the Palestine National initiative and member of the palestinian parliament. Doctor barghouti, thank you for being with us once again. Thank you. Do you have any more insight or details into what the egyptians are doing right now on the rafah crossing with these huge cement slabs being brought into aid convoys, effectively sealing the border off in between the trucks coming in knowhats happening there right now . No, the question is what israel is doing. Israel is preventing the supply of fuel to gaza. They say that they will not allow a single drop of oil or fuel into gaza. Because of that, children are dying now in incubators that have no electricity. Children are dying because they dont have access to kidney dialysis. Hospitals are breaking down. They are stopping all their operations. And the egyptians want to send every possible truck they have. But israel is preventing that. Israel is tracking every truck and not allowing Essential Material to enter. And what they have allowed so far is no more than 70 trucks out of 8900 that are needed. In reality, what we see here is a process not only of dehumanization of palestinians, but also annihilation. So far, israel killed 6000 palestinians in gaza. They also killed 2400 innocent children. These are not numbers. Each child was a child that had a father and a mother and sisters and brothers who were also killed. Whole families have been eliminated and scratch from the civil record. Because the world is watching, and allowing israel to continue this massacre. Its a true massacre. And israel is not held accountable. Doctor barghouti, that the israelis are trying to avoid so many casualties. They target civilians there lying. Theyre lying. They are lying. Dont repeat their lies, please. Let me ask you, how can you kill 2400 children and say that you are trying to keep people safe . Look they have already bombarded, excuse, me they have bombarded 50 of palestinian bombs in the houses in gaza. Theyve already ethnically cleansed 1. 4 Million People. They are conducting not only massacres, but an act of genocide in front of the whole world. And the United States Secretary Of State refuses to support an immediate cease fire, to at least save the lives of these people, including israeli prisoners who are being kept by the israeli airstrikes that have already taken the lives of 22. There is a lot of bloodshed on both sides, and right now, a lot of bloodshed in gaza have your pointed out. With regards to the fuel no, there is not bloodshed on both sides of the movement. There is bloodshed on one side. There was bloodshed, there was bloodshed on the israeli side. That does not justify what israel is doing now. This isnt defense. This is not civil defense. Is an important right now to distinguish between hamas and the civilians in gaza. Because the reason why fuel is not getting into gaza they cant. Because israel says hamas will use that fuel for rockets. And those rockets will be fired at israel and kill israeli civilians. That as a standalone concern does not seem to be unreasonable. Thats absolutely wrong and excuse me to use this expression, this is bull [bleep]. Because the fuel will go to unrwa, under the control of the United Nations. It will go to hospitals that have stopped working now. It will go to save childrens lives. But they dont care. Israel, in the process of conducting a massacre against Palestinian People. Its a process of genocide, collective punishment, and Ethnic Cleansing. And the whole world is watching, and the United States is against israel. Why . By which law . How many thousands and thousands and thousands of children should die from the palestinian side before israel is satisfied . Israel is also conducting a war of witch hunting. There are talking guterres, the Secretary General of United Nations, just because you said we need a ceasefire, just because he reminded everybody that this war was not started not on the 7th of october, but 56 years ago in Israel Occupied palestinian land. By which law they are against what obama says, What Fukuyama says, what guterres says, and they are even accusing their own president who was freed from the gaza side of being a liar, a liar just because he said she was treated properly. Let me tell you, two Palestinian Prisoners have already been killed by israeli army in prison last two days. 103 palestinians in west bank have already been killed by israel. Hamas is not governing here. Why would they kill civilians . Why do they attack palestinians . And for how long the world can continue to accept this impunity for israel . By which law, who are they . Theyre human beings, are they better human beings than us . I understand theres urgent needs on the part of rip even some parts of gaza. That doesnt seem to happen anytime soon. So the Media Problem we need to deal with right now is a lack of fuel. You said there is a way to ensure the fuel doesnt get to hamas, get the hospitals in need, through unrwa. Hamas seized Fuel Supplies from unrwa just last week. You are excuse me, let me respond. I am sorry to tell you, you are repeating israeli lies, as you have repeated israeli lies and then you had to apologize for that. Also, the media repeated lies a women being raped and then they had to apologize about that. Israel now is manufacturing lies. And these lies are distributed everywhere. Facts are facts, i am telling. You all the aid was the u. N. Agencies. All the aid is controlled by israeli people who control what goes in. All the aid is run by United Nations organizations. Hamas has no way of expecting anything. This is not an attack on hamas. This isnt an hack on all Palestinian People. This is an act of annihilation of a whole people. I received calls from friends, whole families have been killed. The father, the mother, the brother, the sister, the grandfather, the grandmother, homes are destroyed. One more question very much out of time, very quickly though, does hamas have any blame, any responsibility for whats happening in gaza right now . Of course, there was a responsibility. That attack should not have killed an israeli civilian. I dont agree with that. But that does not justify this. Self defense does not mean you kill innocent civilians. Selfdefense does not mean you can annihilate the whole palestinian population just to satisfy these extremists who are running the show in israel and in tel aviv. They have done so many bad things for their own people, killing their own prisoners with their own airstrikes. Dr. Barghouti, thank you for your time sir, i appreciate you being with us tonight and your views. Israel navy clash with hamas drivers tuesday attempting to Reach Israeli Territory by sea. Spokesperson says Undersea Tunnel from the coast of Northern Gaza to infiltrate the south of the city of ashkelon. The Military Wing of hamas claimed it was able to Reach Beaches In the idf says it eliminated the hamas forces. And israeli warplanes struck the gaza with the came from. The hamas attack on israel left the country not just grieving its dead but shaken an uncertain about how all of the planning went unnoticed by israeli intelligence. New details have emerged about how hamas was able to do just that. It involves oldschool counterintelligence measures underground, tunnels, and even above ground training. Cnns has details. Sources are telling cnn that a small group of hamas operatives used hardwired phones in the tunnels beneath gaza to communicate over a period of two years. Thats according to intelligence shared with u. S. Officials. Those oldfashioned land lines i allowed hamas leaders to communicate with one another in secret. They avoided using computers and cell phones in order to keep from being tracked by israeli or u. S. Intelligence, according to the sources. Instead, they held meetings in person among a small group and stayed off all digital communications, were told. This partially explains why israel and the u. S. Were so caught off guard by the attack, and how 1000 hamas fighters were able to pour across the border without being stopped, as we have seen in the Propaganda Video released by hamas. All of this communication we are told happen in the miles of Underground Tunnel System that is beneath gaza that the idf nicknamed the gaza metro. Another way hamas was able to keep this under the radar is that they kept the planning of the october 7th attack a secret, even from other members. Only in very small group knew about the mission in till just before it was carried out. Hamas ground unit commanders and fighters were training for many months and kept in a state of general preparedness but only found out about the specific plans just a few days before the terrorist attack. One of the sources said some of the training above ground was observed but didnt ring major alarm bells. The thinking was oh, hamas always trans people like this, it doesnt look different. And we also know that israel had found Hardwood Phones and in the past. In fact, the Israeli Military foundation that kind of Communication System when they raided a city in the Northern West Bank over the summer. Thats according to an israeli official. They called it a joint Operational Command center and they had hardwired Communication Lines and closed circuit Surveillance Cameras to give advance warning of israeli troop movements. Pamela brown, cnn, washington. A u. S. Official tells cnn the u. S. Is working with several middle east nations to shut down a secret hamas Investment Portfolio Worth as much as a billion dollars. U. S. And saudi officials called an Emergency Meeting in riyadh, when members of the Gulf Cooperation Council to share information on how to disrupt the cash flow. Last, week you the u. S. Sanctioned intervals managing those assets for moms. The u. S. Treasury financial Crimes Enforcement Team also laying out new rules to keep hamas and other Terror Groups from accessing cryptocurrencies to fund their operations. Coming up on cnn, number four, come on down. Nominate another potential house speaker, but will he as well fall victim to party infighting, or could this be the one . Pers time to win is running out in our prize packed kick off the savings Monopoly Game hurry in to play for your chance at over 25 million in prizes and money saving offers like this, and this, or even this. Plus, you still have a shot at up to 100,000 in guaranteed prize money. 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Cnns manu House Republicans say they are ready to and weeks of internal fusing, and the first ever assisting of a speaker who left the gym paralyzed for the last two, weeks and they say they are ready to put that to an and in the aftermath of who was nominated as speaker designated, someone who needs to actually vote on the full house, 217 votes in order to be elected on wednesday at noon. He plans to take it to the fore than. This coming after the three other nominees saw their bids collapse, including one congressman just earlier won the nomination first backlash on the, right and decided it was time for him to drop off and, well toy chance in then run the nomination himself. The fourth woman omni has converting the aftermath of Kevin Mccarthys hosting. There was some concern inside the room. Possibly 44 members who voted for other candidates, someone who is not mike johnson or anyone declared candidate. Ultimately though, some of those came to the side when it came to one of the final votes to decide whether or not he would on the floor. There were 22 miss missing from that, vote and also three members who voted present. And on wednesday, he could only afford to lose four republican votes, and with work to, go but still there is confidence in and he ranks that after all of this infighting, and even though the members clearly opposed pushing out kevin riccardi, he did say it is time to put a turn, and and that mike johns interest readership. Democracy is some messy sometime but it is our system. This House Republican majority is united. But even if Mike Johnston beats this vote on wednesday, there are such huge issues confronting the next speaker, and it will have to put back a strategy that is essentially in shambles, a legislative strategy and agenda that has been completely derailed by this infighting. Some of the key issues are aid to israel, how to deal with aid to ukraine. The white house and Senate Republican leaders wanted to tie that issue together, how will they deal with that in the house when there is resistance . Many of trying ukraine to israel, and also appointing a Government Shutdown by mid november, something that could cause a huge fight within the ranks as well, so so many questions or congressman johnson if he does win the speakership major issues await him, and could run into the same problems Government Party did and his speakership that is also a huge question for his future as the house tries to move past this ugly period. Manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. The goal was for donald trump and the first publicly known appeal in a special counsels federal election subversion case. According to abc, he was granted immunity from prosecution and has met with federal prosecutors at least three times this year. Special counsel jack smith investigators that he did not believe the election was stolen, and that trump was being dishonest in claiming victory. The president has been not guilty to several charges to a bit of a turn when the Election Results just one of four cases ongoing. Still to come here on cnn, chinas Defense Minister now he is being ousted in a very public manner. First he just disappeared and for two months wasnt seen in public now. Chinas Defense Minister has officially been removed. He is the second highprofile official to be fired without explanation from beijing. Cnns Kristie Lu Stout live in hong kong with details. He was a very private sort of disappearance, now a public backing, what happened . Very much so, john. This is just the latest highprofile reshuffling, china according to state, media he has been removed as Defense Minister, husky they counselor, and i see more of the powerful Central Military commission. He was ousted as he recalls, ford minister back, and charlotte was also removed a state counselor, no explanation was given, no replacement. Appointed and that affected china without a Defense Minister. Not before he was ousted, the had been missing from public view since late august. He was reportedly under investigation for corruption, according to one reuters report it was for corrupt worker men of military equipment. When the Defense Ministry was asked about it in the allegations a couple of months ago in september, a spokesman said he was not aware of the situation. Now this ousting comes after a surprise shake up in the military where china revealed two new leaders of its pla rocket force. It also comes after the unexplained removal of who as we recall, he was dramatically ousted as the Foreign Minister of china in july after he vanished from public view for a month. And they say that these events have all raised questions about president xi, about the government of chinas court leader as he continues to consolidate his power, and increasingly opaque china. Back to you. And just what will be the impacts here without the Defense Minister there with him gone on u. S. China relations. Despite all the tensions between United States and beijing, they often kept an open line on the defense level. It is interesting, because ironically this could have a positive impact on u. S. China relations, because theyre removal of the also removes a major roadblock for the resumption of highlevel Military Talks between china and the u. S. He was sanctioned by the u. S. Back in 2018 over trends purchase of russian are up in the, and china has repeatedly said there can be no highlevel Military Meeting between u. S. And china, until those sanctions are scrapped. That was where i think we have the video for you, back in june, you may remember in singapore, china declined a security form there but the two Defense Chiefs managed this Surprise Handshake that one foreign made headlines around the world. But with him now out of the picture, people are wondering could a high level Military Talks resume and that will be up for discussion john, when chinas top diplomat wang e visits washington later this week, the 26 to 28. Back to you. And continues emerging. Kristie lu stout, with all of, it live in hong kong, thank you. Thank you. California governor gavin newsom visited china this week working on a Climate Change partnership. Business leaders visited the Industrial Solutions on tuesday for the worlds first zeroemission municipal bus fleet. He says he hopes to bridge the divide between whats two biggest ways were talking about green energy, as well as economic development, tourism, and cultural exchanges. Thank you for watching cnn newsroom. 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