hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. it is 11:00 a.m. in gaza where the war marks one month today. and israeli prime minister is now discussing the potential future of the territory. >> i think israel for an indefinite period will have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have it. >> palestinian ministry of health which relies on data from inside gaza, which is controlled by hamas, says the death toll in the enclave has now surpassed 10,000 since the war began on october 7. the head of the u.n. says deteriorating conditions make the need for a humanitarian ceasefire all the more urgent. >> gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day. more journalists have reportedly been killed over a four week period than in any conflict in decades. unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour. >> meanwhile israeli forces are tightening their advance towards gaza city, their ground forces say they have surrounded the city and have cut northern gaza off from the south. let's bring in elliott gotkine now. that interview with netanyahu got a lot of pickup, the first time we really got a sense who might control gaza after the war is off. >> and it is important to note what he said and what he didn't say. what he said specifically is that from his perspective, israel will have overall security responsibility for gaza for an indefinite period. does that mean boots on the ground, a short or long period, does it mean governing gaza. i don't think it does. but what is the alternative. it has not been articulated. there would elements of government yearning for reoccupation of the gaza strip. at the same time there are those who think that get the israeli authority to go in and take control of the gaza strip, which it did have until hamas violently threw it out in 2007. of course the palestinian authority doesn't really carry a lot of legitimacy anyway. president mahmoud abbas is in the 14th year of a four year term and he hardly won't go riding in on the back of tanks and take control of the gaza strip. so most likely scenario may be a keep peacing force. but again, it is a complicated situation and not really been given a lot of thought because the overwhelming focus is on the military campaign and the objective of destroying hamas not just militarily but also politically so that they can no longer govern or be in control politically of the gaza strip. >> is there any indication that the global pressure from the international community, from citizen movements and from international organizations thought a ceasefire having any impact on netanyahu? >> i imagine any administration that can really have an impact on netanyahu is the u.s. administration and they are not calling for permanent ceasefire, but humanitarian pauses. and netanyahu talked about the tactical little pauses. but certainly no cease fire because the position of the israeli government remains until such time as those 240 or so hostages, men, women, children, elderly are released unharmed. so it is very much focused on what it feels is the kind of headquarters of the hamas military machine in gaza city which is encircled and probably we'll see israeli troops going in there in the coming days as it continues to try to attack hamas commanders and infrastructure and the like inside gaza city. >> elliott, thank you very much. head of the u.s. central intelligence agency is in israel. first of several countries that he will visit in the middle east this week. william burns is expected to meet with intelligence counterparts and political leaders in the region. the agency says burns will discuss issues including the situation in gaza, support for hostage negotiations and the u.s. commitment to keeping the israel-hamas war from spreading further. it is election day in the u.s. and in the hours heed americans will head to the polls to vote. >> there is a race for governor in kentucky where andy baseshea is seeking re-election against cameron. if cameron wins, he would be the first black governor to be elected. in ohio, cannabis and abortion issues. voters will decide on a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion right in the state's constitution and also whether to legalize recreational marijuana. >> and in virginia balance of power is up for grabs. harry enten explains what is at stake. >> reporter: virginia is the other thing i'm watching. we have a republican governor there, house delegates is controlled by republicans. state senate is controlled by democrats. all 100 seats in the house of delegates are all, all in the state senate are up. and the party that has wofn the senate has done well in the next presidential race. and second cousin of elvis presley is challenging the incumbent governor. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in each and every case against him and monday was no different when he took to the stand in the civil fraud trial. he was belligerent with the new york judge who ordered the legal team to control their client. and the same jump will determine the financial penalties and whether trump will be barred twr fr doing business in new york. the trump already ruled that trump was liable for fraud for inflating his wealth to banks. and paula reid has a closer look at what happened in court and what comes next. >> reporter: former president trump leaving court after testifying in an attempt to defend his real estate business. >> it is a scam. and this is a case that should have never been brought. >> reporter: during nearly four hours on the stand, trump continuously clashed with judge e eneron ron. the judge said you ccan attack me, but answer the question. and the judge had to instruct the defense attorney to control your client adding this is not a political rally. we are here to hear him answer questions. and most of the time he is not. the judge said. and then threatened to remove trump from the stand. at the heart of the statement on the financial statements, trump said i would look at them and maybe have some suggestions. on his role in preparing the statements, i accepted it. other people did it, but i didn't say make it higher or make it lower he said. when asked if he maintained accurate records from august 2014 going forward, trump said i hope so. i didn't keep them myself. trump was also questioned about the valuation of his assets including his trump tower apartment which financial statements show a more than $200 million value drop in one year. i thought the apartment was high, he said. adding we changed it. and saying different property assets were both high and low. trump has long claimed his florida mar-a-lago property was undervalued saying today it is worth $1 billion to $1.5 billion. >> numbers are much greater than on the financial statement. >> reporter: but the judge cited a florida tax appraisal follvaluing the property at just $18 million in the decision finding trump and his adult sons and his company committed repeated fraud. trump said i thought mar-a-lago was very underestimated but i didn't do anything about it. trump's conduct has become a flash point in this case. >> you have a racist attorney general who made terrible statements. >> reporter: trump took aim at latitia james, later calling her a political hack in court. >> the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. numbers, my friends, don't lie. >> reporter: the next witness expected to be called by the attorney general's office in this case is the former president's daughter, ivanka trump. she is expected to testify on wednesday and then terrodefense attorneys will begin their case next week. paula reid, cnn, new york. a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor is with us now. always great to speak to you. if we can leave aside for a second the fact that donald trump is a former president and has all of the attendant associations and baggage, if a client used the tone, language, and substance that donald trump did on the stand, what impact would that usually have on the case? >> bianca, what we saw today was complete disaster in the courtroom. if it were anyone else, they would have been in jail. the judge would have held that person in con temgt, would have removed that person from the courtroom. but he is getting special treatment because of his former status but it is something not tolerated in any courthouse. >> how do you think it will play out then? because the judge despite what you are saying there was being quite clear in how this should be conducted. how do you think it may develop as it goes on? >> as it goes on, let's be honest, this same judge who is telling the attorneys to control your client, is the same person that will make the decision in this case. and that decision is what do you do with donald trump. how much do you have to pay, will the trump organization and donald trump cease to exist in businesses here in new york. and so you are acting out in this way and you are acting out to the very same person that holds your base fate in their hands. >> all eyes now turning to ivanka trump's testimony coming up on wednesday. what should we look out for when that happens? >> well, i'm curious to see whether donald trump will be present in the courtroom when ivanka testifies. he was present when his sons were testifying. so remember ivanka is his favorite child, and so whether he will be present, whether he will say things inside of the courtroom that will distrabts w what is going on. but ivanka has not been present the last couple of appearances and hasn't been present in the public or making statements having to deal with any of these cases. >> and some people who study donald trump, are saying this is the one that he could care the most about because if you want to harm him, you have to hit him in the wallet. what do you make of this case compared to the other cases and how personally he may take this one? >> he's been taking this case personally from the very beginning. he has been present at least seven times during the court proceedings. this is the one that hurts him because you are talking about his reputation and his legacy, his brand, who is he. the money, money, money guy, the businessman, the real estate mogul. and this case to him is a threat to who he is as a person and whole be thought of once he leaves this earth. >> i suppose one of the many elements that makes what is going on with these cases against donald trump quite so unique is the fact that he is also using it as a campaigning platform and that will be going through his mind throughout. >> absolutely. and that has been his tactic with all of his cases. you got to think that even while he was testifying on the stand today, that there were already some marketing emails asking for money for people to donate to his campaign. you also have to think that all these cases especially the civil case going on right now, all of this is marketing for him. so he is playing to the court of public opinion as opposed to the court of law and what he should be taking care of inside of the courtroom. he is using every chance he gets as a campaign speech in order to market himself. but in the end, this is a civil case and not a criminal case. so despite what happens in the election, this case won't stand and he won't be able to do anything about it. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. coming up, hamas attacks on israel have forced many israelis to flee their homes and now communities in northern israel are varnlgly ghost towns as the battles with hezbollah intensify. and plus how russia's president is hoping to use the israel-hamas war to his advantage, that is just ahead. soon after the october 7 hamas attacks, tens of thousands of israelis living with northern israel were forced to leave south. >> and many areas with only troops remaining. jim sciutto has more. >> reporter: visit northern israel today, and you find ghost towns. evacuations in the wake of the october 7th agencies have left communities such as matula empty except for soldiers. and this community along the border now abandoned. >> we're staying on this side. >> reporter: ellen and her partner joseph now make their home in a hotel some 40 miles south in tiberius. >> everything that is here in the middle from all the children's things were all donated. >> reporter: residents here are among some 60,000 israelis who have fled south. there is a temporary migration from northern israel south and southern israel north. with talk of the israeli military creating a buffer zone inside gaza and perhaps later in southern lebanon, the reality today is that the buffer zones exist but inside israel. for evacuees from kibbutz, the pain and fear of october 7 remains raw. paulina still has trouble explaining what happened to her three children. do you think the kids understand what happened? eldest children she tells me understand we're fighting for our home. do you talk to them about it? they see and they are aware. this is the reality of israel post october 7. a country more aware than ever perhaps of the threat on its southern and northern borders. but that awareness leaves open the question of when they will go home. ellen and joseph tell us it is just a matter of time. >> when we're told that we can go back, we'll go back. >> reporter: if the government says it is fine, you'll go. >> we'll go. >> reporter: sharon and her husband with a 2-year-old and 6 month old little girls are far less certain. will you feel safe moving back north? >> we think we are not going to stay there after what happened this gaza and other, we don't trust. >> reporter: today they are thinking of moving further south for good. or leaving israel entirely. >> i won't lie and tell you we didn't think about moving to another country. >> reporter: and where would you move if you thought about it? >> maybe canada. >> reporter: there is another possibility that some israelis suggest that after the idf finishes its military operation in gaza, continued skirmishes will force the military's attention north and bring an invasion of southern lebanon. >> they say that they will finish in the south and then maybe start in the north. >> reporter: but that has a troubled history. the 18 year occupation of southern lebanon from 1982 to 2000 was costly. and hezbollah returned. and in-krcursion this 2006 was costly again. but after what they witnessed on october 7, the north will never be the same. >> until now, we lived in the kibbutz and we didn't think about everything that is taken the other side of the fence. and now after all of this, finally we open our eyes. >> reporter: open eyes to growing threats from the north and the south before jim sciutto, cnn, northern israel. russian president vladimir putin closely watching the conflict as he wages his own war in ukraine. >> and it seems that he might be trying to use the war in gaza to craft a new narrative about the west. 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: condemning terrorism, we disagree that it can be responded to by violating the laws of international law. >> reporter: but for y years, i was s russia that wawaged a relentlessss bombingng campaign against areas held by rebels opposed to syrian president assad. international aid groups accuse moscow of deliberately targeting civilian areas including hospitals and markets killing an wounding scores even though the kremlin consistently denies those claims. and russia is's war against ukraine continues. moscow wounding several people overnight. vladimir putin trying to argue that russia is invading ukraine to help the palestinians. >> translator: these are our soldiers and officers. and the choice of a real man, a real warrior, is to pick up arms and stand in line with his brothers, be in a place where the state of russia and the whole world is being decided, including the future of the palestinian people. >> reporter: fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. and those detained after the attacks are speaking out. we'll hear what they are saying. >> and g7 gathering for two days of discussion. and coming to consensus over the war with hamas may not be easy. 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. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ palestinian officials say more than 60% of hospitals and medical centers are out of service either because of fuel and other supply shortages or because of damage from airstrikes. the hospitals are still open. well, the ones that are still open have partly turned in to refugee centers. >> the red crescent society says 14,000 displaced are sheltering here what you are looking at. the group warns that the fuel reserves will run out in the next 48 hours. meaning incubators and other life-saving equipment will no longer work. >> hundreds detained by the defense forces are now recounting stories of alleged abuse and torture at the hands of the idf. >> nada bashir has a report and a warning that some of the images that you are about to see are disturbing. >> reporter: bound, blindfolded, some even stripped. in this video, the years of israeli soldiers abusing and mocking palestinian workers from gaza detained in israel just days after the beginning of the war. at this 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 had permits to work in israel revoked after the attack. but with no option to return home, many attempted to flee to the occupied west bank. only to then be detained. they tied our hands behind our backs, blind folded us and led us on to a bus. i don't know where they took us, but there are about 200 to 300 gazan workers held there. some of the men here are advisably weak. and with each crossing, more stories of abuse and even torture. one man telling cnn he witnessed the use of electric shocks on detainees. they put us in cages like dogs, they beat us and assaulted us. they didn't care if you were sick or injured. some men even died on the way here because they were beaten and subjected to electric shocks. every day felt like death. they would give us a coup con cucumber to share between six people and small piece of bred. israeli security official could not tell whether electric shocks were used but idf is aware of several incidents of abuse against gazan workers and palestinians in the occupied west bank adding that the cases are being treated seriously and disciplinary action said to have been taken by several soldiers identified in social media video. but ngo workers at the palestinian prisoner society say this is a systemic issue with few legal safe guards in place for palestinians. we received horrific firsthand testimonies, a man tells me. they didn't do anything wrong. they weren't charged with anything, yet many interrogated and systemically tortured. they were abused and brutally beaten, they face all kinds of dehumanization and insults. in the occupied wednesday bank, there are thousands of gazan workers still stranded desperate to be reunited with loved ones praying every day for their safety. this man working in israel with his son, but he hasn't seen or heard from him in almost a month. i don't know where he is, whether he is in prison or dead. he is my son. my whole life. he came here to work, to be able to feed his children. he wasn't here to join in any fight. he wasn't here to cause trouble. but just as there are fears for those still missing, at this shelter for stranded workers, there is anguish over the safety of family members back home in gaza. my family is now spread out all across gaza, they have all had to leave the jabalia refugee airstrike. when i am able to reach them, all i hear is misery. for weeks man of these men have had no contact with their families. the gaza they left behind now changed forever. but for those now across the border, the relief of being freed from detention and reuniting with loved ones is clear, but many have not returned. with thousands still stuck in the occupied west bank and others still missing. nada bashir, cnn. despite the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to insist that there will be no ceasefire with hamas until all of the hostages are released. and he also said israel will have what he calls overall security responsibility in gaza after the war ends. >> rosemary church spoke last hour with a senior associate fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace about what things could look like going forward. >> the prime minister of course netanyahu has said many times on the record that he opposes a palestinian state. he has many in his government that are openly opposed to a palestinian center and the country have said on a number of occasions that they see the existence of palestinians even in their own country. palestinian israelis, palestinians with israeli citizenships, to be there by mistake because they weren't all pushed out in 1948. so there is very little appetite on the israeli side to do this. whereas what appetite there is to maintain effective control over the territories, over gaza, over the west bank and over in east jerusalem. of course east jooiserusalem is annexed. i don't think they are interested in annexing gaza. but it is still a territory they don't want to deal with. your reporter mentioned the idea of indefinite skirt control. indefinite security control but without occupation. of course that is completely contradictory. they will remain legally speaking in occupation o of the territory. the question then becomes who is going to govern it because they are destroying every semblance of government structure within the strip right now. health stinfrastructure, educational infrastructure. so i'm not sure what will be left to govern in that regard. there will be people, but they will be people who have to spend years if not decades trying to recover let alone the human cost. again, i'm not sure who will want to step in. it will be a mammoth effort and one that at least the regional part of the community suspects greatly that part of the policy of the netanyahu government right now is to make things so difficult for people in gaza that they are forced to flee, go to egypt and never be allowed to return by the israeli forces. jordanians and egyptians are worried about this and it is roundly condemned by regional governments. representatives from g7 member countries will be meeting in tokyo today with a full plate of things to discuss. >> and secretary of state antony blinken met with japanese prime minister kishida a short time ago. and let's go live now to beijing and marc stewart for more on this. where are the likely cracks in consensus among the g7 going to be when it comes to israel and hamas? >> reporter: well, this is very tricky because as you know, there is a lot of different opinions within the g7 about how israel's war with hamas should be handled. obviously the united states is not in favor of a ceasefire. if we look at language most recently from the secretary of state, he has been leaning toward more of a humanitarian pause yet other g7 nations such as france for example have been very much in favor of a ceasefire. well, we have the other remaining nations abstaining from taking a position with the united nations. so a big part of the secretary of state's job is to be a consensus builder, to creative some common talking points, perhaps a common statement, a common approach toward this conflict that is taking place right now in the middle east. the secretary of state is arriving in japan fresh off a trip from the middle east, so he will certainly have unique perspective. he has met with leaders in israel, iraq, turkey, jordan as well as the west bank. it will be interesting to see how those experiences will frame the conference with these gchlts 7 leaders in japan. this is not the first time the g7 has had to confront hardship especially when it comes to war. we have seen the g7 really rally around ukraine after the invasion from russia. i'm thinking back to when i was in hiroshima, japan this spring, we saw ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as a guest, as a speaker to these gchl7 nats as a full body. so it will be interesting to see if the g7 is able to have this kind of unity when it comes to the current conflict in the middle east especially with each of these nations having such unique economic and political relationships with many of the players across the landscape. >> marc stewart, great to chat with you. still to come, with anti-semitism on the rise, some jews in the u.s. are living in such fear that they are buying guns for their own safety. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. as the israel-hamas war rages on and anti-semitic threats surge in the u.s., more and more jewish americans are buying guns. >> and fearing for their own safety. david culver reports. >> reporter: this is not her usual hangout. the 31-year-old podcaster organized this group firearms training. >> pick it up in your dominant hand. >> reporter: and inviting others from her southern california jewish community, including her childhood school mate, dan ny. would you always want to carry a gun? >> no definitely not my vibe, not how i was raised. >> reporter: this court as these women see it a last resort in self-defense. >> i don't think that i hit anything. but reality is people don't want to seem to surround. and it is hard. >> reporter: do you feel that now more than ever? >> now more than ever. it is suffocating actually. >> reporter: amid the ongoing turmoil in israel and gaza, lawmakers here in the u.s. warning of increased snik incidents targeting jewish homes, businesses. >> this is a threat reaching historic levels. >> reporter: and gun shops along with firearm instructors around the country reporting a surge in interest particularly from jewish groups. >> when i'm doing our messaging, it is a message of light and peace. >> reporter: and this rabbi beliefs it should be receive guarded in vigilance and preparation, so he started a private security firm tasked with keeping the local jewish community safe. did you ever think that he would be teaching people how to carry and fire a gun? >> it is sad but necessary. >> reporter: and we went to one of his weekday oig firearm classes. >> what can i do to protect myself and my family? >> reporter: roughly two sdwen y dozen jewish women here. you can sense anxiety, fear, unease. >> we want people to be able to live and practice in peace. so if they want to pursue the ownership training with the firearm and that helps them feel at peace, let's do that. >> reporter: california as some of the toughest gun law in the u.s. and some don't feel comfortable around guns. >> it is not for everybody. >> reporter: and back at the range -- >> i cannot believe i did that. >> reporter: they are feeling more confident after their four hour training. and in case you didn't recognize their teacher, that is the rabbi. >> those were about three to four shots per second as i accelerated. >> what we did here today will make me feel safer in the future as long as i keep practicing. >> will you fin the instruction? >> i will come back 100%. >> we need to be prepared and best defense is a good offense and i think that that is important to understand. >> reporter: david culver, cnn, los angeles. more than 500 protestors gathered at the statue of liberty monday calling for a ceasefire in gaza. >> jewish force for peace which organized the demonstration said never again means never again for anyone. >> and it said the iconic landmark has a long tradition as a protest site and holds significance among american jews whose family fled violence. and arnold schwarzenegger got the award of courage. >> and he spoke about growing up around anti-semitism. he said to go through life with love and not hatred. >> because what is important right now is because as all this chatter out there and all this stuff on the internet or negativity and hatred, that we have to speak up and confront that. the more we speak out about that issue, the better it is. because we cannot let they will away with those lies and the hatred. we have to talk to them and talk them down and let them know that the only way to go is through life with love. hatred never wins. love in the end always wins. we'll be back in a moment with the latest from ukraine. president zelenskyy says it is irresponsible to hold elections during wartime. >> presidential elections in ukraine typically take place every five years but have been suspended under martial law. mr. zelenskyy would be up for re-election this coming spring. but with the war ongoing, he insists it is not the right time for an election. also in ukraine an aid to the country's top military commander was killed when a grenade inside a birthday gift exploded. and he announced the dedath of his close friend on monday. >> and these photos show what appeared to be several grenade and the debris left behind. ukraine interior minister says the birthday gift was from a colleague and his son was seriously injured and it is under criminal investigation. in aurora, colorado, a police officer has been acquitted in all charges of the 2019 death of elijah mcclain. >> nathan woodward and other officers responded to call of a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and wrestled the 23-year-old to the ground. >> and he suffered a heart attack and died three days later. mcclain's mother spoke out about the verdict. >> my son was murdered. by killer cops and their accomplices. and the system, the justice system, allows for them to continue with their crimes. >> one of the two other officers indicted was recently found guilty of other charges. the other officer acquitted. two paramedics are set to go on trial soon. two crashed near a barricade at the u.s. capitol while attempting to flee from officers on sunday. law enforcement official says there is no indication that the suspects were targeting the capitol. >> police say the men were in a stolen car and two pistols were found including one that had pain illegally converted in to an automatic firearm. the two men face a slew of charges and a preliminary hearing is set for thursday. wework has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the company which was at one time valued at $47 billion tried and failed to go public back in 2019. >> be it eventually went public about $9 billion after the pandemic and economic slowdown caused many clients to close their doors. shares of wework have plunged 98% this year alone. so much office space now. >> indeed. prince the wales is set to watch the green carpet tonight in singapore. >> this is to try to find the most innovative solutions. the 15 finalists will be narrowed down to five winners, and each awarded more than $1.2 million to develop and scale their environmental solutions. four months in and still no deal between major hollywood studios and the striking screen actors guild. sag-aftra says it has responded to the last best and final offer but the two sides still don't see eye to eye on the issues. >> actors union says they are still dedicated to ending the strike responsibly. talks are more urgent with studios hoping to salvage the upcoming winter television season. this has gone on and on now. thanks for joining us. i'm max foster. >> and i'm bianca nobilo. 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