♪ hour three. we're glad you're with us for it. it's sunday, november 12th. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm amara walker. here is what we're watching for you. >> house speaker mike johnson unveiled his plan to keep the government open. will it get enough support to avoid a shutdown? the next critical step in the process and why some republicans are already saying they will not support the klain. evacuation corridors open near al-shifa hospital as intense fighting continues in the area. benjamin netanyahu vowing it will continue with full force. >> during a rally in newspaper, joe biden's message and -- dwayne johnson -- dwayne "the rock" johnson, pro wrestler, actor, president? a revolution that has political circles all abuzz. we're starting another countdown to a potential shutdown. we're less than a week away from the government running out of money. speaker mike johnson unveiled a plan on saturday to unveil a shortdown. this two-pronged approach would fund key infrastructure like housing and transportation first before filling in the gaps for a second bill. it only provides funding for -- >> he can only really afford to lose approval from four republicans. let's get to cnn's manu raju. manu, the plan is out. the question is does it go anywhere from here? >> reporter: the big question right now is obviously about the votes. we expect a vote to happen early this week, probably on tuesday. the question is going to be how many republicans will vote against it but how many democrats will vote for it? we're already hearing opposition from speaker john's right flank in moving forward on this plan because it does not include spending cuts that have been demanded from a wide range of members on the right flank, really the same issue that led to the ouster of kevin mccarthy who advanced a bill without spending consults to keep the government open temporarily. that's what speaker johnson is doing at this moment, made that choice to avoid a fight with democrats. the funding has has some agencition through january and others through february. the democrats don't like that two-step approach. they call it a recipe for more chaos. will they block this and prevent it from becoming law? that's going to be a huge question this week. ultimately will they get the votes on the house floor, rely on a significant amount of democrats to come along, will democrats try to extract anything? one thing is clear, time is of the essence. this government will shut down by the end of the day friday if democrats don't go along and republicans can't agree with democrats on a final way forward here, that's what will happen. johnson making a big decision on his first test as speaker, taking on his right flank by not pushing forward with democrats, but irritating democrats by his approach here. still the question is going to be can the votes come together within the next few days, get it out of the house and to the president's desk. not much margin for error at this moment. >> manu, you spoke with former speaker kevin mccarthy. what did he say about now his successor moving a bill without the big spending cuts, what this means for johnson potentially? >> reporter: i did ask him specifically about this. does he believe that speaker johnson will actually have the same outcome that led to the ouster of mccarthy, pushing this bill without spending cuts, will people come forward and seek his ouster. he did not think so. he thought that has been used up through the duration of this congress, being able to call for that vote. at the same time mccarthy was unsparing in his criticism about what congressman matt gaetz who accused him of pushing him out because of an ethics investigation he is facing, suggesting that gaetz simply wanted to quash that ethics probe. he made clear he has very little regard for the congressman from florida. >> if you ever listen to vern buchanan when matt came into office, vern is the dean of florida. he went around with each person. what would you like to achieve to help them? people would talk about their distribute. matt's goal was to be the tv congressman. he came back and laughed and said is that what you really want to be? he said yes. i think the issues are too big to focus on such small things that matt tries to. it's more a division and is focused on himself. >> reporter: in response gaetz said thoughts and prayers for the former speaker as he works through his grief. we also talked about his view of former president donald trump at this time in the republican race and the potential of him getting the nomination. we discussed his own political future. the former speaker going from the most powerful republican in washington to a rank and file member who is not driving his party's strategy, detailing all his thinking as he adjusts to the new role. >> fascinating stuff. join manu for "inside politics sunday"" at 11:00 eastern here on cnn. patients in gaza are facing dire conditions in some of the territory's largest hospitals caught in the middle of the intense fighting. israel says it will help evacuate babies from the pediatric unit at al shifa shopt. three newborn babies have died since friday night when nearby shelling knocked out a generator. the idf says it's been engaged in heavy fighting nearby but denies the hospital is under siege. >> the palestine red crescent society says the other hospital is no longer operational because of fuel shortages. the idf says it's allowing safe passage and it has opened another route for civilians to evacuate to the south. more foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza through the rafah crossing. a journalist working for cnn saw several evacuees arrive in egypt a short time ago. officials say more than 6,000 officials were in gaza at the start of the month and as many as 2,000 have now left. cnn's ed lavandera is with us. conditions are deteriorating each day and thousands of people going to the hospitals as not just places for recovery and treatment but for safety because they are evacuating other parts of gaza. >> reporter: right. these were always going to be the pitfalls of engaging in this kind of urban combat warfare there inside of gaza. we're seeing situations described as catastrophic and dire, particularly at the al shifa hospital that's been the center point of so much attention in the last two days where israeli officials are saying while they claim they're not engaging in the siege of the hospital, but intense fighting around it. there are other hospital officials who say differently. clearly a great deal of fighting going on around there and a very dangerous and deadly situation for gazan civilians inside that hospital. you mentioned it's a place where many civilians have sought refuge. this particular hospital has been a focus of the israeli military. for years they have said hamas military fighters use this particular hospital as one of the centerpieces from underground where they launch much of their military operation, and that's why you're seeing such intense fighting around that area. also, there after noon clear signs that the fighting continues to intensify throughout the day. israeli forces say they're engaged in firefights just north of gaza city, trying to weed out hamas fighters using a building there, trying to create core ders for civilians to escape through. that has become a very treacherous situation as well. all of this kind of continues even as arab countries have come together over the weekend to denounce what israel is doing there on the ground, saying israel is guilty of war crimes. benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister here in israel, says they will continue this military operation full force. >> ed lavandera, thank you. we're joined by dr. rick brennan, regional emergency director at the world health organization eastern mediterranean division. thank you for joining us. it's hard to get a sense for what is really going on in the ground. we've heard from hamas-controlled, they're claiming al shifa is surrounded on all four sides, they're under complete siege. the idf denies that. a spokesperson said the east side of the hospital does remain open and they're allowing and helping coordinate for people to leave the hospital safely. i don't know when the last time you were able to be in contact with your staff on the ground. what are they saying about the situation? >> what they're saying it's, as your reporter said, the situation is catastrophic. we haven't had contact now for around 24 hours with our staff on the ground. i can't speak to the siege or the ease of evacuation, but what i can tell you is the situation in the hospital is appalling. this is the largest health center in gaza. it has until recently served up to 1200 inpatients, but it's supposed to be a 750-bed hospital. i think it's been handling huge numbers of severely injured patients with dwindling resources. we know that the needs, the health needs across gaza are soaring just as our ability to address those needs is plummeting. more than half the hospitals now across gaza are non-functions, and those that are functioning are only partially functioning. this is the time where we've had over 11,000 deaths, over 2,9 00 injuries. >> al futs hospital is second largest in gaza. they've run out of fuel. for those patients that rely on machines to keep them alive, you need the fuel to wren the generators, what now for them? what happens to these people? can they be transported? >> well, they're at very high risk of complications and even death. what we've seen, for example, in al shifa hospital, 37 newborn babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, they've had to move them out of there and take them to the oxygen rooms where oxygen available. a lot of them no longer at incubators. that puts them at significant risk. it's the same for any patient that might be on a ventilator, such as controlled intravenous treatment and so on. moving those patients, moving critically ill or unstable patients is always a tricky situation. i'm an emergency physician. i've done a lot of medical evacuation in my career. moving one patient requires specialized staff, equipment, supplies, clear passage. then you've got to have a hospital that can receive them at the other end. hardly any of those conditions -- we can safely say almost none of those conditions are adequately met now to transfer large numbers of critically ill or unstable patients. >> the only i guess breakthrough we've seen in the humanitarian pauses was this agreement that israel agreed to, i think four-hour very targeted specific humanitarian pauses for people to evacuate specific areas. when you hear the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu doubling down on calls for a cease-fire and maybe longer, more meaningful pauses, he says we're going to continue this war with all our force and might, what are your thoughts and what would your message be to him? >> i think it's heartbreaking. look, there's been enough suffering on both sides. and unfortunately, a lot of hearts have been hardened over this conflict. what we have to look at is the fact that two thirds of the deaths in gaza have been amongst women and children. that's very unusual for a conflict zone. previous conflicts in gaza, over 60, 70% of the deaths are adult men. now over two-thirds are women and children. think about that. we've had over 100 deaths of humanitarian workers. that's unprecedented. we've had over 30 deaths of reporters. we have over 50% of hospitals out of action and many of them have been hit through this military campaign and a lot of other fightal infrastructure. that is just not normal. it's not normal. of course, what hamas did in early october was just appalling, horrific, but there has to be a better way. we've got to regain our humanity. we have to address the hardening of hearts. we have to see what is happening to innocent women, children and others in gaza and find a better way. a cease-fire is absolutely vital. it's the only way to reduce the suffering. and well-meaning people have to find a path forward. >> dr. rick brennan with the w.h.o., thank you for your time. be sure to tune in to "state of the union." israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will join dana bash at 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. still ahead, what we'll be watching for tomorrow when donald trump jr. it was as the first defense witness in the new york civil fraud trial against the orgaganization. 9 dr. took his campaign top minnesota last night. >> the former president went after joe biden on issues of national security but spent time discussing, of course, his mounting legal battles. cnn's lena train has the details. >> reporter: good morning, victor and amara. donald trump returned to the granite state after the weekend of bouncing between courtrooms and the campaign trail. his rallying this weekend came on the heels of his testimony in his new york city fraud trial earlier in the week. this is something donald trump talked about a lot during his speech. he brought up his legal battles. specifically he talked about something that his legal team is trying to do in one of his cases, the federal election subversion case. they are asking for that trial which is supposed to come early next year to be televised. trump himself said he wants a camera in every inch of the courtroom. take a listen. >> i want everybody to see all the horrible things that took place, all the horrible charges and all of the things that were done with respect to a very corrupt election and let's let the public decide. i want cameras in every inch of that courthouse. >> reporter: victor and amara, donald trump's visit to claremont is one of several trips he'll be making to new hampshire in the weeks ahead. his team tells me that even though donald trump is doing very well in the polls right now, he is leading his primary challengers. they also wreck nielz he can't get complacent because they want do win, not only the primaries, but way want to win them big. they want them to build enough to carry them into a potential general election fight with joe biden. that's something we heard a lot from donald trump this weekend. he spoke about the president's handling of the israel-hamas war, said he would do a better job of bringing peace to the country during this time, and really set this up as if it were a general election rematch between himself and joe biden, not between himself and his primary challengers. back to you. donald trump jr. is expected to take the stand tomorrow. he'll be the first witness for the defense as the trump organization takes up the case in the civil fraud trial against the trump organization. >> the trial has been under way for six weeks, tomorrow marks week seven. it could go on for another month. we're joined by cnn legal analyst and former u.s. attorney michael moore. thanks for joining us. we'll see donald trump jr. take the stand and likely eric trump will be called as well. what do we expect to see? >> i'm glad to be with you both. we saw him called in the state's case. that's not unusual. so now we're going to hear sort of the same set of facts but from a different set of facts, to tell the defense's side of the case, they want to have him not limited to yes or no questions, to get out information they want to prove or use in their defense. think about reading a book. take the three little pigs. we heard the story from the wolf's perspective. next we'll hear it from the three little pigs' perspective. same story but a different tale. i suspect he'll be very controlled, not the combative exercise we saw before. they're just building a record right now. the case -- the judge already decided they committed fraud. whether or not that survives on appeal, we'll see. right now this is about putting information in the record for an appellate court to look at after the case is over. >> former president trump says they're not going to bring in big bankers, but if they're not may r mazars, what's the relevance of people who did not handle these documents, thee evaluations to the case? >> i think a lot of this for the former president is about campaigning as much as it is about this trial. he's using this as a way to continue to say he's been beat down by the system, they've weaponized the criminal justice and the civil justice system against him. he's talking about that. again, they may not get the biggest bank in, but they'll bring people in talking about whether or not they lost money, whether they felt defrauded. if we're going to start prosecuting everybody for inflating personal finance claims, we won't have time to prosecute anything else. here he's making the argument, the banks didn't lose any money, they were happy with me. the accountant looked at it. >> in terms of the substance of the defense, is it going to be about we had no -- there was no intent to commit fraud? we've also heard there were no victims. what are they going to argue? >> i think that's probably one area of appeal in what they're trying to build into the record right now. that is we didn't have any intent. fraud is usually something you have to prove that they had a wrongful purpose. >> it's already ruled they committed fraud. >> that's it. he ruled without a trial. he ruled on summary judgment. the judge has made a couple rulings. >> can he overrule himself? >> the appellate court can. they're also interested in the court of public opinion. they want to say there was no victims, nobody was harmed, everybody got their money back, the banks didn't care. they were happy they gave us this money. who cares they gave us a lower interest. i'm donald trump. that's the defense. this is not just about have they proven fraud, this is about, again, telling the american people i didn't do anything wrong, telling the american people i'm really who i said i was. my wealth is what i estimated or announced it to be. he's playing to two audiences in addition to now the appellate court which is certainly going to get the case. >> what's your assessment of christopher kise and how he has conducted himself? when he came in as part -- i think part of the defense in the classified documents case, now he's got a serious attorney, former florida solicitor general. this is someone who is a seasoned attorney. in the testimony in the last week, he said, trump is the best witness i've had in 30 years. he made these allegations against the judge and the law clerk, told the other attorneys to go to russia. what do you make of this behavior? >> i think he's tried to be a serious lawyer but also i think you have to play the hand that you've been dealt. he's trying to be an advocate. i may not agree with all the strategies he's put out. i think sometimes getting in a tete-a-tete with the judge does nothing to advance your case, but it might please your client who is saying i feel like i'm getting hammered, let's throw some fireworks in ourselves. you may be seeing some of that going on right now. he i think is very cognizant of the need to have a full record and sort of a fulsome picture of what was going on and also to point out some things where the judge made some mistake. for instance, some of the back and forth, we know the judge made a comment about, i'm not here to listen to you -- well, that's his only job. that's his only job. >> he let it play out eventually. >> those kind of comments on the record might catch the attention of an appeals court. like throwing a hook in the water and we'll see if one of the judges bite. >> so many more questions we'll do it during the commercial break. michael moore, thank you very much. growing questions over mike john's personanal fifinances as trieies to stop p the governrnm frfrom runningng out of momoney. congress is once again running out of time to pass a federal spending bill which could result in a government shutdown. this would have a significant impact on all of us, especially some federal employees who may not get paid. if lawmakers fail to act by the end of friday, many government operations will stop, although eggs senl services and certain payments such as social security benefits would continue. republican house speaker mike johnson has presented a plan to prevent a funding shortage, and a vote is expected as early as tuesday. >> as the speaker tries to get support for the funding plan, he's facing questions about his personal finances. his most recent financial disclosure shows he has no savings account, may not even have a retirement account. cnn's sun land serfaty has details. >> reporter: freshly minted speaker of the house mike johnson facing questions over how he keeps his own financial house in order. >> look, i'm a man of modest means. >> reporter: cnn's review of johnson's personal financial disclosures and campaign financial documents since coming to congress in 2017 reveal the new speaker appears to be living paycheck to paycheck. financial records show that johnson, like many americans, does not appear to have much of a safety net. for the past two years he has not reported any assets and has never even reported a checking account on financial disclosure forms. the speaker's office says he has a personal bank account which is exempt from house reporting rules because it is non-interest bearing, meaning he does not have to disclose this type of account under house rules. while it's unknown how much is in that account, a source with knowledge of his financial situation tells cnn that account is not big enough to be leaving large sums of money in interest on the table. all this as johnson's liabilities are plenty. a mortgage for his family home valued between 250 and $500,000, a personal loan from 2016 between $15,000 and $50,000 and a home equity line of credit taken in 2019 for less than $50,000. as a congressman, jorn son was making $174,000 a year. his salary will now jump to $223,500 as speaker. he has made over $100,000 teaching online courses at liberty university since 2018. last year alone johnson collected nearly $30,000 from the college. on capitol hill to save money on steep d.c. rent, johnson is one of the many members of congress that sleep in their offices. a source say the speaker will continue to sleep in his office for now but didn't know if that will be the plan going forward. >> there are a lot of things on the minds of american people -- >> reporter: johnson's financial standing in stark contrast to many of his colleagues on capitol hill. with the median net worth of his colleagues in 2018 at just over $1 million. some former speakers have done well. nancy pelosi is worth more than $110 million. before coming to congress in 2017, johnson was a lawyer. in 2016 he reported making over $200,000. >> i was a lawyer, but i did constitutional law. most of my career i spent in the non-profit sector. >> reporter: has said much of his money goes to taking care of his large family. >> we have four kids, five now that are very active. i have kids in graduate school, law school, undergraduate. we have a lot of expenses. >> reporter: that financial reality not unlike most american families. >> i didn't grow up with great means, but i think that helps us be a better leader because we can relate to every hard working american family. that's who we are. i think it governs and helps govern my decisions and how we lead. >> reporter: we don't know about speaker johnson's wife, but we do know she's earning income coming from a few places, christian counseling company, her work with a right to life education committee as well as a general listing on disclosure forms for various clients. lawmakers are not required to reveal the amount of money their spouses are earning, but johnson actually does. in some of the earliest disclosure forms he revealed she's made about $45,000 to $50,000 a year, but not declared her salary since 2021. all this a very limited senate shot into her side of the earnings of from the family. sunlen serfaty, cnn, capitol hill. volunteers in israel stepping up to help their troops and their neighbors after r the october r 7th attackck by hamas. volunteers in israel are stepping in to support troops and neighbors after the hamas attack on october 7th. >> cnn's nic robertson has more. >> reporter: a few miles from the front lines soldiers relax, enjoy free food and the support of their country. >> it's like everybody in war, everybody wants and needs to contribute. >> reporter: an army vet and restaurant tour ran nadal stepped up immediately cooking burgers. >> right now we deliver around 20,000. >> reporter: the soldiers just show up here? >> yeah. they're coming from all over the area. >> reporter: it feels relaxed, and anywhere else it might be. but so close to war, it's therapy and not just for the tr troops. >> make this is a good place to live. >> reporter: it's this man's first day volunteering, chopping onions for burgers, his only child liam, 28 years old, murdered by hamas at the music fes festival. >> they start to shoot. -- >> reporter: it's not just food that volunteers are stepping up to help out with all across the country, people are doing what they can to support the soldiers and the civilians. so you're building resiliency here? >> you build resilience, make sure our mutual responsibility is at its best. >> reporter: he has thousands of volunteers working for him. >> this is the heart of the operation? >> this is the heart of the operation. it's starting to be hard. that's why we need to every day to rebuild the spirit. >> reporter: in this room, one of dozens like it across the country, volunteers working 18-hour shifts rescuing families from front lines, finding them places to live. >> it helps me keep busy so the head doesn't get stuck on the war and all the atrocities that happened and keep happening. >> reporter: like everyone here, sean etinger, a 21-year-old student sees the suffering on the other side, too. >> reporter: this third generation holocaust survivor fought in the last incursion and wants to build back stronger. >> we seek for peace. the only thing we know how to do is to help, to rebuild. we're going to bring 1 million people to live on the gaza border. >> reporter: after losing his son liam, that building back has only just begun. >> -- and tell us continue the life, good life. >> reporter: nic robertson, cnn, gilad, israel. dwayne "the rock" johnson, former wrestler, movie star. he's a lot of things. could he one day be president? the revelation that had political insiders talking this week. former pro wrestler, current movie star, future president? it turns out dwayne "the rock" johnson was approached by democrats about the idea of running for president. that's according to sources familiar with the conversation. >> the confirmation came the day after johnson had everybody talking saying this on a podcast with trevor noah. watch. >> the beginning of the year -- at the end of the year, rather, in 2022 i got a visit from the parties asking me if i was going to run and if i could run. >> johnson ruled out a run for now, but he did not dismiss a future run for the white house, and he would not be the first celebrity, of course, to choose to jump into the world of politics. here is cnn's tom foreman. >> you have two choices -- >> reporter: blasting into a president election in which polls say many voters don't like either main candidate, dwayne "the rock" johnson, actor, wrestler, superstar is hinting at a hunt. >> if that's truly what the people want, of course i'll consider it. ♪ money, money, money ♪ >> reporter: if he does he'd follow former president donald trump and dozens of other celebrities who have tried and sometimes succeeded spinning their fame into political goal. the one he might most want to study, ronald reagan who used his skilless from film, tv and radio to pick off one political challenger after another, proving his actor's sense of timing and humor -- >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> reporter: -- carried him all the way to the white house and with a robust agenda with the support of his party, keep him there. that pattern has been repeated at lower levels. fred grandy turned nine years on "the love boat" into eight years as a congressman from iowa. ♪ babe, i got you babe ♪ >> reporter: sonny bono was a pop star, then a mayor, then a congressman from california until his untimely and accidental death. >> but i don't think that's how it works. >> reporter: which minnesota senator started out as a comedian? >> that's right, me, al franken. >> reporter: of course, arnold schwarzenegger pressed his strong man persona into eight years as governor of california. >> i want to be the governor for the people. i want to represent everybody. >> what the hell is this? >> reporter: so is "the rock" ready to enter the political jungle? he's tipped his hat to a presidential run before, although always with hesitation. >> i love our country and everyone in it. i also love being a daddy. that's the most important thing to me, is being a daddy. >> reporter: we don't know if he would be a good president. we usually don't know when any celebrity runs if they will be good at the job. but political strategists know, if they're already famous, likable and generally considered trustworthy by the public, those are big steps toward being electable. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> i think we'd make a great ticket then. >> who? >> you and i. let's play. u.s. soccer legend megan rapinoe took the field last night for the final time. what should have been a celebration turned tragic just minutes into the game. coy wire joins us with all the details next. soccer star megan rapinoe suffered a fatal end to her final game. >> coy wire is with us. sad way to end. >> will go down as one of the greatest to ever play. this was supposed to be a storybook ending to her storybook career. just a couple minutes in, rapinoe -- you'll see her slip. she said it felt like someone kicked her. you can actually see her look bop. she said she's pretty sure she tore her achilles tendon. she got a standing vocation after she walked off the pitch. saying, though this is the worst possible outcome and she's done playing, she will still be involved with the game. gotham fc will go on to win. esther gonzalez heading in the event game winner. ally kreiger goes out on a high. this was the final game of her career as well. gotham fc win 2-1, their first ever nwsl title after finishing last place last season. college football, number ten penn state hosting third rate michigan who remember, without their head coach jim harbaugh, suspended by the big ten conference on friday amid sign-stealing accusations, under investigation by the ncaa. offensive coordinator cher roane moore took over, the wolverines came through big time. grounding out a 24-15 win, rushing for 227 yards. michigan improving to a perfect 10-0 afterwards. here is coach moore talking about how emotional these last 24 hours have been. >> i want to thank the lord, coach harbaugh. love you man. love the [ bleep ] out of you, man. this is for you, for this university, the president, our a.d. we've got the best players, best university, best alumni in the country. love you guys. these guys right here man! >> to mls playoff action. houston dynamo hosting real salt lake. redirected by diego luna to equalize. that would start the stage for a penalty shootout. win or go home. game three, houston's gryffindor see nails it. the dynamo dancing their way into the western conference finals, they will host kansas city next. some pop news. taylor swift has been to chiefs game supporting beau travis kelce. a 14-hour flight to buenos aries argentina showing up for her eras tour. that's tay tay's dad. afterwards, she ran to the vip tent. a big smooch for travis. she changed one of the lyrics in her sign to karma. karma is the guy on the chiefs instead of saying the screen there, she put in travis' teammate. >> i love that. >> are you so touched? that was so sweet. >> okay, you're dating. great. >> you've got to run off the stage and be more in your mother's face. >> she's a show woman. she has to put on a show. >> travis will be worthless when he comes back from that bye week. >> oh, come on. coy wire, thank you. >> thahank you very much for joining us this morning.