. happening now, tens of thousands of people are on the national mall here in d.c. to rally in support of israel and condemn anti-semitism. security is at the highest levels as tensions over the israel-hamas war surge. in the meantime president biden express something new optimism about the hostages that hamas is holding. he says a deal is going to happen. we have new details on the negotiations. and we know they throw insults, but now elbows? one congressman accusing former speaker mccarthy of that. all of this three days before the government shuts down. we are following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to "cnn news central." for 239 hostages being held in gaza, today is day 39 in captivity. a short time ago, president biden said a deal to release them is, quote, going to happen. a senior u.s. official telling cnn israel and hamas are moving closer to a deal for release, which could include a day's long pause in fighting. right now in washington, thousands are gathered on the national mall demanding the hostages be freed while condemning anti-semitism. washington's mayor has ramped up the police and homeland security has given the event the highest possible security designation. gabe cohen is on the national mall. gabe, tell us about the turnout so far and what you're seeing and hearing? >> reporter: brianna, up to this point it's massive as we're waiting for the speeches to get under way any minute. i am looking at a sea of people across this section of the national mall. they were expecting potentially tens of thousands of them, packed into this area, about a mile long, all fenced in at this point. organizers said they expected this to be the largest gathering of american jewish communities in recent history, and it appears they may have accomplished that. organizers told me they were very intentional about the speakers they selected, the language they used as they were planning the event because they wanted to create a big tent of unity and support, an event that could unify jews and jewish organizations across the political spectrum. they said there are three points of focus here. one, showing solidarity with israel and the israeli people. two, combatting anti-semitism across the country and across the world. three, calling for the release of the hostages that are still in gaza. look, when i was out in that crowd a few minutes ago i met people from across the country, georgia, massachusetts, ohio, florida, california, and i met a young woman who is a student at the university of maryland who said she went to high school with omar nutra an israeli soldier held in gaza. here's ha she told me about why she came down here today. >> we went to high school together, and we were very good friends. he is an incredible guy. everyone loves him. he's funny, he's kind. charismatic. he's a natural born leader and everyone is really being impacted heavily by this. i want odd to show my support for israel and i wanted to be here to support my community. >> reporter: brianna, we expect that message of unity to be mirrored in the speakers that are scheduled. house speaker, republican mike johnson, set to speeches the democratic minority leader hakeem jeffries, chuck schumer, jo joni ernst, leaders from across the political aisle who will speak here. it will be interesting to see if their rhetoric matches that message of unity, as the speeches get under way any minute now. >> certainly they have the ear of many folks here in washington. gabe cohen, thank you for that report. we have senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz covering this rally. shimon, obviously, a big security concern here. tell us what you've learned? >> reporter: yeah. one of the biggest certainly that washington, d.c., has seen in some time. every law enforcement agency assisting here from the d.c. metro police to the capitol police, the park police, secret service, the fbi, basically you've got every law enforcement agency here working behind the scenes on the ground, we have national guard troops block off the streets and most of this area around here, the streets are opened, but they've closed them to vehicle traffic. i'm at the area where people who are entering this event, the security checkpoint, that they have to go through, as we get closer to the start of this event, many of the people have been entering inside, and so they have to go through security, magnetometers, not allowed to bring bags in. there's really tight security. there's a lot of concern, obviously, with all the anti-semitism that we have seen across the country, and just what's going on overseas, and so as a result, there are all these extra security measures. as this day goes on, we're certainly expecting to see even more of a law enforcement presence because there is concern over counter demonstrations. so law enforcement is looking out for that. we've not seen much of that today. everyone here on high alert. >> they certainly are and for good reason. thank you for that report. pam? >> thanks. now we have more on the encouraging statement from president biden telling reporters at the white house today that a deal to free the hostages is going to happen. cnn's nic robertson is in sderot, israel. what more can you tell us about these negotiations, nic? >> it's been understood that negotiations could involve the release of up to 100 women and children who are being held by hamas and, perhaps, one of the other main groups holding people there, the palestinian islamic jihad. it's not quite clear how that group fits into the conversations that are being had. these are not direct conversations, of course. we know that hamas speaks with the egyptian intelligence, and they, in turn, will speak with the officials in doha, the qatari officials, who have been the main intermediaries as well, who have access to hamas officials. in that grouping of potentially 100 women and children, the understanding is, that their release could be a sort of rolling release, a few first or small group and then another group, but it would, of course, be dependent on a cease-fire. the questions have. about how long the cease-fire would be and a series of cease-fires and israel has been so clear until now, no complete cease-fire until all the hostages are freed. i was speaking to hostages over the weekend or families of hostages and they were telling me they're concerned while this deal appears at the moment to prioritize women and children and they say rightly so, there's a concern that men, particularly men of military age, may get left behind in this deal. there are concerns among the families of hostages about this. but it does appear as if there is a possibility for movement, but what we keep getting cautioned about here, of course, this can all get derailed very quickly. i have to say, no sign of cease-fire in gaza today, which is what we've seen before. the other couple of hostage releases that we had several weeks back now, pam. >> we've had hopeful signs in the past and then it got derailed. i think that's an appropriate caution for sure. i want to ask you about gaza's health care system. it is on the brink of collapse as we know. the u.n. says one hospital is operational. you traveled with the idf into gaza. what did you see? >> reporter: yeah. 35 hospitals in gaza, the vast majority are now completely out of service, and as you say, only one operating now inside of gaza. the idf, very clearly wants to get access to that hospital because they say that they believe hamas has a network of tunnels something that hospital officials dismissed. we were taken to the al reykrantisi hospital. the idf spokesman admiral hagari who took us in there, i asked him, why there was damage getting into the hospital, why the building was damaged, and about the reason that he had taken us there and what they were finding and what conclusions they were drawing from what they were finding. bringing us here to this hospital and the connection you believe exists between the terrorists and hostages, what does this say about other hospitals here in gaza? >> al shifa is known by fact by intelligence to be a terrorist hub and suspicious in holding hostages. this is the best shelter for hamas. >> the hospital authority says they have no knowledge of hamas or other groups inside the hospital. is that possible? >> it's not possible for this hospital to have this kind of infrastructure. we knew the terrorists were here. >> how? >> by intelligence and we got fire from this area. >> from this area or this building? >> this area. we were right to fire because what we found in armory. >> but so much damage all around here. >> this is damage because hamas made it impossible for us to fight him and built all this infrastructure in tunnels and hospitals around areas populated. >> reporter: hospital health officials inside gaza continue to deny any connection between the hospitals themselves and hamas. this is something that they've said from the very beginning, that it seems very clear that israel is based on its beliefs is determined to take control of the hospitals because they say that they're going after hamas and they also believe there's a possible connection to hospitals and hostages and the other thing they say they're trying to get is all the hostages. it does seem that israel is on a course to try to take control of the hospitals. >> nic robertson, thanks so much. israeli forces have confirmed that an idf soldier hamas had taken as a hostage has decided. the idf says noa was shown in a individual hamas posted on monday. cnn is not showing the footage. hamas claims she was killed during the israeli strike but they did not specify how it happened. joining us is gershawn, a former hostage negotiator, and the middle east director for the international community's organization. gershawn, thank you for being with us. the need to get these hostages out before they're killed is imperative. president biden says a hostage deal is, quote, going to happen. obviously, hamas wants a cease-fire for as long as they can get it and release as few hostages to get it and israel wants the opposite. what is israel's responsibility when it comes to finding an agreement? >> well, first of all, i think it's important to understand that there's no deal until there's a deal. there's always a lot of talk around deals around these negotiations, all the talk around the negotiations, part of the negotiations themselves, i relate to them as noise aimed at influencing the negotiators. what israel wants is all the hostages to be released immediately. that's not in the cards. hamas has demanded that israel release all the palestinian prisoners in israeli prisons. israel is not going to do that. there's some, 7,000 including 59 serving life sentences for murdering israelis and another 130 caught inside of israel after they committed terrorist murders on october 7th. that's mot possible. what was reported was a deal for the women, children and elderly. they have hostages in their 70s and 80s, some requiring immediate medical care, and this is the most important thing for israel to do to get those hostages out. israel is willing to make a compromise of cease-fire for several days and to release some palestinian prisoners for that to be done. we must be aware that a cease-fire is not just stopping the shooting, it's also requires a redeployment on israel moving back to positions where they would be secure so they're not sitting ducks in the middle of the city of gaza where hamas would be able to target them easily. >> so that you see that happening, several days ceas cease-fire, in release of a large number of hostages, but not all of them? >> i think it's very possible and intensive negotiations going on in cairo and doha. i think the egyptians are playing a crucial role because they have a direct line to the hamas underground leadership, the military command of hamas, as well as the islamic jihad. the hamas leaders in qatar are much less connected to what's going on on the ground. there may be this communation going between cairo and doha as well. the american hostage experts are playing an important role and advising the israelis and pushing the qataris to put pressure on hamas. it has to happen soon or it's not going to happen. there's just a matter of time before the israelis go at that hospital, the al shifa hospital. i hope the israelis have substantial evidence to prove it is a military target because it is the largest and most important hospital in gaza. and i think it's also important to note that the israelis are not going to wait forever. they're going to send their special forces on search and rescue missions to find the hostages, and when that happens the chance of negotiations are much smaller. >> and highly dangerous missions, obviously, if they were to do that. how do you see netanyahu balancing the demands of israelis and his stated desire for retribution for october 7th and the need to negotiate to give something to get these hostages back? >> i think netanyahu is disconnected to the people of israel today and the people will make him pay the price for the failures at the end of this war. netanyahu understand israel has a moral responsibility to bring the hostages home. israel failed to protect communities along the gaza border and failed to prevent hamas from entering so easily and breaching israel's border and the government of netanyahu empowered most of the last 15 years. he has no excuses and has to take responsibility and therefore uphold the responsibility of the state of israel to return these hostages to their families. >> gershawn, it is great to get your insights. obviously, you have unique and important ones. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. a clean shot to the kidneys. we are not talking about a boxing match. we're talking about a physical altercation between kevin mccarthy and one of the republicans who voted him out as house speaker. republican congressman tim burchett says mccarthy elbowed him hard in the back, but what does mccarthy say? plus, some good news ahead of the holiday season. the dow soaring as the new inflation report shows prices are getting less painful, but is it enough for the fed to end those rate hikes? we are one day closer to a government shutdown and house speaker mike johnson is staring down his first clash with gop hardliners. how tense are the dynamics right now? today we heard about another clash on capitol hill. congressman tim burchett says former house speaker kevin mccarthy elbowed and shoved him. burchett is one of the eight house republicans who voted to oust mccarthy, and he spoke to manu raju this morning. >> so congressman, explain to us what happened with you and kevin mccarthy? >> well, i was doing an interview with claudia from npra lovely lady, and she was asking me a question and at that time, i got elbowed in the back and kind of caught me off guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys and i turned back and there was kevin, and i for a minute i was kind of what the heck just happened. then i -- you know, i chased after him, of course. he's a -- as i have stated many times he's a bully with $17 million in a security detail. he's the type of guy that would throw a rock over the fence and run and hide behind his mama's skirt. from behind, that kind of stuff, that's not the way we handle things in east tennessee. if we have a problem with somebody i'm going to look them in the eye and talk to him. >> walked down the hallway, hit you with his belbow. go on claudia's x account. >> just explain. you chased him? >> i just ran after him like what the heck? why did you do that? because like i said, if you've been hit in the kidneys it's a little different. you don't have to hit hard to cause a lot of pain. and he just, of course, as he always does, he just denies it or blames somebody else or something. it was just a little heated, but i backed off, because i saw no reason. i wasn't gaining anything from it. everybody saw it. it isn't matter. >> he responded to you? >> yeah. yeah, he just acted like what are you talking about, you know, who are you to, that kind of thing. it's -- i think that's symptomatic of the problems he's had in his short tenure as speaker. >> were you face to face when you had this interaction? >> yeah. there's security detail. they were doing their job. it wasn't exactly like he didn't it -- he wouldn't turn around and face me. he kept scurrying trying to keep people between me and him. >> what did he -- >> i let it go at that point. >> were you yelling? >> i raised my voice to him and i thought it was appropriate. you don't expect a guy at one time three steps away from the white house, to hit you with a sucker punch in the hallway? >> did he raise his voice back to you. >> that high pitched kind of thing and that was about it. >> mccarthy denies the incident saying, quote, i didn't shove or elbow him. it's a tight hallway. this comes hours before the house is set to vote on johnson's two-step plan to keep the government running past fry. johnson has leaned on democrats to get a bill passed. lauren fox is on capitol hill. some house democrats are signalling that they will support johnson's plan to avoid a government shutdown. where do you think things stand? >> we were outside of the house democratic caucus meeting this morning where members were discussing how they should proceed moving forward, and what became very clear is that while this plan is not exactly what democrats had hoped for, they don't like the fact that there are two separate deadlines for when government funding is going to run out with some agencies running short on funding on january 19th and others on february 2nd. their argument is it doesn't include spending cuts. democratic leaders are playing coy with how democrats will proceed on the floor in just a few short hours. here's jeffreys to me earlier. >> we continue to express concerns with the bifurcated deadlines that seem to be somewhat unprecedented and we're evaluating the potential adverse impact of that on the american people. >> at this point you guys are just evaluating whether or not you can live with the bifurcated dates or not. sounds like you haven't found any poison pills. >> is speaker johnson going to have to wait to see what's going to happen on the floor? >> i expect we'll have one or two more conversations in the next few hours. >> reporter: democrats don't want to see a government shutdown, pam. the deadline is coming up quickly on friday, and given what you have seen over tensions running high in the house of representatives, members are ready to get out of washington and get back to their families and members are ready to start and begin celebrating the thanksgiving holiday. likely this is going to pass today out of the house of representatives. like we noted this has to be passed with democratic votes, something former speaker kevin mccarthy did and something he was ousted for. pam? >> that's right. lauren fox live on capitol hill, thanks so much. let's discuss with former republican congressman from michigan fred upton. thank you so much for joining us. i first want to ask you about his this clash that apparently happened on the hill today. you heard congressman burchett say he got into an altercation with the former house speaker. the former speaker denies mall intent. what do you make of this alleged altercation? >> politics is always a little rough and tumble. it's not what we see sometimes in japan or korea or maybe the philippines when these guys are going at each other and crawling over everybody. it's not a wide hallway. i don't -- my guess -- i wasn't there, but i don't think it was a serious jab. kevin probably wishes maybe he put horns behind his head to do this interview, who knows. i think it's just -- and burchett, you know, he's likely going to oppose keeping the government open this afternoon when they have that vote, but, yeah, i wouldn't make any big thing out of it. it's just a little push, probably wouldn't even get an interference call in an nll game. >> burchett, for his part, though, didn't seem to experience that. i mean he says he was still hurting when he talked to manu. when you look at the big picture here and the tensions rising, this altercation is symptomatic of the conflict that we have seen within the house republican caucus as of late. how worried are you about the tensions rising among house republican lawmakers, as we look ahead to the future and this potential government shutdown? >> yeah. i think they are going to have the votes to pass it, at least that's all the indications, because democrats are going to be on board, a good number of them, to make up for the folks who will always be voting no. it's a very close margin. four votes likely i think that santos is gone after this week, so after this week it will be just a three-vote margin. it's a poisonous, toxic time, particularly now that we're less than a year away from the big election next november. but you've -- you know, you've got this festering for sure, as they called the crazy eight, you know, kevin, in my view, dug his own hole quite a bit in terms of some of the changes that he was successful in making in the house rules that rewarded him with the speakership, but it's time to look to the future. we don't want a shutdown. it's unsettling for federal employees, tsa or usda or any place else, and i think they're going to have the votes to keep it open. then they have to work. you know, congress, a week ago, they had halloween off, they had -- they didn't get anything done during the three weeks where they had no speaker. they had all of august off. of course, the next deadline is january. i sure hope that after thanksgiving when they come back, that they actually may get -- i hope they can get some of these bills done in a bipartisan basis. that's what you have to do to get biden, the president, to sign it and get 60 votes done in the senate, but, you know, we're beyond the end of the fiscal year. it's time get that work done. i think johnson may have -- speakers johnson has found maybe a magic moment here to re-set things, but the onus is going to be on them to actually pass a bill in both january and february to keep the government open and to really do something about spending. >> all right. fred upton, thank you so much. let's talk soaring as wall street cheers the latest report showing inflation has cooled. ahead, what this means for your wallet. and california's governor revealing what started a fire on a major interstate in los angeles. we're going to find out how long it could affect traffic. stay with "cnn news central." 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. ♪ ♪ we have important news on the economy. u.s. inflation cooling more than expected. the consumer price index, a key measure of what americans are paying for goods and services, shows a deceleration from the previous month. you can see how the markets are reacting right now to this report. the dow soaring around 500 points now. joining us cnn business and politics correspondent, break these numbers for us, vanessa. >> investors liking this number. americans should like to hear this number. the fed presumably going to be liking what they're seeing. 3.2%, that's inflation over the last year or so, obviously, an increase, however month over month, staying flat. no increase there. core inflation, which is important for the fed, which strips away food and energy costs, cooled down to 4%, better than folks had anticipated. if we look at month over month numbers, we saw gasoline drop by 5%. that's significant. if you're going to the pump to fill up your tank, you may notice that you may be saving a couple more cents or dollars in your pocket. food prices and shelter, those have been stubbornly high, so going to the grocery store still a little painful and also shelter, really the biggest share of inflation still up. we've heard a lot of folks complaining about the high rent prices. but let's take a look at where we are now compared to last year. some really good news there. we're seeing costs of medical care, gasoline, used cars, all coming down, and then you look at gas utilities, fuel oil, home heating costs, those are dropping by double-digit numbers, down 15.8% for gas, utilities, 21.4% for fuel, and then eggs, down over 22%. i mean this is a staim when people go to the grocery stores. they're going to like to see this and like to see it ahead of the holiday season as many people may be putting eggs in their baskets to make some holiday meals this year. >> eggs were killing me. you get them every week and you see it, and it's annoying. the home heating costs so essential as we go into the winter months. what is the fed going to do when looking at this? >> yeah. so jerome powell, fed chair, has said that he is keeping the door open for a potential interest rate hike, but what this report really shows is that the 11 interest rate hikes that fed has made over the past year or more, have really done a pretty good job, according to this report, and that's why you're seeing markets react so strongly. investors thinking maybe the fed may pause interest rate hikes at their next meeting in december. i just want to point out that if we've learned anything over the pandemic, you cannot take one month's piece of data and use that as an absolute for the economy. that's why the fed will be looking at this and other data points that come in over the next month or so before they make any decision in december. however, this is good news for the economy right now. folks are seeing a cooling of prices overall. that is an encouraging sign, brianna? >> certainly is. vanessa, thank you for that report. we appreciate it very much. president biden on his way to san francisco to attend a summit with major foreign leaders, including a much-anticipated sit down with chinese president xi jinping. what's at stake for the biden administration? we'll have that next on "cnn news central." right now president biden is on his way to san francisco ahead of tomorrow's highly anticipated meeting with chinese president xi jinping. the rare, high stakes meeting, comes as the biden administration deals with two major wars abroad between israel and hamas and russia's war on ukraine. u.s. officials tell us president biden will try to convince china's leader to leverage ties with both russia and iran to keep both wars contained. cnn's senior national correspondent david culver joins us from san francisco. before departing washington, david, president biden told reporters he hopes to get relations with china, quote, back to normal. is that a realistic expectation? >> i feel like, pamela, he will have to remind the american public what normal looks like. it has been several months and now years that this relationship is, quite frankly, damaged. any incremental steps towards enhancing dialog, that looks like a positive, and we're seeing that with not only president biden en route here, but also president xi jinping on the flight now headed here to san francisco. the meeting in itself is a successful point of agreement that they've been able to come to and that took months of minister and cabinet-level meetings to pull off. let's look at the areas of cooperation, potential successes that could come from some of these talks, but no guarantees here. we look at things like fentanyl, the crisis in the u.s. increasingly an issue for most of the americans right now, but one thing that we're looking at with that crisis in particular is where it stems from. it may feel like an indirect cause but china is the precursor. those ingredients making their way to mexico and with cartels turned into fentanyl and brought to the u.s. that's an area they'll be discussing. another part that is going to be part of these discussions is going to be the military communications, particularly in the south china sea around the taiwan strait. also israel and hamas will talk about potentially coming to some sort of resolution there and maybe china what it hopes to be a global peacemaker, they like to consider themselves that mediator role, and lastly climate. that may be an area where as well there is some sort of agreement, pamela. right now these are all, quite frankly, just guesses and hopes from some certainly within the u.s. administration and on the chinese side it's going to be mostly about the optics and how it's portrayed to the chinese domestic audience. >> tell us about how the base hopes that china will leverage its ties with iran and russia. as we have these two ongoing wars abroad. >> we know china has a close relationship with iran and how it positioned itself not only with the israel-hamas conflict and choosing not to endorse a side publicly, but notably, refoouts fusing to condemn and mention hamas. it's likely its relationship with iran could play a role into that, and the u.s. would want to leverage that relationship to benefit not only bringing an end to the conflict but bypass much of the middle east as a whole. as far as its relationship with russia we've seen president putin and xi in what is an increasingly cozy relationship. president xi calls president putin his best friend, his words, that is something that the u.s. has concern with when you consider the warning from the chinese side, pamela, that china and russia want to create a new world order, one that is not led by the u.s. it bridges these two leaders to this meeting here in san francisco with a lot of contentious points to go over. >> for sure. david culver, thanks so much. new york mayor eric adams says he is cooperating with the fbi investigation as officials tell cnn it's focused on campaign money and possible foreign influence. we're going to have more on that up next. welcome back to "cnn news central." here are some other headlines we're following. the fire damage los angeles freeway will thot be demolished after all. california governor gavin newsom saying crews will take three to five weeks to repair the critical roadway. he says arson was the cause of the blaze that left hundreds of thousands of commuters scrambling to navigate the shutdown. also happening, the man accused of attacking the husband with a hammer has been called to the witness stand in his own defense. moments ago, he testified that he thought paul pelosi was dead until he saw the charges against him. he's pleaded not guilty to federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges. his testimony comes a day after paul pelosi testified publicly about the attack this side their home that left him with a fractured skul. he told the jury he awoke to a very large man with a hammer in one hand, and asking where's nancy is. he says he later came to in a pool of blood after being violently struck in the head. and an alleged bomb threat prompts a ewe thenitised airlines flight to be diverted overnight. it was enroute to vancouver from los angeles. the duty manager told cnn's ayat that a passenger on board the flight announce d the threat, prompted the flight to turn around and land at the strik san francisco airport. there were 148 passengers and 8 crew members on board. no injuries were reported. new york's mayor eric adams facing tough questions today about a sweeping fbi probe. cnn has learned the investigation into the mayor is focused on campaign money, favors and even possible foreign influence. federal agents seized his electronic devices last week. just moments ago, he told reporters he would not stand in the way of the probe. >> we are fully cooperating with the reviewers are locking for. we are fully cooperating with it. my role is to allow them to do their job without interference and i have to do my job of continuing to make sure the city navigates the various issues that we are face ing. cnn is following all of these developments for us. not a whole lot from the mayor. not surprising because this is ongoing. but certainly, he has a lot to answer for. >> reporter: that's right. it's almost in some ways we're learning quite a bit by the mayor's lack of answers today. the mayor refusing multiple times today to answer questions. and he called it a review, but the reality is this is an investigation by the fbi and the southern district of new york. they are look ing into whether r not the campaign took donations from foreign national asks if the mayor did favors for some of those donors. two key questions that the mayor refused to answer today. has he been interviewed by federal officials, and has anyone else been interviewed or had electronics seized by the fbi. over and over, we watched today as the mayor's chief counsel actually a former u.s. attorney for the southern district, stepped in multiple times as reporters tried to ask questions. kept repeat ing others saying they were not going to interfere with the investigation. some of these questions were simply yes or no questions. the mayor he pete ing he will continue to cooperate. there was one thing we learned from the mayor today. the mayor eadmitting, acknowledging that he did place a call to the fire commissioner in september is of 2021 just after he had secured a democratic nomination for mayor asking the fire commissioner to check in on a fire safety certificate situation at a b building in manhattan. the owners of that building, the turkish consulate. he did say that he reached out to the commissioner, but that this is a simple thing. this is just what officials do. listen to a little bit about what he had to say. >> commissioner was the person that i asked. can you look into this. ask that was all i spoke with. i didn't speak to any chief or any depenuty or anyone else because it's not my job to circumvent a commissioner. i spoke just with the com commissioner. the commissioner took the proper action. >> reporter: the investigation ongoing. as i said, even though we didn't hear many answers directly from the mayor today, his refusal the to answer certain questions kind of gives an idea of where this maybe going and the mayor set to face more questions over the coming days. >> definitely is. thank you for that report live for us from new york. and happening now, jewish americans are marching in support of israel as tens of thousands of people flock to the national mall here in washington. we're live from the rally, next.