the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. israel is now warning people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the seventh. this as testimony is coming to light about the horrors of the october 7th attacks nearly two months later. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated during hamas s attacks on southern israel. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage, and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. this report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, contains graphic details and testimony you may find very disturbing. out of the chaos and mass
willie, you look at the leads in the papers today, the major papers today. the wall street journal talking about the white house warning that funding for kyiv to run out in weeks. obviously, a desperate, desperate situation for those trying to stop a russian invasion here. the leads on the times, also, their lead story, of course, about israel pushing further south into gaza and approaching another large city center and the growing concerns about a humanitarian crisis. and, of course, over here, something that there s more and more focus on, it s about how donald trump s second term could obviously create a much darker trump and, of course, willie, very few checks and balances. we ll be getting all of those things today. a lot of really important stories and a lot of ground to cover. yeah. we re also going to be joined by liz cheney in just about an hour from now, and she ll tell us about her warning, as well. she believes if donald trump is elected to the white house a
hi, bret, how are you doing? bret: good. i appreciate it. good evening, welcome to washington. breaking tonight, actually moments ago, president biden telling democratic donors in boston, quote: if trump wasn t running, i m not sure i would be running. insisting democrats cannot let the former president win. we ll talk more about the president s messaging later in the show. meantime today on capitol hill, jewish students at some of the top colleges and universities in the country said they are in fear for their lives on campus. those students and some top administrators appeared on capitol hill today. the educators were grilled about their school s failure to provide protection in the midst of anti-semitic incidents. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill tonight with the latest. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. tonight, the presidents of those universities are defending their actions, even as jewish students who aren t on thei
near the southern gaza strip where palestinians say they have nowhere else to go. and now, one blast is blowing out the windows as police are trying to serve a warrant. what led up to this. i m skate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, and this is cnn news central. so what is chris christie going to say on the debate stage tomorrow night now that he knows that at of people don t want him there? according to the new york times, republican donors, strategists and pundits are publicly pressuring mr. christie, to end his campaign and many want him to support nikki haley, and many want him to quit not only yesterday, but a month and two months ago. and liz cheney has said that she has not ruled out a third-party run, and this is as donald trump prepares to hold a solo town hall and ditch the debate tomorrow and head back to court thursday. kristen holmes and alaina treene joining us. now, where is donald trump seeing things? well, john, donald trump continues to ru
october 7th. so, we need to be doing everything. i think the president is doing everything, but let me tell you what the congress could do. congress could pass that money and send the message to hamas that we re going to support this effort and you need to make accommodations and get those hostages back home. congressman hoyer, thank you. that s going to do it for this hour. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. h katy tur reports ri ght now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. what would a second donald trump term look like? six weeks before iowa caucusgoers cast their first ballots, there are warnings from multiple corners about the damage donald trump could do. the atlantic magazine has a special issue outlining what trump s actions would be on nato, on immigration, on the justice department, on autocracy and more. staunch conservative liz cheney is stating plainly that the gop can t and frankly won t reign donald trump in. and mitt romney is basically