israel revealing new evidence hms. tunnel at gaza the largest hospital. israelis standing by it. americans standing by it. and safety and security of this contact the department of education. launching investigation into seven schools about alleged incidents of islam phobia, calling on the party to do what 80% of voters are asking. now is not the time for a cease-fire. an adult website and botox? a scathing report says george santos misused thousands of campaign dollars. not seeking a second term. the court is going to expel among republicans. ahe alienated his own fans b spending the money of his onlyfans. president biden s brother subpoenaed. potential tax charges. bad news for hunter biden anyway you slice it. good morning, everyone. it s friday. we have a lot of news to get to, but are starting with israeli forces now saying they discovered the body of a second hostage near gaza s largest hospital where troops have been conducting a military oper
media rewriting 9-11 history now. it is the newest ugly chapter from those praising the work of hamas on october 7. now they re saying that they are now understanding things about bin laden and 9-11 that they never understood before they say. 22 years later. imagine how the families of 9-11 victims feel when they hear these voices. and there is much more on this front to dig in to today. we ll spine with ian allie later this hour and get her reaction to these in some cases, i should say, hamas sympathizers and now showing some sympathy or understanding for the thinking of osama bin laden. first we want to bring you the breaking news. president biden at the apex summit in california just said that his relationship with president xi of china is not cumbaya. secretary of state blinken appeared to whence when the president referred to xi as a dictator. watch this closely on the left-hand side of your screen. watch. mr. president, after today, would you still refer to president
right now. top of the hour. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. president biden is giving a rare press conference last night talking about his highs stakes meeting with china s xi jinping and signaling a hostage deal could be coming soon in the israel/hamas war. biden says he has been deeply involved in the negotiations quote mildly hopeful. we will be joined by the family of a 3-year-old who is being held hostage in gaza right now. kaitlan collins speaking with joe manchin about his political future. she is going to join us with the details. and the pentagon s ufr chief is resigning. he says there are ufo sightings that could be the act of foreign adversaries or even aliens. we will get into it. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. new this morning, a shooting attack near jerusalem. israeli police say six israeli personnel were injured at a security checkpoint. the three attackers were shot and killed. getting a better picture of why the israel defense forces decided
now it s their turn. donald trump jr. back on the witness stand as trump organization lawyers kick a off their defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial. why trump jr. says his dad is, quote, an artist. and desperation in gaza, hospitals running out of basic critical supplies forcing doctors to wrap premature babies in foil. what israel is saying about this and what it could mean for hostage talks. plus the u.s. racing toward yet another potential government shutdown. will the capitol hill chaos continue or will cooler heads finally prevail? we re following these stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. nus minutes from now donald trump jr. will return to the witness stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. he s the first witness for trump s legal team, which start ed their case today. kara scannell is outside the courthouse. don jr. testified for two hours this it morning before the court took that lunch break. there was an intere
i m really old. it is a wonderful song. takes me back. and cnn this morning continues now. the third republican presidential debate is in the books. how did their words square request with the facts? nikki haley, a master class on policy, abortion. she is a force. trump has such a large lead nationally, it may be meaningless. the pentagon carried out airstrikes fence a weapons storage facility in eastern syria. a facility used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard core. secretary austin describing this as a limited self-defense strike. after 118 days, hollywood actors struck a teal with major film and television studios. we know this deal is going to stress artificial intelligence. it sets the stage for roughly 160,000 actors to return to work. the iowa caucus is 67 days away. last night five candidates faced off in miami. the frontrunner of the party, donald trump, didn t show up again. the third time in a row. during the debate he held a rall