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
india versus south africa with the top shot of poor grabs. india won the toss and chose to bat, and they have been piling on the runs in calcutta. impressing with 77, seven fours and two sixes. virat kohli is helping to build an autonomous platform on his birthday. an ominous platform. currently on 238 for three in the 40th over. embarrassing and a disgrace, that is help mikel arteta described the video assistant referee s decision to allow newcastle s dull and arsenals defeat at st james s park in the premier league. three decisions went against arsenal first, and it looked although newcastle had run the ball out of play in the build up, but there was then a check to see if there had been foul on gabrielle in the penalty area, but the challenge was deemed acceptable, so newcastle scored and put arsenal in front. there was no var angle to draw the appropriate line. it is appropriate line. it is embarrassing. - appropriate line. it is embarrassing. in - appropriate line. it
hi there, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. in a few minutes president biden will address the community of lewiston, maine, the community still reeling from a mass shooting just over one week ago. 18 people were killed in that shooting. the victims range in age from 14 years old to 76. the story of what this community has been forced to endure is one that has become all too familiar to all of us. 18 people some of whom were out playing corn hole at the local bar, others were bowling with their families at youth night. new dads, sign language interpreters, honor students, youth bowling coaches. some of the latest victims in america s gun violence crisis epidemic. the new york times reports this,that, quote, the vit will most likely also be an opportunity for president biden to repeat his call far ban on assault weapons and tougher gun control and mental health measures that have been blocked on capitol hill. with me at the table, former top official at the department of justi