Morning starts now. Good morning, good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im vc egg tore blackwell. Im amara walker. Thanks for being with us. Were going to begin this morning with dangerous Weather Conditions caused by now posttropical cyclone lee. The storm is packing hurricaneforce winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surges as it swipes the new england coast. Now, while lee is not expected to make landfall in the u. S. , the outer bands of the powerful storm are already hitting the east coast, packing winds of 60 miles an hour and bringing storm surges that could cause flooding along the new england coast. Tropical Storm Warnings through nantucket and maine, and authorities are telling people to prepare to stay where you are as the storm pushes north through the day. Lees also expected to cause dangerous rip currents along the Atlantic Coast with a lot of states warning people to stay out of the ocean this weekend because of the dangerous surge conditions. Of course, were cove
Good morning. It is sunday, april 7 with the president ial race in full swing between the two nominees. Both campaigns are focusing on raising as much money as they can. A couple of weeks ago, joe biden was joined by barack obama and bill clinton to headline a star studded Campaign Fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. And brought in a Record Setting 26 million, the most money ever raised for a single political event until apparently last night. Just 11 days after setting the record. Donald trump needed to smash it. And the fundraiser in florida last night, that they took in more than 50 million. And that they are a study in contract. And that it featured musical performances from lizzo and it featured a conversation. And the low end, what as high as 500,000, which included access to the exclusive gathering. And that it is sold out at more than 5,000 people to sell out. Donald trumps event last night was more exclusive affair. And that they were hosted by john paulson a
threat to children. people are sleeping outside on concrete floors. 80% of the population are displaced, almosti million are children and they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded and without any of the basics that need to survive. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four, five, six days, aid agencies such as unicef only been able to access rafah and it is only limited aid and if we cannot get through soon people are going to really struggle because there is not enough water, food, shelter. meanwhile, the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up, saying there are signs that hamas is falling apart. translation: | see the - achievements from day-to-day. we are seeing every day, terrorists who were killed, terrorists who were injured. in the last few days, we see terrorists who are su
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. american officials argued such a move would be divorced from reality . every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. there s been a chorus of outrage from other countries, charities and human rights groups. israel has thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas which is classed as a terror group by many western governments in gaza, there s no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday in the aftermath of an israeli airstrike as the military pushes ahead with its war against hamas. hours later, at the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and had this warning. there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza, which wo