no water, no food no extrem supplemental oxygen. they are taking measures to keep vulnerable patients alive, including wrapping premature babies in foil. what israel is saying. back on the witness stand, donald trump jr. facing questions in the civil fraud case against the family business, but this time, they re coming from his lawyer. how the defense is kicking off their case. plus, the makers of the popular weight loss drug wegovy say they ve discovered a brand new benefit and it could be another life saver. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here on cnn news central. we begin in the middle east. doctors at gaza s largest hospital describing conditions today as catastrophic. all essential units and shifa hospital have collapsed, food, medicine and fuel are all in dwindling supply even as thousands of gazan civilians seek shelter there. doctors say they are taking measures to keep newborns alive. power outages have forced them t
forces attacked two sites in syria. including a command and control center. it comes after dozens of attacks on u.s. forces in the region and as israel s war with hamas intensifies. israeli ground forces battling hamas militants inside gaza city. hospitals at the breaking point. matt gutman on the ground in israel. also, that deadly helicopter crash in the mediterranean sea near cyprus. we just learned five special operations soldiers were killed in a refueling training mission in the middle of the night. why those soldiers were in the area. jay o brien standing by at the white house with late reporting. here at home, the fast moving deadly fire engulfing a new york city apartment building. an entire family killed. more than a dozen hurt. in the west, a massive inferno shutting down a massive portion of a freeway in los angeles. the governor declares a state of emergency, bracing for a nightmare commute that could last for a while. jaclyn lee from the scene in los angel
specialized home for wounded veterans. thank you so much. wolf blitzer picks it up right now in the situation room. see you tomorrow. happening now, president biden says gaza s largest hospital should be, should be protected as israel insists it s striking medical centers hamas is using as cover. hospital officials reporting catastrophic conditions and increasingly desperate measures to keep premature babies and others alive. cnn goes inside gaza with israeli forces getting an up close look at the enormous scope of the destruction. the idf showing tunnels use bid hamas including beneath a children s hospital. donald trump jr. wraps up the testimony for the defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump organization. trump jr. praising his father as a real estate artist, even as the case threatens the family s entire business empire. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we beg
of ayman, republican revote. house speaker mike johnson just pitches put to get the government open and legislate members of his own party are already shutting him down. plus, 60 or losing strap. the gop has lost almost every major election since 2017. when will they learn they need to change? and taking advantage, how president biden and democrats can keep it straight going into 2024 and beyond. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. republicans, well, happens i? this they just keep on losing. and this week the gop suffered more losses and states all over the political spectrum to, in large part, to a stubborn hard-line stance on extremism and abortion. out of step with the super majority of the american public on both of those. virginians were in full by weren t filled by glenn youngkin s gaslighting about a common sense 15 wake up abortion ban, that i described. it pennsylvanians refuse to allow a candidate who had tried to hide her radical views on abortion, ev
of ayman, republican revolt. house speaker mike johnson just pitched his plan to keep the government open and legislate members of his own party are already shutting him down. plus, 60 or losing strap. the gop has lost almost every major election since 2017. when will they learn they need to change? and taking advantage, how president biden and democrats can keep it straight going into 2024 and beyond. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. republicans, well ? they just keep on losing. and this week the gop suffered more losses in states all over the political spectrum to, in large part, to a stubborn hard-line stance on extremism and abortion. out of step with the super majority of the american public on both of those. virginians weren t fooled by governor glenn youngkin s gaslighting about a common sense 15 week abortion ban, that s how he described it. pennsylvanians refused to allow a candidate who had tried to hide her radical views on abortion, even scrambling