children. he said they made sure their wives and several young children were undercover when they charged the shooter. both men were killed. trisha ashland worked part-time at the bowling alley and tried to call 911 when she was killed. 18 lives now gone. leroy walker said his way forward is through faith and forgiveness. i can t hate this person. i have been taught different than that. i hope, anyways. and i believe that i have to feel that way. you can t run around this world hating people. if you do, these kind of things will happen more and more. jason carroll, cnn, new york. thanks so much, jason. hello, again, everyone, thank you for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield. and we re monitoring the developments in the war against hamas. a short time ago they updated the number of hostages held in gaza. they now say there are 239 people who are being held captive from the hamas terror attack three weeks ago. with the safety of those hostages a top priority, today isr
hello everyone. thank you for joining us. i m fredicka whitfield in atlanta alongside jim sciutto in israel. we begin in gaza where israeli troops continue to advance as officials say the second stage of their war with hamas has begun. moments ago we learned that president joe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. their conversation comes as national security adviser jake sullivan warned there s an elevated risk of conflict expanding across the region. the idf said their air strikes hit more than 450 hamas targets in the last day including command centers, observation posts and missile launch sites. sources tell cnn that one strike hit a mosque killing 13 people and leaving dozens of others injured. new video from inside gaza published by an israeli newspaper shows idf soldiers raising israel s flag on a hotel roof. cnn has asked the israel defense forces for comment on the video. an analysis by cnn shows that israeli troops have advanced at least two mi
Gazans at this point. Wolf blitzer is eight miles from gazas border. Can you tell us anything about this building . The only thing i know about the building, there are several media organizations that have their base in gaza in that building. The israelis i spoke yesterday with an Israeli Army Spokesman who said there are also hamas organizations or hamas related infrastructure in that building. Thats why they say theyre targeting that building. But there are several arabic language news organizations based there. As you point out, carol, this is the second time the israelis have gone after that building. So other than what the israelis are saying, they say there are legitimate targets there, what were seeing on the ground from our own reporters, thats escalating into a pretty Serious Development even as diplomats are trying to achieve some sort of ceasefire. When you see whats going on that ceasefire looks increasingly remote. Lets see what happens behind the scenes there. I have hear
Deadline. This is the scene right now in gaza city. Its remarkable. For the first time in days people are out in the streets. They are celebrating. Traffic is bumpertobumper. Everyone, everyone appears to be in celebration. People waving flags and firing guns in the air. While our crews saw outgoing rockets and heard explosions in the hours leading up to the ceasefire deadline, theyve seen little or no military activity since then only the celebrating. [ gunfire ] secretary of state Hillary Clinton and egypts foreign minister announced the deal in cairo after the secretary spent the day in intense facetoface talks with the leaders of israel, the Palestinian Authority and egypt. This is a critical moment for the region. Egypts new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership it has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace. Were still learning details of the agreement between the israelis and hamas. Egypt and the United States apparently have assum
Most in two months. And the White House Task force is warning that several regions of the United States, in particular the midwest and the sun belt and a cluster of northern states are showing what they are deeming, quote, early signs of deterioration heading into the winter. Today President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are both on the campaign trail, this is after their debate last night that laid out very different visions for this country moving forward, 11 days from election day and more than 48 million of you have already voted. Were minds changed last night on that debate stage . So lets begin there with our jessica dean, she joins us from nashville, tennessee, at the site of last nights campaign. Jess, not only did Kristen Welker just do a phenomenal job, we actually could hear their answers which matters. Reporter yeah, its amazing what a difference that makes, isnt it . You can actually hear them talk back and forth. So here we are 11 days out, as you mentioned, f