This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The hour, the chaos on capitol hill. The Republican House dysfunction continues as the fight for a new speaker of the house continues to sputter after republican representative jim jordan failed to get enough votes. The house has recessed, at least for the time being. Leading right now, another tragic turn in the war in israel and gaza. Hundreds of people have been killed by an explosion at a hospital in gaza, according to the Palestinian Health ministry, these images youre seeing show fires raging with an Ambulance Feed away inside the hospital we see images of devastation with this blurred image of a dead body in a hallway. Its the Al Ahli Baptist hospital in the center of gaza city which reportedly was Housing Hundreds of those already injured by airstrikes. Perhaps many more seeking shelter from the strikes. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the west bank declared three days of mourning for the victims.
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Meddling case has issued a ruling. She will not recuse herself despite Donald Trumps request. What this means for the case going forward. Also tonight, seven of trumps republican primary rivals are preparing to debate without him once again. The gop frontrunner skipping the race off to focus on the Battleground State of michigan and his potential rematch with president biden. And senator bob menendez pleads not guilty to Bribery Charges as more and more of his fellow democrats are clambering for him to resign. We are tracking the growing legal and political pressure on him right now. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im pamela brown and youre in the situation room. And we start with the Breaking News. Federal judge tanya chutkan, who is overseeing Donald Trumps federal 2020 election subversion criminal case, will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a long shot bid from the former president s legal team. Evan perez
the row cal protest that continues to put the pressure on israel for a cease-fire, even as the israelis provide proof they say that hamas was using the hospital that was the source of this debate as sort of a weapons center and sort of a military center. having said all of that though, it s not just those outside of israel that are pressuring the government. there s pressure within the government by the opposition leader that wants to get rid of the prime minister for his handling of all of this. we ll be speaking with him shortly. in the meantime, trey yingst with the latest. hey, neil, good afternoon. i want to start with a fresh update from northern israel where the israelis say they intercepted a suspicious object in southern lebanon as renewed fire into northern israel is taking place right now. quite the exchange of fire today as the lebanese militant group hezbollah continues to get involved in the fight. on the southern front, the israelis forces are striking more h
falling out of step with so many public. we have covered this before. it s a huge deal as the republicans face the midterm defeats in ohio, kentucky and virginia. the party is still reeling from that, celebrations where republicans are usually supposed to win. democrats feel emboldened. so, abortion rights groups working in tandem want to seize on the momentum, and make new pushes to protect abortion access and freedom, in states as red as even nebraska. protect our rights is an effort to put abortion rights to a vote in nebraska. you know, we have seen time and teen again, especially with how just last week, you put abortion on the ballot, and voters will protect their rights. nebraska is no different. that was just last night. you see the echo of ohio going into this week, and potentially future elections. it s just a fact if we re following what voters and different people have said in different places, in every election since the supreme court overturned roe when