election interference case. stand by for new details on what meadows reportedly told the special counsel and a grand jury about donald trump s 2020 election claims. also breaking, intense talks aimed at freeing more hostages abducted by hamas. while a newly released captive opens up about the, quote, hell she went through as the israel/hamas war rages. the idf now says its naval foforce s clashed with hamas divers at sea. the house speaker crisis deepens with the latest gop nominee for the job dropping out only hours after being chosen. is there any republican who can pass muster in that very divided caucus? as far-right lawmakers and donald trump are flexing their muscle. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news tonight. the former trump white house chief of staff, mark meadows, reportedly offering damning testimony against
helicopters that were in this aerial convoy and only one of them crashed. but yes, it was carrying the president. it was carrying the foreign minister hossein amir of the law at least three crew members, the governor of eastern azerbaijan province. that s again where the ceremony had been taking place on the border with azerbaijan is separate country. of course and then the friday prayer, imam who leads the friday prayers in the city of tabriz. that s the major metropolitan center in that part of iran paula, i have done a road trip through this part of iran to the border, to turkey from tehran and i can personally attest to the fact that this area is rugged. it is very sparsely populated as well. we perhaps explain why you would have such a high level delegation traveling by helicopter because any kind of trip by road would have taken hours and hours and also been on potentially the dangerous roads. but this is a rugged and remote place and an indicator of perhaps why the ira
health ministry, 436 people were killed in the strikes overnight including nearly 200 children. anderson. this all comes as we re learning the u.s. is pushing israel to delay its ground invasion of gaza in hopes of getting hostages out and letting humanitarian aid into the south. although a israeli official has denied this. carrying supplies into gaza, relief groups are warning much more is needed as the crisis deepens for many palestinians running out of food and water. cnn s chief international correspondent alex marquardt is live in washington. cnn s jeremy diamond is in ashkelon, israel, lolgalong the border. jeremy, what are you hearing, seeing, about possible incursion on the ground in gaza? reporter: well, anderson, it really is about the combination between what we re seeing on the ground what we re hearing from officials and also, frankly, hearing this evening, as we listen to the gaza strip behind us, we have been hearing the steady thud of israeli artillery and
battle so i need you to fight there s some things i need to die. my ego, my pride, my grip on my life. growing old9 into the fire leave no survivors. survivors. survivors. survivors. growing old into the fire and leave no survivors if. pete: hey! [applause] we just had a chance to listen to jeremy camp perform no survivors off his new album, deeper waters. will: incredible. pete: well done. will: great job. pete: talk about a front row seat to a concert rachel: yeah. and and waking us up at 9 a.m. pete: for sure. he s got a full performance coming up at 9:50 eastern time. see you in a bit. rachel: thank you. pete: well, joe biden is heading to atlanta today for a campaign event just one day ahead of his commencement speech at morehouse college. this comes as former president trump narrows biden s lead among black voters. will: madeleine rivera joins us with the details. reporter: good morning, guys. the white house says the president has been working