hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. everyone s dreaming assumption anand max as welell. i m kim brunhuber. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few days surrounding it from several directionss deepening the operation. our forces are in very significant areas of gaza city. the israeli military chief of staff there are, describing expended idf ground operations in gaza to keep up pressure on hamas. players overnight lit up north and gaza, and one of the most intense periods of his really bombardment since the e war began. the idf says 23 of its soldiers hahave died in t the gaza strip. primary objective now is located in and the tunnel network and locating explosives and other obstacles. the biden administration is increasingly concerned about the civilian death toll in gaza, and warns that could undermine international support for israel. secretary of state anthony blinken is due bac
hi there, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. in a few minutes president biden will address the community of lewiston, maine, the community still reeling from a mass shooting just over one week ago. 18 people were killed in that shooting. the victims range in age from 14 years old to 76. the story of what this community has been forced to endure is one that has become all too familiar to all of us. 18 people some of whom were out playing corn hole at the local bar, others were bowling with their families at youth night. new dads, sign language interpreters, honor students, youth bowling coaches. some of the latest victims in america s gun violence crisis epidemic. the new york times reports this,that, quote, the vit will most likely also be an opportunity for president biden to repeat his call far ban on assault weapons and tougher gun control and mental health measures that have been blocked on capitol hill. with me at the table, former top official at the department of justi
recall. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the israel, and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com announcer: this is cnn breaking news. right now, we re keeping a very close eye in the skies over gaza after the truly extraordinary images of war we saw here on cnn just a little while ago with flares raining down for some 30 minutes as israel appeared to unleash an intense new assault in its battle against hamas. our correspondents are standing by here in the middle east as well as in the united states. first, i want to go to cnn s nic robertson. he had a direct view of the bombardment of gaza as it was under way from his position in israel not far from gaza. nic, tell our viewers more about what you saw and what s happening there now. reporter: yeah, wolf, we just had a very heavy detonation coming from the direction of where all those flares were dropping a
talk about his faith and all the others have been held hostage for 262 days. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin in tonight with breaking news, new reporting. the president biden is being steered away from the message many expected him to lean on heavily in thursday s cnn debate and toward something more confrontational seen as kayla tausche has the story joins us now from the white house, what are you learning? anderson, we re learning that several prominent democrats have been urging president biden to take a different tack on the economy on thursday s debate stage, arguing that his traditional inclination to lean on his record of accomplishments, the 15 million jobs that were created in the economy that s resisted a recession simply are not landing with voters who continue to be frustrated about the cost of living and have given biden an approval rating on the economy that continues to lag that trump in private conversations with members of the white house and
small number will turn out bowman has tried to apologize and apologize for some of the things he said, but for many voters were talking to is just not enough. that was incredible. a lot of passion of that voter. there. thanks, miguel, and thanks to all of you. ac30 60 starts now tonight on 360 would just three days to go until cnn s first the campaign presidential debate. there s breaking news and what the people helping president biden prepare are telling him surprisingly, not to talk about. we ll talk about that and much more with house speaker emerita nancy pelosi, who joins us exclusively tonight. also as new video emergence of a severely wounded hersh goldberg-polin subduction by hamas terrorists is parents talk about his faith and all the others have been held hostage for 206 let s do two days. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news, new reporting. the president biden is being steered away from the message. many expected him to lean o