of the hostages they say more than 30 are children with the youngest being a 9-year-old baby. meanwhile the israeli army is conducting raids deeper into gaza city, capturing terror suspects it says were involved in the attacks. let s start with our cnn white house reporter, kevin. kevin, we saw the information emerge earlier with the white house saying this 3-year-old is one of the american hostages being held by hamas. reporter: that s right. the timing is interesting. as it appears, there s intensifying pressure on benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister. you saw large protests in israel over the weekend calling on netanyahu to do more, and now the white house saying one of the hostages is this 3-year-old toddler, and they revealed that information in a readout of a phone call that president biden held with the amir of qatar. all of the partners are trying to come up with an agreement to secure the release of the 200-plus hostages being held in gaza. the white hous
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, sunday, november 12th. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for being with us. here s what we are watching for you this morning. an evacuation corridor is open near al shifa hospital now as intense fighting continues around the area. israeli prime minister vows the war with hamas will continue. michael jordan unveiled his play to keep the government open. the next critical step in the process and why some republicans a already saying they will not support the plan. former president trump addressed his slew of legal battles head on in a rally in new hampshire yesterday. his message to voters and why he wants his federal election subversion trial televised. an amazing medical breakthrough. an arkansas man receives a complete eye and partial face transplant. more on the first-of-its-kind surgery. in gaza this morning, israeli forces continue their ground assault against hamas targets. the idf says much of the fi
just ahead, tonight the mayor of new york, the former police captain, confronted by fbi agents and seized his phones and ipad as what appears to be a fast growing campaign finance investigation. we begin with israel s war in hamas, most notably the efforts to secure the hostages now believed to be held by hamas and other groups. it comes at the end of the day that saw israeli forces heavily pound targets in northern gaza from the air and troops on the ground continued to engage. the senior american official familiar with the hostage talks tells cnn that negotiators are working toward an agreement involving what this official call ls a sustained days-long pause in the fighting. in exchange, hostages would be freed on a rolling basis, starting with women and children over a period of days. that same official added that many details remain unresolved and negotiations could stall or break down at any point. also comments by secretary of state antony blinken gets more attention.
come on in the welcome to another big episode of the cable news party where everybody is welcome. you can be a republican, you can be a democrat, just don t be asleep. can i get an amen from the panel? got to be honest, the focus is still on thursday night when donald trump made history as the first former united states president to debate the current that guy. [laughter] bad news is hillary clinton but no time for speculation. the democrats have been doing it for the past 48 hours. ronald reagan wants to describe america as a shining city on the hill. here s an update on the city after the debate. it s worth noting they are selling the house as the video is cheap our panel is the real deal so let s meet them. not only is she a super star news contributor and best writer but if i have a daughter, i d name or after the first guest and call her train wreck. i kid. kennedy is here. you know how many nicknames we wrestled with before we settled on train wreck? the only on
come on in the welcome to another big episode of the cable news party where everybody is welcome. you can be a republican, you can be a democrat, just don t be asleep. can i get an amen from the panel? got to be honest, the focus is still on thursday night when donald trump made history as the first former united states president to debate the current that guy. [laughter] bad news is hillary clinton but no time for speculation. the democrats have been doing it for the past 48 hours. ronald reagan wants to describe america as a shining city on the hill. here s an update on the city after the debate. it s worth noting they are selling the house as the video is cheap our panel is the real deal so let s meet them. not only is she a super star news contributor and best writer but if i have a daughter, i d name or after the first guest and call her train wreck. i kid. kennedy is here. you know how many nicknames we wrestled with before we settled on train wreck? the only on