you, andy scholes. thank you very much for being with us. i ll see you tomorrow. and thanks to all of you for joining us. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re starting your day with us. here are fife things to know. happening right now, the israeli military carrying out an operation at the besieged hospital in gaza. there are reports of active fire fights inside of that collects. we ll hear from the idf live later this morning. and new hope for a deal to release the hostages. president biden says he believes it s going to happen. also president biden today set to have a high-stakes summit with chinese president xi jinping. the goal to keep tensions from getting any worse. it s up to the senate to prevent a government shutdown before the deadline on friday night. the house passed a short-term measure yesterday. and new overnight, president biden blasting donald trump for calling his enemies vermin. the remark was l
right now, gaza s largest hospital become as warzone as israel launches a, quote, precise and targeted operation against hamas targets with patients still inside. plus the world is watching as president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet just hours from now.averte several lawmakers still spoiling for a fight, literally. got elbowed in the back and kind of caught me off guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys. want to do it now? stand your butt up then. you stand your butt up. stop it. good morning to our viewers around the world. more on those shenanigans later. i m kasie hunt. israeli troops are ascertaiascersearching al-shifa room by room. israel claims that it sits on an underground hamas command center and hostages were being kept at the facility. but israeli radio reports that they have not yet found any hostages inside the hospital and the search continues. an israeli defense force spokesman says the military is doing whatever it