the distance. the israelis are trying to engage anyone that tries to ambush their forces. the battle is street by street. it s urban gorilla warfare. neil: one month in, israel says they have gaza city surrounded and preparing to move in. the white house trying to move in. is the president starting to back off from his israel position? still with them, but maybe not as with them. coming up, we re going to talk to the national security council s john kirby on how far the white house is willing to go. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. let s go to mike tobin in southern israel with the latest on this preparation for something big and pretty soon. mike? neil, while the israeli forces are not letting up as you mentioned, gaza city is surrounded. in fact, they have the israeli navy bringing pressure from the sea. overnight, there was an aerial bombardment with 450 targets being hit. the air strikes continue tonight. the palestinian health minute try said the
in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
getting out of gaza, hundreds of people have now been able to evacuate gaza. americans are now getting out as well. on the list to get out today, possibly 400 names of u.s. nationals. there s a lot of action at the rafah crossing. we ll take you there. israeli forces say they have broken through the front lines of hamas fighters and are at the gates of gaza city. don junior back on the stand. the former president s season is headed back to court soon. what he is and isn t saying about how much his family is worth. i m kate bolduan with john berman. sara sidner is off. this is cnn news central. all right. happening now, the first americans are getting out of gaza. down here, part of the stream of people we ve seen moving through the rafah crossing. we ve seen ambulances lined up there, people on foot moving through the crossing itself. ultimately they end up on the peninsula and are processed through makeshift hospital and warehouse here. this is part of the deal to get
we have done very well. sioux falls, thank you very much, sioux falls. so sioux city, how many people come from sioux city? how many people? not just the wrong city but also the wrong state. he says biden s losing it. that was trump on sunday, just hours before judge tanya chutkan reinstated the gag order in the federal election interference case. which he may have already violated. also tonight, my commentary on the violence in the middle east, and the questions we all should be asking. plus, the war s impact on politics here in the u.s. as republicans escalate their extreme rhetoric and president biden shows signs of political vulnerability, despite the good economic and labor news that just keeps rolling in. but we begin tonight with donald trump getting a taste of what he has long complained he s always wanted, the same treatment under the law as every other american citizen. it comes in the form of a reimposed gag order from judge chutkan overseeing his federal elect
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden s sole surviving son hunter biden was convicted today on three felony counts related to possession of a gun while using narcotics. a delaware jury of his peers found hunter biden guilty of lying on a federal form while applying for a handgun, lying to a gun dealer and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in the year 2018. today s verdict marks the end of a painful chapter for the biden family with witness after witness detailing an incredibly troubled period in hunter biden s life, a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine, a time when he was in and out of rehab with a mountain of financial problems. several members of the biden family have attended court in support of hunter, including his sister, his wife and his mom, first lady dr. jill biden seen her walking out of court today with hunter after the verdict was read. hunter biden s defense had denied that hunter had deliberately lied about his drug use when