situation unfolding in gaza as the intense fighting continues around gaza s biggest hospital. i speak to palestine s rest crescent society about the situation on the ground. plus pro-palestinian rallies, growing around the world, including a march outside of president biden s home in delaware. we look at the global demonstrations. u.s. women s soccer giant megan rapinoe put took her final bow. look at her swansong. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom . it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. in gaza, another medical facility in gaza city is now out of service. that s according to a statement from the palestine red crescent . a seven hour corridor opened about three hours ago for people to evacuate to the south, especially from another health care institution . the route will stay open until 4:00 p.m. local time, about four hours from now. gaza s largest hospital has been caught four days in the middle of fierce fighting between israeli troops of hamas. there were som
the white house has said israel has agreed to a rolling series of pauses which will allow civilians to evacuate. which thousands have done it, by the way. they insist there is no cease-fire with hamas where we start today on a friday morning. good morning from new york. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. we have a lot of news for you today as well. the humanitarian pauses will last for four hours at a time. president biden, he wanted a longer pause lasting three full days. israel was not willing to go that far. here is what prime minister benjamin netanyahu told bret baier last night. we ll continue until we eradicate hamas. we re committed to victory, which is not only our victory but it s the victory of the entire civil liesed world against barbarism. we have not agreed to a cease-fire. it means a surrender to hamas and terror. there won t be a cease-fire without the release of israeli hostages. that s not going to happen. bill: the white house pushing for the pa
america. abortion rights, the biden presidency and elvis presley s second cousin all facing tests today. israel is making new advances against hamas near gaza city. new reports of more tunnels being taken out and the israeli prime minister for the first time really talking about what comes after this war. ivanka trump set to take the stand in the fraud case against her father s business. the admissions that donald trump made in his testimony that could leave a mark. i m john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is off. cnn news central starts now. it is election day in america once again, my friends. thank you. you want to know where the country is headed in 2024? pay attention to today. candidates and issues on the ballot in key states that could be a barometer of what is to come. abortion rights have been a huge issue since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, a winning issue for democrats. today, ohio, a red state, will decide whether to enshrine abortion rig
gowdy. israeli defense forces continue to pound hamas encircling gaza strip and rejecting calls from president biden and others for a so-called humanitarian pause. israel says if you want to pause, release the hostages, otherwise israel is reluctant to pause and allow hamas to regroup and the world should be reluctant to take the word of a terrorist group that beheads children. alex hogan is live in southern israel and joins us now. alex. we ve started to hear artillery pick up, loudest blasts in the entire time here in israel, where you can feel the pressure and hear that echo ripple off into the distance. there is gunfire tonight, what appears to be machine gunfire in the distance in the direction of gaza strip. there were soldiers earlier tonight who asked us to cross the street to be closer to armed police officers. day 31, entering the early hours of the morning, idf spokesperson says what remains the main focus is rescuing those hostages. hamas terrorist organization
effectively divided gaza into two parts north and south. 11 un agencies and six humanitarian groups have called for an immediate ceasefire urging israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicine and fuel into gaza. they also called on hamas to release the hostages captured on october the 7th. some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with the turkish foreign minister in ankara. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoi