interference and political warfare. the former president and two of his sons are accused of fraudulently inflating the value of assets owned by the trump 0rganisation by billions of dollars. this is what he said going in. this comes at a time when the former president is by far the favourite to become the republican nominee for the presidential election. this is what he said going in. and it s a very sad situation - for our country, we shouldn t have this is for third world countries. and it s very unfair, it s very unfair. - but in the meantime, - the people of the country understand it, they see it, and they don t like it, - they don t like it, because it s political warfare, as you would call it, or political lawfare, another name i got a lot of names for it, but usually it takes placel in third world countries and banana republics. i nobody s ever seen that to this . extent, we ve never seen it here. but we will go along - and we will hopefully do very well in eve
if. [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation s capital yesterday. [inaudible conversations] stop funding genocide! israel [inaudible] rachel: vandals have been hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to the climb over the gates. we re seeing this all over the globe swarming the world s biggest cities including toronto. meanwhile, in israel, the iron dome intercepting rocket fire coming from if gaza overnight. pete: the idf also striking several hezbollah terror hubs along the jewish state s northern border with lebanon as fierce over a wider ranging conflict continue to escalate. jonathan hunt is on the ground many jerusalem with the latest. jonathan. reporter: will, rachel, pete, good morning to you guys. it was another very active night in gauze both on the ground and
today the desperate escape from a war zone. hundreds of americans are waiting at the rafah crossing hoping to get out of gaza as soon as today. this as israeli forces are fighting face to face battles with hamas and pushing into gaza city. all in response to the unimaginably brutal hamas massacre of some 1400 israeli citizens. plus president biden is calling for a pause to get hostages out and aid in. that new public posture comes as political pressure increases on the president from within his own party. and republicans call out one of their own. gop senators slam tommy tuberville for hours on the senate floor for continuing to hold up hundreds of military promotions. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we re going to start with t urgent effort to get americans out of gaza. hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of injured civilians are expected to leave the crossing today. melissa bell is covering all of this from cairo. what are we seeing
to be continued. cnn this morning continues right now. well, good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow. it s 8:00 a.m. here in new york, 2:00 p.m. in gaza, where right now israel is ramping up its ground assault with tanks and infantry pushing deeper into the gaza strip. overnight, israeli forces are pushing deeper into gaza. heavier air strikes pound gaza as the fighting rages on the ground. iran is accusing israel of crossing red lines and the white house is warning there is a real risk of this war spreading into a wider conflict. and we, of course, are taking every measure necessary to protect our forces, to increase our vigilance, and to work with other countries in the region to try to keep this conflict that is currently in israel and gaza from spinning out into a regional conflict. the risk is real, and therefore our vigilance is high and the steps we are taking to deter that and prevent that are serious, systemic, and ongoing. meanwhile
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