good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor
you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. after days of violence, israel and the islamic jihad agree to a cease-fire. we ll go live to see if the peace is holding. plus, the latest from the u.s.-mexican border and the latest fallout from trying to house migrants in cities. a hug 42 years in the making. he reunites with his sister after he discovers he was stolen as a baby. reporter: live from cnn news center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s 5 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in israel where a cease-fire with islamic jihad appears to be holding. palestinians celebrated the cease-fire. many are skeptical it will hold. at least 35 people were killed. listen to what one person has to say. translator: the truce is good. we want truce built on a good basis. there is a truce and then after a month there are people who die. we want a truce based on a good basis. the idf says its oper
group of people outside a migrant shelter killing eight. we ll bring you that news conference as soon as it begins. we re learning more about what could be behind the mass shooting at a busy outlet mall on saturday that left eight dead. we ll talk to a dad who was with his teen daughter when the shots rang out. meanwhile, in california, we re live at a migrant camp where hundreds of people from all over the world have come to seek asylum days before the u.s. lifts health restrictions at the border this morning. there is word that the governor of texas is now sending more troops to the border in his state. in new york, protesters stand on subway tracks interrupting service as calls grow for authorities to charge the man who put a fellow subway rider into a deadly chokehold. and we ll break down president biden s new strategy to raise the debt ceiling as he prepares to meet with top congressional leaders tomorrow. and we begin with breaking news out of texas where off
thank you so much, senator murphy. good luck. thank you. that will do it for me. deadline: white house starts right now. \s \s hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. it s a horrific crime, even by the standards of a nation that has been become all too familiar with horrific crimes and gun violence. a nation that often bears witness to more than one mass shooting a day. five people were brutally murdered friday night in cleveland, texas by a gunman with an ar-15 rifle. the spark, if you will a complaint from a neighbor. here s how new york times reports, francisco oropesa was rattling off loud bangs that was keeping mr. garcia s baby awake. he asked his neighbor to stop. mr. ro oropesa said no, his yard, his rules t garcia warned he would call the police. after oropesa walked into his office, he emerged with an ar-15. he killed mr. garcia ace we ve who had called the police. the rampage continued inside the home, where he shot four other people, almost