So, raf, what is the latest in Richard Engels conversation with the senior hamas member of leadership . Reporter well, katy, this official is telling our colleague Richard Engel that hamas is prepared to release not just the foreign hostages, you can hear a boom behind me, katy, it sounds like possibly an air interceptor. The senior hamas official telling Richard Engel hamas has prepared not only to release the foreign hostages but this official says also prepared to release women, children and other civilians. Now, richard pressed this hamas official, if thats the case, why dont you release them now . This official said, oh, well, thats impossible while this bombing goes on. Richard pressed him again saying, surely if there is a will, there is a way. If hamas is serious about showing the world that it is not a terrorist organization, that it is prepared to release these noncombatants, you could find a way to make it happen. This official not answering that question directly. The Israe
Country there are these events for the day of rage, which was called for by founding leader of hamas who lives quite comfortably in his own place in qatar. But he has called for day of rage activities all across the United States. It is 10 00 p. M. Right now in gaza. The Israeli Military tells fox that its tanks and troops have entered gaza and theyre carrying out some localized raids. No doubt part of that is to see if they can search and get any sense of where any of these hostages may be hidden in these tunnels. Think about the six days that these individuals have spent in custody in gaza as they count the hours and days hoping that someone will be there soon to rescue them. Well talk to john kirby this hour from the white house on the fate of americans that are among those that are currently being held by Hamas Terrorists likely underground in gaza city. Iran, meantime, is reportedly weighing a Northern Attack through hezbollah according to reports. Well begin with greg palkot, who
push us back. president putin went on to say. for more on this, we canjoin my colleague vitaly shevchenko who has been much of that news conference. we will go on to some of the other that president putin has been saying in a moment. what we just cut to was the president taking a question from a member of the public who appear to be at home, that s something isn t it? ~ , , ., ., it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside of it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside of russia, - it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside of russia, but i it? well, it might be unusualfor. leaders outside of russia, but this is what vladimir putin has been doing for more than 20 years. he s been holding these 0 and a sessions called direct lines with members of the public, but the thing to remember is that very little is left unscripted during these events. whereas vladimir putin has taken difficult questions now and again,
month and together, public private partnerships with a best thing america has to offer our veterans. thank you so much and thank you all for joining me. jim acosta is up next. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington and we begin this hour with six days in counting. here we go again. it s been exactly six weeks since the house passed a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown and in just six days, we could be back in the same place waiting to see if a deal is in place to keep the government from shutting down. you might recall the last deal cost kevin mccarthy his job. now with days to go, the new speaker is laying out his plan to keep the government funded. an annie grayer is here with latest. they had a call. what tdid you find out? still combing through the bill. but what mike johnson did is reveal he wants to fund the government with a two-part approach. the first would fund some of the government to january 19th as you can see here with so
for the first time people getting out of gaza, an opening at the rafah crossing. hundreds of foreign nationals could getit out over the next f days. a second strike has rocked the refugee camp in northern gaza. what we are learning about this blast. the strike yesterday in the same area took out a hamas commander, but dozens others feared dead, as well. donald trump junior set to take the stand in a $250 million trial where donald trump has been found liable for fraud. i m john berman with kate bolduan. sara sidner is on assign. this is cnn news central. two big developments right now in the israel-hamas war. first, let s talk about the rafah crossing. according to officials on the palestinian side of the crossing, as many as 110 foreign passport holders are traveling through the checkpoint at the gaza border. the crossing, you remember, has been closed since hamas attacked israel sparking this war. since then people have not been allowed through. now they are.