you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we re only one year out from election day, and already there are warning signs for president biden in his bid for re-election. a new set of polls from the new york times and sienna college show biden trailing former president donald trump in hypothetical matchups in four key swing states. you see them there on-screen. trump appears to have an edge in nevada, georgia, arizona, and michigan, all critical states that could hand the election to the former president. but legal problems continue to pile up for donald trump. tomorrow he is expected to have to answer to some of these serious allegations of fraud that he s facing. he s set to take the stand in new york for a civil trial that could determine the fate of his business in that state. so one year from election day, how worried should the white house be about these low poll numbers for joe biden at this stage of the campaign? cnn s senior data
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we ve been watching some pictures of multiple explosions lighting up the night sky around gaza city. nic robertson in sderot, israel, witnessed some big secondary explosions and a huge fire in gaza. you re looking at the images there. that s what his crew witnessed. they witnessed eight rockets as well, being fired from gaza into israel. the idf says six of the eight rockets were intercepted by that country s iron dome defense system and israeli police say there are no reports of casualties just yet. the night is young. on the diplomatic front, secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting in jordan, with the request to implement pauses. in tel aviv, the family of hamas hostages held a rally in front of israel s military headquarters. organizers say it was not an antigovernment protest but rather a call for israel to do more to secure the hostages released. and cnn was part of the first group of foreign press g
before the republican national convention where trump is expected to be picked as the party s official nominee. trump is planning to appeal yesterday, he gave a glimpse of how he intends to forge ahead with his campaign falsely calling the trial rigged and attacking the judge we had a conflicted judge highly conflicted there s never been a more conflicted, judge. you saw what happened to some of the witnesses that were in our sayyed, they were literally crucified by this man who looks like an angel, but he s really a devil just hours after that vinge volt press conference, president biden for the first time, commented on the verdict saying no one is above the law cnn s priscilla alvarez is joining us now in the studio with more on the response from president biden and priscilla, the president came out with strong words, but they ve been very careful. both he specifically and the broader campaign and the white house to really keep their distance from all of this, they cert
it s really hard, like the 7th of october is still going on for us. it s it had been 24 days, but it s one long day for us all. john: breaking moments ago as harris just mentioned, israeli soldier released from hamas captivity after she was kidnapped in the initial raid of october 7th. according to the idf, released during a ground operation and appears to be in good condition. israeli media saying this photo was taken with her family after the joyous release. sandra: a big development. we are waiting a pair of briefings here at home and overseas. state department expected to provide an update, and tel aviv, benjamin netanyahu will update reporters as israel forces move deeper into gaza at this hour. it s all developing. welcome, hello, everybody. i m sandra smith. i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. this is america reports . sandra: pentagon officials telling fox they have been attacked 23 times, and they say the strikes have iran fingerprints o
we re following all the breaking news in israel s escalating war with hamas. israel s prime minister says his country is now in the second stage of the war. the goal to eliminate hamas and eeradicate its threat to israel. israel s military says it has troops inside gaza, but it s not clear if this expanded operation is the beginning of a broad ground incursion. civilians in northern gaza say last night was the heaviest bombardment so far. israel s defense minister says the intensifying assault will improve his country s chances of treeing freeing the hostages. translator: we are making any effort in order to return the handles to us, to our country. it s a difficult effort. dealing with reality we didn t know in the past. we are ready to do anything possible. this is not a secondary mission. this is a national priority. also new this hour, hamas is firing back. this is new video from a cnn producer in gaza capturing rockets being fired into israel. and cnn s nic roberts