there is a clear path to dictatorship in the united states and it is getting shorter every day. new warnings including from former republican officials about the risks of a second donald trump presidency. in gaza the death toll is surging as israel expands its military operations against hamas. palestinian civilians and more than 130 hostages caught in the middle. an urgent push is under way to get israel and hamas back to the bargaining table. exhausted and demoralized. the new report on the stress air traffic controllers are under and the risk that it carries for air travel. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. new this morning with donald trump surging in the polls, fresh sounds of alarm about what a second trump presidency might mean. and some of the warnings are coming from one-time republicans. quote, let s stop the wishful thinking and face the stark reality there is a clear path to dictatorship in the united states and
welcome to all of our viewers watching in the united states and around the world. on cnn newsroom, time is running out for patients in gaza s hospitals. as life saving equipment is shut down, due to critical fuel shortages. as humanitarian crisis grows, israeli leaders doubling down on their goal to eliminate hamas. plus, presidents will meet on the sidelines of a major summit in san francisco this week. xi jingping will make his first visit to the united states in years. we begin in the middle east. the humanitarian situation in gaza is growing more dire. israeli forces say they went deeper into gaza city on sunday, reaching the outskirts of the refugee camp and conducting raids in multiple areas. it s arrested 20 alleged hamas members, including some accused of taking part in the october 7th attacks in israel. multiple hospitals in gaza closing, due to air strikes and lack of fuel. health officials and aid agencies say patients, staff and thousands of displaced civili
atlanta is the only facility in the u.s. that has giant pandas, but it too could soon lose them. wolf? brian todd reporting. thanks, brian, very much. erin burnett outfront starts erin burnett outfront starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com outfront next, ivanka trump doesn t recall the former trump org executive vice president under oath repeatedly saying she didn t remember key details about the family business she ran. with me tonight a top trump business reporter who was there in the courtroom, former trump white house lawyer ty cobb and omarosa manigault newman. plus, israel tonight says it s destroyed 130 hamas tunnel shafts. we have a special report of what s inside those tunnels. the spider web crisscrossing underneath gaza, and what that underground warfare looks like right now as the death toll mounts in gaza. and trump s opening up about a potential vp pick. could it be that guy? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett.
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the hollywood actors union has called off its strike, which has caused major disruption to film and tv productions. to film and tv productions. the union says it s reached a tentative agreement with studios. welcome back. president biden has warned the united states will target any groups linked to iran s revolutionary guard corps after a strike on an arms depot in eastern syria wednesday which had been linked to earlier attacks on us bases. the pentagon says there have been a0 such attacks since the war in gaza began. what s more, we have video from the iran backed houthi forces in yemen. they claim to be of an american m09 drone being shot out of the sky. it further underlines the tensions in the wider region, where iran s proxies are threatening to expand the conflict. this is whatjohn kirby, the spokesman for the us s national security council, had to say in an interview with the bbc. we believe that th
watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim bruhuber with the very latest empty israeli role. it s been ratcheting up its pressure on hamas with expanded explosions in gaza. explosions can be heard reverberating all around gaza, said to be the most intensive strikes since the israeli war started. appear to be down, israeli government official says this conflict won t end like the others. israel has decided we can no lodger live with this jihadi enclave. not going to end with a cease fire, this is a war that hamas declared on us on october 7th. the days ahead are going to be long and difficult, because we are going to go after the terrorism, inside the gaza strip. this war will end with no more hamas in the gaza strip. we re going to go after every tunnel, every rocket launcher, every hamas commander every hamas foot soldier so they can no longer hurt our civilians. led the u.n. general assembly vote for an immediate cease fire on friday