exclusive interview with the united nations secretary general antonio gutteres. he s the man in the hot seat right now. he s been on the receiving end of much anger from israel. meanwhile many are looking to the u.n. to do something to help diffuse the situation. gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. what can he do? i will ask him. and the democrats overperformed in this week s elections. but president biden s poll numbers hover near record lows for next year s presidential race. i ll ask poll ser kristin soltis anderson to read the tea leaves. but first here is my take. hamas s terrorist attacks against israel and israel s military actions in gaza have unleashed a firestorm of controversy in the united states and europe. watching it all, i do wonder, does anyone believe in free speech any more. now, to note, i have strongly condemned the attacks of october 7th and i think that those hamas in any way are blind to the reality that it has been the principle opponen
. welcome to our viewers watching in the united states and around the world. i m anna coren live from hong kong. it s 3:00 p.m. here, 9:00 a.m. in gaza, where a deadly israeli air strike outside the largest hospital in gaza city has triggered more international outrage. the u.n. secretary-general said he was horrified by what he saw, and this video explains why. we should warn you it is very graphic. the israeli military admits it struck an ambulance just outside the al shifa hospital. the explosion left a scene of carnage and chaos with at least 15 people reported killed according to hamas-run health authorities. the ambulance was said to be part of a convoy carrying patients to southern gaza. the idf claims the ambulance was being used by hamas, which it said has used emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. el eleni jacques us is following developments. let s start with the air strike on the ambulance convoy. what s the latest? reporter: look,
all right, hour two, we re happy to have you. we re looking at a number of protests planned pretty much around the world, a big one in washington d.c. where we re expecting north of 100,000, maybe a minimum, a massive demonstration and similar in london, paris and iran today. the themes are the same, more pro-palestinian and the rage continues. the separate rage and the comments that came out of hezbollah leader yesterday telling the united states that you will pay, essentially for backing of israel and this unacceptable war against hamas, said that all options remain on the table, not concerned about u.s. warnings to stay out of this conflict. in the middle of that, of course, keep in mind that it s hezbollah and forces of hezbollah in the north, in lebanon, that have been, you know, inciting these attacks and others on israel. that s exactly where you were going to find steve harrigan in northern israel right now on how that part of this war and possibly an expanding one
including the nation meeting its new speaker from the house from the very real questions facing the real mike johnson to the saturday night live debut what you see there in a mock meeting with president biden for halloween. we have more on that and a special guest on that longtime biden chief of staff, ron clain is here and it s the first time on the program since leaving the white house and also later tonight, a report from the middle east, but our top story right now is a new procedural victory for doj prosecutor jack smith and the legal loss for defendant donald trump who got in trouble for his own recent aide turned dishing doj mark meadows. they re-gagged trump and that s a technical legal way to put it. you may have heard about this, i ll walk you through it right now. basically late sunday the federal judge overseeing that open coup case reinstated a partial gag order that bars defendant trump from attacking witnesses and others and that order had been on hold basica
just some of the horrifying consequences for women all over the country, after the supreme court decision overturning roe two years ago today. plus, multiple hearings today on trump s purloined classified documents as trump s favorite judge entertains an absurd argument that special counsel jack smith was illegally appointed. and we begin tonight in the midst of a heat wave. amidst the sweltering heat that is shattering records worldwide. saudi arabia announced yesterday that at least 1300 people have died making the hodge, the islamic pilgrimage due to extreme heat. and 100 million people in the u.s., nearly a third of the country, spent much of last week under a heat advisory. these temperatures are not normal. they are the direct result of the climate crisis we re currently living in. and scientists have sounded the alarm. quote, these heat waves are the fingerprint of climate change, experts said, and are a glimpse of what s to come as human induced climate change c