today on inside politics, fear of an escalating war. the united states top diplomat is on the ground in israel as hezbollah warns it is an unprecedented battle that they are in with israel. and all scenarios are on the table and possible on the border with lebanon. plus, president biden is under pressure from his own party over israel s response to the brutal hamas attack inside israel. 13 senate democrats are now pushing for a humanitarian pause in gaza. and a cnn exclusive, republican congressman george santos is speaking out on the criminal charges he s facing and why despite all of the lies, talk being a lot of lies, and his legal problems, he still thinks he has a shot at reelection. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with secretary of state antony blinken s powerful message in israel today. he was visibly shaken, describing more horrific images that he was just shown by israelis. from the barbaric hamas terror a
and thank you for watching cnn newsnight . laura coates live starts right now. hey, laura. hey, abby. happy halloween, by the way. i was really torn to wear a costume i became an anchor. that s my costume. how is yours? also here as an anchor. abby phillip, love it. as always, see you right back here tomorrow. the deadly strike on a camp full of refugees, and a chilling warning here at home, tonight on laura coates live . the images coming out of the middle east tonight are nothing short of absolutely disturbing. but some say this is what war looks like. the aftermath of israel strike on gaza s largest refugee camp there are photos that show multiple large craters in the ground, shrouded by the rubble of destroyed and just obliterated buildings. now, we don t actually know how many people are dead. but when eyewitness says that it felt like the end of the world. and and idf spokesman telling wolf blitzer this. this is the tragedy of war, wolf. as you kno
family members with whom we are with contact that they will be assigned specific departure dates. we have asked them to continue to monitor their email regularly over the next 24 to 72 hours for specific instructions about how to exit. it is 3:00 here in washington, d.c., we re going to begin this hour with cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson, he is in sderot, israel. give us the latest on what the idf says happened today at the refugee camp. reporter: they said they had precise intelligence which allowed them to target a hamas terror cell that was hiding out in the jabalia refugee camp in the fallujah neighborhood and it was using that precise intelligence that they targeted them, eliminating them. they point out that hamas has has made a habit, if you will, intentionally hides behind civilians, hides in tunnels that are underneath and amongst the civilian housing and the idf also point out that they have been warning the citizens of northern gaza to move
captions by vitac www.vitac.com you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. my colleague, jim sciutto, is joining us live in northern israel. good evening everybody. just minutes ago, a new strike outside the borders of gaza. israel s military says it struck infrastructure in syria s territory, in response to launches coming from that country. we re seeing this stunning video from the southern russia republic of dagestan, russian authorities saying a crowd waving palestinian flags forced their way into an airport. the crowd was protesting the israel-hamas war. in gaza city, an aid organization says nearby israeli air strikes have caused extensive damage to the second largest hospital. the palestinian red crescent society says that s endangering the lives of patients. 12,000 displaced civilians are also sheltering there. and gunfire and explosions echo across much of gaza, as israel s ground offensive advances. israeli troops appear to have advanc
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