good morning. i m phil mattingly with erica hill in new york. poppy is a off today. right now secretary of state antony blinken is back in a war zone in israel. diplomatic source telling cnn he is pushing for a pause in the fighting to allow mediation as civilian deaths and suffering mount in gaza. he spoke moments ago before his meeting with israel s president. we stand strongly for the proposition that israel has not only the right, but the obligation to defend itself and to do everything possible to make sure that this october 7th can never happen again. how israel does this matters, and it is very important that when it comes to the protection of civilians who are caught in a crossfire of hamas making, that everything be done to protect them and to bring assistance to those who so desperately need it. the israeli president in those comments also insisted israel has followed international law and that went through the numbers even in terms of the warnings that had bee
they moderate watch it live thursday, 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn and streaming on max. news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer, the situation room property. now how president joe biden and former president donald trump are trying to get inside each other s heads with just three days to go before they face in their high-stakes debate right here on cnn also this hour the judge in the trump classified documents case is deciding whether impose a gag order on the former president. we re breaking down the signals. she seems to be sending about her eventual ruling plus the united states supreme court just added two more days to its calendar to release blockbuster opinions. how soon for the high court s decision on trump s immunity claim be revealed welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer urine the situation room right now, the president of united states and is predecessor are a little over 72 hours away from making history on the
the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron, has been defending the government s decision, not to consult parliament, before launching airstrikes on houthi targets in yemen, last thursday. he said the move was limited, proportionate and legal, and showed the government was willing to back words with action, after repeatedly warning the houthis to stop attacking merchant shipping in the red sea. the uk was the only nation to join america, in launching airstrikes. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, who supported the government s decision, has denied he s changed his stance, on military interventions abroad. with more, here s leila nathoo. britishjets took off late on thursday night to join us air strikes against houthi targets in yemen. the uk said the group had had warning after warning to stop their attacks on ships in the red sea, such as this one they filmed.
i think they are hiding biden. at this point we have heard more about and hunter biden than joe biden the last few days. you see more of hunter than joe biden. disgrace. it was interesting one of the questions asked at the town hall concern that people might have that chaos would return if trump were. laura: what s this? and trump s answer pointing out some of the chaos we are seeing in the country not just domestically but internationally. this is a really serious situation. it s a serious situation that the houthis have been bombing shipping routes and that is effecting so many things. something needs to be done about this. we have also been in conflict either in a proxy way or otherwise with these people for quite some time now. this is the third administration. you want to have good communication with the american people. you also want to do things in a constitutional manner. and, again, biden is not the first president to violate what the constitution says about how congre
and united states, under this administration, has simply not grappled with the fact that iran is our adversary. because, if we took that seriously, we wouldn t be enriching them with oil sales. we would be squeezing them with maximum pressure, driving them to the negotiating table from a position of strength. unfortunately, that s not the administration we have right now. laura: panel, stay with me. joining us now live from tel aviv to reset what just transpired fox news foreign correspondent trey yingst. trey, what can you tell us? trey: yeah, hey, laura, good evening. we are following this breaking news out of the middle east. both the united states and the united kingdom launching airstrikes and other strikes against houthi positions inside yemen. this comes after around 27 attacks against the red sea commercial shipping lanes since mid october. this all started back on octobes got directly involved in the war that is taking place as we speak between israel and hamas inside