carried out a mass shooting. why wasn t he stopped some. and taking action, the plan to counter anti-semitic threats on college campuses. the president himself saying he is very concerned. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, october 31. h happy halloween. israeli military says they hit some 300 targets on monday including hamas compounds inside tunnels. the idf say their troops killed four prominent operatives. the mmprime minister rejecting calls for a ceasefire saying this is a time for war. i want to make clear israel s position regarding the ceasefire. just as the united states would not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of pearl harbor or the terrorist attack of th9/11, israel will not agree after the horrific attacks of october 7. calls for a ceasefire are calls to surrender to hamas, to terrorism, to barberarbarbarism. that won t happen. and the number of hostages is updated to 239. freed
people. the death toll expected to keep climbing as prime tourist havens become charred ruins. let s go to derek van dam, who just filed this report. reporter: tonight fires on the island of maui continuing to burn out of control, as new federal help is now being goods patched amid unprecedented whyspread destruction. seems like this becoming more common. businesses melted, historical sites gone. homes reduced to ash and smoke. at least three dozen people have died. hospitals are overwhelmed. officials say hundreds of families are displaced. everybody in our naked lost everybody. mark stepple s home is gone as much of the tourist destination
burned there. in the northeast, heavy rain causing floods in connecticut and new england. even pennsylvania where five people died amid rapidly rising waters. they did not drive into high water, they were caught. this was a flash flood. reporter: several cars were southwest in the held unlg. deluge. a 2 month old and the month old are still missing. we re devastated. reporter: an excessive heat warning set to expire tuesday night here in las vegas has been extended until saturday. national weather service also includes most of southern nevada and it will continue to faffect large portion of the country. rafael romo, cnn, nevada. and 50 million people are under air quality warnings across multiple states because of the ongoing wildfires in canada and still more flooding possible in the northeast. let s go to derek van dam.
massive rival nations. china doesn t want to feel that it is being held back by the united states and its allies and partners. and until it reads the economic diplomatic political military language globally in its favor, i don t think that that will change. there is not going to be there is not going to be a situation of trust. so six months, no, it will be a lot longer. all right. nic robertson, thank you. tropical storm bret now churning in the atlantic and it could become a hurricane later this week. and a dangerous heatwave is spreading across the south bringing triple digit temperatures from texas to louisiana. let s go to derek van dam. is florida on bret s path there? well, it is far too early to say that we ll have any impacts here across florida or in the united states anywhere really. this system is several days out from impacting the caribbean let alone the united states.
this is just down right uncomfortable and it looks like that it will continue before a bit of rain cools things off into the second half of the week. that looks dangerous. so sclcheck on your neighbors. derek, thank you. a judge barred donald trump and walt nauta from disclosing any information that was handed over to their attorneys in the classified documents case. this is after special counsel jack smith asked for the ban. jessica 123schneider has more. reporter: the judge issued a four page protective order and it details several prohibitions on the former president and his co-defendant walt nauta because justice department officials want to ensure that all of the information that they hand over as part of the discovery process in this prosecution is kept private. so donald trump and walt nauta and their lawyers will be barred from several things. first of all, sharing any information that they are given with anyone other than their lawyers or people involved in the defense.