. good morning, welcome to cnn this morning, i m victor blackwell. and i m isabel rosales in for amara walker, thanks for joining us, israeli combat operations against hamas are entering their second day after the collapse of the week long truce. israel s military says they have hit over 400 targets in just the first 24 hours since the truce expired. they have been directing most of thatfire power toward targets in southern gaza. they ve released flyers telling civilians where to evacuate. hamas did not provide the names of women and children still held hostage, despite the truce ending, talks to release more hostages are ongoing. ben wedeman is in jerusalem. tell us about what has happened in southern gaza, specifically, over the past few hours. reporter: well, what we know, as you mentioned, is that the israeli military said they carried out 400 strikes in southern gaza, now, that compares to 300 on the last day of before the truce went into effect. so certainly i
inside the room, along with the transcript of his testimony, donald trump on the stand sounds a lot like donald trump everywhere else. the judge will rule against me because he will always rule against me, quote. he called me a fraud, and he didn t know anything about me. quote. people don t know how good a company i ve built because people like you are going around demeaning me, and i think it s hurting america. quote. you and every other democrat coming after me from 15 different sides, all haters. quote. this is a very unfair trial, very unfair. i hope the public is watching. quote. roughly half an hour into donald trump taking the stand, judge engoron repeatedly admonished the president, asking him to stop rambling and answer the questions. he s gone to trump s lawyers and told them to get a handle on their client. they declined. alina habba said she wouldn t dare violate a client s free speech. when donald trump did answer questions, our legal analysts in the courts say
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regards to the question of risk, yes, it is a risk only because mr khan enjoys such widespread popularity, and so there is a feeling that if the situation goes out of hand, it could spell violence on a scale which has probably never been witnessed in pakistan. doctor, thank ou been witnessed in pakistan. doctor, thank you so been witnessed in pakistan. doctor, thank you so much been witnessed in pakistan. doctor, thank you so much for been witnessed in pakistan. doctor, thank you so much forjoining - been witnessed in pakistan. doctor, thank you so much forjoining us. i the israeli military says it s striking rocket launch sites in gaza as tensions escalate, a day after israeli air strikes killed 15 people in the palestinian enclave. let s ta ke let s take you to the un in new york, where the palestinian ambassador is speaking. palestine is an observer state at the un, let s listen. , ., listen. and in every part of the palestinian occupied listen. and in every part of the pal