and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump s run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. and later oh! a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel s aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that s 85% of the population. and nbc s david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major joh
getting out of gaza, hundreds of people have now been able to evacuate gaza. americans are now getting out as well. on the list to get out today, possibly 400 names of u.s. nationals. there s a lot of action at the rafah crossing. we ll take you there. israeli forces say they have broken through the front lines of hamas fighters and are at the gates of gaza city. don junior back on the stand. the former president s season is headed back to court soon. what he is and isn t saying about how much his family is worth. i m kate bolduan with john berman. sara sidner is off. this is cnn news central. all right. happening now, the first americans are getting out of gaza. down here, part of the stream of people we ve seen moving through the rafah crossing. we ve seen ambulances lined up there, people on foot moving through the crossing itself. ultimately they end up on the peninsula and are processed through makeshift hospital and warehouse here. this is part of the deal to get
Finance laws. Bill barr leading the Justice Department saying, nothing to see here. Bill barr who pushed for this letter and transcript to be put out. Thank you, kaitlan. Great reporting. Thank you for being with me. Im poppy harlow in new york. Jim and i will see you in d. C. For special coverage tomorrow morning. My colleague, indicate bolduan continues coverage now. Hello, everyone. Im kait bolduan. As you can see, it has been a morning of Breaking News. The white house released its account of the july phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President zelensky. The first details we have of what led to the whistleblower complaint against the president , the call is only part of the allegations laid out in this complaint. The rest of it we have we do not know. The white house account though does reveal President Trump said the following to the Ukrainian President. If you could look into it, it
sounds horrible to me. Trump there explicitly talking about former Vice President j
saying they will call a vote to oust johnson over his decision to bring up ukraine aid, and that s going to go to the floor for a vote. that is how much the far right does not want to help ukraine combat russia s war of aggression. and this is not just a problem for the republican party. it is a problem for ukraine and america, and the rest of the world. because ukraine, and the vote on ukraine funding, has become a leverage point for russia. the washington post has some explosive reporting today on newly revealed documents from inside vladimir putin s government. documents which show how russia is seeking to subvert western support for ukraine and disrupt the domestic politics of the united states and european countries through propaganda campaigns and supporting isolationist and extremist policies. russia is fomenting division over ukraine because it wants to weaken america s role in the
smallest margin in u.s. history. i have a one-vote margin. listen, we are not going to get 100% of what we want right now because we have the smallest majority in history and we only have the majority in one chamber. despite what speaker johnson understands her, far right members of this party are now saying they will call in a vote to oust johnson over his decision to bring up ukraine aid and that is going to go to the floor for a vote. that is how much the far right vote does not want to help combat russia s war of aggression. and this is not just a problem for the republican party, it is a problem for ukraine and america and the rest of the world because ukraine and the voting ukraine funding has become a leverage point for russia. the washington post has some explosive reporting today a newly revealed documents from inside vladimir putin s government. documents that show how russia is seeking to subvert western support for ukraine and disrupt the domestic politics of the