House. Perhaps as were turning the corner here now, about a year and change away from election day, to confront this age issue which another poll shows is real. Its kind of like when i said, would you like a five spot . Thats the way we talk, twenty and change. Willie in your old category . Im getting there, mika. Were old enough to remember when duke used to beat clemson in football. Wow. Thats how old we are. What a game. Can you believe that . Okay. First of all, duke beats clemson, right . Fsu, the night before, routs lsu. Never saw that coming. Alabama, alabama rolls over middle Tennessee State. Im telling you, i thought middle Tennessee State would win by two or three touchdowns. Doing good things in murphysboro but not enough in tuscaloosa. College football turned upside down this year, mika. Well get to all that, as well. Meanwhile, half of Congress Returns to capitol hill today with a long todo list, including a new federal budget, but demands from farright members of the hous
Tonight, we are closely watching multiple developing stories that have the world on edge. And israel, thousands of troops and tanks remain on the border with gaza awaiting orders for unanticipated ground offensive. As gaza descends deeper into a humanitarian crisis. A United Nations agency says gaza is, quote, running out of life, with dwindling supplies of food, water, energy, and medicine. Up to 600 americans also remain stuck in gaza as the rafah Border Crossing into egypt is still closed. Just hours ago, we learned hamas is foreign hostages when the necessary conditions are available. But until that happens, and if that happens, the families of what we know to be at least 199 hostages await any word about their loved ones who are being held hostage by hamas. The tara group also released Video Footage of a hostage for the first time today. It shows a 21yearold woman speaking to the camera under duress. And it is unclear when it was actually recorded. Right now, its 3 am in israel, a
Tonight. According to hamas ben goirn airport, one of those Rocket Strikes hit a building in ash and that is a city that is used to seeing Rocket Attacks. Its become a way of life there. People have very hardened shelters. There are hardened daycares where children go that are hardened against Rocket Attacks. But its attacks on the ground that made what happened here so extraordinary. And attacks by air, paragliders, and by sea as well. It was a Multipronged Attack for at least saturday morning. Fighting still said to be going on on the ground, still insecure on the ground. Clarissa ward is not far from the scene. Clarissa, explain what the situation is and has been. Reporter well, i would say for the first time in three hours, anderson, the skies are relatively quiet. But it has been nonstop. We have heard jets wailing over head. We have seen a series of large flashes coming from that direction. Thats the gaza strip. Also talking to colleagues inside gaza, it appears there has just be
earthquake has rocked the county. the death toll has jumped to 1,300. this is the moment the earthquake struck. the initial panic has given way to new fears. strong aftershocks are expected threatening damaged buildings and adding to the number of injured. cnn s sam kiley joins us from marrakesh. i understand it s about 9:00 p.m. there. how are the recovery efforts going? reporter: jim, i m in the medina of marrakesh here in the old city, that is. this is a very, very ancient city. and you can see the remains, glorious remains of its past, and now here is much of its present. this devastating earthquake killed 13 people here in marrakesh. mostly here in the medina because the city is ancient, and it is very tightly packed. there are buildings here that if there s another quake that are riddled already by cracks, it could come down. elsewhere in the country things have been even worse, jim, with 13 people, as i say, killed near marrakesh. 1,300 as you reported there across t
delay. this hour, i ll speak with a key senior adviser to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and this is the situation room: special report. our top story this hour, israel now on edge as the deadline for a truce between hamas and a major hostage release draws closer and closer. our chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance is joining me here in tel aviv. he s got details. what do we know about the hostages who are expected to be released? we know there s an initial list, wolf, of 13 people on that list and that list was given by hamas to israel via qatar which has been playing a major role. all of the hostages on the list for potential release tomorrow, i m saying potential because, you know, it s already been put back once 24 hours. it s a fragile deal. they re all women and children. they believe there are as many as 40 children being held capt