President Kamala Harris to speak together at a Labor Day Rally in the key Battleground State of Pennsylvania President stepping up his new role as a top Paris Campaign surrogate also this hour, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing hamas will pay a heavy we price after the bodies of six hostages were recovered In Gaza. And hes asking for forgiveness amid huge protests over his failure to secure a hostage release deal. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room we begin with the race for the White House we begin with the race for the White House as Labor Day, marks, the unofficial kickoff to the final sprint to Election Day. Were standing by for Kamala Harris to make her pitch to Working Class Voters in pittsburgh with a high profile assist from president Joe Biden, cnns kayla tausche. She is on the ground for us and joins us now, kayla, pennsylvania is a mustwin for K
News out of israel. Thats where a nationwide Labor Strike has started. And the largest International Airport has suspended flights. The countrys largest Labor Union called for the strikes after the bodies of six hamas held hostages were found in an underground tunnels in gaza on saturday. Union leaders hope a strike will put additional pressure on the government to reach a Ceasefire And Hostage deal with hamas. The strike is expected to last for one day and includes everything from Government Ministries to hospitals and universities. Israels main International Airport also stopped many flights this morning in solidarity. Israels Finance Minister was working on sunday to stop the strike from happening, but those attempts failed. This all coming as massive protests continue to erupt across israel in response to the six bodies recovered by the idf. One of those victims, a 23 year old israeli american. An estimated 550,000 protesters reportedly flooded the streets in Tel Aviv alone on sund
Health to the amateurs. Choose doctors preferred im meteorologists Elisa Rafah on jekyll island, georgia, and this is cnn youre in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in new york. And Tonight Id growing tensions in israel has spilled out into the streets. Heated and passionate protests seen across the country earlier tonight there in Tel Aviv organized theres estimating 550,000 people taking to the streets and these protesters are demanding prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a Ceasefire And Hostage deal with hamas. The countrys largest Labor Union is joining that fight, vowing a nationwide general strike tomorrow. And the mounting anger coming after the tragic news. The idf recovered the bodies of six hostages including an american from a tunnel in Southern Gaza the israeli Health Ministry thank all six of these hostages were killed by short range shots, likely sometime between thursday and friday of this week as the idf was closing in cnns Nic Robertson is joining us live from Tel
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