100 minutes of horror, and the video obtained by cnn of the early moments of the october 7th terror attack from the view of a hamas militant and what it revealed of the hamas planning and israel s security. rudy giuliani claims he is going to take the stand in a case that the judge claimed that he defamed two georgia workers and he has millions of dollars on the line. and an ethics committee could release the long-awaited ethics report on george santos, and one thing that won t be there is a recommendation to expel him. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. and this is cnn news central. there are new indications this morning that israel s ground offensive in gaza could be expanding to the south. leaflets were dropped wednesday on the communities to the west of khan yunis which warned the civilians to move to known shelters. in the north, the idf is now 36 hours into the raid at al shifa hospital. the israeli forces remain both inside and in the vicinity o
outfront next, raiding gaza s largest hospital. israel releasing new video of weapons found inside the complex. but no proof of tunnels. this as cnn obtains exclusive hamas body cam video of the october 7th attacks. plus, president biden about to hold a rare solo press conference this hour. we re going to bring it to you live. and, quote, i will bite. the senator who almost started a fist fight with a witness in a hearing is doubling down tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. and we are outfront following two breaking stories. president biden expected to hold his first press conference in months this hour. we re going to bring that to you live. this, of course, coming at a crucial moment in the israeli war in gaza. tonight, we are learning that israeli forces are still inside the largest hospital in gaza al shifa. a spokesman for israel s military telling reporters, and i quote, it s a complicated area which still has many people. we need t
jansing. israeli soldiers conducting a targeted raid searching the medical complex for hamas, something the idf calls an operational necessity, but it s one that sparked massive pushback from the u.n. and perhaps the strongest statement yesterday from the biden white house. how might what happened inside the hospital today change the face of this war? the victory in the house, a bipartisan group of lawmakers passing a stopgap bill and kicking it to the senate with just days to go before a possible government shutdown, but it is also just a band-aid on a gaping wound. so what will happen after the holidays? and throwing elbows, inside the nasty battles on the hill. with no one backing down, no one apologizing, and other members taking sides. plus, they haven t been face to face in a year, but that s going to change in just about an hour. the eyes of the world now on president biden and president xi jinping today. can anything be done to turn down the heat and find some l
i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. a major allegation, that there is a hamas, we take you inside the hospital to see where israel says it has found weapons and evidence that hostages are also being held there. breaking news, from lawyers , saying that he was not going to leave the white house even after he lost. the chinese government is now going after people on american soil, just for being critical of china. this investigation is coming just before president biden meets with the chinese president xi jinping. you will see it here first. let s go outfront. good evening, i am erin burnett. the defiant message from benjamin netanyahu, he insists that israel will not let up in its assault on gaza until hamas has been eliminated. as the fighting continues, the civilian casualties continue to climb. the largest hospital in israel is caught in the middle. that hospital complex is massive, as you can see, spanning more than 10 acr
there are now just five days for congress to,a vert a shutdown of the federal government. newly elected speaker mike johnson has announce a two-step plan to fund the government and it is running into opposition from democrats and some republicans. cnn s manu raju has the details. speaker mike johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling the plan to keep the government open with just a handful of days before the end of the week deadline, but already facing fire from his right flank who members of the house freedom caucus concerned about the lack of spending cuts. democrats didn t want any spending cuts and would vote against it and it would not have aid to israel and they re criticizing the unconventional approach by johnson and some agencies would be funded until mid-january and others until early-february and this is an unusual approach, but one johnson says can help achieve their legislative objectives. how many folks on the right will push back and try to push him out