thanks for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredericka witfield. we begin in gaza, where israel defense forces have launched a blistering assault following a weeks-long pause in fighting. it carried out more than 400 strikes in gaza since the ceasefire expired yesterday. those strikes include targets in southern gaza, an area that had remained largely unscathed during israel s initial military campaign. talks of a new truce have reached a, quote, dead end, according to benjamin netanyahu s office. israel recalling its team of negotiating from qatar, blaming hamas for the breakdown in talks and accusing the terror group of not fulfilling its promise to return all women and children being held hostage. the idf says there are 136 hostages remaining in gaza, including 17 women and children. we have a team of correspondents. we start first with oren liebermann in tel aviv. we just laid out how israel is expanding its attacks in gaza. tell us more what about what we re seeing to
you ve live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. former president donald trump is campaigning in the key battleground state of iowa, and he s back to pushing his lies about the 2020 election. the former president told supporters he hopes judges will let the 2020 election be prosecuted in court. the gop front-runners encouraged his supporters to go into vote-counting facilities in 2024, saying they need to watch the votes. let s go live to kristen holmes in cedar rapids, iowa. kristen, you re there with the former president. looks like he ll be talking there shortly. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, jim, i mean, as you noted, right now, we are just about six weeks away from the iowa caucus in 2024, and donald trump is still talking about the 2020 election. now, earlier today at another event in iowa, he asked his voters, encouraged them, actually, to go into big cities, democratic strongholds, and watch the vote. take a listen. the most important part